All articles by John Hazelton – Page 100
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NewsLinde signs international output deals, confirms Reliance backing
David Linde has unveiled a network of international output deals with distributors including Entertainment One, Tele Munchen and Nordisk Film and confirmed that Reliance Entertainment will back his new production and financing venture.
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NewsColumbia takes Bigelow's Bin Laden project for US
Columbia Pictures has acquired US rights to Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s film about the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.
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NewsPirates 4 sets new international opening record
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides scored the biggest international opening of all time this weekend, grossing an estimated $256.3m.
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Pirates 4 has $90.1m North American debut
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opened in North America with an estimated $90.1m this weekend, making Disney’s fourth Pirates film the biggest domestic opener of the year so far but only the third best starter in the franchise’s history.
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Cassel in talks for Dobermann sequel
Richard Rionda Del Castro of Marco Polo Production and Gilles Thompson of Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) are joining forces to produce Dobermann 2: Arm Wrestle (Bras de Fer), a sequel to cult French crime film Dobermann.
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Phase 4 adopts Space Dogs for North America
Phase 4 Films has acquired all US and Canadian rights to animated 3D feature Space Dogs from Epic Pictures Group.
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Mia Maestro set for Maya's Darkness
Maya Entertainment is to produce psychological suspense thriller The Darkness of the Road, with Mia Maestro (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1) attached to star.
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Sellers gain from capital
Access to capital is the key for top-tier sales agents to secure A-list projects in today’s ultra competitive, slimmed-down marketplace.
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FeaturesThe box of delights
No longer simply a refuge for a career in decline, serious TV drama is alive and thriving in the US as film talents including Kate Winslet and Martin Scorsese clamour to work on the small screen. But can this trend continue?
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FeaturesTough times in Hollywood
Is the art of the screenwriter drowning in a sea of action blockbusters and diminishing budgets or will more writers follow in the wake of this year’s award winners, crafting screenplays with distinctive voices and sophisticated narratives? John Hazelton reports
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FeaturesCredit crunch
Is there a better method for assigning screenplay writing credits than the WGA’s controversial and complex arbitration procedures? John Hazelton talks to writers