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Wrubel spearheads film-buying for Global Film Initiative
Former Madstone Films and New Yorker Films executive Susan Wrubelhas joined US charitable foundation The Global Film Initiative as head ofacquisitions and programmes.In the newly created role Wrubel will be responsible foracquisitions, contract negotiations, grants, international marketrepresentation, distribution strategy, marketing and publicity.Noah Cowan, the Initiative's former executive director, willrelinquish day-to-day ...
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Fox enjoys South African honeymoon with Just Married
Fox International opened the comedy Just Married in South Africa at the weekend on anexcellent $134,000 from 60 screens, raising the film's international runningtotal to $44.3m.The film grossed around $152,000 in total and has threemarkets to go, including Japan.Elsewhere, the thriller Phone Booth added $2.6m from 754 screens in 12 ...
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Spacey biopic finds new backing singer after MDP exit
Mark Damon's MDP Worldwide has pulled out of Kevin Spacey's BeyondThe Sea, the Bobby Darinbiopic it was co-producing with Spacey's Trigger Street productions. In a statement released yesterday, Damon, the company's chairmanand chief executive officer, said the withdrawal was entirely amicable and dueto scheduling conflicts.It is understood Spacey, who will ...
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DreamWorks' new indie label goes fishing with anime
Hot on the heels of the launch of Warner Independent Pictures,DreamWorks SKG has launched specialty distribution arm Go Fish and will openfor business with the release of Japanese anime hits Millennium Actress in September and Ghost In The ShellII in 2004.The unit will be run by Joan Filippini, the current ...
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BAFTA/LA puts kettle on for Emmy nominees
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles(BAFTA/LA) is teaming up with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences toco-host an inaugural annual tea party honouring the British 2003 Emmy nominees.The event will take place one week prior to the awards onSept 20 at The St Regis Hotel in ...
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Hulk bulks up in India
Universal enjoyed several excellent openings at the weekendincluding number one bows for The Hulk in India and American Pie: The Wedding in Australia.The Hulkgrossed $214,000 from 81 theatres in India for Universal's ninth biggestopening ever in the territory.It also opened top of the table in Lebanon, grossing a decent$40,000 from ...
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Neeson re-surfaces at Columbia TriStar Int'l
Weeks after leaving his post as president of theatrical at FoxInternational, Scott Neeson has joined Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI) as senior executive vice president of marketing.Neeson will start work on Sept 8, when he will set aboutdevising overseas marketing strategies on upcoming Columbia Pictures andRevolution Studios' films including Spider-Man ...
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T3 closing in on $200m international box office
Terminator 3: Rise Of TheMachines kept up its record ofopening number one in every international market at the weekend, the highlightof which was a mighty $8m bow in France.The sci-fi-action sequelgrossed an estimated $25.6m from 6,489 prints in its fourth weekend on release,raising the running total to $183m for all ...
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S.W.A.T. storms to number one in US after robust $37m opening
Columbia's policeaction-thriller S.W.A.T. stormed to the top of the charts on anestimated $37m at the weekend, a fairly lacklustre session that saw overall boxoffice sink to its lowest mark since late June.Clark Johnson directed the1970s television series adaptation, which stars Colin Farrell, Samuel L Jacksonand Michelle Rodriguez and averaged $11,555 ...
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Newell to direct next Harry Potter instalment
British director Mike Newell has signed to direct HarryPotter And The Goblet Of Fire, the fourth instalment in Warner Bros' hitseries that is due to begin filming in England next April.Newell, who recently completed the drama Mona Lisa Smilewith Julia Roberts, becomes the first British director and the third directoroverall ...
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Asian film market planned for Bangkok festival
The newly appointed US programmers responsible for stagingnext year's Bangkok International Film Festival are to introduce aninternational film market to run alongside the Thai festival.Former Palm Springs International Film Festival executives CraigPrater and Jennifer Stark have been named executive director and director ofprogramming, respectively, for the event which runs from ...
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Palm jams with Tom Dowd music documentary
Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures has acquired North American andCaribbean rights to Mark Moormann's award-winning documentary Tom Dowd &The Language Of Music.The film will receive its world premiere on the US-basedSundance Channel on Oct 3, followed by a limited theatrical release late thisyear and DVD roll-out in early 2004.Tom Dowd & ...
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Terminator 3 looks for French connection
With a subdued slate of major international releases this upcoming weekend, all eyes will be on whether Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines can maintain its perfect record of opening number one in every market.The sci-fi sequel was the runaway number one performer last weekend and has amassed $153m to ...
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Love Actually gets world premiere at Toronto
The worldpremiere of Richard Curtis' romantic comedy Love Actually and North American premieres ofAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 21 Grams, Jim Jarmusch's Coffee AndCigarettes and PhilipSaville's The Gospel Of John will screen as special presentations at the Toronto FilmFestival.Also included isLost In Translation,Sofia Coppola's follow-up to the acclaimed The Virgin Suicides. The ...
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Ryan takes over as chairman of AFMA
Veteran British filmexecutive Michael Ryan has been named the next chairman of AFMA, becoming thefirst person from outside the US to be appointed to the post.Ryan, who is currentlydirector at IAC Films & Television in London where he is executive producingthe dramas Elizabeth Rex and Escape, was a founding member ...
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Warner Bros boards two new Italian projects
Warner Bros PicturesInternational is to collaborate on the production and release of twoItalian-language films in Italy, working with BiancaFilm on L'AmoreRitorna (Love Returns) and with Cattleya on Tre Metri Sopra Il Cielo (Three Steps Over Heaven).Sergio Rubini will direct L'AmoreRitorna, a comedy-drama about acelebrated actor who reconsiders life after illness ...
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Warner Independent Pictures is opened for business
Warner Bros PicturesInternational is to collaborate on the production and release of twoItalian-language films in Italy, working with BiancaFilm on L'AmoreRitorna (Love Returns) and with Cattleya on Tre Metri Sopra Il Cielo (Three Steps Over Heaven).Sergio Rubini will direct L'AmoreRitorna, a comedy-drama about acelebrated actor who reconsiders life after illness ...
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Warner Independent Pictures opens for business
After months of speculationWarner Bros officially unveiled Warner Independent Pictures yesterday, its newspecialty division that will be headed up by former Miramax LA and Stratus Film Co president Mark Gill.As president of the new division Gill willoversee all aspects of business including development, production, acquisition,marketing and distribution, reporting directly to ...
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Lerner named vp, Lewis, Winters hired at Bumble Ward & Assocs
Veteran entertainmentpublicist BeBe Lerner has been promoted to vice president at BeverlyHills-based PR company Bumble Ward & Associates (BWA).Ward, the company presidentwho founded BWA in 1994, has also brought in James Lewis as a publicist andpublic relations and marketing executive Rochelle Winters to spearhead thecompany's corporate division.'It is not anexaggeration ...
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Blonde 2 takes $4m including number two opening in UK
Fox International rolled out the MGM comedy sequel LegallyBlonde 2: Red, White & Blonde in the UK and several smaller European territories at theweekend, grossing $4m.The comedy opened number two inthe UK and took $2.5m (including previews) from 351 screens.In other openings, Belgium scored $178,000 from 40, Swedenproduced $100,000 from ...