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MGM commits to Blu-Ray high-definition DVD format
MGM has joinedthe Blu-ray Disc camp and plans to begin releasing film and television titlesfrom its library on the new high definition DVD format.Yesterday'sannouncement hardly came as a surprise given that Sony led the consortium thatacquired MGM and is one of Blu-ray's chief backers.Blu-ray iscurrently locked in an emerging technology ...
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ITVS to support international documentary film-makers
US publictelevision provider The Independent Television Service (ITVS) has launched ascheme that for the first time supports non-US documentary filmmakers whosework will be broadcast on US television.TheInternational Media Development Fund will offer production financing, as wellas distribution, promotion and educational outreach support.The aim is tosupport a dialogue between the US ...
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IDT's animated Yankee Irving sells well at AFM
IDT Entertainment Sales hasclosed multiple territory deals at AFM on the CG-animated family title YankeeIrving.Rights have gone to LNK inPortugal, Luxor Group in CIS, Baltic States and Bulgaria, Tuck International inthe former Yugoslavia, J-Bics in Thailand, and Sam Film in Iceland, amongothers."We weren't planning onselling Yankee Irving until earlynext year," ...
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Arclight's Ohio logs key territory sales
Arclight Films has closed araft of deals at AFM on Ambush Entertainment's comedy The Oh In Ohio, which stars Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito,and Liza Minelli.Rights have gone to Telepoolin Germany, Nordisk in Scandinavia, Dutch Film Works in Benelux, Castello Lopezin Portugal, Gulf Films in Middle East, and SPI ...
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THINKFilm, Starz begin production on slasher doc
THINKFilm and StarzEntertainment Group (SEG) have begun principal photography on Jeff McQueen'sdocumentary Going To Pieces: The Rise And Fall Of The Slasher Film.Based on Adam Rockoff's bookof the same name, the picture will explore the roots and cultural associationsof the horror genre, with particular reference to slasher films.THINKFilm holds worldwidetheatrical ...
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Lions Gate scores big Catacombs deals
Lions GateInternational has closed a slew of sales at AFM on the horror project Catacombs.Rights were sold to Redbus for the UK, Universum forGermany, Metropolitan for France, Eagle for Italy, Paradiso for Dutch andFrench Benelux, CMC for Taiwan, and LNK for Portugal. As previously announced,the picture has sold to Digital ...
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Braddel promoted to senior vp distribution at SPRI
Mark Braddel has beenpromoted to senior vice president of distribution in Eastern Europe, the MiddleEast and Africa at Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI).Braddel will continue toreport to SPRI senior executive vice president Mark Zucker and assumesresponsibility for all theatrical distribution operations in his assignedterritories.'It's a true pleasureto recognise Mark's role ...
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Sony Classics picks up EV Confidential
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC)has picked-up North American and English speaking rights to ElectricEntertainment and Plinyminor's politically charged documentary, EVConfidential. SPC plans a 2006 release onthe picture, which explores the development and demise of the electric car andpresents the story in the style of a murder-mystery. Dean Devlin's ElectricEntertainment financed the ...
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MonteCristo seals pre-sales on Apartment 1303
Michael Taverna'sMonteCristo Entertainment has completed a raft of pre-sales on horror title Apartment1303, which centres on theterrifying circumstances surrounding a rental apartment. Rights have gone to UniKoreain South Korea, DNC Entertainment in Italy, Flins y Pinniculas in Spain, NewWorld in Thailand, Ram Indo in Singapore/Malaysia, and Noble Entertainment inScandinavia. Amuse ...
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Shoreline acquires rights to Sudden Storm
Shoreline Entertainment hasacquired worldwide rights to Sudden Storm Productions' erotic thriller BarstoolWords. Jeff Glickman's directorialdebut centres on two high school friends who become ensnared in a web ofintrigue when they encounter a femme fatale from their past. Vincent Kartheiser, SarahCarter, Geoffrey Arend, Colm Feore and newcomer Krystin Pellerin star in ...
