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New movie fund FarFalla Films launches with The Good Life
Production has begun in Winnipeg on Steve Berra's directorialdebut The Good Lifestarring Mark Webber, Chris Klein, Zooey Deschanel and Bill Paxton.The picture is the first to be produced by FarFalla Films, a fundcreated by the company's partners Lance Sloane, a producer at Warner Bros, andhis brother and company chief Devin ...
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Superman to be converted to IMAX-3D
Warner Bros' upcoming Superman Returns will become the first live-actionpicture to be converted into IMAX 3D as the corporate partners plan asimultaneous release on Jun 30.Approximately 20 minutes of the film will be converted to 3D, anddirector Bryan Singer, who described the test scenes as "absolutelyamazing", will insert visual cues ...
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Ice Age, Instinct sequels blanket the world
Fox International top brass are unleashing Ice Age 2: TheMeltdown in 27territories day-and-date with North America, and they expect the animatedsequel to be a worthy commercial successor to the original.Ice Age launched in2002 and ended up taking more than $206m internationally and more than $380mworldwide.Meanwhile another sequel C2 Pictures' Basic ...
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Moonstone to handle films from Allumination FilmWorks
Etchie Stroh's Moonstone Entertainment has signed a deal to act asinternational distributor on select features from LA-based AlluminationFilmWorks including Checking Out starring Peter Falk, and Push starring Chazz Palminteri and MichaelRapaport.The moves broadens the existing relationship between the partiesestablished in April 2005 under which Moonstone distributes Allumination's homeentertainment catalogue in ...
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Sundance Institute teams up with BAM in New York for entertainment programme
Sundance Institute and BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) arelaunching the entertainment series Sundance Institute At BAM.The series comprises film, theatre, musical performances, paneldiscussions, and filmmaker Q&A sessions among other events and is set torun from May 11 to 21 in various New York venues.The series features artists that have been ...
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Doug Lee to run MGM's new media division
MGM has launched a new media division and named Douglas A Lee tooversee the unit as executive vice president.In the new role Lee will oversee MGM's digital distributionstrategy, spearhead the studio's broadband and wireless initiatives and overseenew digital media growth."MGM will be making significant moves in terms of newplatforms, ranging ...
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New Line takes on remake rights to Torrente
New Line has acquired English-language remake rights to SantiagoSegura's Spanish hit comedy film series Torrente.Mike Bender and Doug Chernack will adapt the screenplay to Torrente, fusing story elements from Segura's Torrente:The Dumb Arm Of The Law,Torrente 2: Mission Marbella and Torrente 3: The Protector.The franchise follows the exploits of a ...
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ACI to handle 120-film Amity library in key international markets
Nashville-based Amity Entertainment has hired American CinemaInternational (ACI) to distribute its library of more than 120 feature films inEurope, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.LA-based ACI will launch the library at this year's MIP-TV, whichruns from Apr 3 to 7 in Cannes.The catalogue comprises a wide range of genres including ...
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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 ...