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TV4 signs long-term deal with MGM for Nordic market
MGM Networks has signed adeal to provide an MGM-branded film block every Monday night on the new NordicTV4 Film Channel, as well as a long-term supply of pictures that will airacross the channel.The TV4 Film Channel isscheduled to debut this month and will be available to cable, satellite and DTTsubscribers ...
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Horizon acquires Proteus to launch at Cannes
Vancouver-based productionand international sales company Horizon Entertainment has picked upinternational rights to John Greyson and Jack Lewis' 18th century interracialgay love story Proteus.The South African-Canadianco-production will receive its first market screening at Cannes and will screenas part of a South African retrospective at the festival to mark the 10thanniversary of ...
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Horizon acquires Proteus for Cannes launch
Vancouver-based productionand international sales company Horizon Entertainment has picked upinternational rights to John Greyson and Jack Lewis' 18th century, interracialgay, love story Proteus.The South African-Canadianco-production will receive its first market screening at Cannes and will screenas part of a South African retrospective at the festival to mark the 10thanniversary of ...
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Israeli box office hit goes to Wellspring in North America
US distributor Wellspring hasacquired all North American rights to Savi Gabizon's Israeli box office hit Nina'sTragedies.Wellspring plans an early2005 US release for the picture, which won 11 Israeli Academy Awards andrecounts a turbulent year in the life of a Tel Aviv family through the eyes ofa sensitive teenage boy.Marie Therese ...
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Miramax score best ever openings in Spain, Australia
Miramax's Scary Movie 3 opened top in Spain through Buena VistaInternational (BVI) at the weekend on a superb $3.8m for the fifth biggest BVIlive-action bow ever and the best opening for a Miramax title.Overall the sequel grossed$5.3m at the weekend to raise the international running total from BVI marketsto $70.4m.Starsky ...
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Restored Wang movie to kick off VC Film Festival in LA
A newly restored print ofWayne Wang's 1982 crime drama Chan Is Missing will kick off the 20th anniversary edition of theVisual Communications (VC) Film Festival 2004, which runs in Los Angeles fromApr 29-May 6.The annual showcase of Asianand Asian-American films will screen more than 100 features and shorts,including the US ...
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Scooby Doo 2 is top of the heap in UK, Mexico
Powered bystrong holds in parts of Europe and Latin America, Scooby-Doo 2: MonstersUnleashed grossed anestimated $15m at the weekend to raise its international running total to$44.2m.The familysequel, which is distributed through Warner Bros Pictures International, stayedtop in its second weekends in the UK and Mexico on $4.2m for $16.5m and ...
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Fox takes $9.2m from glorious Passion weekend
The Passionof The Christ added$9.2m from 2,208 screens in Fox International markets at the weekend to raiseits international running total in Fox territories to $59.1m.The picturefinished number one in almost every market handled by the distributor excludingTaiwan, Singapore and Uruguay.In Brazil itclimbed 17% and grossed $2m from 511 screens in ...
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Austin joins THINKFilm in senior Canadian distribution role
Andrew Austin isto join ThinkFilm as senior vice president of Canadian distribution whileTamara Shannon has been promoted to vice president theatrical distribution.Austin hasworked in the Canadian film industry for almost 20 years, most recently servingas senior vice president and general manager at Seville Pictures.Prior to Sevillehe served as executive director ...
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Echelon puts back Wake US release to May
EchelonEntertainment has put back the release of Henry LeRoy Finch's drama anddirectorial debut Wakeand will now open it in LA and New York on May 28.The picture, which centres on four brothers who convenefor a night of revelry only to discover they are attending a wake, wasoriginally scheduled to open ...
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Stage Beauty gets closing night slot at Tribeca
The worldpremiere of Richard Eyre's period drama Stage Beauty starring Billy Crudup, Claire Danes andRupert Everett will close the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on May 8. It isproduced by Tribeca Film Festival founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthalthrough their Tribeca Productions.Stage Beauty is set in 1660s London ...
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Focus trumpet Sunshine as Kaufman's biggest hit
EternalSunshine Of The Spotless Mind raised its domestic box office tally by $2.4m to $25.9m at theweekend to become the biggest grossing film written by Charlie Kaufman.In 24 days FocusFeatures' acclaimed quirky romance has overtaken Being John Malkovich, which was released by USA Films in 1999and grossed $22.9m over five ...
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Cinemark sets two new multiplexes in Brazil
CinemarkInternational, one of the leading exhibitors in Latin America that celebratesits 20th anniversary this year, is to open two new theatres in Brazil in May.The MuellerShopping theatre will be located inside an existing five-storey shopping centrein the heart of Curitiba and features an eight-screen multiplex comprising morethan 2,200 seats in ...
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Muccino's Remember Me finally gets US distribution
Howard Cohen andEric d'Arbeloff's US independent distributor Roadside Attractions has picked upNorth American distribution rights to Gabriele Muccino's family drama RememberMe, My Love (RicordatiDi Me) from The Works.Roadside plans a summerrelease for the picture, which played at the Toronto Film Festival last yearand Sundance in January. It was nominated for ...
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Return Of The King is top in Japan for ninth straight weekend
New Line International's The Lord of The Rings: TheReturn of The King continued to rule themall in Japan for the ninth consecutive weekend, adding $1.6m from 589 screensto raise its total there to a superb $86.2m.The trilogyfinale is active in 48 markets on 1,874 screens but figures were hard to ...
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50 First Dates enjoys strong weekend in 12 markets for CTFDI
Columbia's romantic comedy 50 First Dates grossed an estimated $6.3m from 1,261screens in 12 markets through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International(CTFDI) at the weekend, raising its international running total to $16.1m.Highlights were a third place $3.1m bow in the UK on 419 - astrong holiday opening that should see the ...
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Shaun is a smash for Universal with $3m opening in UK
Universal's horror spoof Shaun Of The Dead opened second in the UK through UIP atthe weekend on an estimated $3m from 358 screens.Meanwhile Dawn Of The Dead, the rather more serious remake of George Romero's seminalgenre title, grossed $210,000 from 200 screens in Mexico, raising its totalafter ten days to ...
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Wellspring boards Cannes-bound Tarnation
US independent distributor Wellspring has come on board JonathanCaouette's acclaimed docudrama Tarnation as co-producer and worldwide distributor.Wellspring will provide completion financing and marketing fundsfor domestic and international release on the picture, which has secured aDirectors Fortnight slot in Cannes next month.The company's worldwidesales division will begin marketing the picture at ...
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Wellspring boards Quinzaine-bound Tarnation
US independent distributor Wellspring has come on board JonathanCaouette's acclaimed docudrama Tarnation as co-producer and worldwide distributor.Wellspring will provide completion financing and marketing fundsfor domestic and international release on the picture, which has secured aDirectors Fortnight slot in Cannes next month.The company's worldwidesales division will begin marketing the picture at ...
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Passion takes Easter box office crown
Newmarket Films' The Passion Of The Christ performed as expected over Easterweekend, resurrecting its box office supremacy as it climbed four places toease past $350m on an estimated $17.1m.Mel Gibson's celebratedaccount of the final hours of Christ's life now stands on $354.9m and is theeighth biggest grossing film ever in ...