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Wolper acquires rights to story of Palestinian would-be suicide bomber
Wolper Organization hasacquired feature rights to Love And Terror, based on David France's true story about a teenage Palestinian girl'sarrest and conviction for conspiring to carry out a suicide bombing. Wolper is ramping up forproduction in association with Pterodactyl Productions and Plain Brown WrapperProductions. Mark Wolper and KevinNicklaus are producing ...
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AFM hails all-time record attendance numbers
Overall attendance at theAFM reached an all-time high of 8,014, market organisers said this week. Attendance is up 13% againstlast year's comparable figure of 7,064. The final tally of buyers is 1,583 from62 countries, with France, Brazil, Italy, South Korea and Hong Kong reportingsignificant rises in the number of buyers ...
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Howard, Olin, Robards join cast of thriller Awake
Terrence Howard, Lena Olinand Sam Robards have joined the cast on GreeneStreet Films, The WeinsteinCompany and Deutsch/Open City's psychological thriller Awake. Filming in New Yorkcommenced last week in the tale of a man undergoing surgery who learns of acriminal plot. Hayden Christenson and Jessica Alba play the lead roles.Joby Harold ...
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B Pix sells El Cortez to France, Germany
Santa Monica-based B Pix hascompleted two key sales at AFM on the noir thriller El Cortez starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Rights have gone to JanRoeloffs and Jupiter Communications in France and Koch Media in Germany. Bruce Weitz, Glenn Plummer,Tracy Middendorf, James McDaniel, and Peter Onorati star in the film. Prior ...
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Trapero's Family scores US berth with Palm
Palm Pictures has acquiredNorth American and Caribbean rights to Pablo Trapero's road movie RollingFamily. The New York-baseddistributor plans an early 2006 release on the picture, which centres on an Argentinean matriarch who takes her family on a tripto a wedding. The picture won bestdirector and best actress honours for Gracina ...
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Wilde, Lewis, Carradine join cast of Bobby Z
Olivia Wilde, Jason Lewis,Keith Carradine, M C Gainey and Margo Martindale have joined the cast ofthriller The Death And Life Of Bobby Z from Paul Walker's Blue Collar Films and Heidi Jo Markel's EclecticPictures. Production is currentlyunderway in Mexico on a small-time loser who gets a shot at redemption when ...
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Shani buys film package for Israel from Herwitz
Andrew Herwitz'sThe Film Sales Company has completed a package deal at AFM with Israel's ShaniFilms.Titles includeAlan Hruska's romantic comedy Nola starring Emily Rossum, and the drama Loggerheads starring Kip Pardue and Bonnie Hunt.Other titlesinclude Joseph Pierson's 2002 police drama Evenhand, and Elliot Greenebaum's comedy AssistedLiving, which won the2003 Sundance Grand ...
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MPAA jubilant at Grokster closure
Peer-to-peerwebsite Grokster, long a thorn in the side of Hollywood's anti-piracy chiefs,has announced it is closing down.The move followsJune's Supreme Court ruling that individuals or companies that activelyencourage copyright infringement by users of their service can be heldresponsible for their users' conduct.Grokster hasagreed that the court enter a judgment for ...
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Screen Gems, Summit share the world on Apocalypse
Screen Gems hastaken the majority of worldwide rights to Constantin Film and Davis Films'horror sequel Resident Evil: Afterlife. Summit Entertainment is selling the rest of the world atAFM.ProducerConstantin is handling the film in Germany and Davis Film sister companyMetropolitan Filmexport is handling France. Screen Gems hastaken North America, Latin America, ...
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Peace Arch shoots five for genre arm
Toronto-basedPeace Arch Entertainment Group has launched genre division Archetype Films andis introducing five titles already in production.The slate isheaded by Warrior Of Terra starring Edward Furlong, Ellen Fury and Andrew Lui, in the storyof a team of animal rights activists who discover a bio-engineered monster.Archetype isalso in production on The ...