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Singer hired to direct new Superman for Warner Bros.
Warner Bros' on-again, off-again Superman project appears to be back on track asthe studio announced yesterday (18) that it had signed a deal with Bryan Singerto direct."We have always been committed to bringing Superman back to thescreen, and we're very happy to have Bryan on board this project," Warner Brosproduction ...
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Palm picks up domestic, UK rights to rap doc Freestyle
PalmPictures has acquired North American, UK and Caribbean rights to KevinFitzgerald's documentary Freestyle: The Art Of Rhyme.Palm'shead of acquisitions and production David Koh negotiated the deal withFitzgerald (aka DJ Organic) and producer Henry Alex Rubin, who were representedby attorney Joseph Tedeschi.Thedistributor plans a theatrical release in New York this weekend ...
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Smith delivers the goods for Fox with I, Robot
It takes an army of robots and a mega-star to beat Spider-Manthese days, and 20th Century Fox's I, Robot did just that at the weekend, consigningthe arachnid to second place as it opened top on a mighty estimated $52.3m.Meanwhile Spidey passed $300m on the 19th day of release - the ...
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Will Smith works wonders for Fox with I,Robot
It takes an army of robots and a mega-star to beat Spider-Manthese days, and 20th Century Fox's I, Robot did just that at the weekend, consigningthe arachnid to second place as it opened top on a mighty estimated $52.3m.Meanwhile Spidey passed $300m on the 19th day of release the 2002 ...
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Spider-Man 2 goes all-out in western Europe...
Riding high on $126m ininternational ticket sales, Spider-Man 2 is expected to continue its storming early run with huge bows in threemajor European markets this weekend.The comic book sequel openedthrough Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) in France on915 screens on Jul 14 and goes out in Spain the same ...
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Anchor Bay engineers domestic theatrical release of Malevolence
Anchor BayEntertainment in association with Painted Zebra Releasing is to release StevanMena's award-winning horror title Malevolence in the US, beginning with a Long Islandbow in August.The picture,which won best feature at the New York City Horror Film Festival and best 35mmfeature at the Long Island International Film Festival, is the ...
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Atmosphere, Wild Bunch team for Romero zombie pic
Eighteen yearsafter Day Of The Dead,George A Romero is preparing a fourth instalment in his legendary zombie seriesthat will be co-financed by US production company Atmosphere Entertainment andWild Bunch.Land Of TheDead is due to startfilming this autumn and will be produced by Atmosphere chairman and chiefexecutive officer Mark Canton, president ...
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Bradley promoted at MGM International TV Distribution
Angela Bradleyhas been promoted to vice president of international pay-per-view and video ondemand at MGM International Television Distribution.Bradley willcontinue to oversee distribution for international pay-per-view andvideo-on-demand programming for stations and hotels.She joined MGM'stelevision operations in 1999 as director of international sales planning andlater served as director of international pay per ...
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Domestic box office up 5% on first six months 2003
At the half-way point in thecalendar year, official figures released by Nielsen EDI show North American boxoffice to be tracking 5% ahead of the same period last year.Chief drivers areDreamworks' Shrek 2 on $418.5m,Newmarket's The Passion Of The Christ on $370.2m, Sony's Spider-Man 2 on $256.4m, and Warner Bros' Harry ...
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AFMA is now IFTA to reflect global concerns
Following extensivereorganisation that has seen the American Film Market (AFM) move to a Novemberslot and link up with the AFI Fest, AFMA has switched its name to theIndependent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA).It is understood the changeresponded to a need for a name that more clearly identified independentproducer and distributor ...
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IFP/LA announces details of August Screenwriters Lab
IFP/LA has named theparticipants in its 2004 Screenwriters Lab, which recently kicked off and runsinto August.The lab aims to helpindependent screenwriters improve their skills and develop unique voices aswriters and will feature The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys screenwriter Jeff Stockwell as lab instructor.Confirmed guest speakersinclude Patty Jenkins (Monster),Larry Karaszeswki ...
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First Look restructures legal department
First Look Media isrestructuring its legal department following the promotion of Doug McClure togeneral counsel, business and legal affairs.Kian Ghaffari will continueto report to McClure as director of business and legal affairs under anexpanded brief that will feature a more active role in video acquisitions.James Fagen is joining thecompany as ...
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DGA sets annual awards for Jan 29, 2005
The 57th AnnualDGA Awards dinner has been scheduled for Jan 29 2005 at the Century plaza Hotelin Los Angeles.The deadline forreturning all film nomination ballots is Jan 5 and the five film nominees will beannounced the following day.The deadline for returning final film ballots is Jan 28,DGA president Michael Apted ...
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Mirren to be honoured with Britannia Award by BAFTA/LA
Helen Mirren will receiveBAFTA LA's Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in InternationalEntertainment at the 2004 Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on Nov 4.Mirren can currently be seenopposite Robert Redford in Fox Searchlight's kidnap drama The Clearing, and is filming the contract killer thriller Shadowboxer opposite Cuba Gooding Jr.A veteran of ...
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Azkaban, Troy now in Warner's top five international hitlist
Warner Bros confirmedyesterday (12) that Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban and Troywere the studio's fourth and fifth biggest international releases of all timerespectively.Azkaban reached $405.3m at the international box officefollowing a $21.7m weekend haul and lies behind the first two Harry Potterinstalments and The Matrix Reloadedin Warner Bros' ...
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Mythos Studios starts production on Poetry Slam doc
Mythos Studios, the filmmaking arm of Austin, Texas-based advertising agency GSD&M, has begunproduction on the poetry slam documentary Slam Channel.Executive producer TimMcClure is collaborating with producer and co-directors Mike Henry and KyleFuller of Confessions Multimedia and producer Chris Ohlson of 824 Pictures.Scheduled to open nextspring, the picture follows a team ...
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Years takes up European marketing job at WBITD
Chandra Yearshas been promoted to vice president of European marketing at Warner BrosInternational Television Distribution (WBITD).The Burbank-based Years will relocate to London to overseeWBITD's marketing, publicity and servicing executives and staff throughoutEurope, and support WBITD's European sales executives on marketing campaigns.She willcontinue to report to Lisa Gregorian, senior vice president ...
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Walden ties up five family pictures with Fox
Twentieth Century Fox andWalden Media have signed a five-picture production and distribution deal inwhich Fox will handle worldwide releasing on all titles.The slate includes threepreviously announced adaptations of acclaimed children's novels - Wendy Orr's Nim'sIsland, Katherine Paterson's BridgeTo Terebithia and Lois Lowry's TheGiver - and Kate DiCamillo's BecauseOf Winn-Dixie and ...
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Spider-Man 2 scores $53m haul in 50 territories
Spider-Man 2 smashed through $100m during its secondinternational weekend as it grossed an estimated $53m on 6,754 screens in 50territories for a $115.7m running total.The arachnid spun superbopenings through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) inJapan, Germany and Scandinavia and enjoyed several strong holds including aremarkable performance in Brazil.It opened ...
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Harry cracks the $400m barrier for Warner International with $20.3m weekend
Warner Bros' Harry PotterAnd The Prisoner Of Azkaban passed$400m at the international box office at the weekend after an estimated $20.3mhaul on more than 6,700 screens in 51 countries.The family picture's grossis now an estimated $403.8m and weekend magic was driven by a mighty $8.9mthird weekend haul on 757 screens ...