All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1298
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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 ...
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Night At The Museum dominates holiday box office
Fox'sfamily film Night At The Museum stamped its mark on the box office in the penultimate releaseslot of the year with an estimated $43m four-day holiday season haul including $2.3m from 72 IMAX theatres thatproved far too strong for the competition.The weekend didn't only belong to Ben Stiller and his ...
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Babel, Dreamgirls and The Departed lead Globes nominations
Paramount Vantage’s maiden release Babel leads the field heading into January’s 64th Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations, while Helen Mirren earned three acting nods, Leonardo DiCaprio picked up two, and Forest Whitaker kept his robust prospects alive with a nomination for The Last King Of Scotland.
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Pirates DVD sells 10.5m units in first week for Buena Vista
Pirates OfThe Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest sold 10.5 million units in its first week of release in NorthAmerica, putting it on course to become the biggest live-action DVD seller ofall time and the biggest DVD of the year.Results overseashave been similarly impressive. Pirates has sold nearly 1.5 million copies inits ...
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Sundance names 12 screenplays in Jan 2007 Screenwriters Lab
12 projects covering themes ranging from the Haitian immigrationexperience to the legacy of violence in Argentina make the cut for the SundanceInstitute's annual Screenwriters Lab, which takes place from Jan 12-17 2007 atthe Sundance Resort in Utah.The five-day writer's workshop gives independent screenwriters theopportunity to work intensively on their feature ...
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Full List Of Golden Globe nominations 2006
Best Motion Picture - Drama:BabelBobbyThe DepartedLittle ChildrenThe QueenBest Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Drama: Penelope Cruz VolverJudi Dench Notes On A ScandalMaggie Gyllenhaal SherrybabyHelen Mirren The QueenKate Winslet Little ChildrenBest Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Drama:Leonardo DiCaprio Blood DiamondLeonardo DiCaprio The DepartedPeter ...
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Sherry Lansing to receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at 2007 Oscars
Former Paramount chairman Sherry Lansing will receive the Jean HersholtHumanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' boardof governors.Lansing will collect the honour during the 79th Academy Awards onFeb 25, 2007. The Hersholt Award is given to an individual whose humanitarianefforts have brought credit to the industry.'Sherry ...
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Factory Girl to open Santa Barbara Film Festival on Jan 25
George Hickenlooper's Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl will open the 22nd Santa BarbaraInternational Film Festival, which runs from Jan 25-Feb 4 2007.Sienna Miller stars as Andy Warhol's muse and 1960s 'It Girl',with support from Guy Pearce as Warhol, and Hayden Christensen as "Billy Quinn".The Holly Wiersma production of a Weinstein ...
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Fox's fantasy Eragon flies into 76 territories
Fox International unleashes the fantasy adventure Eragon in 76 territories this weekend day-and-datewith the North American release.The film went out in Germany, Russia and Australia on Dec 14, theUK, Spain and Mexico on Dec 15, and Japan on Dec 16. It opens in France, Italyand Brazil next week and South ...
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Biel to get Rising Star award at Palm Springs
The 18th AnnualPalm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will honour Jessica Biel withthe Rising Star Award.Biel, who starsin The Illusionistand upcoming release Home Of The Brave, will collect her honour at the festival's annual AwardsGala on Jan 6, 2007.'This isone of our most star-studded award galas to date and we're ...
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PGA Vanguard award goes to TV awards producer Ken Ehrlich
Televisionawards producer Ken Ehrlich will receive the Producers Guild of America's (PGA)2007 Visionary Award at the Annual PGA Awards on Jan 20 in Los Angeles.The VisionaryAward honors producers and/or a television or film production that demonstratesa 'unique or uplifting quality.'Ehrlich has beenthe creative force behind televised shows for the Grammys, ...
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Babel, Departed, Dreamgirls lead Globe nominations
Paramount Vantage's maidenrelease Babel leads the fieldheading into January's 64th Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations, whileHelen Mirren earned three acting nods, Leonardo DiCaprio picked up two, andForest Whitaker kept his robust prospects alive with a nomination for TheLast King Of Scotland.Hollywood Foreign PressAssociation (HFPA) voters spread their goodwill far ...
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Euro equity firms buy majority stake in Germany's ProSieben
Lavena Holding 4 GmbH has signed a share purchase agreement forthe acquisition of German Media Partners' majority stake in TV broadcasterProSiebenSat.1 Media AG for 3.1bn Euros ($4.1bn).Upon completion of the share purchase agreement, Lavena Holding 4GmbH, which is controlled by funds advised by KKR and Permira, will acquireapproximately 88% of ...
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Gitai, Springali films to screen at New York Jewish Film Festival
The 16th annualNew York Jewish Film Festival will run from Jan 10-25 2007 featuring 31 filmsand two world, nine US and nine New York premieres.Highlightsinclude Amos Gitai's documentary News From Home/News From House, Christian Delage's documentary Nuremberg:The Nazis Facing Their Crimes, and the US premiere of Alejandro Springall's comedy MyMexican ...