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Stormbreaker hopes to steal some Buena Vista bounty
Buena Vista International top brass will be looking to extendtheir dominance of the last couple of weekends thanks to the one-two punch of PiratesOf The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Cars.After amassing $141m from international markets so far, Pirates sets sail further in a number of newterritories this weekend, beginning ...
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Rosenfield joins Fifteen Minutes PR as entertainment chief
Zachary Rosenfieldhas left Insignia PR and joined Fifteen Minutes PR as the head of its entertainment division.In his new capacity Rosenfield will handle a roster of corporate clients,producers, personalities and consumer product-entertainment crossover."Zach is a young man of immense skill and character and I know he will make agreat addition ...
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The Queen gets North American coronation at NYFF
The 44th New York FilmFestival will open on Sept 29 with the North American premiere of StephenFrears' drama The Queen starringHelen Mirren as the current British monarch Elizabeth II (pictured) in the immediate aftermath of Princess Diana's death.The status and timing of the premiere suggests the picture is a shoo-in ...
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here! climbs on board Mr Leather
here! Films has picked upfirst-time filmmaker Jason Garrett's documentary Mr Leather, which chronicles nine men as they compete to becrowned Mr Los Angeles Leather.The picture was a sell-out at the recent Outfest in Los Angeles and alsoscreened at the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and the PhiladelphiaInternational Gay & ...
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Perlman joins Classic as vp digital media
Classic Media hashired Andrew Perlman to the new position of vice president of digital media.Perlman will be responsible for managing the mobile and online contentdistribution strategy for the company's 3,000-plus library, which includessubsidiary Big Idea's VeggieTalesbrand.Perlman will manage strategic partnerships with the likes of Google, Sprint,and MobiTV, oversee the development ...
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Plinyminor seals sales deal with Voltage
Los Angeles andLouisiana-based production company Plinyminor has signed a deal with salesagency Voltage Pictures to handle foreign sales on six new titles.All pictures will get a US theatrical release through Omni Releasing and arelikely to air on the SCI-FI Channel. Plinyminor is in talks for a long-termhome entertainment deal.The titles ...
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TWC promotes Robinson to vp production and development
Eric Robinson has beenpromoted to vice president of production and development at The WeinsteinCompany (TWC).Reporting to co-president of production Michel Cole and based in New York,Robinson will work on developing and producing projects for the studio,focusing mostly on animated material.As a vice president of production and development he currently oversees ...
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Chinese newcomer cast opposite Leung in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution
Tony Leung andChinese newcomer Tang Wei will star in Focus Feature's second world warespionage thriller Lust, Caution,which Ang Lee will begin shooting later this year in China.As previously reported here, Bill Kong will produce with Lee. Focus Featureschief executive officer James Schamus will serve as executive producer. Focusholds worldwide rights ...
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Miller to adapt The Spirit for Odd Lot
Frank Miller will adapt anddirect Will Eisner's influential comic strip The Spirit for Los Angeles-based Odd Lot Entertainment.Miller, whose credits include Sin City and the upcoming graphic novel adaptation 300, will attend the comic book convention COMIC-Con onJul 22 to discuss the project.Odd Lot principals Deborah Del Prete and Gigi ...
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Bisset joins McDowell in cast of Vivaldi
Jacqueline Bisset hasjoined the cast of Vivaldi, BorisDamast's biography of the celebrated composer of The Four Seasons.Bisset will play the Countess, a principled aristocrat whose patronage of Venice's poorest citizens harbours a secret.Mechaniks is producing the project and was launched in 2002 by Damast andpartner Andrea Kikot. Both are serving ...
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Huntsberry named chief operating officer at Paramount
Former president ofNBC Universal International Frederick Huntsberry has been named Paramount chiefoperating officer.Paramount chairman Brad Grey made the announcement on Sunday afternoon, addingthat worldwide marketing, distribution and business affairs chief Rob Moore hasadded oversight of Paramount Home Entertainment and Paramount Digital MediaGroup to his remit.Huntsberry, who will report to Grey, ...
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Farr's The Gymnast shines at 12th Annual Outfest Awards
Ned Farr's The Gymnast won the Grand Jury award for Outstanding AmericanNarrative Feature at Outfest's 12th Annual Competition Awards, while MalcolmIngram's Small Town Gay Bar andAmnon Buchbinder's Whole New Thingtook documentary and international narrative feature honours.Michael Carbonaro from Another Gay Movie and Diane Gaidry from Loving Annabelle won the actor ...
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Pirates sails past $125m international tally
Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest continued to rulethe waves as Buena Vista International's (BVI) adventure yarn cruised past$100m in its second weekend.The seventh title to cross $100m this year added an estimated $58m thanks to 18number one debuts that garnered $29.5m alone. Strong holds saw the pictureremain undefeated in ...
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NBR to name 2006 award winners on Dec 6
The first eventscheduled thus far in the 2006 awards season calendar will take place when the National Board of Review names its winners on Dec 6.Members will screen close to 300 pictures for awards consideration in 2006. Theannual awards gala will take place at Cipriani in New York City onJan ...
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TWC signs three-year deal with Akeelah's Atchison
The Weinstein Company(TWC) has signed a three-picture, first-look deal with Akeelah And The Bee writer-director Doug Atchison.The first two titles under the deal are the romantic comedy Outspoken and the First World War romance The Last Caravan. Atchison's manager Lou Pitt will produce both projects.TWC co-president of production Michael Cole ...
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Ang Lee casts Chinese newcomer opposite Leung
Tony Leung andChinese newcomer Tang Wei will star in Focus Feature's second world warespionage thriller Lust, Caution,which Ang Lee will begin shooting later this year in China.As previously reported here, Bill Kong will produce with Lee. Focus Featureschief executive officer James Schamus will serve as executive producer. Focusholds worldwide rights ...
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Universal rewards trio of senior executives
Universal Pictures top brass have promoted three senior veterans aspart of an operational restructure.Rick Finkelsteinbecomes vice chairman of Universal Pictures and executive vice president ofUniversal Studios; Jimmy Horowitz has been named co-president of production andexecutive vice president of Universal Pictures; and Michael Joe has beenpromoted to executive vice president of ...
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Pirates plunders $258.2m domestic 10-day haul
The high seasadventures continued for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as it plundered an estimated $62.2m to raise the10-day tally to a staggering $258.2m.Buena Vista's adventure sequel mustered the third biggest second weekend inhistory behind Shrek 2's $72.2mand Spider-Man's $71.4m,and stayed top ahead of the new comedies Little ...
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Pirates stays top, races past $250m after 20 days
The high seasadventures continued for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as it plundered an estimated $62.2m to raise the10-day tally to a staggering $258.2m.Buena Vista's adventure sequel mustered the third biggest second weekend inhistory behind Shrek 2's $72.2mand Spider-Man's $71.4m,and stayed top ahead of the new comedies Little ...
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Weinsteins launch African American comedy co with RLJ
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has signed a deal with BET founderRobert L Johnson's RLJ companies to create a venture to produce African-Americancomedies.Our Stories Films will launch shortly in Los Angeles with officesin New York City. Dimension Films will distribute all titles theatrically andTWC's home entertainment partner Genius Products will handle ...