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Tributes flood in for Jack Valenti, dead at 85
Jack Valenti, the former head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and chief architect of the modern film ratings system, has died. He was 85.The longtime lobbyist and former aide to President Lyndon B Johnson suffered a stroke in March and never fully recovered, eventually succumbing to complications ...
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Initial's Next predicts business before Spider-man onslaught
The eye of the storm passes over the international arena this weekend, as the pre-Spider-Man 3 onslaught looks like creating one of the quietest overseas weekends in a while.The only excitement comes from sci-fi thriller Nextstarring Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore, which launches day-and-date withNorth America in a slew of ...
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United states - Stripped Down And Rebuilt
Since arriving at Intermedia two years ago as CEO, Martin Schurmann has worked to reorganise the Los Angeles-based company and steer it out of troubled waters.Under previous leadership, including most recently Moritz Borman, Intermedia laboured under the weight of its ambitions, producing underperforming behemoths such as Terminator 3: Rise Of ...
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300 sweeps past $20m in worldwide grosses on IMAX screens
IMAX chiefs said this week that Warner Bros' smash action feature 300, which swept past $20m in worldwide receipts on the large screen format in record time, has opened the door to a new demographic for the company.Zack Snyder's adventure feature has grossed more than $422m worldwide through all formats ...
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HBO Films, FSLC stage US competition for film trailers
HBO Films and The Film Society of Lincoln Center are holding a nationwide competition offering students the chance to create a trailer to precede film screenings at the Lincoln Center.The Film Society of Lincoln Center will premiere the winning work in the Student Trailer Competition at its 45th New York ...
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Vollman gets expanded publicity duties at Paramount
Paramount's executive vice president of integrated marketing Mike Vollman has added theatrical publicity to his duties.In his expanded role, Vollman will oversee national publicity campaigns and lead the studio's field and integrated marketing activities. He will continue to report to president of worldwide marketing Gerry Rich.'Mike has played an integral ...
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Peter Naish joins Capitol Films as managing director
Former Icon Entertainment head of distribution Peter Naish has joined Capitol Films as managing director and will oversee both Capitol and THINKFilm under David Bergstein's growing entertainment empire.Naish will start work on Apr 30 and will join the team of Capitol head of sales James Norrie and sales manager Sophia ...
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Barmettler's Omega signs Rogers, slate from Baldwins
Former Lakeshore International president Peter Rogers (pictured above on the right) has resurfaced at Markus Barmettler's Swiss-based production, financing and sales company Omega Entertainment and will serve as president.Rogers will head up the expanded company's new London office and oversee all international operations. He will arrive in Cannes with a ...
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Stiles to produce, star in Plum Pictures' The Bell Jar
Julia Stiles will produce and star in Plum Pictures' adaptation of The Bell Jar, the psychodrama and only novel written by the late poet Sylvia Plath.Stiles and Plum optioned the book and will produce in association with Killer Films. Tristine Skyler is adapting the project, which is currently out to ...
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Finnish family drama wins River Run Film Festival
Elaville Ja Kuolleille's Finnish family drama For The Living And The Dead won the best narrative feature award at the Ninth Annual RiverRun International Film Festival, which came to a close at the weekend. The jury also presented the best actor award to Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman for his portrayal as a ...
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Warner, IMAX hatch 3D Deep Sea-quel
Warner Bros and IMAX Corp. are plotting a third aquatic 3D adventure. Working-titled Deep Sea-quel, the new film will be produced by the team behind last year's $40m-grossing Deep Sea 3D and the 1991 picture Into The Deep: director/cinematographer Howard Hall, producer Toni Myers and executive producer Graeme Ferguson. Joining ...
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Driver, Goldberg, Falco, Cooper among Tribeca jurors
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the jurors ahead of this week's launch.The main jury for the World Narrative Competition category is Chris Cooper, Edie Falco, Goran Paskaljevic, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Barry Sonnenfeld.Heidi Ewing, Whoopi Goldberg, Jehane Noujaim, Raoul Peck and Gideon Yago will serve on the World Documentary ...
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Hollywood Film Festival sets dates as Oct 17-22
The 11th Hollywood Film Festival will run in Los Angeles from Oct 17-22, culminating in the Hollywood Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.'We are very proud that we have become recognised as a pre-Oscar showcase, as well as a source for providing great networking opportunities for film-makers looking for a ...
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Image executive Gordon joins TWC as evp, home entertainment
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has hired Barry Gordon as executive vice president of home entertainment.Reporting to Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Gordon will be based in TWC's Los Angeles office and will serve as liaison for the company's home entertainment operations.He will work closely with Trevor Drinkwater, president and chief executive ...
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Vince Vaughn's Comedy Show goes to Picturehouse, NLI
Picturehouse and New Line International have acquired worldwide rights to Ari Sandel's Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood To The Heartland.Vaughn produced the film, which originally premiered at Toronto last autumn and follows him on a comedy road tour with four up-and-coming comics. ...
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Valley Of Flowers wins top prize at LA Indian Film Fest
Pan Nalin's Valley Of Flowers won the 5th Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles' grand jury prize for best feature as the event came to a close at the weekend.Paromita Vohra's Q2P won the best documentary award, while Srinivas Sunderrajan's Tea Break took best short honours.The Audience Choice Award went ...
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Coens sign two-picture deal with Focus, Working Title
Joel and Ethan Coen will write, produce, and direct their next two projects Burn After Reading and A Serious Man for Focus Features and Working Title Films following a two-film deal announced yesterday [April 23].Brad Pitt has joined George Clooney and Frances McDormand on the previously announced espionage black comedy ...
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American Pavilion rebrands as AmPav: The Pavilion At Cannes
Entering its 19th year as the Criosette's full-service hospitality and business centre, the American Pavilion has been rebranded as AmPav: The Pavilion At Cannes.'The perception of The Pavilion was that we were being exclusive in our membership, when in fact we're pleased that more than 40% of our membership is ...
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New animation studio Animation Lab gets set for Bunch
Animation Lab, the recently announced Jerusalem and Los Angeles-based studio launched by Jerusalem Venture Partners, has announced its first project.Pre-production is underway on The Wild Bunch (working title), the first of six CGI features that Animation Lab plans to put into production over the next eight years.Jim Ballantine, whose credits ...
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Sundance annual summer Labs unveil projects, participants
The Sundance Institute has announced the 13 projects for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, which run at the Sundance Resort in Utah from May 28-Jun 28.The selected projects include: The Cavanaughs (US) by John Morgan (co-writer/director) and Meg LeFauve (co-writer); Circumstance (US/Iran) by Maryam Keshavarz (writer/director); Cold Souls ...