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Strand picks up US rights to Techine's The Witnesses
Strand Releasing has picked up all US rights to Andre Techine's AIDS drama The Witnesses (Les Temoins) from UGC International and has set a late autumn nationwide release.Strand co-president Jon Gerrans and UGC's Eva Diederix negotiated the deal on the film, which centres on a group of friends and lovers ...
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Australians In Film to honour Fisher, McLean, De Ravin
Australians In Film, the LA expat group, will hold its third annual Breakthrough Awards on May 3 in Beverly Hills honouring Isla Fisher, Greg McLean and Emilie De Ravin.Fisher stars opposite Jason Biggs in the upcoming romantic comedy Wedding Daze that MGM plans to release on Aug 17, and she ...
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SPRI's Perfect Stranger hopes to seduce 37 markets
Warner Bros' Veteran campaigner 300 will step into the ring against Universal's Mr Bean's Holiday this weekend as the films slug it out in their latest bout for international supremacy.The two releases have played musical chairs over the last two weekends, swapping the number one and two spots while the ...
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Julie Sultan joins Peace Arch from Lakeshore
Julie Sultan has joined Peach Arch Entertainment Group as executive vice president of international theatrical film sales.Sultan arrives from Lakeshore Entertainment where she served as vice president of international sales. She will be based at Peace Arch's expanded California offices in Marina Del Rey and reports to Peace Arch Entertainment ...
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Freestyle picks up domestic rights to Civic Duty
Freestyle Releasing has scheduled a May 4 North American release for Jeff Renfroe's pyschological thriller Civic Duty after picking up domestic rights.Peter Krause stars as a happily married accountant who becomes obsessed with America's war on terrorism after he loses his job. Richard Schiff, Kari Matchett, Ian Tracey and Egyptian ...
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Marshall reunites with Weinsteins for Nine
Harvey Weinstein and Rob Marshall are reuniting for the first time since the Oscar winning 2003 musical Chicago on an adaptation of the Broadway show Nine.Marshall will direct the production with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, composer and lyricist for the original 1982 Broadway production that won the Tony ...
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China's CRIFST opts for secure Dolby digital system
Dolby Laboratories announced yesterday [April 12] that the China Research Institute of Film Science & Technology (CRIFST) has selected its digital compression, encoding, packaging and encryption SCC2000 Secure Content Creator for its facilities.CRIFST has also ordered a JPEG 2000-compatible Dolby Digital Cinema playback system for its facilities, to be supplied ...
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Sundance to play 21 features, 27 shorts at New York's BAM
The Sundance Institute and BAM (Brooklyn Academy Of Music) have announced full details for their second annual Sundance Institute At BAM series, set to run from May 31-Jun 10.The series comprises a highlights showcase of 21 features and 27 shorts from the festival last January, including the features Son Of ...
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Melkonian gets new marketing position at Sunset Gower
Terri Melkonian has been promoted to the newly created position of vice president of sales, marketing and corporate communications at Sunset Gower Studios.Melkonian joined 10 months ago as vice-president of sales and marketing and previously served as a production representative at Universal Studios for nine years.0Sunset Gower Studios is currently ...
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Sarsgaard, Hopper, Harry join starry Animal cast for Lakeshore
Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper and Deborah Harry will join Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson in Lakeshore Entertainment's Philip Roth adaptation Dying Animal.Production is set to start in Vancouver in May with Isabel Coixet directing from an adapted screenplay by Nicholas Meyer (The Human Stain).Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary ...
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Greenberg, Kassorla option Kassorla's Miracle
Randy Greenberg, the former head of Universal's international theatrical division, and TV producer Jackie Kassoria have teamed up to option psychologist and talk radio host Irene C Kassorla's book Miracle At Springfield Hospital.The story charts Dr Kassorla's early career in London when she revived a catatonic schizophrenic mental patient who ...
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Forston, Kisilevsky take key positions in Overture Films
Greg Forston has joined Beverly Hills-based Overture Films as senior vice president of theatrical distribution and Lauren Kisilevsky has arrived as vice president of production and acquisitions.Forston will be based in Overture's Beverly Hills offices and reports to executive vice president of theatrical distribution Kyle Davies.Kisilevsky arrives from Reese Witherspoon's ...
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King steps into evp production role at Participant
Jonathan King has left Focus Features as executive vice president of production and joined Participant Productions as executive vice president in charge of production. King commences work on Apr 16 and will report to Participant president Ricky Strauss.Prior to Focus he served as president of production for Laurence Mark Productions, ...
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India's UTV to float film production arm on London AIM
Indian media conglomerate UTV Software Communications is to transfer all its worldwide film production activities into one of its overseas subsidiaries, which will move to be listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.The move is a clear signal of the interest of the group in ...
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Cherry Lane Music signs longterm deal with ContentFilm
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, whose clients include TWC, DreamWorks, Lakeshore and Walden Media, has signed an exclusive, multi-year, worldwide administration agreement with London-based ContentFilm.ContentFilm's library of film assets includes The Cooler, Rules Of Engagement and Thank You For Smoking, as well as more than 2,000 hours of television programming.'Our ...
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CMG picks up remaining rights on La Mujer De Mi Hermano
Edward Noeltner's LA-based Cinema Management Group (CMG) has acquired all remaining international rights to Ricardo de Montreuil's La Mujer De Mi Hermano (My Brother's Wife).CMG will commence screenings at Cannes next month; the company's new vice president of acquisitions and development Jacqui Barcos, a former colleague of Noeltner's at Miramax ...
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TWC, Lionsgate team on domestic for The Forbidden Kingdom
Principal photography is set to begin on May 2 in China on the action epic The Forbidden Kingdom featuring the first ever pairing of Jackie Chan and Jet Li.Lionsgate will co-release with The Weinstein Company (TWC) in the US in summer 2008 and Lionsgate UK will release in the UK. ...
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Henry Winterstern to work closely with Avi Lerner at First Look
Henry Winterstern will play a more hands-on role in the future of First Look Studios than originally thought, following an announcement that he and Avi Lerner will act as co-chairmen of First Look Holdings (formerly Nu Image FLS Investments).Lerner and Winterstern will jointly focus on feature acquisitions and theatrical releases, ...
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Chum International executives move to Peace Arch
Kevin Byles has joined Peace Arch Entertainment Group as president of international distribution and Victor Rodriguez as executive vice president of international distribution.Both executives arrive from Chum International and will be based at the company's Toronto offices handling the theatrical and television slate.Byles will report directly to Peace Arch Entertainment ...
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Broadband service Clickstar gets 25 Film Movement movies
North American distributor Film Movement has announced it has signed a licensing deal with the broadband entertainment company Clickstar!As reported in Screen recently, 25 Film Movement titles will be made available for electronic sell-through or rental through ClickStar's internet delivery service.Films include Vinko Bresan's Croatian war drama Witnesses from Croatia ...