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Sundance names first Annenberg Film Fellows
The SundanceInstitute has named the first five Annenberg Film Fellows, the film-makers whowill receive support on their projects from the recent $5m Annenberg Foundationgrant.Aditya Assarat,Sterlin Harjo, Emily Hubley, Kazuo Ohno and Alex Rivera will receive acombination of stipends, residencies and creative assistance with theirprojects.Their storiesinclude an animated feature about a ...
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DeMoulin named marketing evp at Anschutz FIlm Group
Industry veteranChris DeMoulin has been named executive vice president of marketing for theAnschutz Film Group (AFG), where he will oversee integrated marketing andmerchandising on pictures produced by Walden Media and Bristol Bay Productions.DeMoulin will report directly to AFG president Cary Granat andmore specifically will be responsible for marketing, publicity, promotion,product ...
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The Film Source picks up Bollywood And Vine
AlexMassis' New York-based marketing and licensing company The Film Source has picked up worldwiderights in all media to Edward Jordon and Donald Farmer's romantic crimecaper Bollywood And Vine.Setin Hollywood, the picture centres on an Indian tour-bus driver who gets morethan he bargained for when he writes a comeback vehicle for ...
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Troy plunders $70m international weekend haul
Warner Bros enjoyed its third biggest international weekend of alltime as Troy added an estimated $71m from 10,272 screens in 58 marketsfor a $146.9m running total.Driven by mighty bows in the UK, Japan, Italy, Korea and Russiaand solid domestic business the action epic has now amassed $233.2mworldwide.Second week holdovers were ...
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Koch Lorber acquires Lipstick & Dynamite
Koch Lorber Films has picked up all US and Canadian rightsexcluding pay television to Ruth Leitman's acclaimed documentary Lipstick& Dynamite, Piss And Vinegar: The First Ladies Of Wrestling.The company plans an autumn 2004 or early 2005 release for thepicture, which premiered at Toronto's Hot Docs Festival and played at Tribecaearlier ...
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TLA Releasing acquires A Loving Father, Moon Child
TLA Releasing's International Film Festival label has added JacobBerger's emotional drama A Loving Father and Takahisa Zeze'scrime-horror hybrid Moon Child.Real-life father-and-son pairing Gerard and Guillaume Depardieu teamup on screen for the first time in A Loving Father, in which the formerplays a Nobel prize recipient who encounters his estranged son ...
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The Ladykillers launches with strong bows in Spain, Japan
Touchstone's The Ladykillers enjoyed two strong openings in its debut markets ofSpain and Japan through Buena Vista International (BVI) at the weekend.The remake opened third in Spain and grossed $1m on 208screens, while Japan produced $700,000 from 140. The picture's earlyinternational running total therefore stands at $1.7m.BVI executives confirmed that ...
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Lions Gate International strikes J-Horror sales
Lions Gate Films International launched its J-HorrorJapanese horror franchise in Cannes with key territory sales on the nascentseries of pictures put together by the prolific producer Take Ichise.The company negotiated worldwide distribution rights to thefranchise, excluding Japan, from Ichise's development and financing companyEntertainment Farm. Ichise's credits include the Japanese and ...
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Jolly green giant: Shrek 2 revives summer with $125.3m in five days
Dreamworks' much anticipatedShrek 2 caused the first major eruption of this summer season at theweekend as it opened top on a staggering $125.3m from its first five days,according to studio estimates.If these figures areconfirmed accurate on Monday it will be the biggest Wednesday bow of all time,overtaking The Lord Of ...
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Jolly green giant: Shrek 2 revives summer with $125.3m in five days
Dreamworks' much anticipatedShrek 2 caused the first major eruption of this summer season at theweekend as it opened top on a staggering $125.3m from its first five days,according to studio estimates.If these figures areconfirmed accurate on Monday it will be the biggest Wednesday bow of all time,overtaking The Lord Of ...
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Van Helsing nears $120m from all markets
Universal's VanHelsing added $14m from 4,400 screens in 38 UIP markets at the weekend toraise its international running through UIP to $111m.Including the$8m running total from 290 screens in the non-UIP markets of Russia, thePhilippines and Iceland, Van Helsing has amassed an industry-wide $119m.The picture passed $100m in all its ...
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Jolly green giant: Shrek 2 revives summer with $125.3m in five days
Dreamworks' much anticipatedShrek 2 caused the first major eruption of this summer season at theweekend as it opened top on a staggering $125.3m from its first five days,according to studio estimates.If these figures areconfirmed as accurate on Monday it will be the biggest Wednesday bow of all time,overtaking The Lord ...
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Troy passes $200m worldwide
Troy has passed $200m in worldwide ticket sales as it added $70m in its second weekend for an international running total of more than $145m, according to estimatesreleased by Warner Bros.The picture opened at theweekend in the UK, Italy, Japan and Russia but the distributor did not releasespecific territory details.Combined ...
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Wellspring picks up The Brown Bunny
One year after The Brown Bunny stamped its indelible markon Cannes, Vincent Gallo's controversial picture has found a partner inWellspring.The US distributor picked up all North American rights and plansan Aug 27 release in New York and Los Angeles followed by a nationwide rollout.DVD and video are scheduled for release ...
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Van Helsing passes $100m with Troy close behind
Universal's Van Helsing passed $100m at the internationalbox office on May 19 and should do more solid business this upcomingweekend, where the one to watch will be Warner Bros' Troy.Wolfgang Petersen's star-studded epic has amassed $66m in internationalticket sales following last weekend's simultaneous release in 47 markets andexecutives can expect ...
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Film Sales Company reports brisk business in Cannes
Andrew Herwitz'sFilm Sales Company has reported a successful first foray into foreign sales atCannes, sealing deals on a number of titles.All rights to Nimrod Antal's Hungarian hit and Un Certain Regardentry Kontroll were sold to ICA Projects in the UK, Lady Films in Italyand Tiberius Films in Germany.As previously reported, ...
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TLA picks up Godforsaken, The Last Great Wilderness for video
TLA Releasing has acquired North American home entertainmentrights to Pieter Kuijpers' award-winning Dutch crime drama Godforsakenand David Mackenzie's Scottish comic mystery The Last Great Wildernessand plans to release both under its International Film Festival DVD/VHS label.These are the third and fourth films picked up by TLA at Cannesfollowing Srdjan Karanovic's ...
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Shrek 2 scores record $11.8m opening day
Shrek2 gotoff to a storming start at the US box office on Wednesday (19), grossing anestimated $11.8m for the biggest ever mid-week opening of an animated picture."Thiswas a spectacular opening and one that exceeded all of our expectations,"DreamWorks head of distribution Jim Tharp said in a statement."Wehad hoped to come ...
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Do Angels Fly scoops Hartley-Merrill screenwriting prize
Croatia'sIva Kapetanovic haswon top honours at the 15th Annual Hartley-Merrill International ScreenwritingPrize for her harrowing war drama Do Angels Cry.England'sDavid Grieg was runner-up with his Scotland-set thriller The Darkest Hour and third prize went toMexico's Mauro Altschuler for Julia, about a world of children without adults.All threewere presented with their ...
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Berry, Jackson, Young on board at LAFF
Halle Berry andSamuel L Jackson will serve as honorary co-chairs of the 2004 Los Angeles FilmFestival, which runs from Jun 17-26 and will also feature the services ofsinger and film-maker Neil Young as artist in residence.Berry will host closing night festivities and hand out two TargetFilmmaker Awards for best narrative ...