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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 ...
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TWC's CG-animated Igor is big seller at Cannes
The Weinstein Company's (TWC) international chief Glen Basner hasreported lively business at the Cannes market, adding that the companyvirtually sold out on Exodus Film Group's CG-animated comedy Igor.Basnersigned key deals with Momentum in the UK, Aurum in Spain, TF1 in France, andConstantin in Germany and Switzerland.Sales were also concluded with ...
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Zombie to direct Halloween picture for Dimension
Cult horror filmmaker Rob Zombie will make an original Halloween feature for Dimension Films with ascheduled release in October 2007.Miramax Films will co-finance development with Dimension, andMalek Akkad of Trancas International will produce.Zombie will write the screenplay, direct and serve as musicsupervisor and will also produce alongside Akkad.Dimension sources said ...
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IFC plans unrated US theatrical release of Rated
IFCFilms is planning a limited US theatrical release for Kirby Dick's censorshipdocumentary This Film Is Not Yet Ratedand in a fitting snub to the powers that be will not submit it to the MPAA fora rating.Thedistributor plans a Sept 1 launch in New York and Los Angeles and will expandbeyond ...
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Genius gets US DVD rights to 16 children's titles from BKN
Genius Products has secured exclusive US DVD distribution rightsto 16 classic children's properties from BKN Home Entertainment. The slate will roll out from September 2006 into 2007 and includesa CG all-animal version of A Christmas Carol in December, preceded by a limitedtheatrical release in November through SD Entertainment.Other titles include ...
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IFC buys El Aura, Family Law for US
IFC Entertainment has added two titles to its day-and-datedistribution funnel IFC First Take - the Argentinian films The Aura and Family Law - which it acquired from Paris-based CelluloidDreams.Fabian Bielinsky's The Aura centres on a shy taxidermist who accidentally kills a criminal on a hunting trip andadopts the man's scheme ...
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Maverick marks debut Cannes with sales surge
US-based MaverickEntertainment Group concluded a successful Cannes with deals in Eastern andWestern Europe and Latin America through international arm Maverick Global onseven key titles.Mafia story This Thing Of Oursstarring James Caan sold to Romania, Brazil, Chile, Turkey, and Benelux.Action thriller Carlita's Secretstarring Eva Longoria went to Mexico and all of ...
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Keaton to star in Kalvert's Reaper for Media 8
Michael Keaton has joined the cast of Media 8 Entertainment's supernaturalthriller Reaper.Scott Kalvert will direct the story of a private investigator who probesa surreal underworld that holds clues to his daughter's fate.Media 8 has scheduled an autumnstart date. David Alpert, Lawrence Mattis and Sammy Lee are producing and DavidEngel, Jason ...
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Gold Circle grabs remake rights to Russian horror picture
Gold Circle Films has optioned English-language remake rights fromCentral Partnership to Dead Daughters based on Pavel Ruminov's upcoming Russian horror picture.Gold Circle chief Paul Brooks will produce the story of a crazedwoman who sparks a chain of supernatural vengeance after she kills her three daughters.Scott Niemeyer and Norm Waittwill serve ...
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QED close to selling out Spring Break In Bosnia
Beverly Hills-based QED International has closed major territory saleson Richard Shepard's comedy thriller Spring Break In Bosnia starring RichardGere and Terrence Howard.Rights have gone to TF1 in France, Avex in Japan, Senator in Germany; DutchFilmworks for Benelux, Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia, SPI for EasternEurope, Sun Distribution for Latin America, Village ...
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MIrren, Fishburne to be among CineVegas honorees
Laurence Fishburne, Helen Mirren, and Christina Ricci are amonghonourees at the upcoming 2006 CineVegas Film Festival.Ray director Taylor Hackford is also in line for an honorary award, and SylvesterStallone will be presented with a special award.Organisers at the event, scheduled to run from Jun 9-17, have arranged a packedschedule that ...
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Lionsgate swoops on Wayne Beach's thriller Slow Burn
Lionsgate has picked up North American and UK rights form GreeneStreetFilms International to the thriller Slow Burn starring Mekhi Phifer, Ray Liottaand Chiwetel Ejiofor.Wayne Beach directed the multi-layered story of a district attorney who has onenight to salvage his reputation and solve a murder. Lionsgate plans an Augustrelease in the ...
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Quinceanera, Champions bookend Newport festival
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's drama Quinceanera and David Wike'scomedy Champions bookend the 9th Annual Newport International FilmFestival, which runs from Jun 6-11.This year's instalment features panel discussions, a New England spotlight, anda comedy improv night, among other events.For a full line-up of events visit the official website at www.newportfilmfestival.com.