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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 ...
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Echelon hires Moon as vp, international sales
Matthew Moon has joined LosAngeles-based production, distribution and sales company Echelon Entertainmentas vice president of international sales.Based in Los Angeles, Moonwill report to Echelon president and chief executive officer Eric Louzil. Priorto joining Echelon Moon worked as district sales manager at ABC/Amega inBuffalo, New York.Newmark/EchelonEntertainment Group will open Brian Austin ...
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Sidney Kimmel ramps up movie plans with LA operation
Philanthropist SidneyKimmel, who produced Nine-And-A-Half Weeks and has notched upa rack of executive producer credits over the past two decades, is ramping uphis Hollywood ambitions with the launch of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment in LosAngeles.As company chairman andchief executive officer, Kimmel will head up the Beverly Hills offices whenthey open on ...
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Askin leaves Pandora to head 2929 International
Shebnem Askinhas been appointed head of 2929 International, the fledgling internationalsales arm of Los Angeles-based 2929 Entertainment owned by the billionaire duoTodd Wagner and Mark Cuban.Askin, who arrivesfrom Pandora/Gaylord Films, will handle worldwide sales on the theatrical outputof 2929 Productions and HDNet Films, the sister companies owned by 2929Entertainment.The appointmentmarks ...
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Echo Bridge buys Green Communications library
LosAngeles-based Echo Bridge Entertainment has acquired Green Communications'library and associated distribution rights and will begin representing the newtitles at Mipcom next month.This is thethird library acquisition since the company's launch a year ago and raises itscatalogue to more than 250 titles.The 12-titleGreen Communications catalogue comprises mostly thrillers, sci-fi and horrorfilms ...
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Hawaii, Oslo named as Oscar candidate by Norway
The Norwegian Oscarcommittee has chosen Erik Poppe's Hawaii, Oslo as the country's official candidate for the Oscars'best foreign language film category.The film grossed a solidNOK1.2m upon release this weekend after rave reviews from the Norwegian InternationalFilm Festival in Haugesund, where it also picked up the critics' and ecumenicalprize.Written by Harald ...
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Cinemark to open seven-screen multiplex in Ecuador
Cinemark International continues to redraw the LatinAmerican exhibition map with the announcement that it will open theseven-screen Mall del Sur complex in Ecuador, on Oct 20.Cinemark's thirdmultiplex in the country is equipped with more than 1,400 stadium-style seatsand will be part of a larger shopping centre in the southern part ...
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Wellspring takes Desplechin's Rois Et Reine to US
Wellspring haspicked up all US rights to Arnaud Desplechin's drama Kings & Queen (Rois Et Reine), which received its world premiere atVenice earlier this month and is scheduled to play at the New York FilmFestival next week.The company plans2005 theatrical and DVD releases for the picture, which centres on the ...
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Nolan Pielak joins Dream from Mobius
Nolan Pielak hasjoined Los Angeles-based production and international sales company DreamEntertainment as senior vice president of international distribution.Pielak willoversee Dream's burgeoning international distribution department and willhandle sales in all territories worldwide.He most recentlyserved as director of international distribution for Mobius International,where he also consulted on worldwide sales projections and spearheaded ...
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Lions Gate adds Bobby Long to awards lineup
Lions Gate Filmshas picked up North American theatrical and pay TV rights from El CaminoPictures to Shainee Gabel's family drama A Love Song For Bobby Long.Lions Gate plans a platform release on Dec 29 and willexpand nationally in mid-January. The picture premiered at Venice recently.Written anddirected by Shainee Gabel, the ...
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Team America gets after-hours opening slot at Denver
Trey Parker andMatt Stone's marionette terrorism satire Team America: World Police has landed a unique screening slot atthe upcoming 27th Starz Denver International Film Festival.The picturebecomes the first ever opening night after-hours special and will screen after Ray, the official opening night selection,on Oct 14. Paramount plans to release Team ...
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Arclight takes on sales to Devlin's Librarian TV movie
Arclight Filmshas acquired international sales rights to action adventure The Librarian, the first television feature to beproduced by Dean Devlin, who created Stargate and wrote Independence Day and Universal Soldier.Arclight willrepresent The Librarianat Mipcom and AFM and it will be broadcast in the US on Dec 5 on Turner NetworkTelevision.Directed ...
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Hollywood Film Festival has Neverland, Bobby Long
The 2004Hollywood Film Festival will open on Oct 12 with the world premiere of WendyApple's film editing documentary The Cutting Edge and closes on Oct 17 with the USpremiere of Shainee Gabel's family drama A Love Song For Bobby Long starring John Travolta and ScarlettJohansson.All in all 16world premieres and ...
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Garfield tiptoes to $100m for Fox
FoxInternational's comedy Garfield is on the cusp of $100m after a $5.5m weekend haul on 2,803international screens raised the cumulative total to $99.8m.Highlights werea third place $1.1m debut in Italy on 239 and $432,000 on 71 in South Africa.The picture heldwell in second place in its second weekend in Australia, ...