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Fox, Dune renew co-financing commitment for 16 new films
Buoyed by the ongoing success of Borat and The Devil Wears Prada, Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE) and DuneEntertainment have extended their movie co-financing deal.Dune is investing another $325m in 16 additional Fox filmsto be announced in due course. Fox retains worldwide distribution rights on alltitles. Dune originally invested $325m in ...
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TWC, IFC team to buy domestic rights to New Zealand's Blue
The Weinstein Company (TWC) and IFC Entertainment havejointly acquired all North American rights to Out Of The Blue, the true story of the New Zealand mass murdererDavid Gray.IFC will release the film through its First Takeday-and-date label and TWC will handle DVD roll-out through Genius Products.Out Of The Bluecentres on ...
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Perfume to open Santa Fe Festival in Dec
Tom Tykwer's period thriller Perfume: Story Of A Murderer starring Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman and AlanRickman will open the 7th Santa Fe Film Festival on Dec 6.Miss Potter starringRenee Zellweger is the centerpiece gala screening on Dec 8 and the event closeson Dec 10 with Roger Michell's Venusstarring Peter O'Toole.The ...
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Pollack, Winslet, Field join Palm Springs honours roll
Sydney Pollack, Kate Winslet and Todd Field will be honouredat the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) in January.Pollack will receive the Screen Actors Guild Foundation'sfirst Patron Of The Arts Award, while Winslet will collect the Desert PalmAchievement Award, and Field will receive the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.The ...
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AMPAS names 15 films on documentary feature Oscar shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 documentaries that will advance to the voting process for the 79th Academy Awards.The documentary branch screening committee viewed all 81 films that originally qualified in the category, and will now narrow the list down to the final five ...
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Sundance/NHK name 12 finalists for 2007 Awards
The Sundance Institute and Japanese broadcaster NHK haveannounced the 12 finalists for the 2007 Sundance/NHK International FilmmakersAwards.The annual award, now in its 11th year, honours emerging directorsfrom four global regions. One winner from each of Europe, Latin America, the USand Japan will be chosen by an international jury and presented ...
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SPRI wins big with Bond, taking $42.2m from 27 markets
Bondis back and then some as Casino Royalelaunched at number one in all its 27 markets on an estimated $42.2m throughSony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI).Thestirring result - powered by a franchise record in the UK and anastonishing Indian debut - vindicates the producers' decision to slip therough-hewn Daniel Craig into ...
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Ballhaus to receive ASC International Achievement Award
Michael Ballhaus will receive the 2007 American Society ofCinematographers (ASC) International Achievement Award for 'the artful andenduring contributions that he has made to advancing the global art offilmmaking.'Ballhaus will collect the honour at the 21st Annual ASCOutstanding Achievement Awards in Los Angeles on Feb 18, 2007.Ballhaus has been nominated three ...
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Feet shuffles past Casino at US box office
Warner Bros' animated feature Happy Feet pipped Sony's James Bond epic CasinoRoyale to the post as the two top films ofthe weekend unusually grossed more than $40m each.Happy Feet, a storyabout a tap-dancing penguin featuring the vocal talents of Hugh Jackman NicoleKidman and Robin Williams, opened on an estimated $42.3m ...
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Cunningham takes over from Smith as UPIE president
Eddie Cunningham has been appointed president of UniversalPictures International Entertainment, effective Jan 1, 2007.Cunningham will continue to be based in London and willreport to Universal Pictures' Burbank-based vice chairman Rick Finkelstein andco-chairman David Linde. He succeeds Peter Smith, who was recently appointedpresident of NBC Universal International.UPIE has directly-owned operations in ...
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Former Toys R Us executive to produce The Dakar Run
Warren Kornblum, former chief marketing officer at Toys'R' Us, has acquired film rights to Clark Howard's novelette TheDakar Run for his Shadow EntertainmentGroup.Miranda Kwok, who won Slamdance's Sparky Award for bestscreenplay for Song Of Silence in 2004,wrote the screenplay and the feature is currently in development.Kornblum is serving as producer ...
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Perfume to open Santa Fe Film Festival in Dec
Warren Kornblum, former chief marketing officer at Toys'R' Us, has acquired film rights to Clark Howard's novelette TheDakar Run for his Shadow EntertainmentGroup.Miranda Kwok, who won Slamdance's Sparky Award for bestscreenplay for Song Of Silence in 2004,wrote the screenplay and the feature is currently in development.Kornblum is serving as producer ...
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Magnolia, Truly Indie & Red Envelope team for Maxed Out
Magnolia Home Entertainment, Truly Indie and Netfilx's RedEnvelope Entertainment are teaming up to release James Scurlock's documentary MaxedOut, which won the Special Jury Prize atSouth by Southwest this year.Maxed Out exploresthe workings of the US credit card industry and examines the credit culture,explaining among other things the true definition of ...
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Quinn to win emerging film-maker award from IDA for God Grew Tired Of Us
Christopher Quinn will receive the International Documentary Association's(IDA) Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award for God GrewTired Of Us.God Grew Tired Of Us won both the Sundance grand jury prize and audience awards andchronicles the experiences of three Sudanese war refugees as they adjust to anew life in the US.Quinn ...
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Borat marches into France, Spain for Fox International
The Boratinvasion spreads to five new territories this weekend as Fox Internationallooks forward to the comedy sweeping past $50m.Borat iscurrently on $48.6m and approaches its third weekend with openings scheduled infive territories.Anti-American sentiment in France should ensure a robust debutthere when Boratlaunches on Nov 15, and studio executives are also ...
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Global Film Initiative moves from New York to San Francisco
The Global Film Initiative (GFI) is moving its headquarters fromNew York to San Francisco.GFI, which champions small films that illustrate cross-culturalsimilarities, aims to capitalise on emerging technologies under development inthe Bay Area.'Great storytelling is one of the best ways to shareexperience and open up new worlds,' GFI's new executive director ...
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AMPAS names 15 films on documentary feature Oscar shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the15 documentaries that will advance to the voting process for the 79thAcademy Awards.The documentary branch screening committee viewed all 81 filmsthat originally qualified in the category, and will now narrow the list down tothe final five nominations. Nominations will be ...
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Anderson named programming director at LA's Method Fest
John Anderson has been named programming director of the 9th annualThe Method Fest independent film festival, which will take place in Los Angelesfrom Mar 30-Apr 7, 2007.The Method Fest features American and international features andshorts and is named after the Method school of acting.Anderson is a renowned film critic who ...
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Beatty to receive Cecil B DeMille Award from HFPA
Warren Beatty will receive the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's(HFPA) Cecil B DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. Beatty will collect the honour during the 64th Annual GoldenGlobes Awards on Jan 15, 2007.Beatty has received five Golden Globes including one for BestActor (Comedy or Musical) for Heaven Can Wait and another for ...
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Weinsteins sign groundbreaking exclusive US deal with Blockbuster
In a deal that will cut out home entertainment rivals likeNetflix, Blockbuster has signed an exclusive US rental rights DVD deal with TheWeinstein Company (TWC).Under the agreement, which commences on Jan 1 2007, TWC andBlockbuster will share rental revenues from TWC's theatrical anddirect-to-video titles (DTV).Genius Products will provide distribution services ...