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Liman, Di Novi to produce Venice-set thriller Vaporetto 13
Mr And MrsSmith director DougLiman and veteran producer Denise Di Novi are teaming up to produce the $8.5mVenice-set thriller called Vaporetto 13 directed by Liman's longtime friend Gregor Von Bismarck.Based on RobertGirardi's novel of the same name, Vaporetto 13 follows an industrial diver whosepremonitions about a mysterious underwater church and ...
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Pirates lands in three major markets including UK
Buena VistaInternational (BVI) has a big weekend lined up with six scheduled internationallaunches for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.The adventuresequel sets sail in three major markets - Australia on Jul 6, the UK on Jul 7,and South Korea on Jul 8 - as well as New Zealand and ...
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Freedman joins Mandate in business and legal affairs dept
Dan Freedman has joinedMandate Pictures as vice president of business and legal affairs.Freedman assumesresponsibility for negotiating rights and talent agreements in the developmentand production of features, overseeing production counsel, negotiating dealsfor Mandate's mobile content ventures, and handling key corporate matters.He will report to RobMcEntegart, executive vice president of business affairs, ...
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Bouso promoted at Warner Bros distribution services
Annette Bouso has beenpromoted to executive vice president of worldwide distribution services atWarner Bros Technical Operations.Bouso will continue to beresponsible for the physical delivery of more than 43,000 hours of programmingfrom the company's library to clients in the broadcast, cable, pay TV, and VODsectors, as well as new and emerging ...
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Fox International teams with Croft & Co in New Zealand
Fox International hasappointed Croft & Co as its theatrical distributor for New Zealandfollowing the retirement of the studio's longtime partner Royce Moodabe.The Moodabe family'sconnection with the studio began in 1936 when Fox first acquired a 50% share inits exhibition business in New Zealand, then owned by Royce's father MJMoodabe.Royce became ...
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...and takes powerful $20m international gross in just 11 markets
Warner Bros PicturesInternational (WBPI)'s Superman Returns burst on to the international scene with an outstanding $20m weekend haul from just 1,750 prints in 11 markets that generated 5.06million admissions.Opening number one in allits markets, the epic took $5.2m and 795,741 admissions from 303 prints in SouthKorea, and $3.8m and 525,843 ...
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Ira & Abby, Mario are LAFF audience favourites
Robert Cary's Ira & Abby won the audience award for best narrative feature, JeffWerner and Susan Koch's Mario's Storytook corresponding documentary honours, and Tomer Heymann's Paper Dolls won the audience award for best international feature atthe Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) which finished last night (Sunday).The award for outstandingperformance in ...
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No records broken but Superman still flies high in US
The Man of Steel soared overthe box office but not the record books as Warner Bros' Superman Returns added an estimated $52.2m over three days to raisethe five-day tally to $84.2m.While the result was nowherenear the five-day mark of $152.4m set by Sony's Spider-Man 2 exactly two years ago, it ...
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Superman Returns soars to $21m domestic opening day
Superman Returns took approximately $21m from 3,915 North American locations onits opening day on Wednesday, according to Warner Bros.The studio rolled Tuesday night previews into the result,which includes unspecified figures from 76 IMAX screens to produce a $5,373average overall.This is the eighth biggest Wednesday launch in history with Spider-Man2 and ...
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Blockbusters edge out of the gate, as World Cup fever heats up
The international box office is expected to take another heavyknock this weekend as the World Cup enters the crucial quarter-final stages withEngland, Germany, Italy, France and Brazil all in action.However there will be plenty of action inside theatres as well ason the German turf as Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) ...
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Weinsteins hatch unusual MySpace campaign for Clerks II
Harvey and Bob Weinstein have unveiled their latest marketing gem,offering the first 10,000 MySpace members who add the Mooby's Presents: ClerksII page to their friendslist a permanent credit on Kevin Smith's upcoming sequel.According to sources the names of the winning Smith fans will bepresented at the end of the theatrical ...
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World Cup fans get documentary treatment from Visser
Rosenbloom Entertainment andFlashpoint Entertainment are in production on Fan-Demanium, a timely feature-length documentary chronicling the2006 World Cup as seen through the eyes of ten sets of national fans.Matthias Visser is directingthe project, which among others focuses on an Australian fan following his teamin their first finals, and Uzbek uncles who ...
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Schwartz joins IFC Entertainment to develop day-and-date programme
IFC Entertainment has appointed Lisa Schwartz as senior vicepresident of sales and business development and charged her with the task ofdeveloping the company's IFC In Theatres day-and-date releasing model.Reporting to IFC Entertainment president Jonathan Sehring,Schwartz will serve as the senior strategist for distribution platforms andbecomes the point person on IFC ...
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Domestic rights to Snoop's Hood land with Xenon at LAFF
Xenon Pictures has acquiredNorth American rights to Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror and has tentatively scheduled an autumn theatricalrelease followed by DVD.The project, which premieredat the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) on Jun 27, comprises three creepy talesinvolving the residents of an inner city neighborhood whose actions determinetheir fate in ...
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Gretchen, Evil take top prizes at LAFF
Steve Collins' high school comedy Gretchen won Film Independent's Target FilmmakerAward for best feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival's Spirit ofIndependence event tonight.The Target Documentary Award went to Amy Berg for Deliver UsFrom Evil, whichexplores paedophilia in the Catholic Church. Virginia Madsen and Jimmy Smitspresented the awards, which each ...
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New US independent Outsider Pictures launches in Los Angeles
Former studio marketing and distribution executives Paul Hudsonand Peter Peterson have announced the launch of Outsider Pictures, a SantaMonica-based distributor of independent features and documentaries in North andLatin America.The self-financed company plans to release six to eight pictureseach year and will handle theatrical, home video, and television distribution.Peterson said the ...
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New Line sets $150m Compass for Sept 4 UK start
New Line has greenlit production on its ambitious children'sfantasy project The Golden Compass following the casting of British newcomer 12-year-old Dakota BlueRichards in the lead role as Lyra Belacqua.Production on the $150m first instalment of Philip Pullman's HisDark Materials trilogyis scheduled to get underway on Sept 4 in the UK ...
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Blaine Lourd sets up investment consultancy in LA
Investment advisor Blaine Lourd has left AG Edwards to launch hisown investment consultancy Lourd Capital Management (LCM) in Beverly Hills.The company says that it will provide "objective and expert"investment counsel on asset allocation, investment manager selection, andcoordination of client's strategic advisors.Fidelity Investments will act as LCM's primary custodianand will provide ...
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FBI claim to have smashed global camcorder piracy ring
FBI agents claim to have smashed a global piracy ring followingthe arrest of 13 members of an organised network in the New York area.The individuals were part of an international ring allegedlyresponsible for one-half of all camcorded copies of films available on theblack market and on the internet in the ...
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Withoutabox hires three international festival liaisons
Withoutabox, the worldwide online network whose services include afilm festival submission system that connects filmmakers to more than 2,000events including AFI FEST, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and theDubrovnik International Film Festival, is expanding its reach with theappointment of three international festival liaisons.Mary Davies will oversee the UK and Europe ...