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Reno, Franco star in Electric's World War I actioner Flyboys
Jean Reno andJames Franco will star in the epic wartime adventure Flyboys, which is being directed by Tony Billand will be produced by Electric Entertainment principal Dean Devlin and MarcFrydman.Lions Gate Films International will handle worldwiderights excluding the US and Canada, which are being represented by ICM.Principalphotography is due to ...
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Apted signs on for Walden's Wilberforce pic Amazing Grace
Michael Aptedhas signed on to direct the political thriller Amazing Grace, a Walden Media, Sunflower Productionsand FourBoys Films co-production about 18th century British politician WilliamWilberforce's campaign to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire. Dirty PrettyThings screenwriterSteven Knight will write the script, while Terrence Malick and Ed Pressman willproduce ...
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New York's Steiner Studios to host Arbus biopic Fur
Brooklyn-basedSteiner Studios has struck a deal with River Road Productions to host the shootof Steven Shainberg's Fur, an imagined chronicle of the life of New York photographer DianeArbus starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr.Set constructionwill begin immediately on the 16,000 sq ft sound stage, one of two that will ...
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Graham King signs first-look production deal with Warner Bros
Graham King has signed afirst-look deal with Warner Bros that will bring him in as producer on twoprojects for the studio and shifts Initial Entertainment Group's deals withLeonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil to Warner Bros.Initial Entertainment willremain an international sales entity for projects that King does ...
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Field, Chaplin finish shooting drama 2 Weeks
Custom Productions haswrapped filming in Nashville, Tennessee, on Steve Stockman's featuredirectorial debut 2 Weeks,starring Sally Field, Ben Chaplin and Clea Duvall.The bittersweet comedy tellsof four estranged siblings who return to their childhood home in North Carolinato care for their ailing mother, played by Field, who won Academy Awards forbest actress ...
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Glickman to address convention in Mumbai today
MPAA chief Dan Glickman willgive the keynote address at the Frames Convention in Mumbai, India, today [Apr4], as he continues to develop his profile as an international bridge-builderstrong on anti-piracy.Since succeeding JackValenti as Hollywood's top bureaucrat last year, Glickman has been quick totake the anti-piracy agenda beyond North American borders, ...
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Plum picks up movie rights to life of mathematical genius
New York-based Plum Pictures has picked up rights to the lifestory of Andrew Wiles, the mathematical genius who solved Fermat's LastTheorem, the world's most bafflingmathematical mystery that remained unsolved for more than 300 years.Fermatwas a recluse and one of the great mathematical theorists of the 17th century who scribbled a ...
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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 ...