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Netflix takes domestic rights to Prisoner doc at Toronto
Netflix-owned Red Envelope Entertainment snapped up North Americanrights yesterday [Tuesday] to North American rights on Michael Tucker and PetraEpperlein's documentary The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair.The picture will be released theatrically with additionalfootage in 2007, and will also be released across a number of platforms in ...
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Penelope cruises into international markets
Hyde Park International has closed multiple territory deals onMark Palansky's fantasy drama Penelope, which has been in play with domestic buyers since itsworld premiere screening last week.Rights have gone to Australia (Magna Pacific), Mexico(Gussi), Brazil (Paris Films), CIS (MGN), Taiwan (CMC), and Portugal(Lusomundo).Deals also closed in Benelux (RCV), Greece (Village ...
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Sony Classics pre-buys British memoir drama
Sony Pictures Classics has bought North America and Latin Americanrights to And When Did You Last See Your Father'Anand Tucker will direct the film, whose production is set tobegin in October. The project has been developed under the UK Film Council's Super-Slateinitiative in association with Film4, Intandem Films and the ...
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Lionsgate swoops for Polley's directorial debut
Lionsgate has bought US rights to Sarah Polley's directorial debutAway From Herfollowing its world premiere earlier in the festival.The company plans to release the picture, which stars JulieChristie and Gordon Pinsent, in spring 2007. The adaptation of Alice Munro's short story The Bear Came OverThe Mountain deals withrevelations that emerge ...
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Puerto Rico confirms 40 percent tax break
ThePuerto Rico Film Commission revealed full details of its 40% tax credit schemeat an official industry launch here yesterday.Thescheme, which is believed to be the second-largest in the world behindManitoba's 65% facility, will offer a rebate of local spend on features,television productions, miniseries and soundtracks.Qualifyingproductions will need to shoot 50% ...
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Ruby Tuesday gets animated with Jagger, Europa
EuropaCorp and Mick Jagger's Jagged Films are preparing a late2006 start on the animated feature Ruby Tuesday in time for a winter 2008 release.The partners are jointly producing the project and EuropaCorp isfinancing and ...
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Kim moves up at Lionsgate
ElizabethKim has been promoted to Lionsgate's senior vice president of internationalsales as the company continues to bolster its international operations.Kim, whois in Toronto with the entire international sales team and handling The USVs John Lennon andworld premiere Fido, oversees sales for Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and keyEuropean territories.Her ...
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Apple announces US download service for iTunes, iPod
Apple will start selling downloads of feature-length WaltDisney titles that can play on any computer loaded with iTunes software as wellas the new 80GB iPod.The company will offer features from Buena Vista, Pixar, Miramaxand Touchstone, priced at $12.99 in the first week and rising to $14.99 afterthat.Speaking at a conference ...
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BME chooses not to renew first-look deal with Samaha's Gibraltar
Bauer Martinez Entertainment (BME) has decided not toexercise its option to extend its first look deal with Elie Samaha's Gibraltar Entertainment,which expired on Jun 1.Under Samaha's deal with Bauer Martinez the company producedthriller The Flockstarring Richard Gere and Claire Danes and set to open next year in NorthAmerican, and acquired ...
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Newmarket boards US rights to Death Of A President
Newmarket Films has snappedup US rights to Death Of A President as a flurry of territory deals collectively worth $3m closed on the George W Bush assassination drama last night [11].Gabriel Range's hotly anticipated picture sold within 24 hours of its Sundayworld premiere, with rights also going to Maple Pictures ...
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Magnolia, Optimum, Madman reteam to buy To's Exiled
Magnolia Pictures in North America, Optimum in the UK and MadmanEntertainment in Australia and New Zealand have jointly bought allEnglish-language rights to Hong Kong director Johnny To's action thriller Exiled.The distributors recently teamed up to buy the South Korean boxoffice smash The Host and Magnolia plans to release in North ...
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Schumacher to direct Gold Circle's Town Creek
Joel Schumacher willdirect Gold Circle's upcoming supernatural thriller Town Creek, with Lionsgate on board for domestic and MandatePictures handling international rights.Production is set to begin on Mar 1 2007 on the story of former abductee andhis brother who return to the site of the kidnapping and become trapped in anoccult ...
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Newman named deputy director of US National Video Resources
Former National Board of Review (NBR) executive director EileenNewman has been appointed deputy director of National Video Resources.In her new role Newman will serve as the organisation's chief programmaticand operating manager, overseeing all NVR programmes including the Media ArtsFellowships, which award approximately $800,000 annually to artists.Newman served as the NBR's ...
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Barab named to run Bauer Martinez's Lucky 50 Productions
Martin Barab has been appointed president of Bauer MartinezStudios' production arm Lucky 50 Productions.Barab formerly served as the company's general counsel and priorto that had been the president of Bauer Martinez Distribution before it wasrenamed Bauer Martinez Entertainment (BME).He will work alongside BME chairman and chief executive officer PhilippeMartinez and ...
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Rich promoted senior vp at Warner Bros Pictures International
Blair Rich (pictured) has beenpromoted to senior vice president of marketing and creative advertising atWarner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).The new appointment will expand Rich's strategic role at thecompany. She will continue to direct and oversee creative campaigns fornumerous studio releases, including the upcoming Blood Diamond, 300, HarryPotter And The Order ...
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Former Disney executive Jongmans joins PHEI as vp of EMEA licensing
Former Buena Vista Home Entertainment International executive OnnoJongmans has joined Paramount Home Entertainment International (PHEI) as vicepresident of Europe, Middle East and Africa Licensing.He previously served as emerging markets director for Europe, theMiddle East and Africa at Buena Vista Home Entertainment International.Prior to that he held several roles in sales ...
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TWC to handle international sales on two Mayhem Projects films
The Weinstein Company (TWC) hassigned a deal to handle international sales on LA-based production andfinancing company The Mayhem Project's first two pictures, Clock Tower and Make It Happen.TWC's president of international Glen Basner is keen to build upthe sales agency side of the company, and concluded a raft of deals ...
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Voltage sells six-picture creature feature package to AMG in Japan
Voltage Pictures has sold a trio of upcoming Romanian-UK creaturefeatures to Japan's AMG as part of a package of six titles.The live-action family picture Mammoth 2 and adventures Sherlock Holmes andTerracotta Warriors arebeing co-financed by Voltage and will shoot in Romania from October tomid-2007.Voltage previously sold King Arthur And The ...
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Weinsteins take Mandy, Vince in Toronto
Harvey and Bob Weinstein stamped their mark on the festivaltoday as they swooped on Jonathan Levine's hip genre picture All TheBoys Love Mandy Lane forDimension and Ari Sandel's documentary Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show for The Weinstein Company (TWC).Dimension Films took worldwide rights to Mandy Lane in a deal ...
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Reflection strikes North American deal for The Yacoubian Building
Bac Films has sold North American rights for The Yacoubian Building (Omaret Yakobean) to Reflection Distribution. MarwanHamed's sweeping Egyptian saga about modern-day lifein Cairo premiered at Berlin and has crossed $360,000 after two weeks on releasein France. Bac's head of salesSilvere Moreau negotiated the deal with Mohad Youssef at Reflection,which ...