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Barsky named special counsel at MPAA
Simon Barsky,executive vice president and general counsel to the MPAA and its internationalcounterpart the MPA, is winding down his duties following 28 years of service.Effective Aug 14 Brasky became special counsel to chairman and chief executiveofficer Dan Glickman and president and chief operating officer Bob Pisano, andwill become an independent ...
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Varda to receive Flanders tribute
Agnes Varda will receivethe Joseph Plateau Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming 33rdAnnual Flanders International Film Festival, which runs from Oct 11-21.Previous honorees include Mike Leigh, Robert Altman, Richard Attenborough, SydneyPollack and Lili Zanuck.Festival organisers will screen 10 of her films as part of the tribute, and have separately arranged ...
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MonteCristo kicks off japan shoot on Apartment 1303
New York-based salesand distribution company MonteCristo Entertainment has begun principalphotography in Hamamatsu, Japan, on the horror tale Apartment 1303.Ataru Oikawa is directing the project about the terrifying circumstancessurrounding a rental apartment, which is expected to be ready for delivery byAFM and stars Noriko Nakagoshi.Oikawa adapted the screenplay from Kei Oishi's ...
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Sundance names seven Annenberg fellows
Sundance Institutehas announced the seven recipients of this year's Annenberg awards, which givefilmmakers a $10,000 grant and extended creative and financial support over atwo-year period to assist development.This year's screenplays touch on issues ranging from the struggles of younglove in a post-9/11 New York to the challenges and small victories ...
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Off Screen leads charge in Cinemavault sales
Cinemavault ReleasingInternational has notched up a string of sales, headed by Pieter Kuijpers' OffScreen.The Dutch hostagethriller has been picked up for the US by Image Entertainment, with furtherdeals for France (Melimedias), Brazil (California), Greece (Spentzos Film), andthe former Yugoslavia (A.G. Market).Georgina Riedel's comedy How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer ...
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Shim named managing director of Fox Korea
Jay Shim has beenappointed managing director of Fox Korea, replacing Jesse Lee who was recentlynamed general manager of Fox Japan.Shim will assume the new role immediately and reports to vice president of theAsia/Pacific region Sunder Kimatrai.Shim most recently served as vice president of Popcorn Film, where he managedthe production of ...
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Zane, Sizemore sign up for Archetype mayhem
Billy Zane will starin The Mad and Tom Sizemore hassigned to Bottom Feeder, twoproductions by Peace Arch Entertainment's genre arm Archetype Films.The Mad is scheduled to beginproduction this month in Canada and tells of a doctor and his teenage daughterwho are terrorised by zombies at a truck stop.John Kalangis will ...
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Harrison named corp comms chief at Paradigm
Bill Harrison hasjoined Paradigm Talent and Literary Agency as head of corporate communications.Harrison will oversee Paradigm's media relations activities as well as thecompany's branding, advertising, special events and philanthropic efforts. Hewill be based in the Beverly Hills headquarters.He most recently served in a senior role at PMK/HBH, where his accountsincluded ...
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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 ...