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Lightning takes international rights on The Event
LightningEntertainment has acquired international sales rights to ThomFitzgerald's The Event, which will screen in the Panorama section of the Berlin FilmFestival on Feb 8, 9 and 10. Set in Manhattan, The Event explores the effect of one man'sdeath on his loved ones and boasts a strong ensemble cast that includes ...
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Spencer promoted to vice president at Focus
Tim Spencer hasbeen promoted to vice president of international sales at UniversalStudios' specialty film unit Focus Features, the company'sco-president David Linde announced today (Feb 5). Spencer will continue to bebased in the New York offices and will report to Focus executive vice presidentof international sales and distribution Glen Basner. Spencer ...
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John Daly's back, now heading up Miracle Entertainment
Producer JohnDaly, the former Hemdale Films chief who recently joined Miracle Entertainment aschairman, has launched Miracle Film Distribution (MFD), a wholly owned film distributioncompany that plans to release 10-12 picture a year in the US domestic market. Daly said MFDhas arranged a print and advertising fund for its first release, ...
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Former agent, producer Peter Shaw dies in LA, aged 84
Peter Shaw, the formerHollywood agent who married Angela Lansbury and produced her in thelong-running TV series Murder, She Wrote, has died of heart failure after a long illness. He was 84. Shaw was born in Reading,England, in 1918 and served in the Army in the Second World War beforerelocating to ...
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Marshall, Swedlin among four new BAFTA/LA board members
The British Academy of Filmand Television Arts/Los Angeles (BAFTA/LA) has elected producers Alan PMarshall and Rosalie Swedlin, Universal Studios Home Video vice president ofpublicity Vivian Mayer Sr, and Alexander Rufus-Isaacs, partner at Glassman, Browning& Saltsman, to its board of directors. The four new board members joinreturning directors Ian Abercrombie, David ...
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Changes at Myriad: Roberts signs three-year production deal
Moving tobolster the production and development divisions at Myriad Pictures, companypresident Kirk D'Amico today (Feb 4) announced that former vice presidentof acquisitions and development Karen Roberts has signed a three-pictureproducing deal with the company. In addition, Neil Butler has been promoted todirector of development and JC Rappaport becomes manager of ...
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007 busts records in Norway, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Fox International's DieAnother Day scored three number oneopenings over the weekend to boost its international running total to $225m. InNorway the picture left the market shaken and stirred with a fine $1.2m bow on89 screens that was the biggest opening of all time in the territory for Fox,MGM and a ...
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Harry Potter flies on with $4.8m over the weekend
Warner BrosInternational's Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets grossed an estimated $4.8m in 52territories over the weekend for a $576.5m international running total. Thefamily sequel recorded 755,000 admissions on more than 3,000 screens. Figuresfrom the Asian markets - particularly China in its second week - wereundeclared pending the end ...
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Chris Sievernich launches his Armada
Chris Sievernich, the former Kinowelt USA CEO and founder ofPacifica Entertainment, today (Feb 3) announced the launch of Armada Pictures,his new independent financing, production and distribution company that willfocus on pictures of varying budgets.Matt Milich, Sievernich's vice presidentof development at Kinowelt USA, has been brought in as vice president ofproduction ...
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Eminem movie continues international rampage for UIP
Universal/UIP's8 Mile continued itspowerful international run with a $6.6m weekend haul from 1,974 screens in 22territories. With 18 markets still to open the drama has already run up a$57.8m international cumulative total and is scheduled to roll out in Spain onFeb 7, Korea on Feb 21, France on Feb 26, ...
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Two Towers opens top in Poland just shy of Fellowship
New Line International's The Lord Of The Rings:The Two Towers edged closer to $450m overthe weekend with a $1.8m Polish bow on 135 screens. Despite being 5% off theopening recorded by The Fellowship Of The Ring the picture recorded a $13,494 per-screen average. Inits second weekend in Russia, The Two ...
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Saint Monica wins Sarasota Film Festival
The 10-day 5thAnnual Sarasota Film Festival closed on Feb 1, with the Cultural ExpressionsNarrative Film Award going to Terrance Odette's Saint Monica, produced by Sharon McGowen. TheCultural Impressions Documentary Film Award went to Deconstructing The MythOf AIDS, directed andproduced by Gary Null. Special honourable mention in the narrative strand wentto ...
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Gangs takes top spot for Columbia TriStar in Mexico and Colombia
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) scored atable topping double whammy over the weekend with number one bows for GangsOf New York inMexico and Colombia. In Mexico the picture grossed an estimated $1.1m from 350prints - more than double the number two picture - while the smallerColombian market yielded $120,000 ...
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The Recruit tops box office with $16.5m haul
Three new releases claimed the top three spots over the weekendwith Buena Vista/Spyglass' spy thriller The Recruit leading the pack with a $16.5mnumber one bow. In second was New Line's horror sequel Final Destination 2 on $16.2m while the bronze medal wentto DreamWorks' motorbike action-drama Biker Boyz on $10.1m. In ...
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Ted Turner steps down as AOL Time Warner posts $100bn loss
AOL Time Warnertoday (Jan 29) posted a net loss of nearly $100bn for 2002 - the biggest annualloss in corporate history - after announcing a fourth quarter writedown of$45.5bn that followed a $54bn writedown in the first quarter to cover thecompany's plummeting value. In a separate announcement that adds to ...
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August to attend Scandinavian Festival in Los Angeles
Renowned Danishdirector Bille August, who won the best foreign language Oscar in 1989 for PelleThe Conqueror, willattend the Scandinavian Film Festival LA's gala reception as a guest onJan 31. August is currently in Los Angeles shooting Without Apparent Motive (working title) with Julianne Moore andRichard Gere. The reception will take ...
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Stuparich De La Barra promoted at MDP Worldwide
Tamara Stuparich De La Barra has been promoted to directorof acquisitions at MDP Worldwide Entertainment, the company's chairmanand CEO Mark Damon announced today (Jan 30). Stuparich De La Barra's newresponsibilities will include the evaluation and coordination of all featurefilm submissions as well as overseeing the acquisition of completed films. Shewill ...
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Columbia, McG to make movie based on Mattel toy cars Hot Wheels
Columbia Pictures hasoptioned exclusive rights to develop and produce Hot Wheels, an action-romance based on Mattel's populartoy cars range with McG of Charlie's Angels fame lined up to direct. While story details aresketchy McG gave some clues in a statement released today (Jan 30). 'Wewant to create a timeless story ...
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New Christopher Guest 'mockumentary' to play South By Southwest
ChristopherGuest's folk music 'mockumentary' A Mighty Wind and the Adrien Brody comedy-drama TheDummy are among theline-up for the upcoming 10th Annual South By Southwest Film Conference AndFestival in Austin, Texas. Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, whofamously played clueless rockers in 1984's This Is Spinal Tap, play 1960s folk stars ...
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Samuel Goldwyn, Fireworks to release Dan Ireland's Passionada
Samuel Goldwyn Films andFireworks Pictures announced today (Jan 30) they will distribute DanIreland's Passionada, aMassachusetts-based romance centred on a Portugese-American family, in NorthAmerica. The picture stars Sofia Milos, who has starred in numerous film andtelevision productions including The Sopranos, Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in HarryPotter And The Chamber ...