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Pizzo joins Washington Square Films to head up film sales arm
FormerCarmichael Films partner Christopher Pizzo has joined Washington Square Films(WSF) to head up the bi-coastal US production and management company's newfilm sales division.PIzzo hasalready picked up North American sales rights to Pietro Reggiani's Italianfamily drama My Brother's Summer (L'Estate Di Mio Fratello) as well as Flannel Pajamas, the directorial debut ...
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Wallace & Grommit debuts in Australia, Pride in UK
Strong holdover business from Charlie And The Chocolate Factory may be enough to keep the WarnerBros title ahead of the international pack for a second consecutive weekend.Currently on more than $157.2m, the family title enjoyed animpressive Japanese launch last weekend and now ventures into South Korea onSept 16.Sci-fi adventure The ...
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang to open Hollywood Film Festival
Shane Black's KissKiss, Bang Bang will bethe opening night gala screening at the Hollywood Film Festival on Oct 18.Robert DowneyJr, Michelle Monaghan and Val Kilmer star in the story of a petty thief withaspirations to act who finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation.Warner Bros plans to release ...
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Mehlitz joins Potok in Berlin-Brandenburg incentive scheme
Former Cinerentapartner and current Lago Film managing director Marco Mehlitz has partneredwith former Vivendi Germany and Studio Babelsberg chief Thierry Potok on hisstate-backed incentive scheme for projects shooting in the Berlin-Brandenburgarea.Producers who team up with German production partners willbe eligible for a guarantee through Potok's International Production FinancingServices (IPFS).Under thescheme, ...
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Cast lines up for Lion's Gate werewolf movie Skinwalkers
Jason Behr,Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Natassia Malthe and Lyriq Bent have been cast inLions Gate's upcoming werewolf picture Skinwalkers, which is set to begin shooting inSeptember in Canada.Lions Gate isproducing with Germany's Constantin Film, which is financing the project with DonCarmody and Dennis Beradi of Red Moon Films and effects ...
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Woodrow, Kotchek launch Offshore Entertainment in NYC
New York-basedOffshore Entertainment has launched with a slate of feature, television andmusic projects including Morgan J Freeman's road movie Just Like The Son.Financed through a New York investment bank, the umbrellacompany is headed up by former investment fund manager Christopher Woodrow aschief executive officer and Darren Kotchek as chief financial ...
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Arclight grabs Bana-starrer Romulus
Arclight Films has picked upinternational rights to the Romulus, My Father,an adaptation of Raimond Gaita's award-winning memoir that will star Eric Bana.Australian theatre directorand actor Richard Roxburgh will direct the story of a young family's bid tostart a new life in a hostile country. The story focuses on the relationshipbetween ...
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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 ...