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Cars roars out of the gates for Disney and Pixar
Pixar's latest creation Cars destroyed the competition at the weekend as it roared tothe top on an estimated $62.8m through Buena Vista. Box office for the top 12pictures combined for $148.8m, up 8% against the same weekend last year.The result, while slightly below expectations, maintained Pixar'sperfect record of number one ...
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French & Saunders join Coraline voice cast
British comedy duo DawnFrench and Jennifer Saunders will join Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher in LaikaEntertainment's stop-motion animated feature Coraline (pictured).Focus Features has worldwiderights to the story of a young girl who enters a parallel universe and fightsto return to reality before she is taken captive by her counterfeit parents.French ...
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Fox's The Omen hit by World Cup, scorching weather
Fox International's The Omen ruled the weekend but it packed less of a punch thanexpected due to the World Cup and scorching weather in Europe.The satanic tale grossed an estimated $31.1m on 4,783 screens forthe Tuesday to Sunday period, approximately $13m of that coming frompre-weekend figures.The launch in more than ...
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Herskovitz voted president of US Producers Guild
MarshallHerskovitz has been voted in as president of The Producers Guild of America(PGA) and succeeds Kathleen Kennedy following her two-year tenure.Forthe past four years Herskovitz, whose film credits include The Last Samurai,Legends Of The Fall, and I Am Sam, has served as vice president of television.He iscurrently producing Blood Diamond,which ...
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Artport takes Japanese rights to Mutant Chronicles
With filming recently underway in London and the Isle of Man on EdPressman's sci-fi adventure The Mutant Chronicles, Voltage Pictures has pre-sold Japaneserights to Art Port.Devon Aoki recently joined Thomas Jane and John Malkovichon the story of a band of humans 300 years in the future who battle an army ...
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Knobloch named to newly created PDG post at Warner Bros France
Iris Knobloch has been appointed to the newly created position ofpresident-directeur general of Warner Bros France.Knobloch, who has spent more than 10 years at Warner Bros and TimeWarner, rejoins Warner Bros to assume general oversight of the studio'sbusiness in France. The broad remit encompasses theatrical production anddistribution, television distribution, home ...
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Herek signs on to Children for Gold Circle, Thunder Road
Gold Circle and Thunder Road Films have hired Stephen Herek towrite and direct the true-life drama Einstein's Children.Based on Mike Kersjes' memoir A Smile As Big As The Moon, Einstein's Children tells of a sports coach and special needsteacher who fights to take his students to NASA Space Camp."We're all ...
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Fox's Omen has global significance in 66 territory-launch
Fox International will beseeking to translate The Omen'sexcellent early domestic form into a monster overseas result this weekend asthe satanic horror remake launches in - wait for it - 66 territories.John Moore's demonic taletook an estimated $12.6m from North American theatres on Tuesday (06/06/06) andopened around the world on the ...
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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 ...