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Devlin's Electric signs distribution alliance with MGM
MGM will handle the domestic release of Electric Entertainment'sfirst world war adventure Flyboys, kicking off a non-exclusive distribution alliance unveiled bythe parties today [Tuesday].Flyboysstars James Franco as a young American who volunteers to become a fighter pilotduring hostilities in Europe. Tony Bill directed and Jean Reno and MartinHenderson also star.Electric ...
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Goldcrest takes on Elvis And Anabelle
Production began this week in Austin, Texas, on UK-based GoldcrestFilms International and Austin-based Orange Productions' dark romantic comedy ElvisAnd Anabelle.Will Geiger is directing the story about an unlikely romance that blossomsbetween a deceased local beauty queen and the town mortician's son. Goldcrestis handling worldwide sales.Max Mingella will play the mortician's ...
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Madsen, Hannah start production on Arcview's Vice
Production began this week in Vancouver on psychological thriller Vicefrom Nevadan productionand financing company Arcview Entertainment.Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Mykelti Williamson, Mark BooneJunior and rapper Kurupt star in the story of a group of troubled policeofficers who fall under suspicion when a drugs haul goes missing.Raul Sanchez Inglis directs and ...
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Independent CG-animated Chimps starts for Vanguard, IDT
Vanguard Animation and IDT Entertainment have started productionon their CG-animated feature Space Chimps.The comedy follows the galactic misadventures of a haplessdescendant of the first chimpanzees in space and will be distributeddomestically through IDT's multi-picture deal with Twentieth Century Fox.Character design and storyboarding are currently underwayin Vancouver at IDT Entertainment and ...
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Universal signs multi-year distribution deal with Mattel
Universal Studios and Mattel have signed a multi-picture,multi-year feature-length DVD worldwide marketing and distribution deal.Universal will handle global marketing and distribution onupcoming instalments of the Barbie Entertainment franchise and will handle theworldwide release this autumn on PollyWorld, the first feature to be based onMattel's miniature Polly Pocket doll.'An agreement of ...
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Sundance Institute names three fellowship recipients for producing, screenwriting.
The Sundance Institute has announced recipients of three keyawards supporting filmmakers and their passion projects.Producing partners T Todd Flinchum and Alicia Kratzer will receivethe 2006 Mark Silverman Fellowship for New Producers, and collect a $5,000 cashgrant for pre-production expenses for their project Dreamland.The project is a speculative exploration of the ...
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David Dobkin to direct RIPD for Universal
DavidDobkin will direct Universal's long-in-the-works comic book adaptation RIPD based on the Dark Horse comic book Rest In Peace Department.PhilHay and Matt Manfredi will adapt the screenplay about a murdered police officerwho is recruited to a supernatural agency charged with removing troublesomespirits from Earth.NealH Moritz and Mike Richardson will produce, ...
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O'Shea hired to run Odd Lot's new international sales arm
LosAngeles-based production and finance outfit Odd Lot Entertainment is launchinga foreign sales division and has appointed former Media 8 senior vice presidentof worldwide distribution Brian O'Shea (pictured) to oversee it.OddLot International (OLI) will be based at Odd Lot's new Culver City site andwill handle films from Odd Lot Entertainment and ...
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Old Joy, Clear Cut get top honours at Sarasota festival
KellyReichardt's Old Joy and PeterRichardson's Clear Cut: The Story Of Philomath, Or, were the big winners at the 2006 Sarasota Film Festivalas they were named the best narrative and documentary features in competitionSpecialjury prizes in both categories went to Cristi Puiu's The Death Of MrLazarescu and Gary Tarn's Black Sun.The2006 ...
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Weinstein Company picks up Dragon Tiger Gate
TheWeinstein Company (TWC) has picked up all English-speaking territories toWilson Yip's martial arts action thriller Dragon Tiger Gate.Basedon a well known Hong Kong comic book The Gate Of Dragon And Tiger, the picture follows three young martial arts masters fromthe back streets of Hong Kong who team up to fight ...
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Focus takes on worldwide rights to Iraq documentary
FocusFeatures has acquired worldwide rights to Patricia Foulkrod's documentary TheGround Truth: After The Killing Ends,which premiered at Sundance. The company plans to release it later this year.Thepicture recounts the experiences of six American men and women who served inIraq and chronicles their recruitment, training, combat and traumatichomecoming.TheGround Truth was produced ...
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Meltdown drops 50% in US but still holds top position
Ice Age: The Meltdown held on to top spot and became the first release of2006 to cross $100m after an estimated $34.5m haul raised the domestic tally to$116.4m after ten days.The animated family sequelremained the dominant picture across the globe following a staggering $93mperformance in the international marketplace that raised ...
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Joffe leaves Media 8 for vp job at QED International
BeverlyHills-based international sales, financing and production company QEDInternational has appointed Tatyana Joffe as vice president of internationaldistribution.Joffemost recently served as vice president of international distribution at Media 8Entertainment where she oversaw the international department as well aslicensing and sales for half the world including most of Asia, Eastern Europeand the ...
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Ice Age sets industry and animated records around the world
Fox International's IceAge 2: The Meltdown generated one ofthe biggest international weekends of all time with an astonishing estimated$93m haul on 8,216 screens that raised the international running total to$156m.The animated romp scored anumber of new industry and distributor records as it sailed to the top in allits territories, led ...
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Assyriska wins top prize at Beverly Hills Film Festival
NuriKino and Erik Sandberg's human rights documentary Assyriska: A National TeamWithout A Nation won the 6th AnnualBeverly Hills International Film Festival's (BHFF) Golden Palm Award.EugenioCappuccio's Verso La Luna Con Fellini (TowardsThe Moon With Fellini) won best foreignfilm, while Patrick Warburton won the best actor prize for The CivilisationOf Maxwell Bright ...
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Cast finalised for Spyglass/Rogue comedy Balls Of Fury
George Lopez and Maggie Qhave joined Dan Fogler and Christopher Walken in Spyglass Entertainment'scomedy Balls Of Fury.Production is scheduled tobegin next month on the story of an underground table tennis player recruitedby the FBI for a secret mission.Ben Garant is directing froma screenplay he co-wrote with Thomas Lennon. Rogue Pictures ...
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Iacono crosses from Sony TV to local language movies
Seekingto bolster its local language activities, particularly in growth areas likeRussia and India, Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (CTMPG) has named PeterIacono senior executive vice president of local language productions.Iacono (pictured) will report directly to and work alongside CTMPG vice chairman Gareth Wigan onthe local language slate, which to date ...
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Focus, Korea's LJ team to develop Julia Mullock story
FocusFeatures has teamed up with Korea's LJ Film to develop the epic drama The JuliaProject (working title), about an Americanwoman who became the wife of the last crown prince of Korea.Focusand LJ's new US arm will co-produce and co-finance the project, which is set tobegin production late this year and ...
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Deighton, Becker join Kimmel in key production roles
Joshua Deighton and Holly Becker are joining Sidney Kimmel Entertainment(SKE) as senior vice presidents of production.Deighton previously served as vice president of production at Fox Searchlight,where he acquired such titles as Napoleon Dynamite and Broken Lizard's Super Troopers.He was a production executive on Sideways, Sexy Beast, One HourPhoto, I (Heart) ...
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Ice Age 2 set to dominate international in weekend #2
Fox International's Ice Age 2: The Meltdown is closing in on $100m as it prepares toopen in 20 territories heading into its second weekend.The animated sequel has amassed more than $64.2m by Thursday andis now opening in France on Apr 5, Australia and Germany on Apr 6, and the UKon ...