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Hustle, Flowers join LAFF slate
Los Angeles FilmFestival organisers have added Craig Brewer's rap drama and Sundance hit Hustle& Flow to theline-up and will screen the picture on Jun 17.Other additionsinclude two Cannes-flavoured events. Jim Jarmusch's Grand Prix winner BrokenFlowers will screen onJun 25, and Shane Black will discuss his noir romp and Croisette favourite ...
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Artistic License takes US rights to Bamford's Cape
Artistic LicenseFilms has picked up US rights to Mark Bamford's festival favourite Cape Of GoodHope and plans astaggered roll-out beginning in September in New York and Los Angeles. The US-SouthAfrican co-production, which premiered at Tribeca 2004, intertwines threestories of love centering on a South African animal shelter. Debbie Brown,Eriq Ebouaney, ...
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Madagascar rules the roost at North American box office
DreamWorks' animated zoofest Madagascar was the star of the domestic scene atthe weekend, passing $100m in its second weekend as it climbed two places to number one.MeanwhileThe Longest Yard, which isdistributed through Paramount in NorthAmerica, is fast approaching the mark after the same amount of time. It stayedsecond on $26.1m ...
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IFC Films takes Manderlay, Bier's next film for US
IFC Films has picked up USrights to Lars von Trier's Cannes competition entry Manderlay and Susanne Bier's After The Wedding, which is currently shooting in India and Denmark.Negotiations for both titlesfrom the Danish duo were concluded with Trust Film Sales at Cannes and IFC hasscheduled 2005 releases.Manderlay, which had a ...
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Madagascar dethrones Sith as box office champion
DreamWorks' animated zoofest Madagascar was the star of the domestic scene atthe weekend, passing $100m in its second weekend as it climbed two places to number one.MeanwhileThe Longest Yard, which isdistributed through Paramount in NorthAmerica, is fast approaching the mark after the same amount of time. It stayedsecond on $26.1m ...
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Sith continues to lord it over international box office
Star Wars: Episode III -Revenge Of The Sith remained thedominating international force as it swept past $300m at the weekend.The picture added anestimated $36.5m for a $308.4m international cumulative total through Fox International.Combined with North America, where it reached $300m, the sci-fi saga has soldmore than $600m in tickets worldwide.Third ...
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Mandate reports hot sales activity on Grudge 2
LosAngeles-based production and distribution company Mandate Pictures hasannounced a raft of Cannes sales on Gold Circle's romantic comedy Because ISaid So and Ghost HousePictures' horror sequel The Grudge 2.Announcing the sales yesterday [2], Mandate's senior vicepresident, head of international sales and distribution Mali Kinberg said eachsold to more than 25 ...
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Chiller Films to remake horror hit Piranha
Atmosphere Entertainment and Relativity Media have announced thatthe first picture to go into production for their joint venture genre labelChiller Films will be a remake of Joe Dante's 1978 horror hit Piranha.Chilleris financing and co-producing with Relativity Media, IPW (IntellectualProperties Worldwide) and Wild Bunch following a deal with Chako Film. ...
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Berk voted new Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc president
Philip Berk has been electedpresident of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for the 2005-06 cycle,following the group's annual election meeting.Berk, who writes for FilmInkin Australia and Galaxie in Malaysia, has belonged to the HFPA for 28 years andwill serve his fifth term as president.Mahfouz Doss was electedvice president, with ...
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BVI hopes Sin will beat Sith in UK, Italy
This weekend'sinternational schedule offers a mixed bag of product, with Star Wars:Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith expected to dominate through strong holdovers as it bears down on$300m.Released throughFox International, the sci-fi saga currently stands at $268.7m and shouldperform strongly in its third weekend. A robust domestic haul may ...
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Gillies takes lead role opposite Cuthbert in Joffe's Captivity
Daniel Gillies has been cast asthe male lead opposite Elisha Cuthbert in Roland Joffe's kidnap thriller Captivity, which began filming yesterday [Jun 1] in Moscow'sMosfilm Studios.Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney, Laz Alonso and newcomerChrysta Olsen round out the key cast in the story of two strangers who fall inlove after ...
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IFC Centre in New York to open on June 17 with Me You...
New York's IFCCentre opens its doors on Jun 17 with Miranda July's award winning Me AndYou And Everyone We Know,which recently picked up a string of Cannes honours including the Critics WeekGrand Prize and the Camera d'Or.The IFC Centre is based on the former Waverly Theatre siteand features three theatres ...
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Doeren to deliver keynote at IFTA Production Conference
Kodak Digital Cinema general manager William Doeren will deliverthe keynote address at the upcoming Independent Film & Television Alliance's(IFTA) annual Production Conference on Jun 16.This year's panels at the Beverly Hills event are titled Are Producing& Exploiting Successful Movies Easier Challenges for Independents', andUsing Production Incentives for Maximum Impact.Scheduled panelists ...
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Cote, Gaul bookend 23rd annual Outfest in LA
Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's comedy Cote D'Azur (aka Crustaces Et Coquillages) and Craig Lucas' psychological thrillerThe Dying Gaul bookendthe 23rd Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Outfest, which runs fromJul 7-18.Overall 232 narrative and documentary features and shorts from arecord 28 countries will screen at the event, which ...
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Producer and sales agent Dan Sales dies at 46
Daniel Sales,the independent film producer and sales agent who launched Cinequanon Pictures,has died in Los Angeles. He was 46.Sales grew up inWest Palm Beach, Florida, and graduated from Brown University before moving toNew York City to pursue his lifelong love of cinema.He got his firstproducing credit on The Way It ...
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Former Alliance Atlantis executive Wilson launches LA publicity firm
Former Alliance Atlantis Entertainment Group senior vice presidentof publicity Pam Wilson has launched publicity firm Ink Media Corporation inLos Angeles.Wilson will continue to oversee international publicity on the CSItelevision franchise forAlliance Atlantis, as well as other film and TV accounts.Prior to launching Ink Media, Wilson was responsible for thestrategic planning ...
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TLA takes Centimetres, Profile at Cannes
TLA Releasing has picked upNorth American rights to two pictures at Cannes, Ramon Salazar's Spanishmusical 20 Centimetres andChristoph Hochhausler's German thriller Low Profile.The New York-based companyalso picked up UK home entertainment rights to Eyton Fox's Israeli army romanceYossi & Jagger, and willrelease through its upcoming TLA Releasing UK division that ...
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Force stays strong as Sith approaches $300m
Revenge Of The Sith swept past $200m at the international and $500m atthe global box office over the weekend as it remained the runaway number onetitle across the world.Playing on 10,554 international screens through Fox International, the sci-fisaga added an estimated $64.1m for a $248.7m international running total aftertwo weekends.Added ...
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Force stays strong as Sith nears $300m
RevengeOf The Sith fought off two strongdebuts to stay atop the charts over a four-day Memorial Day Weekend, whichdespite an impressive aggregate gross saw overall box office fall against theprevious year for the 14th consecutive weekend.Released through 20th Century Fox, Sith added an estimated $70.8m for a lofty $271.2m running ...
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Sith closing in on $300m after Memorial Day weekend haul
RevengeOf The Sith fought off two strongdebuts to stay atop the charts over a four-day Memorial Day Weekend, whichdespite an impressive aggregate gross saw overall box office fall against theprevious year for the 14th consecutive weekend.Released through 20th Century Fox, Sith added an estimated $70.8m for a lofty $271.2m running ...