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Nemo finds $45.9m in stunning weekend for BVI
Powered byrecord industry openings in Japan and Italy at the weekend, Buena VistaInternational's (BVI) Finding Nemo surged through international waters and raised its internationalrunning total by $45.9m to $283.4m.The animated hitalso became Disney's third film to pass $600m in worldwide ticket sales behind TheLion King and PiratesOf The Caribbean and ...
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FX expert Anderson to receive ASC Presidents Award
Howard AAnderson Jr, who created visual effects for hundreds of films including SomeLike It Hot, Heaven Can Wait and Blazing Saddles, will receive the American Society of Cinematographers PresidentsAward.The honour ispresented each year to an individual who has made extraordinary contributionsto advancing the art of film-making.Anderson willcollect his award at ...
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BVI promotes four to vice president in marketing/publicity dept
Buena VistaInternational (BVI) has promoted four marketing and publicity executives to therank of vice president.Executivedirector of international publicity Maggie Todd (left) has been promoted to vicepresident of international publicity while executive director of promotionsDonald Evans (right) becomes vice president of marketing and promotions.Executivedirector of creative services - marketing Mari Gastineau ...
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Peckos, Myerson unveil new distribution venture Dada Films
Former FirstLook executives MJ Peckos and Bob Myerson have launched Dada Films, a domestictheatrical distribution and worldwide marketing company that will be based inLos Angeles."We canstrategically position a film for sale at a film festival, oversee domestic andinternational sales, or - if appropriate - can release the film itselfdomestically and ...
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Tribeca Film Institute launches ethnic minority programme
The Tribeca FilmInstitute has launched Tribeca All Access, a programme to support ethnicminority film-makers that will make its debut at the 2004 Tribeca FilmFestival.The programmeaims to facilitate networking and funding opportunities through project meetingswith industry players including producers, sales agents and equity financiers.Directors ofapproximately 20 fiction projects in development and ...
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Ogilvie moves to vp Europe position at WBITD from MTV
Alex Ogilvie has been namedvice president of business development, Europe, at Warner Bros InternationalTelevision Distribution (WBITD).Ogilvie will focus on allnew business opportunities for WBITD, develop the division's pay televisiondeals and oversee development of video-on-demand and other television modelsacross Europe.In addition, he will workwith all of WBITD's European sales executives on ...
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Vangelisti joins First Look as senior vp, TV sales
Dina Vangelistihas joined First Look Media as senior vice president of television sales andwill oversee the company's activities in the US and Canada for its threedivisions, First Look Pictures, First Look Home Entertainment and OverseasFilmgroup.Vangelisti willreport directly to First Look Media president Bill Lischak and chief executiveofficer and co-chairman Chris ...
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Johnny To signs to CAA for US representation
Hotshot Hong Kong director Johnny To, whose creditsinclude Heroic Trio and FulltimeKiller, has signed to Hollywood talentagency Creative Artists Agency for representation in the US.To began hisfilm career 25 years ago in Hong Kong and used the commercial success of titleslike Good-bye Ah Longand Heroic Trio tolaunch his Milkyway Image ...
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S.W.A.T. opens in 17 territories, takes weekend total of $13.5m
The police action thriller S.W.A.T. opened in 17 territories on 3,575 screensat the weekend and grossed $13.5m to raise its international running total to$53.4m.It ranked number two in most markets behind Finding Nemo and Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI) executives say it is well placed to consolidate itsposition during the ...
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Universal scores $13.8m weekend with Love Actually
Universal's Love Actually added an estimated $13.8m from 2,725 venues in 26 countriesat the weekend, raising its international cumulative score to $69.5m with 14markets still to open.The romantic comedy stayed on top in the UK for the third week ina row, adding $5.6m and dropping 29% for a superb $35.6m ...
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Empire picks up US rights to Japanese Oscar entry Samurai
Empire Pictureshas acquired all US rights to Yoji Yamada's Japanese Academy Award foreignlanguage submission The Twilight Samurai and plans a spring release. Satoko Ishidaand Masaki Koga of Shochiku and Empire partner Edward Arentz concluded the dealat Mifed last month. The TwilightSamurai stars HiroyukiSanada as a low-ranking samurai widower who works ...
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Cruise slices his way to the top with The Last Samurai
Riding high on strong reviews TheLast Samurai vanquished the opposition atthe weekend as it opened on a table-topping $24.4m, according to studioestimates.Warner Bros' nineteenth century epic was more than $10m ahead ofUniversal's dance drama Honey, which opened in second place on $14m and marked the only other wideopener.In The Last ...
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Screeners flood out as judge overturns MPAA ban
The screenerfloodgates were flung wide open on Friday (Dec 5) as distributors reacted to aNew York district judge's decision overturning the MPAA screener ban.Judge MichaelMukasey issued a preliminary injunction against the MPAA after he sided withargument by the plaintiffs that the ban constituted a clear restraint of tradeand was anti-competitive.MPAA ...
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UK's Battsek promoted again at Disney
Industry veteran DanielBattsek has been promoted to executive vice president and managing director forBuena Vista International UK Ltd, Distribution/Production.Battsek will continue tolead BVI's theatrical distribution and marketing operations in the UK as wellas head up BVI UK Comedy Label, which was set up in 1999 and has producedseveral titles including ...
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Pinto gets animation marketing job at WBITD
Jessica Pinto has beenappointed to the new position of director of animation marketing at Warner BrosInternational Television Distribution (WBITD).Pinto will oversee allcreative aspects of the new international Kids WB! branded programming blocksbeing launched around the world and coordinate sales and marketingpresentations of all animation brands and WBITD titles distributed tointernational ...
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Apted to direct first three episodes of HBO/BBC epic Rome
Michael Aptedwill direct the first three episodes of the upcoming HBO and BBC drama seriescollaboration Rome,which begins shooting in Bulgaria in March and is scheduled to air on HBO andBBC2 in 2005.The series,which marks the first series co-production between the networks, centres on thelives of two ordinary Roman soldiers in ...
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US VOD service Movielink signs with Sundance Channel
Broadband video-on-demandservice Movielink has signed a deal with Sundance Channel whereby it will offertitles from the new theatrical releasing division Sundance Film Series and theSundance Channel Home Entertainment catalogue.Movielink will also create aSundance Channel branded area on its service, featuring titles from Movielink'slibrary of independent films that will be chosen ...
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Davis named evp, physical production, at MGM Pictures
Veteran producerAndy Davis has been named executive vice president of physical production atMGM Pictures.Davis willoversee physical production and post-production operations for all filmscreated by the company and immediately replaces Jeff Coleman, who resigned topursue other areas."I'm excitedabout the opportunity to work with multiple film-makers and to develop thoserelationships further," Davis ...
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Urdang, Nozik form DV production team Serenade
A group of industry veteransincluding former Robert Redford producing partners Leslie Urdang and MichaelNozik have launched the low budget video production house Serenade Films, based in Los Angeles.Urdang willspearhead the team along with Nozik, One Fine Day director Michael Hoffman and AfterHours producer AmyRobinson. Co-producer Nick Goodwin Self and production ...