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Theroux joins Delpy in The Legend Of Lucy Keyes
Justin Theroux (pictured) has joined the cast of John Stimpson's TheLegend Of Lucy Keyes,which begins principal photography in early November in central Massachusetts.Theroux, best known for his roles in American Psycho,Mulholland Drive, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and a recurring role on Six FeetUnder, will staropposite Julie Delpy.Theroux and Delpy portray ...
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US distributor TLA promotes Ross, hires Raisola
Richard Ross hasbeen named executive sales director at TLA Releasing, where he will workclosely with TLA President Raymond Murray and TLA partner and director ofacquisitions Richard Wolff.Ross joined thecompany as sales director in January 2002, and is the former Northeast salesmanager for Spartan Entertainment.He will beassisted by the new national ...
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Ray, Saw open big but they can't budge The Grudge
Senator/Ghost House Pictures' Japanese horror remake The Grudge, released through Columbia Pictures inthe US, stayed top in its second weekend as it added an estimated $22.4m for a$71.3m running total.The picture fell 43% in its second weekend, less than thepredicted 50%, and is expected to pass $90m at the domestic ...
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The Grudge holds sway at US box office over Ray, Saw
Senator/Ghost House Pictures' Japanese horror remake The Grudge, released through Columbia Pictures inthe US, stayed top in its second weekend as it added an estimated $22.4m for a$71.3m running total.The picture fell 43% in its second weekend, less than thepredicted 50%, and is expected to pass $90m at the domestic ...
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MPAA hires Carlson as vp of global government affairs
Former George W Bushcampaigner Stacy Carlson has been named executive vice president of globalgovernment affairs at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).Carlson will commence hernew post on Jan 3 2005, and currently runs California Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger's Washington DC office, handling federal issues for the state.She played an integral rolein ...
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Canada's Tapestry strikes sales alliance with MarVista
Moving to boost itsworldwide profile, Toronto-based production house Tapestry Pictures haslaunched Tapestry Distribution International (TDI), which will sell worldwidetelevision, home video and DVD rights through a strategic alliance with LosAngeles-based MarVista Entertainment.TDI will continue to beresponsible for Canadian distribution under the deal. Tapestry principals MaryYoung Leckie and Heather Haldane head ...
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Warner Bros, Cattleya reteam on Placido crime epic
Principal photography isunderway in Rome on Michele Placido's epic crime drama Romanzo Criminale, the latest collaboration between Warner BrosPictures Italy and Cattleya.Warner Bros Italy holdsItalian theatrical and home video rights on the picture, a fact-based sagaabout street gangs who try to control Rome's underworld from the mid-1970sthrough the 1990s.Stefano Rulli ...
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Neverland gets international debut in UK
All eyes will beon Russia this weekend as various distributors inundate the lucrative marketwith Shark Tale, Home On The Range, Princess Diaries 2 and Anacondas.Shark Tale, the number one international pictureand a key factor in this week's IPO in the US of DreamWorks' animation unit,opens in Russia through UIP on ...
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First Independent picks up two from Park for US
Gary Rubin's FirstIndependent Pictures has picked up US rights to Gary Sinyor's comedy Bob TheButler and Richard Jobson's actiontitle The Purifiers from Park Entertainment.Bob The Butler stars Tom Green as an accident-prone man who throughvarious mishaps becomes a butler and befriends a family. Brooke Shields andSimon Callow also star.Steven Manners ...
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Warner Int'l promotes Zeitz to vice president
Jeff Zeitz has been namedvice president of business systems planning at Warner Bros PicturesInternational.Zeitz will continue toreport to executive vice president of operations and finance Angelina Speareand will be responsible for daily oversight of the system's initiatives and identifybusiness opportunities.He will continue tocollaborate with senior management to establish project priorities ...
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Talent from Maria, Woodsman among Gotham Breakthrough nominees
Mos Def andCatalina Sandino Moreno are among Breakthrough Actor Award nominees and RodneyEvans and Nicole Kassell are in the running for Breathrough Director Awardhonours in IFP/New York's upcoming 14th Annual IFP Gotham Awards on Dec 1.Formerly knownas the Open Palm Award for Outstanding Directorial Debut, the BreakthroughActor Award features five ...
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Kimmel signs sales partnership with Capitol
Sidney Kimmel's Los Angelesand New York-based production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment has signed anon-exclusive foreign sales partnership with Capitol Films in time for AFM.Capitol will represent NickCassavetes' drama Alpha Dog,starring Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone, aswell as the Julianne Moore/ Billy Crudup romantic comedy Trust The ...
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MGM Channel launches in Taiwan, will launch in Malaysia
Marking theone-year anniversary of the launch of MGM Channel for the Greater China andSoutheast Asia market, MGM announced yesterday (27) it has launched in Taiwanwith Malaysia to follow in "coming months".The announcementmeans MGM Channel now operates in seven countries in the region, including HongKong, Singapore, Indonesia, Macau and Thailand.The MGM ...
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Teen horror novel Scared Stiff comes to the screen
LosAngeles-based production house Puzzle Box Productions is teaming up withauthors Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner to adapt their Scholastic Booksteen horror bestseller Scared Stiff for the big screen.The story involves a brotherand sister who live above their parent's mortuary business and work together tostop the corpse of a vengeful mass ...
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Eddie Michaels relaunches LA PR firm as Insignia
LosAngeles-based publicity firm Eddie Michaels & Associates relaunches asInsignia Public Relations and Media Strategies today (28) with company founderEddie Michaels announcing three key promotions.Zachary Rosenfieldhas been named a principal of the firm and will continue to work closely withMichaels in managing strategic media campaigns for the firm's productioncompany, producer, and ...
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Lightning takes international rights on Mexican
LosAngeles-based sales and distribution company Lightning Entertainment has pickedup international rights outside the US and Mexico from Televisa Cine to the hitMexican satire A Day Without A Mexican.Sergio Arau's picture will make its market debut at theAFM in Santa Monica next week. It arrives on the back of a successful ...
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DreamWorks Animation raises $812m in IPO
In the first initial publicoffering by a major studio in seven years, DreamWorks Animation raised $812myesterday (26), far higher than analysts expected.While the projected range of shares was $23 to $25 per share, theIPO priced shares at $28 per share, according to reports.Riding high on the recent success of Shrek ...
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AFM name 31 films for Premiere Screenings
EddieO'Flaherty's boxing drama Fighting Tommy Riley and Nickolas Perry and Harry Thomason'spolitical documentary The Hunting Of The President are among a line-up of 31 independentfeatures selected for the AFM's Premiere Screenings Programme.The titles wereannounced yesterday (26) by Jonathan Wolf, executive vice president of theIndependent Film & Television Alliance and AFM ...
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MGM bullish with third quarter figures announcement
Powered by a 30% increase inworldwide video shipments of titles like Barbershop 2 and Agent Cody Banks 2, and the Jul 1 launch of the MGM Channel in Spain,MGM top brass remained upbeat as they announced third quarter operatingfigures.Third quarter revenues were$401.3m for the period ending Sept 30 2004 compared ...
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AWP takes the world on Satan's Little Helper
Los Angeles-basedinternational production and distribution company American World Pictures hasacquired worldwide rights to Satan's Little Helper, the first horror picture in more than 20 years bycult filmmaker Jeff Lieberman.The Halloween-themed picturemade its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and centres on anaive child who becomes the unwitting ...