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Survivor will shoot despite Polish producer's jail-term
The president of AtlanticAlliance Pictures said yesterday (26) that filming on the upcoming Holocaust drama LoveIs A Survivor will go ahead despitethe corruption conviction of co-production and funding partnerHeritage Films' Lew Rywin.Rywin, who served asexecutive producer on The Pianist, co-produceron Schindler's List and producer(Poland unit) on Proof Of Life,was sentenced ...
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Former J&M executive Roberts joins Dream as senior vp
Industry veteran Karen Roberts has joined LosAngeles-based production and international sales company Dream Entertainment assenior vice president of acquisitions and development.Roberts will beresponsible for identifying finished features as well as new projects forDream's development slate. She will report directly to company presidentYitzhak Ginsberg.Roberts mostrecently served as senior vice president of ...
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Passion gets its final Fox opening at second in Thailand
The Passion Of The Christ opened in its final Fox International market at theweekend, ranking second in Thailand on $225,000 on 70 screens.Overall the picture added$2.2m overall on 1,318 screens in 14 markets for a $73m international runningtotal in Fox territories.Elsewhere the thriller ManOn Fire began its international runwith a ...
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Haunted Mansion takes top spot in Japan with $4.7m for BVI
The Haunted Mansion scored an impressive bow in Japan through BuenaVista International (BVI) at the weekend, opening top on $4.7m and breaking astring of records in the process.It was the Walt DisneyCompany's second biggest live action branded bow ever behind Pirates Of TheCaribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl in ...
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Global, Daybreak Pacific team up for finance and sales venture
Peter Elson's foreign salesand distribution outfit Global Cinema Group is teaming up with Dale and GrantBradley's New Zealand-based financing and production house Daybreak Pacific tofinance, produce and distribute features.Global will handle worldwidesales and distribution for Daybreak's slate, while the latter will provideGlobal with a flow of product.Global will bring twoDaybreak ...
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Another $6.1m for Scooby as Warner sequel tops $75m
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed grossed an estimated $6.1m at theweekend, raising its international running total to $76.7m for Warner Bros.In its fourth week in the UK the picture added $1m from 471screens for a $25.8m running total there. France added $1.2m from 576 in itsthird week for $7.5m and Italy ...
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UIP has $3.2m weekend with Strike's Dawn Of The Dead
Strike Entertainment's horror remake Dawn Of The Dead grossed an estimated $3.2m through Universal/UIPfrom 1,200 screens in 14 countries at the weekend, raising its internationalrunning total to $7.6m, excluding $10.1m in the UK where it was releasedindependently through Entertainment.The picture opened on $700,000 from 164 screens in Spain, tyingfor third ...
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Vol 2 kicks off $18m rampage in 21 territories
Miramax's Kill Bill Vol 2 went on an estimated $18mrampage in 21 territories through Buena Vista International (BVI) at theweekend, opening top in several key markets.QuentinTarantino's revenge saga sequel opened top in the UK on a strong $5.1mfrom 500 screens, top in Italy on $1.9m from 250 and top in ...
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Man On Fire blazes to the top of the box office for Fox
Revenge sagas continued todominate the box office as Twentieth Century Fox's Man On Fire opened top on an estimated $23m, narrowly edging outColumbia/Revolution's romantic comedy 13 Going On 30 in second place on $22m.If the figures hold and Man On Fire has indeed won what the media has lamelybeen talking ...
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Annenberg Foundation dishes out $5m to Sundance
The SundanceInstitute received its largest ever grant of $5m from the Annenberg Foundationlast night (22) and will use the award to establish the Annenberg Film FellowsProgramme to help aspiring film-makers.The five-yearscheme will offer personal stipends, residencies and creative support for up tofive participants on the institute's Feature Film Programme, with ...
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Hanks to receive BAFTA/LA Britannia Award
Tom Hanks will receive theStanley Kubrick Britannia Award in honour of his services to the industry at aBAFTA/LA ceremony in Los Angeles on Nov 4.Hanks became the first actorin 50 years to win back-to-back Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump in 1994 and 1995 respectively and his expansivecredits roster includes ...
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Bill starts second international onslaught
This weekend revenge is a dish best served hot asMiramax's Kill Bill Vol 2 opens wide infive major international markets within a week of its table-topping US bow.QuentinTarantino's sequel opened in Germany and Australia on Apr 22 and goes out inthe UK and Italy on Apr 23 - all through ...
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MPAA hails worldwide anti-piracy raids
MPAA chiefs have hailed a series of worldwide anti-piracyraids that resulted in the seizure this week of tens of thousands of titles foronline use worth at least $50m.Operation Fastlink launched on the morning of Apr 22 in 27US states and ten other countries including the UK, Germany, France, Hungaryand Singapore.Undercover ...
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Emmett/Furla acquires Contract script for Millenium deal
Randall Emmett and GeorgeFurla's Emmett/Furla Films has acquired the rights to Stephen Katz and JohnDarrouzet's thriller screenplay The Contract.This will be the firstproject on a new slate of 10 pictures to be handled under the extendednon-exclusive international distribution deal with Millennium Films, reportedhere last week (Screendaily.com, Apr 15).The Contract is ...
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Saved! wins top jury award at New York's Gen Art Film Festival
Brian Dannelly's dark comedySaved! won the Acura Grand JuryFeature Film Award for $10,000 at the closing night ceremony of the 9th AnnualGen Art Film Festival in New York.The Acura Grand Jury ShortFilm Award and $5,000 went to Jessica Weigmann for Gardening Tips ForHousewives.Meanwhile the Gen Art filmBUZZ Audience Award for ...
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Spyglass closes five-year credit facility with JPMorgan Securities
Spyglass Entertainment andJPMorgan Securities have closed a $250m five-year revolving credit facility,which will enable Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum's production powerhouse tofinance production or acquisition of approximately five theatrical releases ayear, including pictures under its non-exclusive first-look production andco-financing pact with Columbia Pictures.In a joint statement Barberand Birnbaum said: "John ...
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Lassally launches LA management and production outfit Kustom
Tom Lassally launched hisfilm and television management and production company Kustom Entertainmentyesterday (April 21), naming Marc Forster's recently wrapped Stay as its first feature and announcing a host of talentunder its wing.Lassally, who shepherdedmore than 25 features including Heat and The Hudsucker Proxyduring his eight-year tenure as executive vice president ...
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Sunshine gets first foreign bows in Australia, Taiwan
Focus Features' EternalSunshine Of The Spotless Mind kickedoff its international run in Australia at the weekend with a record bow for aCharlie Kaufman picture that produced $416,000 from 60 screens and eighthplace.The romance claimed thebiggest per-screen average of the top 10 on $6,937. Released through VillageRoadshow, it grossed $518,600 overall ...
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WBITD renews multi-year deal with Nine Network
Australia's NineNetwork has renewed its multi-year free television output deal with Warner BrosInternational Television Distribution (WBITD).The dealcontinues a long-standing programming distribution relationship and involvesfree television rights to the studio's current and upcoming television series,features, animation and library titles."Our programmes, such as Friends, ER, Without A Trace and Two And A ...