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AWARDS Che, Chang get promoted at NBC Universal International TV
Justin Che has been namedvice president of international on-demand licensing and Sandra Chang has beenappointed manager of international on-demand licensing for NBC UniversalTelevision Distribution.Both Che and Chang will bebased in Los Angeles and report to senior vice president of internationalon-demand licensing Beth Minehart.Che will support Minehart inall aspects of on-demand ...
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Dickman gets senior vp stripes at Focus
In the latestmove to accommodate Focus Features and Rogue Pictures' expanded slate, DonnaDickman has been promoted from head of East Coast publicity at Focus to seniorvice president of publicity.Dickman willcontinue to report directly to Adriene Bowles, Focus' LA-based executive vicepresident of publicity and marketing, and will continue to oversee theday-to-day ...
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Biggs, Fisher star in GreeneStreet's Pleasure Of Your Company
New York-based GreeneStreet Films is financing the romantic comedyThe Pleasure Of Your Company starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher, who recently gave ascene-stealing performance in Wedding Crashers.GreeneStreet FilmsInternational (GSFI) will commence sales at next month's AFM on the project,which is being directed by Michael Ian Black from his own screenplay ...
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Wallace & Gromit rule US with $16.1m weekend
DreamWorksAnimation's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit stole the show at the domestic box office over theweekend as it opened top on an estimated $16m. SteveBox and Nick Park's animated romp - the latest from the Aardman Animationsstable - mesmerized the critics; its per screen average was $4,417 ...
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...and cast $9.2m spell over international box office
DreamWorks International's animated romp Wallace and Gromit:The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit ruled the international box office charts at the weekend, grossing anestimated $9.2m on 1,895 sites through UIP.The highlight was an excellent $5m from paid previews on Saturdayand Sunday in the UK for DreamWorks' second biggest ever paid previews result ...
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Weyermann leaves Sundance for Participant
Participant Productions hasappointed the former director of the Sundance Institute's Documentary FilmProgramme Diane Weyermann (pictured) to the newly created post of executive vice presidentof documentary production.Weyermann will beresponsible for the Los Angeles-based company's documentary department, andwill oversee acquisitions and development and production. She will report toParticipant president Ricky Strauss.Prior to ...
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Participant creates social action campaign website for upcoming films
JeffSkoll's Los Angeles-based production company Participant Productions islaunched a revamped website last week containing information about film-relatedsocial action campaigns. Eachtitle featured on www.participate.net will host a corresponding social actioncampaign on the website. Featuredtitles include Niki Caro's upcoming sexual discrimination drama NorthCountry, George Clooney's McCarthyEra tale Good Night, And Good Luck,and ...
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Lebel joins Wolf in international sales at Peace Arch
Former HBO Films London executive Lissa Lebel has joinedToronto-based production and distribution outfit Peace Arch Entertainment Groupas director of international sales.Lebel will play a key role as the company moves aggressively intofeature production and acquisition.Based in Los Angeles, she will report to Penny Wolf, her formermanager at HBO Films London, ...
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Sundance launches first commissioning fund backed by Sloan
The Sundance Institute has created the Sloan Commissioning Fundthrough a grant from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation to support the development,presentation and celebration of science and technology through independentfilm.This is the first commissioning project initiated by theInstitute, and provides a cash stipend and creative and practical support todevelop science and ...
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Warner boards first local language Japanese production
Warner Bros Pictures Japan has boarded its first local languageproduction Catch A Wave,based on a novel by teenage author Kazuma Toyota.Toyota was 16 when he wrote hisnovel about three surfers who learn to respect nature when one of them attemptsto ride a typhoon wave to impress his girlfriend.Toyota, now 17 ...
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Kovacs, Zsigmond named legends by Hungarian cinematographers
Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, along with Hungariancinematographers Gyorgy Illes and Janos Toth, will be the first recipients ofThe Legend Award from the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers (HSC).The Legend Award was created to honour cinematographers whoselives and work are an inspiration to filmmakers, and will be handed out at thefifth ...
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Hildebrand joins Kimmel as creative executive under Horberg
Former Wonderland Films development executive Jodi Hildebrand hasjoined Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) as a creative executive.Hildebrand reunites with former Wonderland partner Bill Horberg,who recently arrived as president of production at SKE."Jodi is a smart, tasteful young executive with a keen eye forgood material, a passion for writers and the ability ...
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Roth, Littman to run business and legal affairs at Weinstein Co
Miramaxexecutives Eric Roth and Barry Littman have joined The Weinstein Company asexecutive vice presidents and co-heads of business and legal affairs. Both executiveswill based in the company's Los Angeles office and report directly to Bob andHarvey Weinstein. Roth and Littmanwill oversee the company's business and legal affairs division and negotiatedeals ...
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Estrada, Indian get galas at AFI FEST
The US premieresof Tommy Lee Jones' redemption saga The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada and Roger Donaldson's The World'sFastest Indian will beAFI FEST 2005's centerpiece galas on Nov 7 and 8.Specialscreenings include Stephen Frears' period drama Mrs Henderson Presents, Michael Winterbottom's comedy TristramShandy: A Cock And Bull Story, Neil Jordan's ...
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Pennebaker, Hegedus to get career award from IDA
DA Pennebaker and ChrisHegedus will receive the International Documentary Association (IDA) 2005Career Achievement Award at the 21st Annual IDA Distinguished DocumentaryAchievement Awards Benefit Gala on Dec 9 in Hollywood.The duo has collaborated onsuch award winning titles as The War Room, for which they jointly received an Oscar nomination in 1994, ...
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Wilson, Margulies, Trachtenberg go to Beautiful Ohio
Rita Wilson,Julianna Margulies and Michelle Trachtenberg have joined the cast of accomplicefilms' Beautiful Ohio,the directorial debut of company partner Chad Lowe that began filming in NewYork this week. The story, whichas previously announced stars William Hurt, is based on Ethan Canin'sadaptation of his short story Batorsag & Szerelem and chronicles ...
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Habana Blues to kick off LA Latin film festival
The 9th AnnualLos Angeles Latino International Film Festival will open on Oct 21 with BenitoZambrano's Spanish drama Habana Blues. The picture, which played inUn Certain Regard at Cannes this year, charts the fortunes of two Cubanmusicians given the chance to leave their country in exchange for a recordingcontract. The programmeincludes ...
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Gromit goes Latin in Spain, Brazil, Mexico
DreamWorksInternational's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit has stormed off to an early $6.8minternational running total and executives will be looking to build when theanimated picture launches through UIP in Brazil, Mexico and Spain on Oct 7.Paramount'srevenge drama Four Brothers gets a big push this weekend when UIP ...
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Sloan science prize at Hamptons goes to Cardia
Su Rynard's Canadian drama Kardia will receive the $25,000 Alfred P Sloan Foundationcash prize at the upcoming Hamptons International Film Festival.The storycentres on a pathologist who discovers she is linked to another personfollowing an experimental heart operation she underwent as a child.The Sloan awardis handed out to work that explores ...
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Dinerstein & Vitale exit Paramount Classics
Paramount Classics co-heads David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale areleaving the division after they were told this week their contracts will not berenewed in February 2006.The duo;s fate had been in the balance ever since Viacom co-president Tom Freston told investors last year thatthe division would bulk up and take on ...