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Universal signs production deal with Berg, partners
UniversalPictures has signed a first-look production deal with writer-director PeterBerg and his partners John Cameron and Sarah Aubrey through their fledglingproduction company Film 44.Berg recentlydirected and co-wrote Friday Night Lights for Universal and is currently in development with thestudio on the Middle East thriller Kingdom, which Michael Mann is producing."Pete ...
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Production services outfit launches in movie boom state Louisiana
One-stopproduction services company Hollywood South Productions (HSP) launches inLouisiana today [April 27], aiming to boost in-state production with a range ofadvisory and training services including tax credit management.Headed up bychief executive officer Lonny Kaufman, president and filmmaker Chris Fink, andchief financial officer Ralph L Fletcher, HSP has partnered with LosAngeles-based ...
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Boxer promoted to vp, sales and distribution, at IFC Films
Mark Boxer has been promotedto vice president of sales and distribution at IFC Films, where he will alsooversee home video and the non-theatrical markets for all IFC releases.Reporting to IFCEntertainment president Jonathan Sehring, Boxer's in-tray includes AricAvelino's American Gun, MichaelShowalter's The Baxter, andMiranda July's Me And You And Everyone We ...
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Fricke's Buddha movie to shoot in Cambodia, Thailand, India
Ron Fricke hassigned on to direct Becoming Buddha, a dramatic narrative account of Buddha's spiritual journey thatis set to begin shooting later this year in Cambodia, Thailand and parts ofIndia.Tinker Lindsay and Peter Russell, are assembling theproject through their Pippala Productions banner, with the VisioneeringGroup/Awakened Media serving as co-producers.Lindsay andRussell ...
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Mandoki's Mexican Voices wins at RiverRun
Luis Mandoki's InnocentVoices picked up bestnarrative feature, best foreign feature and best screenplay awards at the 7thannual RiverRun International Film Festival in North Carolina, which ran fromApr 21-24.Nina Davenport's ParallelLines won best documentary feature,while audience awards went to Georgina Garcia Riedel's How The Garcia GirlsSpent Their Summer for best featureand ...
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Black Friday wins top jury prize at Indian LA fest
Anurag Kashyap'sBlack Friday won thedramatic feature competition grand jury prize and Theresa Thanjan's WhoseChildren Are These'claimed documentary honours at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, whichclosed on Apr 24.In the audienceawards, Bhartbala's Hari Om won best feature, Carl Byker and Mitch Wilson's The NewHeroes: India won forbest documentary, and ...
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Brad Weston confirmed at Paramount
In a widelypredicted move, Brad Weston is leaving his post as co-president of DimensionFilms and joining Paramount Pictures as co-president of production.Reporting toincoming Paramount president Gail Berman, Weston will oversee the day-to-daydevelopment and production of the studio's annual slate of films and literaryacquisitions along with fellow co-president Alli Shearmur, who ...
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Star-studded World Cup doc kicks off for Film Sales Co
Production has begun on Bob Potter And Paul Doyle's footballdocumentary World Cup 2006: Dreams Of Glory, which Andrew Herwitz 's New York-basedFilm Sales Company will be representing for worldwide sales at the Cannesmarket.Herwitz has already sold UK rights to Revolver and is close toannouncing other key sales on the project, ...
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Scaturro is key note speaker at Large Screen Format conference in LA
AdventurerPasquale Scaturro will be the keynote speaker at this year's 9th Annual LargeFormat Cinema Association Conference, which kicks off in Los Angeles today[Tuesday] and runs until Apr 29. Theindustry forum will explore issues affecting the large format business, andincludes panel discussions, revenue generating ideas, and technicaldemonstrations. Ninelarge format 70mm screenings ...
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Heyn, Gleasure get promotions in publicity dept at BVI
Buena VistaInternational (BVI) has promoted two of its international publicity executives,with Nina Heyn rising from executive director to vice president, and AlisonGleasure becoming director of European publicity. Heyn, who isbased in Burbank, will continue to supervise campaigns on key titles on BVI'sfilm slate, dividing her duties with vice president of ...
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Connelly to join Winslet in Little Children
Jennifer Connelly is in final negotiations to star opposite KateWinslet in the New Line Cinema drama Little Children, which Todd Field will direct. The story centres on a dull suburban world where parentsgroom their children for Ivy League colleges and alleviate their boredomthrough affairs and internet porn.Things take a turn ...
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Kids TV classic Land Of The Lost gets Will Ferrell treatment
Will Ferrell is attached to star for Universal in comedyadaptation of the hit 1970s sci-fi television series Land Of The Lost to be directed by Adam McKay.Chris Henchy and DennisMcNicholas have signed on to adapt the screenplay, based on the 1973-77 NBCseries about a forest ranger and his children who ...
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ContentFilm picks up Transamerica for international
ContentFilm International has picked up all international rightsto Duncan Tucker's road movie Transamerica, which had its North American premiere at Tribeca FilmFestival over the weekend.Transamerica received its world premiere at the Berlin International FilmFestival. ContentFilm International will represent the picture at the Cannesmarket next month where it will also be ...
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...and remains international number one with $11.9m weekend
Universal's The Interpreter remained the top international picture at the weekend,grossing an estimated $11.9m through UIP on 2,340 screens in 31 territories toraise its international running total to $25m.The UN-set thriller, which opened top in North America on $22.8m,thrived with number one debuts in many territories, strong holds and smalldrops ...
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The Interpreter debuts at number one in North America
A strong rally by theover-35 crowd powered Universal's The Interpreter to the top of the North American charts at theweekend on an estimated $22.8m, while Touchstone's A Lot Like Love opened fourth on a disappointing $7.7m.Meanwhile Sony PicturesClassics' martial arts romp Kung Fu Hustle demonstrated its box office chops in ...
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Interpreter assassinates the competition at US box office
A strong rally by theover-35 crowd powered Universal's The Interpreter to the top of the North American charts at theweekend on an estimated $22.8m, while Touchstone's A Lot Like Love opened fourth on a disappointing $7.7m.Meanwhile Sony PicturesClassics' martial arts romp Kung Fu Hustle demonstrated its box office chops in ...
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South Korea's The Road gets best feature prize at Philadelphia
Bae Chang-ho's South Korean picture The Road won best feature and Peter Raymont'sRwandan story Shake Hands With The Devil won best documentary honours at the 2005 Philadelphia FilmFestival, which closed on Apr 20.Audience awards went to Andres Wood's Chilean political drama Machuca for best feature and Marilyn Agrelo'sSlamdance sensation Mad ...
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Mandate boards Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Los Angeles-based productionand distribution outfit Mandate Pictures has greenlit Mr Magorium's WonderEmporium, its second project bywriter Zach Helm following Stranger Than Fiction, with Natalie Portman in talks to star.Mandate will fully finance and handle worldwide sales on the picture, whichmarks Helm's directorial debut and centres on a magical toy shop, ...
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Donald De Line headed to Warner Bros
Donald De Line, the formerParamount president whose position was recently filled by outgoing FoxEntertainment chief Gail Berman, is rumoured to be signing a production dealwith Warner Bros.De Line resurfaces following weeks of speculation over his next move afterParamount chairman Brad Grey selected Berman to be his number two at therapidly ...
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UIP's The Interpreter hits 15 new territories this weekend
Universal's The Interpreter opens in 15 markets through UIP this weekend as executivesexpect to build on last weekend's strong launch that earned the bulk of the$12.5m international running total.The UN-set thriller was due to open in Germany on Apr 21 on 400prints, followed a day later by Mexico on 210, ...