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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 ...
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IFP LA moves 2004 Independent Spirit Awards forward by a month
Abandoning its traditional March berth but sticking to its Oscarweekend slot, IFP/Los Angeles has announced that the 2004 IFP IndependentSpirit Awards will take place one day before the Academy Awards on Feb 28,2004.The move is in response to the truncated awards 2003/04 season, anupcoming logistical melee triggered last year when ...
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Trans-Pacific Media ventures into production with five horror remakes
International distributionconsultancy Trans-Pacific Media is making its first foray into production,teaming with Sick-O-Scope Motion Picture and Novelty Manufacturing Company toremake five horror films by cult director Herschell Gordon Lewis.The companies acquired theremake rights from Jimmy Maslon, who holds rights to most of the Lewis library,and say every project will be ...
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Miramax acquires six-hour Italian family saga
Miramax Films has acquired Marco Tullio Giordana'sacclaimed Italian drama La Meglio Gioventu(Best Of Youth) from Rai Tradefor North America (excluding French Canada), the UK, Ireland, Australia and NewZealand.The six-hour film, which won the Un Certain Regard - Altadis Awardat Cannes earlier this year, was originally conceived as a televisionmini-series and ...
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Hulk crosses $87m overseas, but disappoints in Japan
Universal's The Hulk added $2.6m from 2,180 sites in 25 countries at the weekend toraise its international running total to $87.2m.The results do not include grosses for France and LatinAmerica, which are still being collated, but do encompass a disappointingJapanese opening figure of $1.2m from 432 theatres in its first ...
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Two Towers breaks Swiss outdoor record
New Line's The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers has achieved the unique distinction ofbecoming the only film playing solely in open air theatres to break into theSwiss top five.The second part of Peter Jackson's trilogy adaptation grossed$63,897 (SFR 87,156) on eight screens, climbing 141% and rising from 16th ...
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Starz Encore in Fox hunt for recent classics
US pay TV channel operator Starz Encore has signed a long-termdeal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that will give StarzSuper Pak and Starz On Demand subscribers access to titles like IndependenceDay and the entire Alien and Die Hard franchises.The licensing agreement comprises older classics and moremodern hits such as ...
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T3 continues to rule international roost and raises total to $141m
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines dominated theinternational markets over the weekend as it maintained its perfect record ofopening number one in every territory and added an estimated $40m for a $141mrunning total.The weekend haul, which includes Japan and Korea where T3is not being released by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors ...
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T3 continues to rule international roost, raises total to $141m
Terminator 3: Rise Of TheMachines dominated the internationalmarkets over the weekend as it maintained its perfect record of opening numberone in every territory and added an estimated $40m for a $141m running total.The weekend haul, whichincludes Japan and Korea where T3 is not being released by ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International ...
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American Wedding opens number one but Gigli bombs
Universal's AmericanWedding took an irreverent bite out of the box office pie at the weekend asit opened number one on $34.3m, according to studio estimates to be confirmedon Monday.As the only other top 10opener of the session Columbia/Revolution's crime caper Gigli was verymuch the bridesmaid with a dire joint seventh ...
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T3 looks to storm key European markets
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines will again be the one to watch this weekend as openings in the key UK, Germany and Spain markets look set to push the sci-fi epic past $100m.Directed by Jonathan Mostow, the third instalment in the hit series has grossed $92m at the international ...
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Kodak adds Laser-Pacific to digital imaging stable
Eastman Kodak has acquiredthe Los Angeles-based Emmy Award-winning post-production company Laser-PacificMedia in a deal worth $30.5m.Kodak will run the companyas a wholly owned subsidiary headed up by Laser Pacific president andco-founder Emory Cohen, who will report to Kodak's Entertainment Imagingproducts and services operation.Laser-Pacific and Cinesite,Kodak's visual-effects and digital restoration and ...
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LA's Filmmakers Alliance lauds Anders
Director Allison Anders, whose films include Things Behind TheSun, Gas Food Lodging and the Hispanic drama Mi Vida Loca, will receive this year's 4th AnnualVision Award from the Filmmakers Alliance.Anders is the first woman to collect the honour that recognisesestablished directors who have maintained a distinct artistic vision throughouttheir career. ...
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Indican digs for emeralds with Colombian gem-trading biopic
Los Angeles-basedindependent distributor Indican Pictures will release Andrew Molina's EmeraldCowboy - Esmeraldero, the firstAmerican film to shoot in the Colombian capital of Bogota in 26 years and thefirst time cameras had entered the region's emerald mines. Emerald Cowboy -Esmeraldero chronicles the truestory of the famed adventurer and emerald trader Eishy ...
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MGM withdraws from Universal bidding process
And then there were four.After weeks of speculation and strategic manoeuvring that have shed little ifany light on the prospects for Vivendi Universal's entertainment assets,MGM chairman and chief executive officer Alex Yemenidjian said yesterday thatthe company had withdrawn from the sale.The dramatic announcementremoves arguably the most aggressive suitor from the ...