All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1396
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Sin City is the leading destination at North American box office
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's film adaptation of Miller'sgraphic novel Sin Cityopened top of the North American charts at the weekend, grossing an estimated$28.1m for Dimension Films.The ultra-violent film noir tale opened to enthusiastic reviewsand averaged $8,706 on 3,230 screens. The strong ensemble cast includes BruceWillis, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, ...
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Sin City is top destination at North American box office
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's film adaptation of Miller'sgraphic novels Sin Cityopened top of the North American charts at the weekend, grossing an estimated$28.1m for Dimension Films.The ultra-violent film noir tale opened to enthusiastic reviewsand averaged $8,706 on 3,230 screens. The strong ensemble cast includes BruceWillis, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, ...
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Dimension and Rodriguez score another number one with Sin City
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's film adaptation of Miller'sgraphic novel Sin Cityopened top of the North American charts at the weekend, grossing an estimated$28.1m for Dimension Films.The ultra-violent film noir tale opened to enthusiastic reviewsand averaged $8,706 on 3,230 screens. The strong ensemble cast includes BruceWillis, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, ...
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The Ring Two leads international box office
DreamWorks' TheRing 2 grossed anestimated $17.4m in 36 territories in 3,079 venues through UIP over theweekend, distinguished by four number one debuts in major markets.The horrorsequel opened top in the UK on an estimated $3.3m ($3.9m including previews)from 419 sites, roughly 15% ahead of 2002's The Ring.In Spain TheRing Two ...
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Robots, Hitch continue to dominate international markets
Fox International's Robots grossed an estimated $10.8m over the weekend on 5,900screens, raising the animated family title's international running total to$69.2m.Robotsopened number one in Taiwan on $562,000 on 166 screens, and stayed top in itssecond weekend in Australia after a $1.4m haul on 387 screens raised the totalthere to $4.7m, ...
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TLA gets North America, UK and Ireland video rights to Ethan
TLA Releasing has acquiredhome entertainment rights in North America, UK and Ireland to Quentin Lee'ssatirical thriller Ethan Mao, andplans a DVD/VHS release on Sept 21.The story centres on an18-year-old boy who is thrown out of his parents' house for being gay andreturns on Thanksgiving night to take them hostage. Newcomer ...
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Ring Two circles the globe for UIP
With no majormarket debuts scheduled this weekend for either Fox International's Robots or Sony Pictures ReleasingInternational's (SPRI)'s Hitch, the time looks right for The Ring Two.DreamWorksInternational's horror sequel gets its biggest splash to date with openingsthrough UIP scheduled for France on Mar 30, Germany on Mar 31, the UK and ...
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Vaughn to star in Russell's next at Universal
Vince Vaughnwill star in The Untitled David O Russell Project at Universal, playing a know-all radiotalk show host whose life is turned on its head when he starts to become hiscallers.MandalayPictures, which has a term deal with the studio, will produce with Russell andGregory Goodman, who produced the director's 2004 ...
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Dream takes international on horror doc about HH Holmes
Los Angeles-based productionand international sales outfit Dream Entertainment has acquired internationalrights to Waterfront Productions' horror documentary HH Holmes: America'sFirst Serial Killer from filmmakerJohn Borowski.The first feature-lengthdocumentary about Herman Mudgett, also known as HH Holmes or the TortureDoctor, chronicles the serial killer's life and the torture chambers he set upin the ...
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EU approval paves the way for imminent closure of Sony/MGM deal
The European Commission (EU)has unconditionally approved the MGM acquisition by the Sony-led LOCAcquisition Company.EU officers declared theproposed acquisition to be compatible with Common Market guidelines, followingrecent US antitrust regulatory approval.The deal is expected toclose before mid-April, subject to the completion of the acquisition's complexfinancing jigsaw.
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Strand announces US pick-ups of Berneri, Marconi films
Strand Releasing hasacquired US rights to Anahi Berneri's Argentina-set drama A Year WithoutLove (Un Ano Sin Amor) and Rodolphe Marconi's French romance The LastDay (Le Dernier Jour).A Year Without Love premiered in the Berlinale's Panorama Section, where it won the Teddy Award for best feature for its chronicle of a ...
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Gong Li lands leading role in Mann's Miami Vice
Gong Li hasjoined Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx in the cast of Michael Mann's upcoming MiamiVice project forUniversal Pictures.The Chinesestar, whose credits include a handful of Zhang Yimou classics, Farewell My Concubine, 2046 and the upcoming Memoirs Of A Geisha, will play Isabella, the Chinese-Cubanwife of an international crime syndicate ...
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Warner Bros restructures global brand management division
Warner Bros Entertainment'sGlobal Brand Management has announced its line-up of senior executivesresponsible for promoting properties throughout the company's divisions.Joining executive vicepresident of global brand management Diane Nelson are new vice presidents Irika Slavin, Sandy Yi, Lisa St Amandand Amber Fredman. The quartet will support Warner Bros Global BrandManagement's directive ...
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Weinstein Company names first 13 movies on domestic distribution slate
As Harvey and Bob Weinsteinride out their contractual term as Miramax co-chairmen under the Disneyumbrella, they have already finalised at least 13 films to be released undertheir new venture The Weinstein Company.While the brothers areobliged to oversee all the unreleased Miramax titles in the pipeline untiltheir departure on Sept 30, ...
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Disney and Weinsteins reach agreement on divorce
After months of publicnegotiations and anguish, Disney and Miramax topbrass announced yesterday [29] that Harvey and Bob Weinstein will leave theDisney fold when their contracts expire on Sept 30 to set up an integrated media company, tentatively titled TheWeinstein Company.In a conference call with reporters that revealed littleby way of ...
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Disney, Miramax announce divorce
Following protractednegotiations, Disney and Miramax top brass announced yesterday [29] that Harveyand Bob Weinstein will leave the Disney fold when their contracts expire onSept 30 to set up a fully integrated media company, tentatively titled The WeinsteinCompany.In a conference call with reporters that revealed little by way of newdevelopments, Disney ...
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Weinstein Co reveals debut slate
As Harvey andBob Weinstein ride out their contractual term as Miramax co-chairmen under the Disney umbrella, their main focus must now surely lie with the inauguralslate for their new venture, temporarily called The Weinstein Company.While the brothers are obliged to oversee all the unreleased Miramax titles inthe pipeline until their ...
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Showtime lines up first six films in Masters Of Horror series
ShowtimeNetworks, IDT Entertainment's New Arc Entertainment, Industry Entertainment andNice Guy Productions have announced the first six titles in their Masters OfHorror series by acclaimedgenre filmmakers, set to begin production in Vancouver in April.John Landis (AnAmerican Werewolf In London) will direct Deer Woman starring BrianBenben, which Landis co-wrote with his son ...
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2nd annual Syracuse fest in US has international flavour
A total of 126 independent features from 23 countries areset to screen at the second annual Syracuse International Film and VideoFestival (SIFVF), which runs from Apr 28-May 1 in New York.Features include Rainbow, Gao Xiasong's Chinese drama exploring the repercussions of theJapanese invasion, Teco Benson's Nigerian feature Six Demons, and ...
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Turtles are back in CGI animated feature film
Imagi Serviceshas signed animation veteran Kevin Munroe to write and direct a newCGI-animated feature-length version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.This is thefirst feature project to revisit the global Turtles brand since 1993, when NewLine released Stuart Gillard's live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in the US.Munroe is currently inpre-production on ...