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Bean, Knighton, Bush head cast in Rogue remake of The Hitcher
Production will begin this month on Rogue Pictures' horror remakeThe Hitcher afterZachary Knighton became the last main cast member to sign on.Knighton joins Sean Bean and Sophia Bush in Michael Bay'sPlatinum Dunes' remake of the 1986 horror classic. Dave Meyers is directing.Bay and Platinum Dunes' Brad Fuller and Andrew Form ...
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Universal buys rights to BOOM! comic book Talent
Universal has picked up the rights to BOOM! Studios' comic book Talent written by Christopher Golden and TomSniegoski.Nicole Brown of Marc Platt Productions brought the property to thestudio. Talentfollows a young professor who survives a plane crash and inherits the memoriesand skills of a boxer who perished in the disaster.Marc ...
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Geller promoted to sales, development manager at Submarine
Sales coordinator Harry Geller has been promoted to manager ofsales and development at New York-based sales and production company agencySubmarine Entertainment.'Harry Geller joined Submarine a little over a year ago andhas excelled in all areas he's been focused on,' Submarine co-head JoshBraun said.'In addition to his invaluable work on the ...
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Sundance names fellows for Documentary Film Editing and Story lab
The Sundance Institute has announcedthe eight filmmakers and their projects for its annual Documentary Film Editingand Story Laboratory, which runs from Jun 23-30.The 2006 Documentary FilmEditing and Story Laboratory Fellows are Maria Teresa Larrain (director) andRicardo Acosta (editor) with The Trial Of Pascual Pichun (Chile); Senain Kheshgi and Geeta Patel ...
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Kaminow promoted to executive vp of marketing at Sony
David Kaminow has been named executive vice president of marketingfor the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, and will work with marketingchief Valerie Van Galder on all Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studiosproductions and oversee worldwide market research for the studio.During his tenure with the studio, Kaminow has overseen worldwidemarket research on ...
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WMi to consult for Louisiana film fund
William Morris Independent (WMi) has taken a consultancy role atthe Pelican Film Fund, which launched last year with the aim of bringing $300min production funds into the state of Louisiana between now and December 2007.WMi agents will identify producers for suitable projects, packageall creative elements and structure innovative financing arrangements ...
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Zac Reeder named head of acquisitions at MarVista
Zac Reeder (pictured) has been appointed to the newly created position ofhead of acquisitions at MarVista Entertainment as the company seeks to fill itshome entertainment and international distribution pipelines.Reeder will oversee both theatrical and television pick-ups for worldwidedistribution and reports to production and distribution chief Michael D Jacobs.Prior to MarVista, ...
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Alba joins Eckhart in GreeneStreet's Bill
Jessica Alba has replaced Lindsay Lohan opposite Aaron Eckhart in GreeneStreet Films'upcoming comedy Bill, which is set to begin principal photography on Jun 8 in and around St Louis.Greenestreet's John Penotti and Fisher Stevens are producing Bill with Matthew Roland, with Tim Williams serving as executive producer.Lohan stepped aside due ...
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6/6/06 launch proves record-breaking for Fox's Omen
Twentieth Century Fox's The Omen has scored the biggest ever Tuesdayopening in US box office history with an estimated $12.6m take.Studio chiefs released the satanic horror remake on Jun 6 -or 6/6/06 - reflecting the numeric representation of the devil that isreferred to in the film.In an ironic twist of ...
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Zauner promoted to vp, Asia sales, at Fox TV Distribution
Brendan Zauner has been promoted to vice president of sales forAsia for Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution.Zauner,who has held the post of director of sales for Asia sincejoining the company in May 2003, will remain in the company's Australianoffices in Sydney. He will continue to report to Richard Samuels, senior ...
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Berk re-elected as president of Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) members re-electedPhilip Berk as president for the 2006-07 session at the group's annual electionmeeting on Tuesday.Berk has belonged to the association for 30 years and is servinghis sixth term as president. He writes for FilmInk in Australia and Galaxie inMalaysia.Mahfouz Doss was re-elected vice president, ...
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New US distributor Teton buys rights to Shadowboxer
TetonFilms has picked up domestic rights to Lee Daniels Entertainment's noir drama Shadowboxer starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Helen Mirren. Tetonhas earmarked a Jul 21 release through Freestyle Releasing on Daniels'directorial debut about two assassins who take pity on a pregnant hit and runaway with her. VanessaFerlito, Macy Gray and ...
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Nair's Namesake to open New York's IAAC festival in Nov
Mira Nair's The Namesake will open the Indo-American Arts Council's 6th IAAC FilmFestival in New York on Nov 1.Adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri's book of the same name, TheNamesake charts the upsand downs of an Indian family transplanted to Boston, and stars Kal Penn, Tabu,Irfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett and Zuleikha Robinson ...
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Peter Taylor returns to head SPRI UK
Peter Taylor has rejoined Sony Pictures Releasing International(SPRI) as managing director of the UK Office.Taylor will report to Paul Smith, president of worldwideoperations at Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, and assumes the dutiesheld by Richard Napper, who is leaving after seven years to pursue fresh challenges.Taylor most recently served at ...
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SKE gets Yelchin, Downey for Charlie Bartlett
SidneyKimmel Entertainment (SKE) is preparing to shoot the coming-of-age story CharlieBartlett this month starring AntonYelchin, Robert Downey Jr and Hope Davis.Theproject is the latest title to join MGM's burgeoning domestic distributionpipeline and will be sold overseas through Kimmel International.DavidPermut, Barron Kidd, Jay Roach and Sidney Kimmel are producing and SKEpresident ...
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Deals flurry for Darclight on Hood Of Horror
ArclightFilms' genre imprint Darclight Films concluded a raft of sales in Cannes on thehorror-comedy package Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror.Dealsclosed with Presidio in Japan, Tiberius in Germany, Dutch Film Works inBenelux, Gulf Films in the Middle East, and MFI in Thailand.Directedby Stacy Title, Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror comprises three ...
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Miramax develops US satire Homeland Insecurity
MiramaxFilms is developing the satirical comedy Homeland Insecurity with the former editor-in-chief of The Onion RobertSiegel.Basedon a screenplay by Siegel, the project will be produced by David Miner and 3Arts Entertainment, and follows two ordinary Arab-Americans who get mistakenfor terrorists while on a business trip to Texas.Miramax'sdirector of production David ...
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here! acquires worldwide rights to Brown's Race
Regent Releasing will release Russell Brown's Race You To TheBottom in early 2007after sister company here! Films acquired worldwide rights.The feature directorial debut stars Cole Williams as a gay traveljournalist who invites his female lover, played by Amber Benson, on a romantictrip to California's Napa Valley wine country.Jeremy Lelliott, Danielle ...
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TWC close to three-picture deal with Zhang Ziyi
Harvey and Bob Weinstein are in negotiations with Chinesesuperstar Zhang Ziyi to star in three pictures.It is understood the deal includes a live-action version of Mulanand a remake of AkiraKurosawa's 1954 action classic The Seven Samurai. The third project remained unknown attime of writing.The brothers are likely to seek local ...
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Nantucket Film Festival gets political with God Spoke, Ground Truth
Politics is writ large over this month's 11th Annual NantucketFilm Festival, with Liberal commentator Al Franken and a contingent of Iraq Warveterans set to make appearances.Franken is supporting Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus' documentary GodSpoke, which chronicleshis ongoing fight against the Right Wing.The Centrepiece screening is the Iraq War documentary ...