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Barbieri to direct Em for LA-based Freedom Films
Actor turnedproducer Brian Presley's LA-based production company Freedom Films hasannounced its first two projects, the dramas Em and El Camino, which are both scheduled to startfilming this summer.The tragicromance Em will bedirected by Tony Barbieri, and produced by Presley, Johnny Martin of MartiniFilms, and Ted Melfi of Goldenlight Films, with ...
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Nair begins The Namesake for Searchlight
Principal photography hasbegun in New York and Calcutta on Fox Searchlight's drama The Namesake, which Mira Nair is directing from the novel of thesame name by the Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.The story follows the trialsand tribulations of a boy and his parents as they relocate from Calcutta to ...
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Goldwyn buys domestic rights to Charm School
Samuel GoldwynFilms has acquired North American rights to Randall Miller's romantic comedy MarilynHotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, which screened in the Premieres strand at Sundance thisyear.Samuel Goldwyn Films plans a late summer 2005 release forthe star-laden ensemble, which tells the story of a widower's promise to find adying man's ...
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Meditation expert sets up LA production company Pippala
Productionexecutive Tinker Lindsay and meditation expert Peter Russell are kicking offtheir new Los Angeles-based development and production company PippalaProductions with the spiritually themed Becoming Buddha.The partnershave completed the screenplay and secured initial development funding on theproject, which is currently out to directors, investors, and other key players."The projectrequires a special ...
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Robots tops international box office with $17.1m haul
Fox International's animatedfeature Robots pipped Hitch to the post as the number one international title of the weekend as it grossed an estimated $17.1m on 5,179 screens in 41 territories to raise its early international running total to $44.2m.The picture opened top in Australia on $1.9m on 387 screens (the ...
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Guess Who wins US Easter box office battle
The broad appeal of Sony'scomedy Guess Who packed too muchof a punch for Warner Bros' poorly received comedy sequel Miss Congeniality2: Armed And Fabulous at the Easter weekend,opening top of the North American charts on an estimated $21m.Ashton Kutcher and BernieMac's banter in the loose remake of 1967's epochal Guess ...
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Guess Who beat Bullock to the top of the box office
The broad appeal of Sony'scomedy Guess Who packed too muchof a punch for Warner Bros' poorly received comedy sequel Miss Congeniality2: Armed And Fabulous at the Easter weekend,opening top of the North American charts on an estimated $21m.Ashton Kutcher and BernieMac's banter in the loose remake of 1967's epochal Guess ...
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Congeniality 2, Robots lead family prospects for Easter
Family and lighthearted faredominate the international weekend as Hollywood's international distributiondivisions try to maximise the global opportunity presented by Easter weekend.Warner Bros PicturesInternational opens the comedy sequel Miss Congeniality 2: Armed AndFabulous day-and-date inapproximately 13 markets this weekend, including Germany on Mar 24, and the UKand Spain a day later.Strong ...
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300 features, tributes to Buscemi, McDowell at Philadelphia
More than 300 features andshorts from 42 countries will screen at the 2005 Philadelphia Film Festivalwhen it runs from Apr 7-20, including eight world premieres, 10 North Americanpremieres and 13 US premieres.Titles include Gregg Araki'sMysterious Skin, Todd Solondz's Palindromes, and the late Theo Van Gogh's final picture, Cool!Festival strands includeWorld ...
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Maysles to get lifetime award at Chicago doc festival
Veteran documentarian AlbertMaysles will collect the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the ChicagoInternational Documentary Film Festival (CIDF), which runs from Apr 1-10.More than 100 documentariesincluding 15 world premieres, will screen at the event, including JoeBerlinger's profile of Nazi doctor Heinrich Gross in Gray Matter, and Mark Wexler's portrait of his ...
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Fox names Glotzer vp of digital media
Matthew Glotzer has beenappointed to the new post of vice president of digital media at Fox FilmedEntertainment (FFE).Glotzer, who most recentlyserved as vice president of VOD and business development, will be responsiblefor developing content distribution channels across new and emerging technologyplatforms, and will also pursue long-term initiatives with major IT, ...
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New Line, HBO team to buy Newmarket Films
Seeking a strong handle onthe specialty films sector, Time Warner sister companies New Line Cinemaand HBO have jointly acquired Newmarket Theatrical Distribution for anundisclosed sum and formed a new jointly owned theatrical distributor of independentfilms headed up by former Newmarket Films chief Bob Berney.Company name, staffingdetails and the initial slate ...
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First timer Bousman gets Saw 2 directing gig
First-time writer-director Darren Lynn Bousman will directSaw 2, the sequel to Twisted Pictures'2004 horror hit that grossed close to $100m worldwide through Lions Gate.Principalphotography is set to begin on May 2 in Toronto in time for a Halloween releasein North America.TwistedPictures' Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules and Mark Burg are producing, ...
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SPC finally completes deal to buy 2046
Sony PicturesClassics (SPC) has finally completed its acquisition of US and English Canadianrights to Wong Kar-wai's epic romance 2046, which first played in competition at Cannes last year.The film, whichhas already opened in the UK, France, Japan, Germany and most otherinternational markets, was recut after its Cannes screening by the ...
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When Do We Eat' to open Palm Beach festival in April
The worldpremiere of Salvador Litvak's comedy When Do We Eat' and the US premiere of Jeff Hare's dramaChecking Out bookendthe 10th annual Palm Beach International Film Festival, which runs in Floridafrom Apr 14-21.Festivalorganisers unveiled a line-up yesterday [22] of 150 US and international titlesincluding 11 world premieres and six US ...
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Atmosphere, Relativity team up for new Chiller
Mark Canton's production companyAtmosphere Entertainment and financing outfit Relativity Media have formedChiller Films, a joint venture to produce several films a year budgeted at upto $20m each. Canton andRelativity principal Ryan Kavanaugh will produce with Atmosphere's SteveBarnett and Relativity's Lynwood Spinks serving as executive producers. The partners arein talks with ...
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Paramount confirms talks with Berman
Brad Grey'santicipated revolution at Paramount Pictures appeared to be underway yesterday[22] as it emerged that the studio was holding talks with Fox Entertainmentpresident Gail Berman.While a NewsCorp spokesman declined to comment on the development, Paramount confirmed thattalks had begun, throwing into uncertainty the current status of the leadingtelevision executive, who ...
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US broadcaster, critic Mitchell brought on to guest curate LAFF
Broadcaster andcritic Elvis Mitchell has been named guest curator of the 2005 Los Angeles FilmFestival, which runs from Jun 16-26.Mitchell, alongtime unofficial supporter of the festival, will select a number of specialscreenings and moderate panel discussions. He joins festival director RichardRaddon and director of programming Rachel Rosen.The festivalincludes competitive strands ...
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Katapult takes on Fessenden's Winter
LA-basedKatapult Film Sales has taken on international rights to Larry Fessenden's $7msupernatural thriller The Last Winter, which stars Ron Perlman and is currently shooting inIceland.The story is setin Northern Alaska, where an oil crew succumbs to a mysterious fear after oneof their team is found dead. James LeGros, Connie Britton ...
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Lions Gate Family Entertainment joins Foodfight!
The fledgling Lions GateFamily Entertainment has announced its first feature project Foodfight!, a 3D animated story about the after-hours antics ofa supermarket that features the voices of Hilary and Haylie Duff.Lions Gate is co-producing with Larry Kasanoff's Threshold Animation Studiosand has acquired North American rights for an autumn 2006 release.Kasanoff ...