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Sony signs distribution deal with niche producer 360
Columbia Pictures has signeda deal with producer Frank Mancuso Jr (pictured) and entrepreneur Tom Gores' 360 Picturesto acquire and distribute 360 films for the domestic theatrical anddirect-to-home entertainment markets.Sony Pictures will secureNorth American theatrical and home entertainment rights to all 360 Picturesprojects it acquires, starting with the coming-of-age drama Crossover.The ...
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THINKFilm swallows Candy for North America
THINKFilm has picked up North American rights from FortissimoFilms to Neil Armfield's drug drama Candy, which received its world premiere in competition at Berlinin Feb.Heath Ledger and fellow Australian and rising star Abbie Cornishplay young lovers torn apart by heroin addiction. Geoffrey Rush plays a morallydubious friend and dealer.Australian stage ...
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Pressman picks up rights to Indian maths genius bio
Edward R Pressman Film Corphas picked up feature rights to The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life Of TheGenius Ramanujan, Robert Kanigel's1991 biography of the self-taught Indian maths prodigy Srinavasa RamanujanIyengar.Ramanujan left the slums ofMadras during the First World War to study at Cambridge, where he partneredwith the brilliant professor ...
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Publicist Drutz joins Jeremy Walker in New York City
Judy Drutz has joined New York-based Jeremy Walker + Associates asa senior publicist following a six-year stint at Dan Klores Communications.Drutz spearheaded release campaigns at DKC for such clients as Lionsgate,The Weinstein Company, and Wellspring. She also handled corporate, unit andfilm publicity for clients.Drutz most recently served at DKC as ...
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Kramer leaves Warner Independent for Dimension
Andrew J Kramer has been named executive vice president ofbusiness and legal affairs for Dimension Films.Kramer will oversee Dimension veterans Sarah Sobel and LumumbaMosquera, who are senior vice presidents of business and legal affairs.In his new role Kramer will oversee the division and negotiatedeals covering all aspects of the feature ...
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Soderbergh, Wagner, Glickman to discuss distribution platforms on Tribeca panel
Steven Soderbergh, MPAA chief Dan Glickman and 2929 co-head ToddWagner will take part in a panel discussion on evolving distribution platformsin the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival's Talks Panel Series from Apr 29 to May6.Other discussions include Rosie Perez and Mia Maestro on the riseof Latina women in entertainment, T-Bone Burnett ...
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Seldin stays at Miramax to oversee international distribution
Colleen Seldin (pictured) is staying inthe Miramax fold as senior vice president of international distribution andoperations beyond the company's transitional period.She will be based in NewYork and reports to Miramax president Daniel Battsek.Seldin has been a member ofthe Miramax team for the past six years and will oversee all aspects ...
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Scorsese to be honoured for documentary work at Silverdocs
The Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival willhonour Martin Scorsese at the third annual Charles Guggenheim Symposium on Jun15 in Maryland.The symposium will celebrate the filmmaker's status as adocumentary filmmaker and a chronicler of American art and culture with aseries of excerpts from his documentary work followed by an on-stage discussionof ...
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Shipps promoted to senior vp of marketing at WBITD
Andrew Shipps has beenpromoted to senior vice president of marketing at Warner Bros InternationalTelevision Distribution (WBITD).Shipps will develop andimplement global marketing strategies for all of the studio's content in theinternational television marketplace.He will oversee campaignsfor original series produced by Warner Bros Television, TelepicturesProductions and Warner Bros Animation, as well as ...
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Greengrass-directed United 93 to open Tribeca
In a distinctly personal selection that reflects the origins ofthe Tribeca Film Festival, organisers have chosen the world premiere of PaulGreengrass' United 93to open next month's annual event.Greengrass' homage to the passengers and crew of United AirlinesFlight 93 that crashed outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11 2001was filmed in real ...
