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WorldWide Pictures gears up for English-language productions
Studio Hamburg WorldWide Pictures (WWP) is planning to produce and fully finance five to six English-language films in the $5m-$20m budget range this year after receiving a placement guarantee from its capital market partners. WWP, the international production arm of Studio Hamburg and the first German media fund to be ...
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Italy's Revolver to unveil international division at Cannes
Just over a year old, Italian arthouse production and distribution company Revolver is set to debut its international distribution arm with a slate of seven Italian films at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The films include Il Resto Di Niente by Antonietta De Lillo, Premio Solinas winner Lontano In Fondo ...
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UIP to distribute Sony films in Poland
United International Pictures (UIP) and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) have unveiled a long-term agreement that will see UIP release CFTDI pictures in Poland. UIP will distribute CFTDI films in Poland such as Maid In Manhattan (June 13), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (July 4), Anger Management (July 25), and ...
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Four Asian Anger openings hit by SARS epidemic
Anger Management raised its international total to an estimated $5.1m in a secondweekend that was marked by a decent Australian follow-up and two numberfinishes from four openings in SARS-hit Asia, where theatre attendances weredown.The Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson comedy grossed $1.4m inAustralia, dropping 29% after last weekend's strong opening ...
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First digital features announced for Scotland's New Found Films
Peter Mullan, Shirley Henderson and Kevin McKidd are among the Scottish stars to appear in the first two digital features produced under the country's New Found Films scheme. Financed by Scottish Television, Grampian Television and Scottish Screen, the three year New Found Land scheme was previously responsible for producing six ...
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One to be most expensive Bollywood production ever
Bollywood's Varma Corp is developing the most expensive Indian film ever made, EK (One), an international action adventure for the global market. EK will not have any songs or other Bollywood ingredients. The estimated budget of this feature is $20m making it the most expensive Indian film ever to be ...
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GreeneStreet says Yes to Sally Potter
New York-based GreeneStreet Films has acquired worldwide rights towriter-director Sally Potter's romantic drama Yes, which stars Joan Allen and will beavailable for pre-sales at Cannes next month. The film is already in productionin London.The film is being co-financed by the UK Film Council's New CinemaFund as part of its $15m ...
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Identity finds itself top in North America with $17m
Identity, Columbia's thriller about a mystery killer whopreys on a group of stranded travellers, opened top of the charts on $17maccording to studio estimates released today.The film stars John Cusack,Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet and drew decent reviews, averaging $6,220 from 2,733theatres. It was directed by James Mangold (Kate & ...
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Suddenly takes top award at Istanbul film festival
Two feminist-themed pictures have grabbed the top prizes at the 22nd International Istanbul Film Festival. The jury, headed by Irish director Jim Sheridan, handed the top award, the Golden Tulip, to the Argentine Tan De Repente (Suddenly) (pictured) by Diego Lerman, while Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity was given the Special ...
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Vivendi begins US asset disposal process
Vivendi Universal looks increasingly like selling its US media assets which includes Universal Studios, various cable channels and the Universal theme parks. According to the Financial Times, the group which also owns the Canal Plus pay-TV operations and film production and distribution outlet StudioCanal, has asked its US executives to ...
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On-line swap tech ruling angers studios
Companies providing software that allows on-line swapping of film and music files were given permission to stay in business by a Los Angeles federal judge on Friday. The ruling is seen by studio groups as a greenlight to piracy.In a case brought by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ...
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Algerian 1975 Palme d'Or winner to return to Cannes
Chronicle Of The Years Of Fire (Chronique Des Annes De Braise), an account of the period between 1939 and the Algerian War of Independence that won the Palme d'Or in 1975, will screen in Cannes again this year.Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the film will be high point of an Algerian ...
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Nordisk Film appoints Magnusson in production push
Danish producer Kim Magnusson has been appointed general manager of Nordisk Film's film and TV drama operations across the Nordic region. The 37 year-old producer has a number of successes behind him for M&M Productions, the outfit he set up with his father Tivi Magnusson in 1995. These include Anders ...
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Miravista boards two Brazilian projects
Miravista, the joint co production venture between The Walt Disney Company Latin America and Telefonica Spain's Admira, has boarded two Brazilian projects currently in post, 1972 and O Caminho Das Nuvens (A Walk In The Clouds). According to Miravista manager Fernando Lagier, who is based in Disney's regional headquarters in ...
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Distant Horizon to bring black comic book hero to the screen
Targeting the growing hip-hop and urban market, Distant Horizon, the international film financing, production and distribution company headed by Anant Singh, announced its plans to adapt urban-underground comic book Brotherman for the big screen. Rights for the comic were bought from Atlanta-based publisher Flipbook Communications.Based on the series of ...
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Sithengi reveals pan-African ambitions
The annual Southern Africa International Film and Television Market (Sithengi) is reaching out to the rest of the continent. Sithengi is translating its website (sithengi.co.za) and editorial material into French and Portuguese, introducing audio-visual competitions, and setting up partnerships with African festivals like the Pan African Film and Television Festival ...
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Le Studio set to fully finance Mike Leigh trio
Le Studio Canal Plus has signed a three-picture deal with UK film-maker Mike Leigh and his producing partner Simon Channing-Williams. The acclaimed director had also been in financing discussions recently with United Artists Films.Le Studio is now expected to fully finance the Leigh trio with Les Films Alain Sarde, in ...
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Highlight bid met with hostility from Constantin
Highlight Communications' bid for additional Constantin shares has sparked 'controversial discussion' within the German distributor-producer's supervisory and management boards about the possibility of the Swiss media concern effecting a complete takeover.In a statement, Constantin announced that 'alternative scenarios and possible counter-measures in the sense of Constantin Film's shareholders' were presented ...
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Eurimages supports 15 European co-productions
New features by Sergio Bodrov (Alone With The Moon), Manuel Pionier (Chemins De Travers), Patricio Guzman (Salvador Allende), Frederic Fonteyne (La Femme De Gilles) and Silvio Soldini (Agata E la Tempesta) are among 15 European co-productions awarded over Euros 4.1m in production support by the Council of Europe's pan-European fund ...
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India to relax foreign production regulations
The Government of India is to allow shooting of foreign films in India as well as offering post-production facilities, minister for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters in New Delhi on 26th April."Foreign producers will not have much problems to come to India as they will enjoy single-window ...