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Pressman to bring Robert Maxwell story to the screen
Ed Pressman is preparing to make a film of the London stage play LiesHave Been Told aboutRobert Maxwell, the British media tycoon and pension fund swindler who vanishedin mysterious circumstances 15 years ago.Pressman secured film rights with one of the play's producers DaleDjerassi, who was formerly married to Maxwell's daughter ...
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Allen promoted to evp, creative advertising and new media, at Searchlight
Stephanie Allen has been promoted to executive vice president ofcreative advertising and new media at Fox Searchlight.For the past six years Allen has served as senior vice presidentof creative advertising, where her brief included overseeing online content anddesign for the studio pictures. She reports to chief operating officer NancyUtley.In 2004 ...
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TWC hires new general counsel from BMO Merchant Bank
Attorney Peter Hurwitz has been hired as general counsel at TheWeinstein Company (TWC).Hurwitz will be based in New York and will assume a broad range oflegal affairs including new business acquisitions, joint ventures andintellectual property matters for TWC and Dimension Films.He will report to Charles Layton, executive vice president officeof ...
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Warner Bros opens Death Note at the top in Japan
Warner Bros became the first non-Japanese distributor to launch aJapanese picture number one at the local box office with the release of DeathNote.Shusuke Kaneko's horror tale about a fateful missive that killsits readers opened on Jun 17 and grossed $3.5m over two days, the equivalent of409million Yen.Warner Bros plans to ...
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Quinn joins Streep, Liu in Dark Matter
Aidan Quinn has joined Meryl Streep, Blair Brown and Chinese starLiu Ye on American Sterling Productions (ASP) and Saltmill Productions' drama DarkMatter.Based on a true story about the cultural difficulties experiencedwhen a brilliant Chinese student comes under the tutelage of a US science professor,Dark Matter is beingfinanced by ASP. Myriad ...
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Wurtz moves to Film Movement as vp, business development
US distribution venture Film Movement has bulked up its executivesuite with the appointment of Meghan Wurtz as vice president of businessdevelopment.In the newly created role Wurtz will develop and implementsponsorship programmes, oversee theatrical releases, manage cultural relationsand secure new revenue opportunities for the company's library. She will reportto Film Movement ...
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Zhang's Curse lands at Sony Pictures Classics
SonyPictures Classics has picked up North American and Latin American rights toZhang Yimou's period epic Curse Of The Golden Flower.Currentlyshooting in China, the Beijing New Pictures production stars Chow Yun Fat andGong Li, and marks SPC's ninth collaboration with the director following, mostrecently, this year's Riding Alone For Thousands Of ...
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Los Angeles Film Critics set awards dinner for Jan 14, 2007
TheLos Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) will hold its 32ndannual film achievement awards ceremony the day before the Golden Globes on Jan14 2007 in Los Angeles.Theevent will take place at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Century City.Thedate of the group's December 2006 voting meeting will be announced this autumn.
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Poseidon, Code lead international box office
The start of the World Cup elimination rounds, hot weather acrossmuch of Europe and a lack of new wide releases contributed to a lacklusterweekend at the international box office.Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI)'s Poseidon led the pack with an estimated $9.9mgross from approximately 4,000 prints in 49 countries, raising the ...
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Offutt promoted to creative executive at Participant
AmberOffutt has been promoted to creative executive at Participant Productions,freeing her up to work on development and production at the Los Angeles-basedcompany.Offuttpreviously served as executive assistant to Participant executivevice-president of creative affairs and production Chris Salvaterra.Priorto joining Participant she worked at production companies LioneyesEntertainment and Ovation Entertainment. Offutt began her ...
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Steckler, Greenfield join Searchlight in production roles
JeremySteckler and Matthew Greenfield have been appointed senior vice presidents ofproduction at Fox Searchlight Pictures. They will report to production chiefClaudia Lewis.Stecklerarrives after three years at di Bonaventura Pictures, while Greenfield is aproducer who previously had two films, The Good Girl and Star Maps,distributed through Searchlight."Matthew'sstellar reputation in the independent ...
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Click tops US box office for Sandler, Sony with $40m
Sony's latest Adam Sandler comedy Click took control of the box office as itdethroned Cars toopen on an impressive $40m estimated three-day haul.Thiswas in the range of previous Sandler releases: The Longest Yard launched on $47.6m in May 2005, 50 First Dates took $39.9m in February 2004, and Anger Managementproduced ...
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Balcony picks up US rights to Al Franken doc
Balcony Releasing has pickedup US rights to Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus' cinema verite picture AlFranken: God Spoke To Us.Balcony plans an autumnrelease on the picture, which shot over two years and tracks the former SaturdayNight Live comedian and Liberalpolitical commentator as he tackles everyone from right-wing broadcaster BillO'Reilly to ...
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Cowboys, Cuba screen at Rewind/Fast Forward in Miami
Billy Corben's Cocaine Cowboys, Jay Rosenblatt's I Want To BeSomebody and MeganWilliams' Tell Me Cuba areamong documentaries at the upcoming 5th Annual Rewind/Fast Forward Film &Video Festival in Miami Beach.The festival explores all facets of documentary film-making, filmand video preservation, film and TV history and the use of archival images ...
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Few major international openings as World Cup rages on
As the World Cup enters the second round this weekend with morehot weather forecast for most of Europe, distributors are looking toconsolidate their gains.Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)'s The Da VinciCode, currently on$485.2m, and Fox International's X-Men: The Last Stand, now on $186.2m, have been the majorplayers in recent weeks. ...
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First Look secures $80m credit facility with Merrill Lynch
Los Angeles-based First Look Studios has closed a three-year $80m creditfacility with Merrill Lynch as it continues its push to become a majorvertically integrated entertainment company.Prentice Capital Management, the New York-based hedge fund thathas hitherto provided financial support, will convert its initial investment inFirst Look Studios from convertible debt to ...
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Senator sets up US office, plans to absorb Streamline
Following a number of high-profile buys at Cannes, Germany'sSenator Entertainment AG has established a US office in Hollywood to findpictures with international crossover appeal for its distribution pipeline.Senator's chief content officer Marco Weber will serve aspresident and chief executive officer of Senator Entertainment Inc, overseeingall creative aspects including development, production, ...
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New US distributor to focus on faith-based, urban films
Lang Elliott's Sunn Classic Pictures and Los Angeles attorneysLeroy Bobbitt and Virgil Roberts have set up Sunn Allied Releasing todistribute urban and faith-based pictures.The company plans to release eight to 12 fully financed featuresand is supported by a "multi-million dollar" print and advertisingfund.The two Bobbitt & Roberts principals will bring ...
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Kercher named to senior European post for Kodak Digital Cinema
Brian Kercher has been appointed general manager for Kodak DigitalCinema covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa.Kercher has served at the company for 11 years, and most recentlymanaged the entertainment imaging business in the UK, Ireland and South Africa.He replaces Denis Kelly, who has retired.
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IFC teams with stablemate fuse on US release of Head
IFC Films is teaming up on the domestic release of rockmockumentary Brothers Of The Head with Rainbow Media stablemate and music and online televisionnetwork fuse.The alliance marks fuse's first foray into theatrical releasingand will see the partners collaborate on all marketing initiatives for the Jul28 release.fuse will run promotional features, ...