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Green signs on to New Line's Golden Compass
Rising French star Eva Greenhas been cast as Serafina in New Line's adaptation of The Golden Compass, the first instalment of Phillip Pullman's HisDark Materials fantasy trilogy.Green, who plays Bond's love interest Vesper Lynd opposite Daniel Craig in theupcoming Casino Royale, is thelatest addition to the $150m project.Earlier this week ...
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Thruline Entertainment announces merger
William Mercer and his RozonManagement Group have joined Chris Henze, J B Roberts and Ron West's managementfirm Thruline Entertainment.Gilbert Rozon, Mercer's Montreal-based partner and founder of the Just ForLaughs Montreal International Comedy Festival, will not become a Thrulineprincipal, however Thruline and Mercer will form a comedy division with him.The division, ...
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Pirates adds records, sails past $300m
Buena Vista International's(BVI) Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest maintained its unstoppable form as it plundered anestimated $55m from 7,698 sites in 40 countries for $305.5m.Powered by a huge German debut, the adventure romp became the seventh BVIrelease to cross $300m and has overtaken the 2003 original's $655m global ...
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Haynes names final Dylan actor for I'm Not There
Todd Haynes has named thesixth actor to play Bob Dylan in his outré ensemble portrait I'm Not There, which begins production on Jul 31 in Montreal.So far Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett and BenWhishaw have lined up to play the great singer-songwriter.If the presence of Blanchett points ...
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Haynes names final lead in Dylan biopic
Todd Haynes has named thesixth and final actor to play Bob Dylan in his outre ensemble portrait I'm Not There, which begins production tomorrow (July 31) in Montreal.Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett and BenWhishaw had already lined up to play the iconic singer-songwriter in what has been ...
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Miami Vice busts Pirates to open top
Audience focus moved dueNorth from the Caribbean to Florida at the weekend as Universal's Miami Vice displaced the pirates with an estimated $25.2mopening.Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest continued to break records however, while Warner Bros' Lady In TheWater plummeted to seventh place andFox's The Devil Wears Pradaconsolidated its ...
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ICM agrees terms to acquire BWCS
In its first major play since last year's $100m cash injection by investors, ICM has signed an agreement to acquire The Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann (BWCS) Agency.The move boosts ICM's credibility in the television arena and will see BWCS managing partner Chris Silbermann become ICM co-presidentalongside co-president Ed Limato.All of ...
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Angry Monk secures domestic deal
Angry Monk Productions hasclosed a domestic deal for its documentary Angry Monk, which played at Sundance earlier this year.First Run/Icarus in New York has picked up the profile of the rebelliousTibetan monk Gendun Choephel directed by Luc Schaedler.The picture has also sold to Zorro Film in Germany, and previously went ...
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Aspen Filmfest to honour Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford will receivethe Aspen Filmfest's annual Independent by Nature Award at this year's 28th autumn festival in recognition ofhis contribution to modern cinema.The evening tribute will take place on Sept 30. The award recognises a filmartist whose body of work has redefined the movie experience and has previouslygone to ...
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Broken Lizard, Warner Bros line up The Babymaker
Broken Lizard Industries andGerber Pictures will produce comedy The Babymaker for Warner Bros.Broken Lizard's Jay Chandrasekhar, whose credits include The Dukes Of Hazzard is set to direct and colleague KevinHeffernan will star under the company's first-look deal with the studio.Written by Ice Age: The Meltdownco-screenwriters Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow, ...
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BVI seeks to tighten grip on overseas market
Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest should cruise past$250m this weekend as it extends it reach with a further 11 debuts throughBuena Vista International (BVI).The adventure romp boosted its international tally by more than $20m this weekto $239.1m and sets sail in Germany, Austria, and German-speaking Switzerlandon Jul 27.Meanwhile Cars ...
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McShane joins cast of Coraline
Ian McShane hassinged on to star in LAIKA Entertainment and Pandemonium Films' stop-motionanimated children's story Coraline,which is being distributed worldwide by Focus Features.As previously announced the cast includes Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, and theBritish comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.Coraline is based on a story byfantasy writer Neil Gaiman ...
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The Film Source enters Compound
Alex Massis' The FilmSource Company has picked up worldwide rights on Will Fredo's psychologicalthriller Compound.John Arcilla, Janet Russ, Jake Macapagal and Liza Dido star in the English andFilipino-language tale of hidden paranoia and political intrigue in a seeminglyidyllic estate in the Philippines."Compound is a complexthriller that brilliantly reinvents itself as ...
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Duo to oversee acquisitions and co-productions at TWC
Maeva Gatineau andMichelle Krumm have been named executive vice presidents and co-heads ofacquisitions and co-productions at The Weinstein Company (TWC).Gatineau, based in the company's UK office, and Krumm, based in the LA office, will jointly lead worldwide acquisitions activities, and will report to Bob and Harvey Weinstein.Former acquisitions chief ...
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Sundance names 2006 doc grant recipients
Projects exploring the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Filipina supply teachers in Baltimore, and the legacy of a Ku Klux Klan attack are among 15 to receive grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund.The grants total $605,000 and comprise the first of two annual awards and were selected by human rights ...
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World Trade Centre windfall for four NYC charities
Ten per cent of thefirst five days of North American box office from Oliver Stone's upcoming WorldTrade Centre will be donated to fourNew York-based charities.Of that portion, 50% will go to The World Trade Centre Memorial Foundation,while the remaining 50% will be divided among Tuesday's Children, The TributeWTC Visitor Centre, ...
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Gold Circle hires Rivet for Dead Daughters
GoldCircle Films has hired Jared Rivet to write its English-language remake of DeadDaughters based on PavelRuminov's upcoming Russian horror picture.Rivet previously wrote Killers Of The Dead, which Brian Witten is producing and JC Barros isdirecting.Gold Circle chief Paul Brooks will produce the story of a crazed woman whosparks a chain ...
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Weinsteins plan comedy franchise with Fletch Won
Bob and Harvey Weinstein are planning a Fletchfranchise, kicking off with the origins story Fletch Won based on the eighth book in Gregory Mcdonald'scomedy-mystery series.Emmy-nominated Scrubs creator BillLawrence will adapt the screenplay for The Weinstein Company (TWC) and is expected to make his featuredirectorial debut in April 2007 during a ...
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Columbia, IMAX sign Spider-Man 3 global deal
Columbia Pictures andIMAX Corporation have signed a simultaneous global release deal for Spider-Man 3 next year in conventionaland large-screen format.The picture will be digitally re-mastered for the IMAXformat, and opens around the world on May 4, 2007.Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Graceand Bryce Dallas Howard ...
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Solo Dios Sabe kicks off NY latino festival
The 7thAnnual New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) kicked off on Jul25 with Carlos Bolado's mystery Solo Dios Sabe and will close on Jul 30 with RichardGlatzer and Wash Westmoreland's drama Quinceanera.Programme highlights include the world premiere of Alfredo de Villa's musicaldrama Yellow, KevinJames Dobson's drama The Virgin Of ...