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Lisa Gregorian promoted to senior vp, TV, at Warner Bros
Lisa Gregorian has beenappointed to the new position of senior vice president of television at WarnerBros marketing services, it was announced today (Apr 11) by Bruce Rosenblum,executive vice president of Warner Bros Television Group.Gregorian, who since 1998has served as senior vice president of marketing and research at Warner BrosInternational Television ...
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Palm takes US rights to La Fleur Du Mal
Palm Pictureshas acquired all US rights to Claude Chabrol's Flower Of Evil (La FleurDu Mal), the acclaimeddirector's latest film that premiered at this year's Berlin FilmFestival.Palm plans a theatrical release in the autumn followed bya DVD and video roll-out next year.The Flower OfEvil is set in theBordeaux region of France ...
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MGM posts $142.2m loss in 2002, extends Yemenidjian contract
MGM posted a net loss of $142.2m or 57 cents per share in 2002,compared with a net loss of $438.1m or $1.89 per share in 2001, according tothe studio's annual shareholder report.The company also declined to pay annual bonuses to its topofficers for 2002, "due to the failure of the ...
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Fox mounts 'global online chat' in advance of X2 mega-release
X-Men 2 director Bryan Singer and stars from the picture aredue to take part in a global online chat on Apr 15, two weeks before the Foxsequel goes out in what the studio is calling the largest day-and-date releasein industry.The picture is scheduled toopen in 93 international territories, including North ...
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News Corp seals DirecTV in $6.6bn deal
Two years after an unsuccessful bid by News Corp for US satelliteleader DirecTV, Rupert Murdoch awoke today (Apr 10) secure in the knowledgethat at last the cat appears to be in the bag.Yesterday the media mogul announced News Corp had signed a dealworth approximately $6.6bn to take control of DirecTV ...
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Scorsese among new board members for Short Shorts Fest
Organisers atthe 2003 Short Shorts Film Festival today (Apr 10) announced the board ofdirectors for the second annual event, which runs in Los Angeles from Apr 29 toMay 1.The boardcomprises Martin Scorsese, Roger Donaldson, Edward Burns, Colin Farrell andLions Gate CEO Tom Ortenberg, as well as Toni Howard, Naomi Foner, ...
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Media Financial, Cascante team for Man Of The Year
Ari Newman'sdistribution and foreign sales outfit Media Financial International and salesveteran Gregory Cascante today (Apr 10) announced the acquisition of worldwiderights to Straw Weisman's Man Of The Year, with a platform theatrical US release scheduledfor this summer in Los Angeles.The improvisedensemble picture was shot in 12 hours with 25 actors ...
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Pflug joins, Hiltzik promoted at Miramax
In two big changesin the publicity department at Miramax Films, Paul Pflug has joined the companyas executive vice president of media relations and corporate communications,while Matthew Hiltzik has been promoted to senior vice president of corporatecommunications and government relations.Effective today,Pflug is based in Miramax's Los Angeles office, where his responsibilitiesinclude ...
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Harmony Gold picks up Going Down
International sales agent HarmonyGold has acquired global distribution rights - excluding North Americantheatrical - to fledgling production company Paia Pictures' teen comedy GoingDown.The picture, which centreson a seemingly unstoppable house party, is due to open theatrically in LosAngeles on Friday (Apr 11), followed by a 54-city domestic platform roll-out.The 20-year-old ...
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HBO plan US theatrical release for Elaine Stritch pic
Thefeature-length HBO documentary Elaine Stritch At Liberty will be released in theatres later thisyear, HBO original programming executive vice president Sheila Nevins announcedtoday (Apr 9).The documentaryis named after Broadway legend Stritch's Tony Award winning one-womanshow and features live footage and testimonies from friends and colleaguesincluding documentary film-maker D A Pennebaker.ElaineStritch ...
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Sundance Doc Fund names 14 annual grant-winners
Documentariesexploring the trial of the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, maleprostitution in Tel Aviv and immigrant tensions in a Texan farming communityare among 14 grant recipients from the Sundance Documentary Fund (SDF).Originally established in 1996as the Soros Documentary Fund, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund was created in 2002 and offers ...
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Daredevil has powerful $7.7m weekend for Fox
Strong openingsin the major markets of Italy and Japan were the chief drivers in a $7.7mweekend for Fox International's Daredevil, which played on 4,337 screens in 43territories and raised its international running total to $55.8m.In Italy thesuperhero adaptation went straight in at number one, taking $1.3m on 249screens. In Japan ...
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Universal's Ned Kelly holds at one in Australia
Universal Pictures/EndymionFilms' Ned Kelly held off openersBringing Down The House, Dreamcatcher and What A Girl Wants toremain number one in Australia for the second weekend in a row, adding $889,000from 252 theatres for a $2.9m running total after 11 days.The biopic, which starsHeath Ledger, Naomi Watts and Geoffrey Rush, fell ...
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Chick flicks rule: Warner opens Girl, while Notice powers on
WarnerBros' romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice edged closer to the $100m mark as itadded $1.2m over the weekend on 1,124 screens in 41 markets for a $97.3mcumulative score.The picture drew300,400 international admissions. It is scheduled to open in Venezuela onWednesday (Apr 9) and Japan on May 24.Meanwhileanother 'chick flick', What ...
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Chouchou, Lenin continue to prosper in France, Germany
Warner Brosenjoyed another successful weekend as distributor of two local language hits inEurope.In Germany, thecomedy-drama Good Bye, Lenin! added $1.8m (Euros 1.7m) to became the second highest grossingGerman picture released in the last three years (behind Der Shuh Des Manitu), with an estimated $30.5m (Euros 28.4m)running total.After five weeksat the ...
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Jarecki to host European Parliament screening today of controversial doc
Eugene Jareckiis to host a closed screening at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today(Apr 8) of his award wining BBC documentary The Trials Of Henry Kissinger.Jarecki producedand directed the picture, which asks whether the former US diplomat should facecrimes against humanity charges for his role in US covert operations in ...
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Don Hahn gets honour at International Family Film Fest
Don Hahn, the renownedanimation producer whose credits include The Lion King and Beauty And The Beast, will receive the Friz Award at the 9th AnnualInternational Family Film Festival Awards in Valencia, California, on May 1.Since its inception in 1994,the award - named after Warner Bros animator and 1994 honouree Friz ...
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Maid In Manhattan is J Lo's number one international movie
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International's (CTFDI) MaidIn Manhattan became thehighest grossing international film starring Jennifer Lopez over the weekend.The romantic comedy added $4.3m on 2,200 screens in internationalmarkets for a $45.3m running total, surpassing the star's previous best of$42.6m for 2000's The Cell.So far the film has reachednumber one in ...
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Phone Booth tops lacklustre box office
The delayed Foxthriller Phone Boothrang up a modest $15m number one opening gross over the weekend as box officefigures were sluggish for the fourth weekend in a row. Despite two other largeopeners following close behind in second and third places, the general lack ofinspiring films compounded the "war effect" as ...
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Miramax bulks up on Chinese video rights
Miramax Films and Hong Kong-based content providerCelestial Pictures have signed a long-term deal giving the US mini-major aswathe of video and video-on-demand (VoD) rights to numerous titles within the renowned Shaw Brotherslibrary as well as English-language remake rights for two Chinese films.Under the deal, Miramax has video distribution rights for ...