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Echo Lake launches management division under Marcus
EchoLake founder and president Doug Mankoff has launched a management venture underthe expanded and newly renamed umbrella company Echo Lake Entertainment.FormerCAA agent and MGM president Mike Marcus will head Echo Lake Management, andbrings a client roster that includes Water director Deepa Mehta, and New Zealand writer-director Toa Fraser, whosescreenwriting credits ...
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Wagner & Cuban to receive tribute at Nov Gotham Awards
2929 Entertainment founders Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban will bepresented with a Gotham Award tribute at the IFP's 16th Annual Gotham Awards onNov 29.The honour will be handed out at the annual awards ceremonyalongside six competitive awards for ensemble cast, breakthrough actor anddirector, documentary, feature, and Best Film Not Playing ...
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Fox Korea chief Lee to take over at Fox Japan
Fox Korea managing director Jesse Lee has been named generalmanager for Fox Japan and will replace Toshiharu Karaki, who is leaving to pursueother interests.Lee's appointment will take effect on Jul 1. He has served asgeneral manager for both the theatrical and home entertainment divisions of FoxKorea since 2000, starting at ...
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Lionsgate International reports monster sales business at Cannes
Lionsgate International hasjoined the list of US sales agencies reporting an unprecedented volume ofbusiness at Cannes last month, led by monster sales on Saw III and the recently announced vampire project Daybreakers. Saw III inspired a flurry ofdeals on the Croisette as rights went to: Japan (Asmik Ace), Germany(Kinowelt), Australia ...
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Cars finishes first on $31.2m in US, despite stiff competition
Buena Vista/Pixar's Cars remained in pole position in its second weekend onan estimated $31.2m, despite respectable debuts for Paramount's comedy NachoLibre on $27.5m in second place andUniversal's The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift in third on $24.1m.Overall business climbed forthe fifth consecutive weekend as the top 12 titles grossed ...
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USC student King wins BAFTA/LA student film award for animated short
Adam Parrish King has won BAFTA/LA's third annual Student FilmAwards for his animated short The Wraith Of Cobble Hill.The Brooklyn-set coming-of-age fable beat out sixfinalists from a pool of 30 submissions from Los Angeles County colleges.All finalists will receive diplomas from BAFTA/LA. The finalistswere: King, from USC; Jesse Eisenhardt, from ...
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Basil-Jones returns to Sony to head Australia, New Zealand
StephenBasil-Jones will return to Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) asmanaging director of Australia once he completes his tenure as DreamWorks International'smarketing and distribution chief at the end of the year.Basil-Joneswill also serve as regional supervisor for New Zealand and SPRI executive vicepresident, reporting to Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group president ...
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Jesus Camp gets Sterling Award at Silverdocs festival
HeidiEwing and Rachel Grady's Jesus Camp wonthe Silverdocs Sterling Award for a feature film as the week-long event came toa close in Maryland.JesusCamp explores the faith of young followersat a summer camp whose lives are driven by fervent evangelism.DanielCross and Mila Aung-Thwin's Chairman George received an honourable mention for its ...
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Cars, Tokyo Drift post powerful international debuts
The Da Vinci Code ruled the roost and became the 13th biggestinternational release in history at the weekend as it reached $480m andovertook Shrek 2 and Star WarsEpisode III.Sony Pictures ReleasingInternational chiefs reported an estimated $15.2m weekend haul from 7,800screens in 83 territories. The adventure is by far Sony's biggest ...
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Cedric The Entertainer joins cast of Talk To Me for Focus, Kimmel
US comedian Cedric The Entertainer, Mike Epps and Taraji P Hensonhave joined the cast of Focus Features' Talk To Me, which began shooting last week.As previously announced Kasi Lemmons is directing and DonCheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in the story based on the life of Ralph Waldo'Petey' Green, an outspoken ...
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GI Jesus takes grand jury prize at CineVegas
Carl Colapert's Iraq Wardrama GI Jesus was awarded the2006 Cinevegas Film Festival's Grand Jury prize as the event wound down at theweekend.Joe Arquette, Patricia Mota,Maurizio Farhad, Mark Cameron and Telana Lynum star in the tale of a returningMexican national who fought in the conflict in exchange for US citizenship andsuffers ...
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Darryl Hunt, Simple Curve are favourites at Nantucket
AubreyNealon's A Simple Curve won the 11thNantucket Film Festival's Writer/Director Award, and Ricki Stern and AnnieSundberg's The Trials of Darryl Hunttook the audience award for best feature as the event wound down at theweekend.BestStorytelling in a Documentary Film was awarded to Steven Cantor's WhatRemains, while South African filmmakerAvie Luthra won ...
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Palm picks up domestic rights to New York post-punk doc KIll Your Idols
Palm Pictures has acquired North American and Caribbean rights toSA Crary's documentary Kill Your Idols and plans a summer theatrical release followed by DVD inthe autumn.Kill Your Idols chartsa course through New York's downtown underground post-punk scene, kicking offin the late 1970s with the birth of the short-lived but influential ...
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Previd launches entertainment marketing firm in New York
Nevette Previd has launchedthe entertainment marketing firm Nevette Previd Inc, which will focus onstrategic partner development and integrated grassroots marketing and socialaction campaigns tied to film campaigns. The client roster currentlyincludes clients Participant Productions, Elevation FilmWorks, ProcessProductions, Plum Pictures, The San Francisco Film Festival, and the NY AidsFilm Festival. Previd ...
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Buried Alive commences for Odd Lot in New Mexico
Odd Lot Entertainment'sgenre label Dark Lot has begun principal photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico,on the horror project Buried Alive starringTerence Jay and newcomer Leah Rachel.Bob Kurtzman is directingthe tale of college friends who awaken an ancient spirit during a sororityinitiation ceremony at an abandoned ranch house.Tobin Bell and SteveSandvoss ...
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THINKFilm boards Shortbus for North America
THINKFilm has acquired allNorth American rights to John Cameron Mitchell's sexual odyssey Shortbus following its out-of-competition screening atCannes, and plans an autumn release.Shortbus, which overcame its sexually explicit nature tobecome one of the most hotly pursued titles at the festival, follows the livesof several characters in New York as they ...
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Universal's Tokyo Drift speeds into UK, Australia
Fox International's horror remake The Omen has taken $37m since last week's subduedday-and-date launch and the studio will be hoping for solid holds heading intothe second weekend.Fox won't get any respite from the World Cup, which is alreadygripping world audiences.Meanwhile the studio opens X-Men: The Last Stand in its final ...
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Ginsberg promoted to vice president at LA-based Block-Korenbrot PR
Lee Ginsberg has beenpromoted to vice president of motion picture publicity at Los Angeles-based Block-KorenbrotPublic Relations, effective immediately.Ginsberg, who has served atthe company since September 2003, will continue to report to co-presidents MelodyKorenbrot and Ziggy Kozlowski.In addition Rebecca Fisherand Lisa Danna have joined the company as senior publicists.Fisher previously served ...
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Hoffman signs on to star in Capitol's Lumet-directed thriller
Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in Capitol Films' Before TheDevil Knows You're Dead,which is set to begin shooting in July in New York City.Sidney Lumet is directing the story about two brotherswhose plan to rob their parents' jewellery store leads to a devastating climax.Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei ...
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Washington Square lines up productions including Curtis biopic
Washington Square Films-based producers Amy Hobby and RussStratton are lining up an eclectic slate of titles headed up by the Ian Curtisbiopic All The Timeand the Hector Lavoe salsa documentary Calle Luna, Calle Sol.Music video director Jamie Thraves will direct All The Time based on Mick Middles and LindsayReade's book ...