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Sommers promoted in German anti-piracy operations at Warner Bros
Christian Sommer has been promoted to Warner Bros' director ofanti-piracy operations for German-speaking territories.Based in Hamburg, Sommer reports to senior vice president ofEuropean anti-piracy operations Jodi Benaim. He will continue to work closelywith colleagues across Warner Bros' units providing anti-piracy relatedstrategies in support of new business models.These include online releasing ...
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Roadside Attractions to bring Guantanamo to US
Roadside Attractions has picked up domestic rights to MichaelWinterbottom and Mat Whitecross' docudrama The Road To Guantanamo, which recently won the Silver Bear atBerlin.The picture will receive its US premiere at Tribeca next month andRoadside is preparing to release in North America the summer.The Road To Guantanamo chronicles the detention ...
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Lin named senior vice president of production at Warner Bros
Five years after he joinedWarner Bros as creative executive Dan Lin (pictured) has been appointed senior vicepresident of production at the studio.Lin is currently inpost-production on Martin Scorsese's crime drama The Departed starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and JackNicholson, and Oliver Hirschbiegel's The Visiting, which stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel ...
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Animus acquires international rights to Celestine
Miami-based Animus Entertainment Group has picked up worldwiderights excluding the US, Canada and Puerto Rico to the upcoming adaptation ofJames Redfield's international new age bestseller The Celestine Prophecy.The rights, distributed by Animus on behalf of KingstonProperties, include television, theatrical, DVD, and licensing andmerchandising.The spiritual adventure centres on a troubled teacher ...
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V For Vendetta is the box office victor in North America
Warner Bros' dystopian thriller V For Vendetta vanquished the opposition at the weekenddebuting at the top of the charts on an estimated $26.1m.Directed by James McTeigue from a an adapted screenplay by theWachowski Brothers of Alan Moore's cult graphic novel, the picture stars HugoWeaving as a masked freedom fighter battling ...
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Miss Potter scores North American deal with TWC
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has picked up North American rights toMiss Potter fromPhoenix Pictures and David Kirschner Productions.Chris Noonan's Beatrix Potter biopic is currently inproduction in the UK and stars Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson,Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson and Lloyd Owen.Kirschner Productions' David Kirschner and Corey Sienega areproducing alongside ...
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Panther beats Vendetta in international markets
Fox International's The Pink Panther ruled the international marketplace overthe weekend with an estimated $12.3m weekend haul from 3,900 screens thatraised the film's cumulative total to $47.3m.The comedy remake stormed to the top of the UK charts with a solid$3.5m debut on 400 screens. It opened in second place in ...
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Scanbox buys video distributor DVS from Nordisk
Denmark's Scanbox Entertainment, which was recently acquired byIcelandic-born producer Joni Sighvatsson, has signed a deal to buy leading homeentertainment distributor DVS Entertainment from Nordisk Film and SE 2001."DVS has delivered very satisfactory results throughout thelast few years," Nordisk film distribution chief Michael Junker said."The further development of the company is, ...
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LA's Fortitude creates new studio in Croatia with Jadran Film
Burbank-based Fortitude Entertainment Group and Croatia's JadranFilm (Croatia) have teamed up to create a new studio in Croatia.Fortitude-Jadran occupies 30 acres of land in Zagreb, Croatia,comprising sound stages, offices, and workshops. Fortitude has a project slatethat will be produced at the Croatian studio commencing this year, with budgetsvarying from $5m-$30m.Fortitude ...
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BVI hires production and acquisitions head in India
Shyam PS has been named head of film production and acquisitionsat Buena Vista International (India) as The Walt Disney Company moves toexplore synergies with Bollywood.Based in Mumbai, Shyam will take the lead on creating original andacquiring original Indian-language films that combine Disney storytelling withIndian sensibilities.He will report directly to Rajat ...
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Bobby goes to North America through Weinsteins
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired domestic rights from LosAngeles-based Bold Films to Emilio Estevez' keenly anticipated Bobby Kennedyassassination drama Bobby.Bobbyrevisits the night Kennedy was shot dead at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in1968 and presents a tapestry of interwoven stories about the people at thehotel that night.The star-studded ensemble piece ...
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Tribeca Spotlight, Discovery sections announced
High profile independenttitles including Mini's First Timestarring Alec Baldwin and Nikki Reed, Five Fingers with Ryan Phillippe and Laurence Fishburne, ComebackSeason with Ray Liotta and EdwardBurns' latest film The Groomsmenstarring Burns and Britanny Murphy will all have their world premieres in theSpotlight or Discovery sections of this year's Tribeca Film ...
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Kenny moves to US to head up Warner digital arm
Simon Kenny has been appointed president of the newly formedWarner Bros Digital Distribution, part of the sprawling Warner Bros Home EntertainmentGroup (WBHEG) division announced last October.Kenny will manage the worldwide electronic distribution streams ofcontent across a wide array of platforms that includes pay-per-view, electronicsell-through, video-on-demand, subscription-video-on-demand, and wireless,among others.He will ...
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Ozon, TLA to get tributes, Reinas to open Miami gay and lesbian fest
Manuel Gomez Pereira's ensemble comedy Reinas (Queens) and Todd Stephens' comedy AnotherGay Movie bookend theeighth Annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which runs from Apr 21-30.Amnon Buchbinder's rites of passage comedy Whole New Thing has been named by organisers as thecenterpiece gala screening.The festival will pay tribute to distributor ...
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Matzner's Dreamland to open 11th Gen Art in New York
Jason Matzner's familydrama Dreamland and Gregg Kavet and AndyRobin's crime caper Live Free Or Diebookend the 11th Gen Art Film Festival, which runs from Apr 5-11 in New YorkCity.For the first time thefestival will honour a festival breakout talent with the juried Stargazer Awardfor excellence in acting.The award joins the ...
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Tribeca announces 33 projects in All Access Connects programme
The Tribeca Film Institute has announced the 33 winning projectsfor this year's Tribeca All Access Connects programme.The programme was set up to foster stronger relations betweenUS-based filmmakers of colour and industry executives.To facilitate this, organisers have arranged approximately 500meetings with representatives from more than 100 companies during the festivalfrom May ...
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Yu named LA-based director of acquisitions at Cinemavault
Robert C Yu has joinedToronto-based Cinemavault Releasing International as director of acquisitions.Yu, who will work out ofLos Angeles, previously served as vice president at law firm and producers repTulchin Entertainment.Prior to that he workedas sales coordinator at Alliance Atlantis and began his career as assistant tothe president of Paramount Classics.'It's ...
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MPAA, NATO launch theatre employee training programme
The Motion PictureAssociation of America (MPAA) has stepped up its anti-piracy campaign on theeve of ShoWest, teaming up with the National Association of Theatre Owners(NATO) and its Canadian counterparts to launch an online theatre employeetraining programme.FightFilmTheft.org isalso supported by the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association (CMPDA)and The Motion Picture Theatre ...
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Brodlie, Stier swell ranks at Paramount specialty division
Matt Brodlie has been named senior vice president of production andacquisitions and Geoff Stier senior vice president of production anddevelopment at Paramount's fast-expanding specialty division.Brodlie, who joins from TriStar Pictures, and former producerStier will both report to executive vice president of production andacquisitions Amy Israel."I am thrilled that we were ...
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Panther steals $9.2m for Fox, while Narnia powers on
The Pink Panther was the number one international picture of the weekend thanks toa raft of major market launches through Fox International that generated anestimated $9.2m.The comedy remake now stands at $30m. It opened top in Germany andAustria on $2.1m from 540 screens and $510,000 from 60 respectively.France generated $1.4m ...