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AFM to screen 589 films, launches online resource
The 27th AFMwill open next month with a record 589 films, organizers said yesterday [IOct 4],an increase of 10% over last year.The numberincludes 54 titles playing in official selection at AFI Fest, and a record 384market premieres.AFM managingdirector and Independent Film & Television Alliance executive vicepresident Jonathan Wolf said the ...
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Mandate signs doc specialist Jones for Boomerang
Documentarymaker Sam Jones is embarking on his narrative feature directorial debut Boomerangfor Mandate Pictures.Boomerang tells of a young man's attempt to reclaimhis life from his controlling parents, and is based on a screenplay by JamesMottern.Bona FideProduction partners Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, whose credits include LittleMiss Sunshine, Election andCold Mountain, ...
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CMG to rep international on Buster Keaton collection
EdwardNoeltner's ambitious international sales house Cinema Management Group (CMG)has bolstered its AFM slate with all international theatrical and DVD rights tothe Buster Keaton Collection.The collectionincludes all 12 of the silent comedy master's features from the 1920s, as wellas 18 shorts and two specials including Vernon P Becker's 1968 documentary TheGreat ...
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Saban returns to production with virtual studio for family entertainment
Haim Saban andSaban Entertainment Group (SEG) have launched a virtual studio to develop,produce and market family projects.Saban and SabanCapital Group chief creative officer Joel Andryc head the venture and willleverage their financial and creative contacts to develop the enterprise.'I amthrilled to return to my roots and focus on developing media ...
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Affleck, Film Foundation to receive HFA honours on Oct 23
MartinScorsese's non-profit organisation The Film Foundation will receive theHollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Film Preservation Award and Ben Affleckwill collect the Hollywood Supporting Actor of the Year Award.Festivalorganisers will bestow the awards at the 10th Annual awards ceremony in LosAngeles on Oct 23.Scorseselaunched the non-profit Film Foundation in 1990 with the ...
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Aronofsky, Lynch films set for AFI FEST gala slots
Darren Aronofsky's time-travel epic The Fountain starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weiszand David Lynch's mystery INLAND EMPIRE starring Laura Dern and Jeremy Irons have been added to theroster of AFI Fest centerpiece galas.Festival organisers have also scheduled an on-stage interview withEd Zwick, which will feature clips from the director's upcoming ...
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Tran joins ICM after ten years at Lakeshore
Bic Tran hasleft Lakeshore Entertainment and joined ICM independent and international filmdivision chief Hal Sadoff's team in Los Angeles.Tran starts workimmediately and joins Sarah Lash and B J Ford. ICM's independent andinternational film division has packaged and arranged financing on a burgeoningroster of prestigious titles that includes Mark Palansky's fantasy ...
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Peace Arch hires Herne, picks up four new titles
Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired US and internationalrights to four new features and hired Mary Herne as executive vice president ofinternational television and home entertainment.The projects include Melanie Orr's domestic violence drama Harm'sWay starring KathleenQuinlan, and psychological thriller The Stillborn, which stars Lukas Haas as a father wholost his ...
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Vantage picks up horror script Details, Blum to produce
Paramount Vantage has made a preemptive purchase of Dan Kay'shorror screenplay Details.Detailsis based on a short story by China Mieville and centres on a man who searchesfor his missing daughter who uncovered a demonic force that only she could see.Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions will produce andSteven Schneider and Ian ...
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Reitman to direct Page, Cera in Mandate's Juno
Ellen Page and Michael Cera have signed to star in MandatePictures' coming-of-age comedy Juno, which Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking) is preparing to direct based on ascreenplay by Diablo Cody.Page, who made a revelatory breakthrough in Hard Candy, will play a quick-witted teenager whoselife takes a bizarre turn when ...
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Fortissimo picks up worldwide rights to Guest's Consideration
Fortissimo Films has picked up worldwide rights excludingNorth America and the UK to Christopher Guest's upcoming comedy For YourConsideration.The picture, which received its world premiere at Toronto inSeptember, takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at the Hollywood Awards season.Fortissimo will offer to buyers at the AFM next month and the picture will ...
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Paramount seals $300m fund with Dresdner Kleinwort
Paramount Motion Picture Group (PMPG) has set up a $300m filmfinancing fund called Melrose Investors 2 (Melrose 2) with Dresdner Kleinwort.The fund will invest in the production of at least 30 picturesthat will go out under the PMPG umbrella, which covers Paramount, DreamWorksSKG, MTV Films and Nick Movies. Paramount Vantage ...
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Bocco leaves Gersh for key acquisitions post at IFC
Arianna Bocco has joined IFC Entertainment as vice president of acquisitionsand production as the company expands its game-plan to accommodate largercommercial releases.Bocco will identify and chase completed features with rightsavailable and will bring new projects into the company. She will also take the leadin filling IFC First Take's 24-picture annual ...
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Robbins gets Cassavetes honour at Denver Film Festival
Tim Robbins, who will next be seen starring opposite Derek Luke inthe South African political drama Catch A Fire, will receive the John Cassavetes Awardat the 29th Starz Denver Film Festival.Robbins will collect the honour at a Nov 16 ceremony following aclip reel of career highlights, which include his 2004 ...
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Silver takes senior international role at Focus Feature
Allison Silver has been promoted to senior vice president ofinternational physical production at Focus Feature, effectiveimmediately.Silver previously served as vice president of international physicalproduction and joined the company as a production executive in autumn2002.Reporting to president of international sales and distribution AlisonThompson, she will remain in the company's Manhattan offices ...
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Maguire named president of international at PHE
Dennis Maguire has been appointed president of international forParamount Home Entertainment.Maguire will take charge of sales, marketing and distribution ofhome entertainment content for the Paramount Motion Picture Group (PMPG) andwill also oversee product from MTV Network Properties, CBS, PBS and Hasbro, aswell as fulfilment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.He ...
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Sony Animation's Season tops North America with $23m
Sony scored its 11thdomestic number one release of the year as the animated feature Open Season stormed to the top on an estimated $23m. Thepicture, which features the vocal talents of Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher, opened tomixed-to-favourable reviews.It was a great weekend forKutcher, who also stars alongside Kevin Costner ...
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World Trade Center takes international lead for Paramount
Paramount's World TradeCenter ruled the international roostas it grossed an estimated $12.3m from 2,690 screens across 20 territoriesthrough UIP and raised the overseas total to $22m.The carefully plannedrelease benefited from Oliver Stone's extensive publicity tour that took inLondon, Berlin, Venice, Moscow, Tokyo and Seoul.The 9/11 drama opened insecond place in ...
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TWC signs output deal with ARD Degeto in Germany
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has signed a multi-year output dealwith leading German broadcaster ARD Degeto for free TV rights to current andupcoming TWC and Dimension Films pictures.Pictures in the pipeline include John Madden's thriller Killshot starring Thomas Jane, Diane Lane andMickey Rourke; satirical comedy The Nanny Diaries starring Scarlett Johansson, ...
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De Niro to be feted at Rome Film Festival, screen 20 mins of Shepherd
Robert De Niro will screen 20 minutes from his upcoming CIAthriller The Good Shepherd at the Rome Festival, where he will receive the festival'sinaugural Steps And Stars Award.The honour recognises individuals and cultural entities that havemade significant contributions to the film industry.Last month the Tribeca and Rome festivals announced their ...