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Toronto has four world prems in black cinema focus
Wayne Beach's hot USthriller Slow Burn is among fourworld premieres announced in a batch of five pictures celebrating black cinemaadded to the line-up of the 30th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).The picture plays in thespecial presentations programme and stars Ray Liotta as a district attorney whohas one night to exculpate ...
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De Hadeln unveils four films in New Montreal FilmFest
Moritz De Hadeln hasunveiled the first four titles of the New Montreal Filmfest, which opens onSept 18 with the North American premiere of Cedric Klapish's Les PoupeesRusses.The picture follows up onthe 2002 romantic comedy L'Auberge Espagnole and reunites Audrey Tautou, Cecile de France, RomainDuris, and Kelly Reilly.Meanwhile there are worldpremieres ...
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Loggerheads, Year win top OUTFEST prizes
Los Angeles Gay and LesbianFilm Festival OUTFEST ended its 23rd festival on Sunday night withan awards night which saw 15 winners headed up by Tim Kirkman's relationshipdrama Loggerheads which won the juriedprize for OUTstanding American narrative.Anahi Berneri'sArgentinian AIDS drama A Year Without Love (Un Ano Sin Amor) won OUTstanding International ...
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Charlie sells $55.4m in golden tickets for Warner Bros
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory dominated the weekend with anestimated $55.4m opening as the positive box office reversal continued for thesecond weekend in a row.Warner Bros' revival of Roald Dahl's children's classic wasapplauded by critics for its dark tone and the Tim Burton-directed filmaveraged $14,689 on 3,770 screens.Johnny Depp stars ...
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Madagascar leads int'l weekend, beating War by a whisker
DreamWorks' animated family title Madagascar was the number one international titleover the weekend as it grossed an estimated $31m through UIP, beatingParamount's War Of The Worlds by a whisker.The picture opened in six territories and currently stands at$143m from more than 5,100 sites in 40 territories so far.The chief highlight ...
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Charlie is golden for Warner Bros
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory dominated the weekend with anestimated $55.4m opening as the positive box office reversal continued for thesecond weekend in a row.Warner Bros' revival of Roald Dahl's children's classic wasapplauded by critics for its dark tone and the Tim Burton-directed filmaveraged $14,689 on 3,770 screens.Johnny Depp stars ...
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Mad Hot Ballroom leaps out of specialist arena
It wasclear to anyone who saw Marilyn Agrelo's appealing Slamdance documentary MadHot Ballroom earlier this year that the picture was special, and so it'sproved to be with filmgoers over the course of a storming run that promisesplenty more to come.ParamountClassics co-presidents David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale "fell in love" with ...
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Sony buys worldwide home entertainment rights to Ringers
Sony PicturesHome Entertainment (SPHE) has acquired worldwide home entertainment rights fromPlanet BB to Carlene Cordova's documentary Ringers: Lord Of The Fans.The picturepremiered at Slamdance and charts the impact of J R R Tolkien's The Lord OfThe Rings on popularculture, featuring interviews with actors from The Lord Of The Rings films ...
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Charlie looks golden in first three territories
War Of The Worlds should continue to rule the roost in its thirdweekend, despite limited forays by Fantastic Four and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.Paramount's disaster picturehas grossed more than $214.6m at time of writing and is expected to maintainmomentum with strong holds across the board.Fox International opens FantasticFour in ...
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Lions Gate gets with LL Cool J
Lions Gate Filmshas signed a multi-year, multi- picture development and production deal with LLCool J (aka James Todd Smith).LL Cool J andJason Barrett of Alchemy Entertainment will produce all pictures under theventure, while Lions Gate's president of production Michael Paseornek andsenior vice president of production John Sacchi will oversee for ...
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Fox, Sky Italia team up for local film, TV production unit
TwentiethCentury Fox Italy and Sky Italia have unveiled a joint initiative to invest inItalian film and television productions through local talent, producers,directors and writers.Osvaldo DeSantis, formerly general manager of Sky Italia, will head up the partnership asmanaging director of production and theatrical distribution at TwentiethCentury Fox Italy in Rome.De Santis ...
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Kaufman steps down at Focus to become producer
Focus Featuresexecutive vice president of production Amy Kaufman (pictured) is leaving her role to become an independent producer based at the studio.Effective in September, Kaufman will begin work asproducer or executive producer onseveral titles for Focus and its Rogue Pictures genre label.Kaufman has beenwith Focus since its formation in early ...
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Major named production designer of the year by HFA
Grant Major will receive theproduction designer of the year award at the Hollywood Film Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills on Oct 24.Major is currently workingon Universal's upcoming release of King Kong, extending his relationship with Peter Jacksonfollowing their collaboration on The Lord Of The Rings.Major won the Oscar in 2004for ...
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Rob Moore fills Friedman role at Paramount
Brad Grey's Paramountrestructure continues apace with news that Revolution Studios partner Rob Moore (pictured) has been named president of worldwide marketing, distribution and operations.He will start work on Aug 1.Moore's arrival in the newlycreated post fills the space that will be left by outgoing chief operatingofficer and vice chairman of ...
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Capital, Sundance acquire domestic on Blue
Capital Entertainment hasacquired North American rights to Ira Sach's Sundance American Dramatic GrandJury Prize winner Forty Shades Of Blue, while the Sundance Channel has taken US pay TV rights.Capital, a fledgling LosAngeles-based distributor, plans a New York release in September and SundanceChannel will broadcast in 2006 following the theatrical and ...
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AFM organisers add a floor of offices at Le Merigot
Citing an "overwhelming andearly response" to the end-of-year AFM in Santa Monica, market organisers haveadded a full floor of offices at Le Merigot Hotel.The AFM has traditionallyoccupied the lobby level in Le Merigot, which is located next to the LoewsSanta Monica Beach Hotel, however this year will see a 10% ...
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Slowhand to release Innocent Voices in North America
BB Entertainment Marketing has picked up all NorthAmerican rights to Luis Mandoki's Innocent Voices from Lawrence BenderProductions and Altavista Films.Marty Zeidman's Slowhand Cinema Releasing will release the El Salvadorian civilwar drama, which recently added the 2005 Seattle International Film Festival'sGolden Space Needle Award to its string of honours.The picture will ...
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Weinsteins appoint Larry Madden CFO
Boband Harvey Weinstein have named Larry Madden executive vice president and chieffinancial officer of their tentatively titled The Weinstein Company.The 20-year entertainment industry veteran arrives from digital servicescompany Loudeye Corp and starts work in New York today [12], reporting directlyto the brothers.Madden's appointment is the latest piece to fall into ...
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Outfest, UCLA launch public film archive
Outfest has teamed up with the UCLA Film and Television Archive tocreate what they claim will be the biggest publicly accessible collection of lesbian, gay and transgenderpictures in the world.The Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation is supported in part byprivate university funds, as well as the David Bohnett ...
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Photography begins on LGF's Madea's Family Reunion
Lions Gate Films has announcedthat principal photography has begun in Atlanta, Georgia, on Madea's FamilyReunion, the directorial debut from DiaryOf A Mad Black Woman screenwriter TylerPerry.Based on Perry's stage play - like its predecessor that grossed more than $50min North American theatres through Lions Gate Films earlier this year - ...