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Spirit Awards raise budget ceiling to $20m
Nominations forthe 2006 Independent Spirit Awards will be unveiled on Nov 29 ahead of theawards show on Mar 4 2006.Film Independentexecutive director Dawn Hudson announced that nomination guidelines have beenmodified this year to raise the budget ceiling to $20m for all eligible titles,following controversy last year over the eligibility of ...
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Warner's Factory opens in Italy, closes in on $200m
With no realistic contender in sight Charlie And The ChocolateFactory looks set tocontinue ruling international waters as it bears down on $200m.The family picture launches inItaly on Sept 23 through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI); it currentlystands at more than $180.3m including Roadshow territories.Warner stablemate Dukes Of Hazard opens in ...
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Gregorian gets evp stripes at Warner Bros TV Group
Lisa Gregorian (pictured), a Warner Bros veteran of 19years, has been appointed to the new role of executive vice president ofworldwide marketing at Warner Bros Television Group.Gregorian willwork with the studio's internal television marketing teams and televisionnetworks and stations worldwide to maximise promotional opportunities forstudio properties.Her marketingteam will support and ...
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Glickman names Pisano COO and president of MPAA
Former SAG chief executiveofficer and top studio executive Robert Pisano has been named chief operatingofficer and president of the MPAA.From Oct 1 Pisano willassume daily operating responsibility for all domestic and international MPAAoperations other than Washington DC-based external and governmental affairs.Based in the MPAA's LosAngeles offices, he will report to ...
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Sarandon, Howard to receive career awards at Chicago in Oct
Susan Sarandon will collect the Gold Hugo Award at the 41stChicago International Film Festival's opening night screening of Cameron Crowe'sElizabethtown on Oct6.Sarandon won the best actressAcademy Award in 1996 for Dead Man Walking,and earned nominations for Thelma & Louise, Lorenzo's Oil, TheClient, and Atlantic City.Elizabethtown opens through Paramount in North ...
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Ballroom, Enron, Murderball named on IDA shortlist
Thirteen features will compete for the 21st Annual InternationalDocumentary Association Awards, including box office hit Mad Hot Ballroom, and hot theatrical titles Murderball, Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room and Why We Fight.Two features from the shortlistwill be chosen for top honours when the winners are unveiled at the ...
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Vertigo gets Cock & Bull Story for Spain
Vertigo Films has picked up Spanish rights from The Works toMichael Winterbottom's comedy A Cock & Bull Story starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon andGillian Anderson.The film-about-a-film recently screened at Toronto and SanSebastian. It marks the fourth collaboration between Vertigo and Winterbottom followingButterfly Kiss, 24 Hour Party People and In This ...
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IFP sets up training programme for independent film in New York City
New York-based film collective IFP is teaming up with the New YorkCity Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting and NYC BusinessSolutions to set up a workforce training pilot programme.The Independent Film Training Grant Initiative will offeron-the-job training to freelance workers on independent productions and offerproduction companies grants to offset ...
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Polychrome, Sundance pick up US rights to Love, Ludlow
Polychrome Pictures has picked up North American home video andcable and Sundance Channel has acquired pay cable rights from Washington SquareFilms to Adrienne Weiss' comedy Love, Ludlow.Polychrome is a joint venturebetween New York-based Lightyear Entertainment and Los Angeles-based BellaVicEntertainment, and the picture will be released in North America in December ...
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AFM trumpets record 410 registered exhibitors
A record 410exhibitors have registered to attend the upcoming AFM in Santa Monica from Nov2-9 in what organisers say will be the largest event in the market's history.The 15% increaseon last year's exhibitor attendance is generated by a record pool of 33countries, including for the first time companies from Vietnam, ...
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Richard Kline gets ASC lifetime achievement honour
Richard H Klinebecame the latest cinematographer to be inducted into the American Society ofCinematographers' (ASC) lifetime achievement hall of fame at a luncheon inHollywood yesterday (20).Kline receivedtwo Academy Award nominations in 1968 and 1977 respectively for Camelot and King Kong, and his credits include Body Heat,The Andromeda Strain, Soylent Green, ...
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Walk The Line to open AFI FEST in Nov
AFI FEST 2005will open on Nov 3 with James Mangold's Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line, one of the early awards seasoncontenders that stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.The line-up, announced earlier today, includes 16 worldpremieres and 17 North American premieres.Among the worldpremieres are Penelope Spheeris' comedy The Kid And ...
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Gyllenhaal, McAdams, Haggis to get Hollywood Film Awards honours
JakeGyllenhaal will receive the Hollywood Breakthrough Actor of the Year Award,Rachel McAdams will collect the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress of the YearAward, and Paul Haggis will be honoured with the Hollywood BreakthroughDirector of the Year Award at the upcoming Hollywood Awards Gala on Oct 24. Gyllenhaalcurrently stars in John Madden's Proof ...
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Cramer joins Universal as production evp
Peter Cramer (pictured)has left New Regency Productions and joined Universal Pictures as executivevice president of production.Based at thestudio lot in Burbank, Cramer begins work today (Monday) and reports topresident of production Donna Langley and incoming president of production JonGordon."Peter isan incredibly talented executive who has great taste and sharp instincts,"Langley ...
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Hanks joins Kimmel as senior vp of business & legal affairs
Nicholas Hanks has joinedSidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) in the new role of senior vice president ofbusiness and legal affairs.The former entertainmentlawyer will be based in Los Angeles and reports to Jim Tauber, who was namedSKE president in July.Hanks arrives from DavisWright Tremaine, where he served as an associate in the ...
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Pride & Prejudice enjoys $4.6m opening in UK for Universal/UIP
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory remained the number oneinternational release after an estimated $12.8m haul raised the cumulativetotal to $176.3m through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).Thehighlights were a $1.8m Korean launch including previews for an unconfirmed ranking, and number one launches in Norway and Sweden on $1.5m on 97 screens ...
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Carmichael joins Goldcrest as director of acquisitions and development
Seth Carmichael has joined production and sales company GoldcrestFilms as director of acquisitions and development, effective immediately.Carmichael, a former producer and chief executive officer of thePR, marketing and sales outfit Carmichael Films, will operate out of the LosAngeles and New York offices and will attend festivals and markets worldwide."There is ...
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Reese Witherspoon beats out Emily Rose at US box office
DreamWorks' romantic comedy JustLike Heaven was the number onepicture of the weekend following an estimated $16.5m launch, while Lions Gate'saction title Lord Of War openedin third place on a so-so $9.2m. Meanwhile last weekend'schampion, Screen Gems' The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, slipped to second place on $15.3m for a commendable$52m ...
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Nearly 200 projects to screen at annual IFP Market next week
Close to 200projects from more than 1,400 submissions will screen at the 27th Annual IFPMarket when it runs in New York from Sept 18-22.Under theauspices of the IFP's Independent Film Week, the market and accompanyingFilmmaker Conference offer first-run screenings and provide extensivenetworking opportunities for filmmakers.Included in the199-title line-up are Bad ...
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Battsek's Miramax makes first acquisition as Toronto deals accumulate
The Toronto trickle turned into a torrent of deals yesterday,headed up by new-look Miramax's first acquisition as Daniel Battsek's teambought all North American rights to Ward Serrill's girls basketball documentaryThe Heart Of The Game.Elsewhere, THINKFilm took worldwide rights to Josh Gilbert'sdocumentary AKA Tommy Chong, and Bauer Martinez bought North American ...