All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1307
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IFC, TWC jointly acquire North American rights to Penelope
IFC Films and The WeinsteinCompany (TWC) have jointly acquired North American rights to Mark Palansky'sfantasy drama Penelope, which receivedits world premiere at Toronto last month.IFC Films will take the leadon the US theatrical distribution and TWC will handle home video andtelevision. Hyde Park is handling international sales.Leslie Caveny wrote thescreenplay ...
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Iglesias wins composer and soundtrack of the year at World Soundtrack Awards
Alberto Iglesias won Soundtrack Composer of the Year and BestOriginal Soundtrack of the year awards for The Constant Gardener at the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent,Europe.Inother awards presented during the 33rd Flanders International Film FestivalGhent on Oct 14, Gustavo Santaolalla won the Public Choice Award for thesoundtrack to Brokeback Mountain,while ...
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Diane Lane takes the lead in Lakeshore's Untraceable
Lakeshore Entertainment hascast Diane Lane in the lead in its thriller Untraceable and will introduce the project to buyers at AFM nextmonth.Gregory Hoblit is attachedto direct the story of an FBI cybercop played by Lane who tracks down aruthless online predator. Allison Burnett wrote the final script from anoriginal screenplay ...
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Global Film Initiative names titles in fourth annual US touring series
The Global Film Initiative (GFI) has unveiled its fourthannual Global Lens touring film series featuring nine features and seven shortsfrom developing countries.The series will screen in cities across the US beginning inJanuary through partnerships with major cultural institutions including theMuseum of Modern Art in New York.The Global Lens 2007 are: ...
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IDA names six student documentaries nominated for Wolper Award
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced sixnominees for the David L Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award.The nominees are: Vadim Antonevich (The Sam Spiegel Film & TVSchool, Jerusalem) for In the Company Of Dead Cat; Isaac Brown and Erik Flagg (Universityof Florida, Gainesville) for Gimme Green; Jasmin Gordon (Stanford University) ...
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Voltage takes on Brandes' horror picture Penny Dreadful
Voltage Pictures has picked up international rights from BrandesFilms International to the completed horror-thriller Penny Dreadful.Sales chief Nicolas Chartier will present the title to buyers atnext month's AFM in Santa Monica, ahead of a limited domestic theatricalrelease on Nov 17 through a partnership between the After Dark Horrorfest andLionsgate.Richard Brandes ...
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Debney, Shakur to be honoured at the first Turks & Caicos film festival
Composer John Debney and the late actor and rapper Tupac Shakurwill be honoured at the inaugural music-themed Turks & Caicos InternationalFilm Festival, which runs in the Caribbean from Oct 17-21.Debney earned an Oscar nomination for his score to The PassionOf The Christ, and hismore recent credits include Dreamer and Idlewild.Before ...
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Massis prepares Jabor's Copacabana as UK/Brazil co-production
Alex Massis' Florida-based Film Source is preparing the $5m drama Copacabana,Of Love And Shadows.Filming is set to start in Rio De Janeiro in early 2007 onthe English-language story of an English artist and Brazilian street childwhose relationship is bedevilled by a drag queen.Brazilian film-maker Roberto Jabor will direct and Film ...
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Susie Q, Mill Ridge team to option Wilson's novel Hiding Room
Susie Q Productions and Mill Ridge Films have optioned JonathanWilson's novel The Hiding Room, which chronicles a European Jew's escape from the Nazis duringthe Second World War.The story centres on Esta, who flees from Austria to Cairo, whereshe embarks upon an affair with a British intelligence officer who suspects shemay ...
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Rising Star to open two more KinoStar multiplexes in Nov 2007
Russian exhibitor Rising Star Media, a joint venture betweenNational Amusements and Paul B Heth's Moscow-based Soquel Ventures, hasfinalised leases with leading Russian shopping centre operator Ikea Mega toopen KinoStar multiplexes at Mega Belaya Dacha in Moscow and Mega Dybenko in StPetersburg.Both locations are scheduled to open in November 2007. TheMega ...
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Media 8 takes international rights to Air Guitar Nation
Los Angeles-based Media 8 Entertainment has acquired allinternational rights to Alexandra Lipsitz' documentary Air Guitar Nation. Media 8 will introduce the project tobuyers at next month's AFM.Docurama Films will release it domestically in spring 2007in association with Shadow Distribution and with marketing support from VH1.Air Guitar Nation charts the fortunes ...
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Fox's Devil steps out in Germany, Italy, Taiwan
Fox International's comedy The Devil Wears Prada took the overseas arena by storm lastweekend and executives will be looking for more of the same this time around.The picture opens in Germany on Oct 12, followed by Italy on Oct13 and Taiwan on Oct 14, and currently stands at $48.5m.The History ...
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Academy unveils shortlist for documentary shorts
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named theeight pictures on the shortlist for the documentary short category.The titles are: The Blood Of Yingzhou District; Dear Talula;The Diary Of Immaculee; Phoenix Dance; Recycled Life; Rehearsing A Dream; A RevolvingDoor; and Two Hands.Academy voters will whittle the list down ...
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Zhang's Curse world premiere to close AFI FEST
The world premiere of Zhang Yimou's Curse Of The Golden Flower starring Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li and JayChou will close AFI Fest 2006 on Nov 12.The story involves imperial intrigue on the eve of a major Chinesefestival at the time of the 10th century Tang Dynasty.The picture was recently ...
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AMPAS grants branch status to make-up artist and hairstylist members
Make-up artists and hairstylists who are members of the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have been granted branch status by theAcademy's Board of Governors.Branch status will allow the approximately 120 make-up artists andhairstylists who are currently members-at-large to elect one individual fromtheir ranks to represent them on the ...
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Hair joins Disney as chief technology officer and senior vp
Arthur Hair has been named chief technology officer and seniorvice president at The Walt Disney Studios.Hair will report to president Alan Bergman and assumesresponsibility for the studio's technology strategies, working closely with thebusiness units to identify opportunities in emerging markets.He previously served since 1995 as chief technology officer forbroadband entertainment ...
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Warner signs multi-year free-TV deal in Ukraine
Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) hassigned a multi-year free television volume deal with Inter TV, ICTV and New Channelin the Ukraine.Titles include Superman Returns, Batman Begins, Charlie And TheChocolate Factory, andupcoming releases such as Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, and Happy Feet.WBITD's vice president of Scandinavia ...
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New Line's Shaye gets honour from US literary group
New Line co-chairman and co-chief executive officer Bob Shaye willreceive the Award of Honor at PEN USA's 2006 Literary Awards on Dec 12 in LosAngeles.The award is handed out to a person or institution whose effortshave significantly affected culture. PEN USA is the West Coast centre for writers'organisation International PEN.George ...
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Hollywood Film Festival unveils lineup for Oct 18 to 23 event
The Hollywood Film Festival has unveiled this year's line-up ofmore than 80 pictures, as well as the Movie of the Year nominees for the publicMovie Of The Year award to be presented on Hollywood Awards night on Oct 23.Gala screenings at the festival are Michael Mayer's family drama Flicka starring ...
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Weisz to star in Johnson's Brothers Bloom for Endgame
Rachel Weisz will star in the con artist adventure story The BrothersBloom, Rian Johnson'sfollow-up to his high school noir Brick.Jim Stern's Endgame Entertainment is financing the story of siblingconfidence tricksters who attempt to fool a mysterious millionairess (Weisz) and get indeeper trouble than they planned.CAA is representing domestic rights and ...