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Ford, Hopper, Kingsley join awards roll call at LA's Russian Nights
Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper, Ben Kingsley, filmmaker Roger Cormanand cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak will receive the fourth annual RussianNights Festival's Tower Awards during the Los Angeles event, which runs fromApr 2 to 8.Previous Tower Award recipients include Ray Bradbury, Francis FordCoppola, William Friedkin, Dustin Hoffman, Nastassja Kinski, Milla Jovovich andOliver Stone.The ...
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Beecroft promoted to vice president at First Look International
Amy Beecroft has been promoted to vice president of international theatricaldistribution at Los Angeles-based First Look Studios.Beecroft reports directly to executive vice president of worldwidesales Ken DuBow and will oversee an expansion of the international salesoperation and play a key role in development and acquisitions. DuBow's First Look International team ...
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Rare Fellini doc to open Beverly Hills Film Festival
Organisers at the 6th AnnualInternational Beverly Hills Film Festival have lined up the world premiere ofEugenio Cappuccio's documentary Verso La Luna Con Fellini (Towards The Moon With Fellini) as the opening night film.Verso La Luna Con Fellini, which will screen on Apr 5, offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse ofFederico Fellini at ...
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Lassally leaves LA management firm Kustom, Meisinger & Kolbrenner take the reins.
Robyn Meisinger and Adam Kolbrenner have been appointed to head upLos Angeles-based management and production outfit Kustom Entertainment followinga management transition.Tom Lassally, who along with CSI Capital Management founded Kustomin 2002, is moving to 3 Arts Entertainment and will take his client roster withhim effective immediately.'Tom has played a most ...
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Lange named as recipient of annual Lincoln Centre tribute in NYC
JessicaLange will be honoured at the Film Society of Lincoln Centre's annual galatribute in New York City on Apr 17.A two-time Oscarwinner for Blue Skyand Tootsie, Lange hasacted in more than 30 features including Frances, Music Box, Country, Titus, and the current release Don't ComeKnocking opposite SamShepard.'JessicaLange is a very ...
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Forward clinches broadcast deals for Unknown White Male
Forward Entertainment hassold a raft of broadcast rights on Rupert Murray's amnesia documentary UnknownWhite Male.Rights have gone to Canal+in France, Fox International's Cult channel in Italy, HBO Ole in Latin America,YES - DBS Satellite Service in Israel, and Filmtrade in Greece.Forward principals SheriLevine and Michael Thornton will continue to sell ...
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Landmark opens New York office, hires Bunnell, Raddatz
USarthouse cinema chain Landmark Theatres has opened a New York office and hiredLisa Bunnell as its East Coast film buyer and Melissa Raddatz as director ofpublicity.Bunnellwill primarily be responsible for booking all of Landmark's East Coast screensand sites and reports to president of film and head film buyer Ted Mundorff.Shemost ...
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US citizen jailed for running piracy ring in China
Randolph Hobson Guthrie hasbeen sentenced to 45 months in prison and fined $15,000 by a Mississippi courtafter being convicted of jointly running an international piracy operation outof warehouses in Shanghai.Guthrie and five others werearrested in July 2004 after Chinese and US investigators seized more than210,000 counterfeit DVDs. Guthrie was extradited ...
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Fabrication, Strand team up on US release of Conversations
LosAngeles-based Fabrication Films is teaming up with Strand Releasing on the UStheatrical release of Hans Canosa's dual-screen drama Conversations WithOther Women.Thepicture, which will open in August, stars Helena Bonham Carter and AaronEckhart as wedding guests whose spontaneous affair leads to serious misgivings.ConversationsWith Other Women premiered at Telluridelast September and played ...
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NBC Universal International TV Distribution opens offices in Singapore, Russia
NBCUniversal International Television Distribution has announced that Rajiv Dhawnwill head up its new office in Singapore and Maxim Mikhailov will head up itsnew office in Russia.Dhawnhas been named senior director, sales liaison, Asia, and reports to vicepresident, sales liaison Haydn Arndt, while Mikhailov becomes manager, salesliaison, and reports to vice ...