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Charlie continues to deliver the international goods
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory produced another strong weekend as it added $11.4m from 3,900 screens in 54 countries to raise itsrunning total to $219.9m.Released through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI), the family picturestayed top in its fourth consecutive weekend in Japan on $3.1m on 361 screensfor $28.1m.It stayedtop for ...
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Carnahan signs to adapt State for Universal
Matthew MichaelCarnahan will adapt the BBC's BAFTA award winning political thriller StateOf Play for UniversalPictures, which acquired remake rights to the mini-series last year fromMission Pictures.Andrew Hauptmanwill produce the feature through Mission Pictures along with executive TracyFalco. State Of Playmini-series creator Paul Abbott will serve as executive producer.UniversalPictures president of ...
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Cohen, Faber to co-head Weinstein Co marketing dept
One day before The WeinsteinCompany officially launches, the brothers have announced that longtime Miramaxexecutives Matthew Cohen and Gary Faber will jointly head up the new company'smarketing department.Cohen is named executivevice president of marketing and creative affairs and Faber becomes executivevice president of marketing.Both executives will reportdirectly to Bob and Harvey ...
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Black, Bow Wow head up Fast & Furious 3 cast
Principal photography is setto begin in October in the US and Japan on Universal's The Fast And TheFurious: Tokyo Drift, with LucasBlack heading up an ensemble cast that includes rapper Bow Wow. Justin Lin, who directed the2002 Sundance hit Better Luck Tomorrow and the upcoming Naval Academy drama Annapolis, will ...
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Shankman to direct Hairspray at New Line
Adam Shankman will directthe remake of John Waters' classic musical Hairspray for New Line.Based on Waters' 1988 filmand the Broadway musical it spawned, Hairspray is set in 1960s Baltimore where a local girl lands aspot on a television dance show. Neil Meron and Caig Zadanare producing with New Line production ...
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Lamping to head distribution at Nu Image/Millenium
David Lamping has joined NuImage/Millennium Films as head of distribution and will be based in thecompany's new international distribution office in London.Lamping previously served aspresident of Signature Pictures where he handled the upcoming Brian De Palmaproject The Black Dahlia, whichSignature produced and co-financed with Nu Image/Millennium Films. He previously headed ...
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FIND sets first film-maker forum in LA on Oct 15
Film Independent (formerlyIFP/Los Angeles) will host its first annual Filmmaker Forum, Sell Your FilmWithout Getting Screwed!, on Oct 15 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.Topics to becovered include negotiating techniques, sales contracts, and new distributionmodels.Panelistsinclude UTA's Richard Klubeck, director Catherine Hardwicke and her Thirteen producer Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Netflixchief content ...
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AFI FEST to close with Hallstrom's Casanova
AFI FEST 2005will close in Los Angeles on Nov 13 with the North American premiere of LasseHallstrom's Casanovastarring Heath Ledger as the legendary lothario.'Casanova is a wild and whimsical cinematic tourde force,' director of programming Nancy Collet said. 'We're solooking forward to welcoming back Lasse Hallstrom, whose The Cider HouseRules ...
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BVI aims Goal! at UK in first worldwide opening
Warner BrosPictures International (WBPI) has ruled the roost with Charlie And TheChocolate Factory overrecent weeks and executives will be looking to consolidate the picture's$206m-plus international running total with more strong holds this weekend.Meanwhile animated family title Tim Burton's The CorpseBride gets its first major internationaldebut this weekend when it launches ...
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Lynch, Solondz, Kerrigan among highlights of Next Reel fest
Biannual cinema showcase theNext Reel International Film Festival, formerly known as the NYU InternationalStudent Film Festival, winds down on Oct 1 following week-long programme of 111titles.The week-long event openedwith NYU alumnus Lodge Kerrigan's drama Keane. In other highlights, Todd Solondz hosted ascreening of Palindromes andDavid Lynch led a discussion on ...
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THINKFilm donates some of Till proceeds to Katrina relief
THINKFilm and TheUntold Story Of Emmett Louis Till director Keith Beauchamp will donate a portion of box officereceipts to Katrina relief efforts when the civil rights picture expands on Oct14.Baton Rouge native Beauchamp's picture opened on Aug 14 atNew York's Film Forum and expands into Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta,Memphis, and ...
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HDNet offer free War soundtrack download with ticket
In a novel marketing twist,HDNet Films is offering cinema-goers who buy tickets to Joseph Castelo's TheWar Within via Moviefone orMovietickets.com the chance to download the score for free. 'Combining a great filmlike The War Within with a freedownload of an $18 soundtrack is just our first step toward creating additionalvalue ...
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Screenwriting endowment established at LA's LMU
LA-based Loyola MarymountUniversity School of Film and Television (SFTV) has received a major leadershipgift to establish The Cosgrove Family Distinguished Visiting Artist Endowmentand Endowed Scholarship Fund. The Cosgrove FamilyDistinguished Visiting Artist Endowment will support the work of a renownedscreenwriter attuned to an increasingly diverse and multi-cultural world.SFTV is launching aninternational ...
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Endeavor, TW1 joint venture in Transend
Seeking to expand a global platform for its clients,Hollywood talent agency Endeavor has teamed up with TW1, the television,broadcast and new media arm of IMG, to launch a new partnership calledTransend.Transend willpackage and distribute TV programming and formats in all media. It has alreadyset up its first two projects, Vegas ...
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CMG seals Toronto sales on Reeker, Conan
Edward Noeltner's CinemaManagement Group (CMG) has reported a string of Toronto sales on David Payne'shorror title Reeker and animatedproduction Conan: Red Nails.Theatrical rights to Reeker, which played out of festival in a de facto marketscreening, went to Baditri in Spain, Dutch Film Works in Benelux, Cine Video yTV in Mexico, ...
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US network AZN buys in Asian movies from Sony
AZN Television,Comcast's wholly owned cable channel targeting Asian-Americans, has securedexclusive US broadcast rights to the next 10 Asian features released in the USby Sony Pictures Classics.The overalloutput deal with Sony Pictures Television includes rights to 16 recent Asianfeatures from Sony Pictures Classics and six from Sony Pictures HomeEntertainment, including Kung ...
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Solondz heads to Russia for Palindromes bow
Todd Solondz will attend theRussian premiere of Palindromes at the American Autumn In Moscowfestival of contemporary American culture, which runs from Oct 12-16.Solondz will also be on handfor a special screening of his 1995 feature Welcome To The Dollhouse,playing in the IndieVisual programme that focuses on American independentcinema.Gus Van Zant's ...
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Hollywood presses charges in Star Wars piracy case
Hollywood fired off significant anti-piracy broadsides thisweek as eight people faced charges for their roles in the illegal distributionof Star Wars: Episode III days before the picture's global release.In a separate case, RonaldRedding pleaded to illegally distributing a "screener" copy of MillionDollar Baby, the Warner Bros drama that won four ...
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Warner, Universal seal China-Russia video deal
Warner Home Video (WHV) andUniversal Pictures International (UPI) will release each other's titles in China and Russia respectively in a joint venture aimed at thwartingpiracy in both emerging markets.CAV Warner HomeEntertainment, a joint releasing operation between WHV and China Audio Video,will handle Universal's video titles, and UPI will release WHV ...
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Xingu wraps Guide starring Downey Jr
Rosario Dawson,Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri and Eric Roberts joined Robert Downey Jr in thecast of A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, which has completed principal photography for TrudieStyler's Xingu Films. Orlando (Dito)Montiel's directorial debut is a product of the Sundance Institute's Directorsand Screenwriters Labs and centres on Montiel's youth growing ...