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Wolfe picks up US rights to Fitzgerald's version of 3 Needles
WolfeReleasing has picked up US rights to the director's cut of Thom Fitzgerald'sglobal Aids drama 3 Needles starringLucy Liu, Chloe Sevigny and Stockard Channing.Wolfeplans an autumn theatrical release followed by a home entertainment roll-out insummer 2007.Thedirector's differs from the version of the picture that premiered at Torontolast autumn and is ...
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Infinity Media to back Hailwood story Mike The Bike
Capoteproducer Infinity Media is preparing Mike The Bike, a biography based on the life oflegendary British motorcycle world champion Mike Hailwood.Hailwood, voted the greatestmotorcyclist of all time in a recent worldwide poll, won the world championship10 times in the 1960s and 1970s before a near-fatal crash left him crippled."Mike The ...
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Bob Yari in lawsuit mayhem over Crash
With just four days to go before the Academy Awards, Crash financier Bob Yari was last nightengaging in a legal snowstorm over his official role on the picture andbusiness dealings with former associates Cathy Schulman and Tom Nunan.Yesterday evening Yari filed a suit with the Los Angeles SuperiorCourt against the ...
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Cinema Libre picks up worldwide rights to Giuliani Time
Politically-drivenUS distributor Cinema Libre Studio has acquired worldwide rights to KevinKeating's documentary Giuliani Time about former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's personal background and hiscontentious Zero Tolerance policy.Thecompany plans a limited launch in New York in May followed by a DVD release inSeptember.GiulianiTime played at the Rotterdam andVancouver international film ...
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Cuesta to direct true life horror Shiver for Dimension
Dimension Films has acquired newcomer Mikey Wigart's thriller screenplayShiver, which is setto be directed and produced by Twelve And Holding director Michael Cuesta.Inspired by true events, the story follows a group of New Year'sEve party-goers stranded in a snowstorm who stumble upon the home of a torture-obsesseddoctor."Shiver is a perfect ...
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Snider leaves Universal for DreamWorks
Stacey Snider has joinedDreamWorks as co-chairman and chief executive officer following a nine-yeartenure at Universal Pictures where she served as chairman for the last six.Snider joins the film and television studio recently acquired by Paramount and willassume responsibility for four to six release a year.Reporting to Paramount chairman and chief ...
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Wild Brain buys into toy dealer Kidrobot, plans animated features
San Francisco-based Wild Brain Animation Studios has expanded its stablefollowing a majority stake acquisition of New York-based limited edition toydealer Kidrobot.The two companies will jointly develop feature and televisiontitles based on Kidrobot's collectible characters, which include the Munny, Dunnyand Ice-Bot figures.Kidrobot owner and founder Budnitz will continue as president of ...
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Universal appoints Neil as senior vice president of new media
Doug Neil has been appointed senior vice president of new media atUniversal Pictures.Neil, who most recently served as director of entertainmentstrategy and sales development for America Online, become the studio's chiefstrategist for the development and implementation of new media marketingcampaigns for theatrical releases.He will also supervise the company's ongoing efforts ...
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Focus seals key deals on Zhang, Gondry titles at Berlin
Focus Featureshas finalised major sales from the European Film Market on two key titles, UntitledZhang Yimou Epic and DaveChappelle's Block Party.Rights to Zhang Yimou's upcoming period epic went to Tobisfor Germany, RAI for Italy, Nordisk for Scandinavia, RCV for Benelux, Odeon forGreece, Shani for Israel and Eco Filmes for Portugal. ...
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Les Bronzes 3 continues to top international box office
Runaway Frenchhit Les Bronzes 3became one of the top ten grossing pictures of all time in France as itremained number one after an estimated $8.1m weekend haul drew 1.1 millionadmissions.The mightyrunning total now stands at $68.4m and film is still playing on 950 screensthrough Warner Bros France. Les Films Christian ...
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Family Reunion scores another hit for Lionsgate
Lionsgate'scomedy sequel Madea's Family Reunion repeated the original's success this time last year with anumber one debut that grossed an estimated $30.3m.Tyler Perry, awell-known figure on the US playwriting circuit, returns as the pistol-packingmatriarch and also wrote and directed. It opened to mixed reviews but averageda powerful $13,787 on 2,194 ...
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TAG and Myriad call off merger talks
Beverly Hills-based TAGEntertainment Corp has ended takeover negotiations with Myriad Pictures underwhich it planned to acquire all outstanding shares of capital stock in Myriad.Both parties said the talks were called off after neither side was able tofulfil expectations laid out prior to the negotiation process."After careful consideration, we have determined ...
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Goblet Of Fire crosses $600m at international box office
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire has crossed $600m at the internationalbox office, making it the fifth biggest international release of all time.Since Warner Bros PicturesInternational released the fourth episode late last year, it has grossed more than$91m in Japan, $84m in the UK, $62m in Germany, $55m in ...
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Capote, Syriana get key pre-Oscar openings
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) launches its Oscarcontender Capote inits first major markets this weekend.The picture, which is nominated for five Academy Awards includingbest picture, director and actor, opens in Australia on Feb 23, followed a daylater in the UK, Spain and Brazil.Fun With Dick And Jane, currently on more ...
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Prestigious New Directors/New Films unveils lineup
Sundance grand jury prize winners Quinceanera and 13 Tzameti and Berlin Silver Bear winner A Soap are among the titles selected for thisyear's 35th New Directors/New Films festival, which runs at the Film Society ofLincoln Center and MoMA in New York from Mar 22-Apr 2.The prestigious event will open with ...
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Miami Film Festival names nine new projects for Encuentros sidebar
The Miami International Film Festival's Miami Encuentros sidebarwill run from Mar 9-11 within the timespan of the festival.The nine-strong programme takes place over three days and offersproducers from Spain and Latin America the chance to present new projects to USindustry professionals.The festival proper kicks off with Eliseo Subiela's Heartlift, a ...
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Osorio joins Focus/Rogue as vice president, publicity
Paulette Osorio has joined Focus Features as vicepresident of publicity and will be based in the company's West Coast offices.Osorio will oversee corporate publicity and publicity campaignsfor genre banner Rogue Pictures, and reports directly to Focus executive vicepresident of publicity and marketing Adriene Bowles.She will also contribute to Focus' release ...
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Wellspring closed as TWC, Genius announce restructure
US independent distributor Wellspring appears to have been shutdown this week as parent company Genius Products announced a strategiccorporate shift.Genius, which acquired Wellspring last year and later in the yearcompleted a deal with The Weinstein Co (TWC) whereby TWC gained a controllinginterest in Genius, said TWC would handle Wellspring's theatrical ...
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Paramount specialty arm buys thriller script from Pastor brothers
Paramount's evolving specialty division has bought the speculativescript to Alex and David Pastor's post-apocalyptic thriller currently known asThe Untitled Pastor Project.Alex Pastor will direct thestory of four friends trying to escape a viral pandemic in the American Westwho discover they pose a greater danger to each other than the virus. ...
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SRO seals France, Australia deals on Girls Will Be Girls
SRO Pictures has secured distribution deals in France andAustralia for Richard Day’s cultcomedy Girls Will Be Girls.Eagle Entertainment has picked up DVD rights for Australia and NewZealand, and Optimale will handle theatrical and DVD rights in France, Monaco,Dom-Tom (French overseas territories), Andorra, French-speaking Switzerland,and French-speaking Belgium.Girls Will Be Girls was ...