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AFI FEST schedules programme to celebrate 20th anniversary, predecessor Filmex
The Los Angeles AFI FEST islining up a series of events commemorating the 20th anniversary ofAFI FEST and 15 years of its predecessor Filmex.The commemorative programmeTake The Journey will run during the upcoming AFI FEST from Nov 1-12 at theArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.Events include a screeningof Sacred Monsters presented byPeter ...
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First And Goal named as first private backer for Cruise/Wagner
Less than one week afterViacom chief Sumner Redstone banished Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner from theParamount kingdom, the pair has struck a development deal with an investmentfirm headed by Washington Redskins owners Daniel Snyder.The deal with First AndGoal, which is also headed by Dwight Schar, chairman of the homebuildingconglomerate NVR, ...
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Mulroney joins Shues in Picturehouse drama Gracie
DermotMulroney has joined Elisabeth Shue, Carly Schroeder and Andrew Shue on the castof Gracie, which begins shooting in NewJersey this week.Shue'spartner Davis Guggenheim is directing the drama based on a tragedy thataffected the Shue family and inspired a teenage girl to fight for the right forgirls to play competitive football.AndrewShue, ...
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Outfest, UCLA to restore Parting Glances, Word Is Out
Outfest and the UCLA Film& Television Archive have announced the first two pictures to be restoredas part of their film preservation partnership unveiled last year.The pictures are BillSherwood's 1986 AIDS drama Parting Glances starring Steve Buscemi and Word Is Out: Stories Of Some Of Our Lives, a documentary about gay ...
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Haas-directed Iraq thriller has world premiere at Hamptons
Theworld premiere of Philip Haas' Iraq-set thriller The Situation will open the 14th Annual Hamptons International FilmFestival, which runs from Oct 18-22.TheSituation centres on an Americanjournalist covering the conflict in Iraq whose life becomes endangered aftershe gets personally involved in a story. Connie Nielsen and Damian Lewis star.ShadowDistribution will release ...
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$2.6m donated to 9/11 charities from opening gross of World Trade Center
FourSeptember 11 charities will receive $2.6m as a portion of the first five days'gross of Paramount's drama World Trade Center.Aspreviously reported, 50% of the donation will go to the World Trade CenterMemorial Foundation, which was set up to fund construction of two reflectingpools located on the site of the Twin ...
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US football drama Invincible leads domestic box office
Buena Vista's true life American football drama Invincible trampled the competition at the weekendas it opened top with an estimated $17m in ticket sales.Mark Wahlberg stars as Vince Papale, the 30-year-old barman whoearned a place on the 1976 Philadelphia Eagles after responding to an open recruitingcall. Ericson Core's picture impressed ...
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Dead Man's Chest continues to fill with international grosses
Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest set another record for Buena VistaInternational (BVI) as it remained the international box office champion for aneighth consecutive weekend Ð the longest run at the top in the company'shistory.Meanwhile Cars ranked third in the international market behind Universal/UIP's MiamiVice, giving BVIexecutives plenty to ...
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Edmonds named to head Weinstein/Johnson co-venture
TraceyEdmonds has been appointed president of Our Stories Films, the African-Americancomedy studio announced by the Weinstein Company (TWC) and BET founder Robert LJohnson's RLJ companies in July.Edmondswill oversee studio operations and the overall vision, sourcing and shepherdingof projects from development to production. She is expected to announce a teamof executives ...
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Pirates set to sail past $500m at international box office
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest will cross $500m this weekend as itattempts to rule the international waves for the seventh consecutive weekend.The adventure sequel has grossed more than $492.1m through BuenaVista International so far and should hold well despite no new openings.Meanwhile the animated feature Cars still has ...
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Craig joins Kidman in New Line's Golden Compass
Daniel Craig is the latest big name to join the cast of TheGolden Compass, NewLine's first installment in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials children's fantasy trilogy.Craig, who will star as James Bond in the upcoming CasinoRoyale, will play Lord Asriel, a ruthlessadventurer with a mysterious past.He joins Nicole Kidman, his ...
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New York Film Festival boasts Coppola, Lynch, Field
New work from SofiaCoppola, David Lynch and Todd Fields are among 28 additions to the line-up inthe 44th New York Film Festival next month.Coppola's Marie Antoinettestarring Kirsten Dunst will screen, as will Lynch's hi-def mystery TheInland Empire starring Laura Dern,Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror phenomenon The Host, and Field's romantic ...
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Ganis re-elected to second term as president of the Academy
Sid Ganis has been re-elected for a second term as president ofthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) following a meeting ofthe board of governors.Executives branch governor and former Academy president RobertRehme was re-elected first vice president in this week's meeting [Aug 15],while music branch governor Arthur Hamilton ...
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Loach's Wind blows to IFC in North America
IFC Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to Ken Loach'sPalme D'Or winner The Wind That Shakes The Barley ahead of its North American premiere atToronto next month.The 1920s-set tale about the early Irish resistance movement willget a multi-platform release through IFC's First Take Films label in 2007.IFC Entertainment president Jonathan ...
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Medavoy, Roth on the honours roll for Hollywood Film Awards
Mike Medavoy will receivethe Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Producer of the Year Award and EricRoth will collect corresponding screenwriting honours at the Hollywood AwardsGala on Oct 23.Medavoy is celebrated for abody of work that includes the upcoming All The King's Men, Miss Potter and Zodiac, as well as Basic and ...
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New York Film Festival lineup boasts Lynch, Field, Coppola
New work from Sofia Coppola, David Lynch and Todd Field are amongthe final line-up of the 44th New York Film Festival (NYFF) announcedyesterday.Coppola's Marie Antoinette starring Kirsten Dunst will screen, as will Lynch's hi-defmystery The Inland Empire starring Laura Dern, Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror phenomenonThe Host, and Field'sromantic drama ...
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Sony challenges BVI's Pirates record in Spain
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SRI) has challenged BuenaVista International's claim that Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest set a new industry opening record inSpain last weekend.According to figures the BVI sequel grossed Euros 8,598,915 includingpreviews on the Thursday night [Aug 10] before official release.SPRI executives said The Da Vinci ...
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Routh, Stallone, Strathairn in fillms at Palm Springs Short Films Festival
Brandon Routh, David Strathairn and Timothy Hutton feature in someof the films at the upcoming Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films& Short Film Market.The event will take place from Aug 24-30 and is expected toshowcase 333 films from 46 countries chosen from more 2,500 worldwidesubmissions.Superman Returns' Routh takes the ...
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Valderama, Universal to make Partybuddys movie
Wilmer Valderrama will produce and possibly star in Universal Pictures'story about Partybuddys founders James King and Jason Roefaro.Mike Samonek is writing the screenplay about the entrepreneurial friendswhose VIP service offers party-goers a ready-made posse, bodyguard, limo,paparazzi detail and nightclub entry.Valderrama's manager Glenn Rigberg will serve as executive producealong with John ...
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AFI Awards to announce annual winners on Dec 10
The seventh annual AFI Awards will be announced on Dec 10 andhanded out at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Jan 12, 2007.Ten AFI Movies of the Year, 10 AFI Television Programmes of theYear and up to 10 AFI Moments of Significance will be unveiled.Film honorees will be chosen by ...