All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1388
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THINKFilm Int'l hands out Cronenberg's Painkillers
THINKFilmInternational, the sales arm headed up by Mark Horowitz that launched this weekin Cannes, has picked up worldwide rights on David Cronenberg's $35m upcomingthriller Painkillers.Thenew division will commence pre-sales this week on the project, which is beingproduced by Cronenberg's Crash and eXistenZ producing team of Robert Lantos andAndras Hamori and ...
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Mandate moves Slither, Whisper sales
Joe Drake's Mandate Pictureshas struck a raft of major territory sales on Gold Circle Films' horror titles Slither and Whisper.Whisper has been sold toConcorde Films for Germany, Metropolitan Films for France, Vertigo Films forSpain, Pyramid for CIS and Paradiso for Benelux. UniversalPictures will release in the US and Gold Circle ...
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Arclight launches North American distribution arm
Arclight Filmshas launched Arclight Releasing, a full-service North American distributioncompany that will be managed by former Artisan and Lions Gate acquisitionsexecutive Paul Gardner.The company willchiefly acquire programming for the sell-through market, however it will alsohandle limited theatrical releases and service the pay/cable broadcast,video-on-demand and pay-per-view markets.Initial plans are for theunit ...
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Plague for Van Der Beek
James Van Der Beek will starin the upcoming thriller Plaguefor Clive Barker's Midnight Picture Show banner, which is being jointlyfinanced by Wall Street-based film equity fund D H Blair Film Capital Fund andArmada Pictures International.Beverly Hills-based ArmadaPictures International is handling worldwide sales on the project, which is setto go before ...
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Hurley rounds out New Line's Cleaner cast
Elizabeth Hurley has roundedout a dynamic cast on New Line's upcoming action comedy The Cleaner, joining Lucy Liu and American comedian Cedric TheEntertainer on the project, which is set to go into production this summer witha North American release set for 2006.Les Mayfield has been linedup to direct the $27m ...
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Filmwerks for Chris Davis International
Chris Davis International is representing a raft of titles at Cannes forLos Angeles-based production company Filmwerks, which has accelerated itsproduction schedule following a development funding deal with Robert LadesichFilms.Available projects includeAlbert Pyun's true-life horror tale Infection, which is scheduled for delivery in July and starsScott Paulin, Virginia Dare, and Norbert ...
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Pressman ponders ContentFilm exit
Whither Ed Pressman' Itseems that the veteran producer of such classics as Badlands and Wall Street is stepping down from his role as joint-chief executive of ContentFilm,the company he founded with John Schmidt in 2001.A spokesperson for Pressman did not deny the rumoursand it is understood that he will continue ...
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Pressman to exit from ContentFilm
Ed Pressman, the veteran producer of such classics as Badlands and WallStreet, is stepping down from his role as joint chiefexecutive of ContentFilm, the company he founded with John Schmidt in 2001.A spokesperson for Pressman did not denythe rumours and it is understood that he will continue to be involved ...
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FilmMates role for ex-Miramax man
Former Miramax Internationalpresident Ian Jessel has joined the board of directors on Alan Goda's ambitiousLos Angeles-based finance, production and distribution company FilmMates Entertainment.Jessel will serve as advisor and help structure domesticand international strategic alliances as FilmMates ramps up activities, and isbusily setting up meetings with potential filmmaking partners.FilmMates' debut slate ...
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Lions Gate Films picks up US rights to Skinwalkers
Lions Gate Films has pickedup US rights to Jim Isaac's werewolf project Skinwalkers, while Lions Gate International has acquired allinternational rights except Germany and will commence sales at Cannes thisweek.The film is set to go intoproduction in early autumn for a wide North American release in 2006, and marksthe company's ...
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New Line, HBO open Picturehouse for business
New Line Cinema and HBOFilms have officially launched their new US specialised distribution jointventure, announcing the name of the company - Picturehouse - and unveiling thefirst nine picture-slate.Diane Arbus biopic Fur starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr anddirected by Steven Shainberg was named as the first film to be ...
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Devlin amps up science fiction epic Isobar
Independence Day and Godzilla producer DeanDevlin is reviving Isobar, a science-fiction epic which was a flagshipproject for Carolco in the early 1990s. Devlin has reconfigured Isobar, previouslyattached to his former partner Roland Emmerich with Sylvester Stallone to star,as a $45m project and plans to take it into production in summer ...
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Weinsteins descend on Cannes with Brothers
Harvey and Bob Weinsteinarrive in Cannes with typical razzmatazz this week, juggling pictures from theexisting Miramax slate as well as a raft of titles under the tentatively titledThe Weinstein Company.On May 13 Harvey will host a star-studded cocktail reception at theOlympia featuring 20 minutes of unseen footage from The Brothers ...
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Shoreline bulks up Cannes slate with seven new titles
Morris Ruskin's LosAngeles-based sales company Shoreline Entertainment has bulked up its Cannesslate with seven new titles.Heading up the roster isJacob Gentry's adventure-romance Last Goodbye starring Faye Dunaway, anadaptation of Patrick Kaye's novel that also stars David Carradine and will bereleased through Warner Brothers Home Video in North America.Other titles include ...
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Verhoeven readies Winter Queen
Paul Verhoeven is preparing a$35m adaptation of The Winter Queen, based on Boris Akunin'sfin-de-siecle Russian mystery about a global conspiracy headed up by a pair offemme fatales.Peter Hoffman's LosAngeles-based Seven Arts Pictures is financing the project with Future Film anda Russian partner to be announced, with production set to begin ...
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Loggerheads, Summer Storm bookend NewFest 2005
New York premieres of Tim Kirkman's drama Loggerheads and MarcoKreuzpaintner's Summer Storm bookend the 17th Annual NewFest, thegay, lesbian and transgender event which runs from Jun 2-12.Loggerheads premiered at Sundance earlier this year and stars Kip Pardue, BonnieHunt and Michael Learned in the story of a drifter whose arrival in ...
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Bauer Martinez moves into US distribution
Philippe Martinez' BauerMartinez Studios has launched a US distribution venture with a high profileslate that boasts the $40m John McTiernan actioner Riders Of The Storm, £30m thriller The Flock from Andy Lau, as well as Bauer Martinez'co-production Modigliani andfirst acquisition The Groomsmenfrom Ed Burn's Black and Tan Productions.Backed by an ...
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Goldwyn, Lecker promoted at Samuel Goldwyn Films
Peter Goldwyn has been promoted to vice president of acquisitions andTamara Lecker to director of acquisitions and development at Samuel GoldwynFilms.Goldwyn will continue to pursue projects from the company's Los Angeles officeand will work closely with president Meyer Gottlieb in negotiating pre-buys andbringing completed projects to the company.Lecker will continue ...
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Goda's FilmMates hits Croisette with 10 titles
Alan Goda's Los Angeles-basedfinance, production and distribution outfit FilmMates Entertainment is hittingthe Croisette for the first time with 10 titles that feature the likes of SusanSarandon, Jeremy Irons, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Shirley MacClaine. The company plans to finance,produce and release eight to 10 pictures a year budgeted at up ...
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Zeitgeist takes US rights to Ballets Russes
New York-based ZeitgeistFilms has picked up all US rights from Geller/Goldfine Productions to DanielGeller and Dayna Goldfine's dance documentary Ballets Russes, which premiered in Sundance.Los Angeles-based sales anddistribution house Lightning Entertainment has acquired international rights onthe picture, announcing key sales to Xanadeux in Japan and Hopscotch Films inAustralia and New ...