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Shutt, Jones join Participant as marketing chiefs
Participant Productions has pulled off a coup by signing Buffy Shutt and Kathy Jones as executive vice presidents, marketing.The new arrivals, whose accomplished track records include top marketing positions at four major studios, will strategise and orchestrate marketing on all Participant ventures. They report to company president Ricky Strauss.Based in ...
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Coolidge, Leno join Igor voice cast for Exodus, TWC
Jennifer Coolidge and US talk show host and stand-up comic Jay Leno have joined the voice cast of Exodus Film Group's upcoming CG-animated feature Igor.Coolidge, currently on screen in the ensemble comedy For Your Consideration, will play the village vixen Sybil, while Leno will voice Malaria's conniving ruler King Malbert.The ...
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NSFC votes Pan's Labyrinth film of the year
The National Society of Film Critics voted Guillermo del Toro'sfantasy drama Pan's Labyrinth the best picture of 2006.At its annual voting meeting in New York at the weekend (6), the 58-strong critics body re-elected David Sterritt as chairman.Pan's Labyrinth narrowly beat out Cristi Puiu's The Death Of Mr Lazurescu and ...
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US domestic box-office recovery: a thing of booty
Much of the doom and gloom that hung over the domestic box office at the start of 2006 evaporated following a resurgent year at the box office. According to estimates the total box office in 2006 climbed 3% against 2005 to $9.132bn compared to $8.833m. It wasn't enough to beat ...
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Museum, Eragon continue rich run for Fox
After barely two weeks on release Fox International's Night AtThe Museum will belooking to cross $100m this weekend.The family film has amassed more than $75m so far and opens in anadditional 10, albeit minor, markets this weekend.Meanwhile the fantasy adventure Eragon, which opens in three Latin Americanmarkets including Argentina on ...
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LA PR agency MPRM reorganises structure, makes new appointments
Los Angeles-based mPRm Public Relations has reorganised itsoperational structure and named several key appointments.The company will now operate under the following broad practiceareas: General Entertainment, housing DVD and television; Digital Media andTechnology (DMT), which encompasses emerging and converging media; and Film& Events.mPRm has hired Anthony Sprauve as senior vice president ...
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Paramount launches mobile phone portal
Paramount Pictures has launched a mobile phone portal totransmit content to mobile devices and promote theatrical and DVD releases.Visitors to the mobile film sites can buy tickets, take part inpromotions and opt in to receive studio alerts.'Paramount Pictures will now have a direct-to-consumerrelationship to deliver revenue-generating content, innovative mobilecampaigns, tailored ...
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PGA announces annual awards nominees
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the film nominees and eligible producers for the 18th Annual PGA Awards to take place on Jan 20 in Los Angeles.The nominees for the Darryl F Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures are:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Steve Golin, Jon ...
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SBIFF lines up world premiere of The Number 23
Joel Schumacher's psychological thriller The Number 23 starring Jim Carrey gets its world premiere at the 2007 Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), which runs from Jan 25-Feb 4.The festival will open with George Hickenlooper's Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl starring Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce and closes with Sue ...
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Writers Guild of America, West to honour Larry Gelbart
Tootsie screenwriter Larry Gelbart will receive the Writers Guild of America, West's (WGAW) Valentine Davies Award at the 2007 Writers Guild Awards on Feb 11 in Los Angeles.'The Valentine Davies Award recognises service to the entertainment industry and to the community at large,' WGAW president Patric M Verrone said.'We are ...
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PGA announces annual awards nominees
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the film nominees and eligible producers for the 18th Annual PGA Awards to take place on Jan 20 in Los Angeles.The nominees for the Darryl F Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Picturesare:BabelAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Steve Golin, Jon KilikThe ...
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Autism documentary gets late Sundance slot
Lauren Thierry's documentary Autism Every Day has joined the Sundance Film festival line-up as a special screening.The world premiere will screen out of competition on Jan 21 and will be followed by an autism awareness panel featuring the filmmakers and parents who appear with their children in the documentary.Autism Every ...
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Autism documentary lands late Sundance slot
Lauren Thierry’s documentary Autism Every Day has joined the Sundance Film festival line-up as a special screening.The world premiere will screen out of competition on Jan 21 and will be followed by an autism awareness panel featuring the filmmakers and parents who appear with their children in the documentary.Autism Every ...
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THINKFilm picks up worldwide rights to War/Dance
THINKFilm has acquired worldwide rights to War/Dance, which will receive its world premiere in the Independent Film Competition: Documentary section at Sundance later this month.Directed by the husband and wife team of Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, the film centres on three child refugees from the Ugandan civil war ...
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Museum stays top in North America to cross $100m
Ben Stiller's cast iron holiday season credentials held firm as Fox's family film Night At The Museum stayed top and crossed $100m in its second weekend.The film added an estimated $46.7m for $125.8m and dominates the world stage following this weekend's superb $47.3m overseas haul.Sony's The Pursuit Of Happyness stayed ...
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Museum rules the waves with superb $47.3m haul
The family film Night At The Museum kicks off 2007 as the international champion after a formidable $47.3m three-day estimated haul raised the overseas tally to $58.1m after two weekends.The Fox International release has grossed close to $51m in a week following last weekend's limited launch in Asia and is ...
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Walt Disney Studios posts record year
Walt Disney Studiosreported yesterday that the company had generated a record $3.26bn in revenues as of Dec 27.Buena Vista Pictures Distribution passed the $1bn mark for the 10thtime, more than any other studio, while Buena Vista International (BVI)achieved the feat for the 12th consecutive year.The result was driven by the ...
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Night At The Museum and Eragon face off
Night At The Museum will push Fox International stablemate Eragon all the way for the overseas crown this weekend whenit launches in a raft of major territories.The comedy is set to open in the UK on Dec 29 on 745 screens, Australia on Dec26 on 365, Germany on Dec 28 ...
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Altman, Eastwood achieve AFI 'Significance'
The towering artisticachievements of the late Robert Altman, the towering artistic achievements ofthe very much alive Clint Eastwood, and the rise of self-created media onYouTube are among the AFI's eight 2006 Moments Of Significance.Announcing their latest annual selection of the year's most salient themes, trends and people, AFI jurors eulogised ...
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Casino Royale crowned biggest Bond ever
Eragon and Casino Royale enjoyed the lion's share of international businessover the holiday weekend as Fox International's fantasy adventure dominated themarket and Sony's 007 saga became the biggest in the franchise.Eragon added an estimated $21.9mfrom 7,300 screens over three days for a $63.9m running total. The film openedtop in Paris ...