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Freundlich's Trust The Man flies to Fox
Fox Searchlight Picturescontinued its eventful Torontoyesterday with the acquisition of North American and a raft of internationalrights to Bart Freundlich's Trust The Man.At time of writing advancednegotiations were underway on Michael Gondry's Block Party, and domesticdeals were close on Larry Clark's Wassup Rockers, Josh Gilbert's AKATommy Chong, Lee Daniel's Shadowboxer, ...
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Van Gogh gets US remakes treatment
Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucciand Bob Balaban have signed on to remake three features by the late Dutchfilmmaker Theo van Gogh, who is honoured in Toronto with a selection of screenings and a paneldiscussion.An early 2006 start-date isexpected on the projects, which will shoot back-to-back on digital video in New York ...
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Leonard's Jailbait finds Kindred spirit
Kindred Media Group haspicked up worldwide distribution rights to Brett C. Leonard's directorial debutJailbait, starring Michael Pitt.The New York andPennsylvania-based boutique distributor plans a North American release in April2006, with home video set to follow shortly afterwards.Pitt plays a young mansentenced to a California maximum-security prison under the three-strikeslaw, who ...
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Spence takes the reins at Seattle
Carl Spence has been namedartistic director of the Seattle International Film Festival Group (SIFF) aspart of an organisational restructure that replaces the role of executivedirector with the equal roles of artistic director and managing director.The restructure follows thedeparture of Helen Loveridge who resigned from her post as executive directorin July ...
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Schrader commits to Adam Resurrected
Paul Schrader has signed onto direct the Holocaust epic Adam Resurrected for Ehud Bleiberg'sfledgling Los Angeles-based Bleiberg Entertainment.Bleiberg will commencecasting immediately and is eyeing a summer 2006 start date in Germany, Romania and Israel.Noah Stollman adapted thescreenplay from Yoram Kaniuk's novel about a former circus entertainer andHolocaust survivor who inhabits ...
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Fleishman gets top communications job at Warner Bros
WarnerBros Entertainment has named Susan Fleishman to its top communicationsposition. She will become Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications,effective from September 26.Fleishmanreplaces executive vice president and chief corporate communications officerBarbara Brogliatti, who retired from Warners after 18 years in May.Fleishman,an experienced communications veteran, will oversee all of Warner'scommunications strategies worldwide, including ...
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Searchlight smokes, Paramount fumes in rights duel
Thank You For Smoking producer and the head of Room 9 Entertainment DavidO Sacks has declared that Fox Searchlight Pictures is the sole owner of thefilm and that, while negotiations had taken place with Paramount Classics, nodeal had been closed with that studio.Paramount Classics co-headDavid Dinerstein said that he stood ...
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HDNet lines up Hartley, Soderbergh
HDNet Films, the 2929Entertainment digital production arm headed up by Jason Kliot and Joana Vicente,has greenlit seven low-budget projects to add to its already packed slate.With three pictures playingat Toronto led by Bubble, the first of six Steven Soderberghprojects announced earlier this year, HDNet is wasting little time ramping upbarely ...
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...as Kaye's Paranoia relocates from Brazil
Tony Kaye's upcomingthriller Paranoia is relocating from Brazil to Louisiana, producer Michel Shane told delegates at a Louisiana production brunch yesterday (Sep 12).Shane said production on the$20m project will begin in early 2006 at unspecified state-wide locations.Currently out to casting, Paranoiacharts the experience of a compulsive obsessive woman who loses ...
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On The Outs is in with Polychrome
US-based Polychrome Pictureshas acquired North American rights to Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik'sDeauville grand jury prize-winner On The Outs.The picture will get adomestic release on Jan 13 2006 through Polychrome's distribution agreement with New York and Pennsylvania-based boutique distributor KindredMedia Group.On TheOuts received its world premiere atToronto 2004 and stars ...
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Guns drawn over Smoking deal in Toronto
A high drama erupted Saturday night over the sale of hot festivaltitle Thank You For Smoking, with both Fox Searchlight Pictures and Paramount Classicsclaiming they have bought all available worldwide rights for the film includingNorth America.Paramount Classics co-chiefs Ruth Vitale and DavidDinerstein claim they had reached a deal with Cassian ...
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Guns out over Smoking deal
A high drama eruptedSaturday night over the sale of hot festival title Thank You For Smoking,with both Fox Searchlight Pictures and Paramount Classics claiming they havebought all available worldwide rights for the film including North America.Paramount Classics co-chiefsRuth Vitale and David Dinerstein claim they had reached a deal with CassianElwes ...
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Roban joins Stone Village as COO, head of business affairs
Michael Roban (pictured) has joined Los Angeles-based StoneVillage Pictures as head of business affairs and chief operating officer.Roban will oversee production financing and all business and legalaffairs for the company, as well as heading up all business affairs for thecompany's literary management arm Intellectual Property Group.Reporting to Stone Village chiefs ...
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Arclight hits the spot with The Oh
Arclight Filmshas picked up worldwide rights to Ambush Entertainment's comedy The Oh InOhio, which boasts acast including Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito, and Liza Minelli.Posey stars as awoman whose seemingly ideal life masks the fact that she has never had anorgasm, which prompts her to embark upon a quest ...
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Intermedia, Kadokawa extend co-production pact
Intermedia Film EquitiesUSA and Kadokawa Pictures USA have extended their agreement and signed amulti-picture deal to develop, finance and produce up to six Intermedia picturesto be made in 2006 and 2007.The new deal is a significant step in Intermedia Film Equities USAparent company Internationalmedia's foray into genre production.The expanded deal ...
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Charlie tops international box office with $11.3m
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory returned to the top of the internationalbox office over the weekend as the Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI)release added an estimated $11.3m on approximately 4,100 prints in 49 countriesfor a $155.7m running total.The weekend haul was led by Japan, where Charlie opened top on $4.3m ...
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Exorcism a demonic success for Screen Gems with $30.5m weekend
Screen Gems/Lakeshore Entertainment's The Exorcism OfEmily Rose frightenedthe life out of the competition over the weekend as it opened top on anestimated $30.2m.Scott Derrickson directedthe $20m project about the trial of a priest accused of negligent homicideduring the exorcism of a college student.Jennifer Carpenter, Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson and Campbell ...
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Civilian Content rebrands as The Works
Publiclylisted UK entertainment outfit Civilian Content has changed its name to TheWorks Media Group, in an effort to reflect the integrated nature of thefinance, production, distribution and sales house.Production andfinance company The Film Consortium has been renamed The Works Production. Thecompany's credits include Pawel Pawlikowski's Toronto 2004 drama My SummerOf ...
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Hollywood studios explore new age of secure digital distribution
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has signed on tothe cutting-edge US networking consortium internet2 as it explores futuremodels for the online delivery of Hollywood content.MPAA chiefs believe the super-fast and secure communications platform- developed by the research and higher education community - could give them avital edge in ...
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Wolf joins Peace Arch as sales chief
Former HBO Films Londonmanaging director Penny Wolf has joined Toronto-based production anddistribution outfit Peace Arch Entertainment Group as executive vice presidentof international sales and marketing.Based in London, Wolf will oversee all feature acquisitions andinternational sales and marketing on the company's film and television slate."We're looking to acquireand produce theatrical projects ...