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Participant teams with THINKFilm on Arna's Children
Los Angeles-based productioncompany Participant Productions has acquired all US rights to Juliano Mer Khamis'sactivism documentary and Tribeca winner Arna's Children, and will partner with ThinkFilm on the New Yorkrelease on Oct 8.The film chronicles Arna MerKhamis, the Jewish-born activist who married a Palestinian Arab and spent herlife campaigning for human ...
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WBITD signs free-TV deal with TV Channel Russia
Warner Bros InternationalTelevision Distribution (WBITD) has signed an exclusive, multi-year freetelevision deal with Russia's state broadcaster TV Channel Russia (formerlyRTR).The deal means TV ChannelRussia acquires terrestrial television rights to a slate of current andupcoming features, including Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, TheMatrix Revolutions, Troy, The Last Samurai, and ...
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Moody Street, IPW snare Delpy for Lucy Keyes
Julie Delpy is in finaltalks to star in the psychological thriller The Legend Of Lucy Keyes, which writer/director John Stimpson will directwhen shooting begins in Massachusets on Nov 1.Inspired by a well-knownMassachusetts legend, the story chronicles the experiences of a damaged familythat relocates to a home in rural New England ...
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PGA to take legal action against phoney producer credits
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) said yesterday (6) that itwould immediately begin to seek court injunctions against studios anddistributors who engaged in the increasingly prevalent use of counterfeit"produced by" credits.Speaking at the Los Angeles launch of the Truth In Creditscampaign, PGA president Kathleen Kennedy said the PGA was no ...
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Loncraine steps in to Warner/VRP thriller Wrong Element
Richard Loncraine has stepped in to direct the thriller TheWrong Element starringHarrison Ford and Paul Bettany, which Warner Bros Pictures and Village Roadshow Picturesare co-financing.Mark Pellington had previously been attached to direct but pulledout after a family tragedy.Based on Joe Forte's screenplay, the story centres on a securityexpert who must ...
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Screen announces shortlist for world, European awards
Mike Leigh'sVenice Golden Lion winner Vera Drake, Pedro Almodovar's Bad Education, Zhang Yimou's House Of FlyingDaggers and WalterSalles' The Motorcycle Diaries are among the shortlisted films for the Hollywood World andEuropean Awards presented by Screen International.The winners willbe chosen by a panel of judges and announced at the Hollywood Awards ...
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Anschutz Film Group hires Levine, Brown, Jones
Anschutz FilmGroup (AFG), parent company to Walden Media and Bristol Bay Productions, isringing the changes, relocating to the former Turner Network Television officesin Century City and appointing several key hires.Jackie Levinehas been named vice president of production, Bill Brown becomes senior vicepresident of physical production and post production, and Douglas ...
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Noeltner's CMG picks up Brazilian comedy Manual...
Edward Noeltner's LosAngeles-based sales company Cinema Management Group (CMG) has picked upinternational rights to Jose Roberto Torero's Brazilian comedy Manual ForLove Stories (Como Fazer Um FilmeDe Amor).The picture recentlyreceived its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival; CMG willrepresent it at next month's AFM in Santa Monica.Styled as a ...
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Paramount Classics to launch Jay-Z documentary in US
Paramount Classics willrelease Pat Paulson and Michael John Warren's hip-hop documentary Fade ToBlack on Nov 5 in North America. Thefilm features rapper Jay-Z's farewell solo concert in New York's Madison SquareGarden as well as live guest appearances by Beyonce, Mary J Blige, MissyElliott, and R Kelly. It also includes footage ...
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Spider-man 2 continues to play in Italy, passes $400m
A strong third weekend inItaly was the key driver for Columbia's Spider-Man 2 at the weekend as it added $2.5m from allterritories for a $403.2m international running total.The action sequel remainedtop in Italy for its third weekend in a row with a $2.3m haul through ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) ...
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Alien Vs Predator tops Australian box office for Fox
Fuelled by a $2.2m numberone opening in Australia on 224 screens at the weekend, Fox International'shorror-thriller Alien Vs Predatorraised its international running total by $3.2m from 902 screens to $21.6m.A $1.7m second place openingin Germany on 501 screens was the prime mover in Dodgeball's weekend as it added $6.1m on ...
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Basil-Jones gets top international job at DreamWorks
DreamWorks hasconfirmed that Stephen Basil-Jones has been named head of internationalmarketing and distribution, filling the interregnum created by JonathanChissick's departure earlier this year.Basil-Jones, whois currently based in Los Angeles as senior vice president of marketing atColumbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI), will relocate toLondon where he is expected to start ...
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WBITD renews free-TV deal with SAR-AN in Turkey
Warner BrosInternational Television Distribution (WBITD) has renewed its multi-year freetelevision deal with Turkish television distributor SAR-AN International.Under the termsof the deal SAR-AN has acquired broadcast rights to a number of films includingthe first two Harry Potter instalments, the final two Matrix episodes, Ocean's Eleven and The Last Samurai.The package includes ...
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Wimbledon stays top at UK box office for Universal/UIP
Universal's Wimbledon remains the top picture in the UK after adding $2.8m in itssecond weekend for 19% market share and a $7.6m running total.The romantic comedy opened third in Australia through UIP on anestimated $1.4m on 210 screens, while $180,000 on 45 in New Zealand was goodenough for fourth place.Overall ...
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here! Films takes US rights to Horizon's Eternal
Paul Colichman and Stephen P Jarchow's US distribution outfit here! Films has acquired domesticrights to Wilhelm Liebenberg and Federico Sanchez's thriller Eternal from Horizon Entertainment.here! Films will release Eternal in early 2005; Horizon willhandle worldwide sales and premiere the feature at AFM in November.Eternal wasproduced by Liebenberg and Sanchez, who ...
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DreamWorks scores second animated megahit of '04 with Shark Tale
DreamWorks' animated Shark Tale snapped up the biggest October openingof all time at the weekend, defying a broadly unenthused critical response togross an estimated $49.1m.In a debut that bodes well for the proposed spin-off ofDreamWorks' animation unit, Shark Tale recorded the studio's second biggest ever opening behind Shrek2's $108m back ...
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The Syndicate hires Rainin for feature after short wins award
Filmmaker Michael Rainin has been hired by LA production companyThe Syndicate to shoot the $1m feature Learning To Fly after his short Waiting For Woody Allen won the Discovering New Artist Award atthe Los Angeles International Short Film Festival.The Syndicate sponsored theaward and chose Rainin from 500 short filmmakers as ...
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Bacon, Winslet to receive honorary awards at Santa Barbara
Kevin Bacon and Kate Winsletare to receive honourary awards at the upcoming 20th annual Santa BarbaraInternational Film Festival (SBIFF), which runs from Jan 28-Feb 6 2005.Bacon, who is generating buzz for his role as a paedophile in theupcoming drama The Woodsman, will receive the American Riviera Award highlighting his career,while ...
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IFC Films, Focus team to co-acquire Bier's Brothers
IFC Films and Focus Features have jointly acquired US rights fromTrust Film Sales to Susanne Bier's Danish language drama Brothers, the Toronto hit that earned top actinghonours for Connie Nielsen and Ulrich Thomsen at San Sebastien.The collaboration marks the first time the distributors haveteamed up. IFC will take the lead ...
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Shark Tale breaks October opening record for DreamWorks
DreamWorks' animated Shark Tale snapped up the biggest October openingof all time at the weekend, defying a broadly unenthused critical response togross an estimated $49.1m.In a debut that bodes well for the proposed spin-off ofDreamWorks' animation unit, Shark Tale recorded the studio's second biggest ever opening behind Shrek2's $108m back ...