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Beta Cinema handling world sales for Ironman
Beta Cinema is to handle world sales for Adnan G. Koese's feature debut Ironman, which is currently shooting in the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Dinslaken.Based on the true story of the world-class triathlete Andreas Niedrig, which appeared in book form in 2000 as Vom Junkie zum Ironman, Ironman is being ...
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Danny Boyle plans thriller set at South Africa's Ponte City
UK director Danny Boyle's next project will be thriller Ponte Tower, a co-production between the UK and South Africa. Ponte Tower is loosely based on the book by German novelist Norman Ohler, which Michael Thomas is adpating. The film-makers plan to shoot the film entirely within the South Africa 's ...
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Production report: Canadian films jostle for space
Overbooked sound stages and streets blocked with production vehicles are a common sight during the summer in Canada, as US productions take advantage of the favourable exchange rate. Films currently supplying overtime for Canadian crews include Warner Bros' See Spot Run, starring David Arquette, the Warner Bros/Universal Pictures' joint venture ...
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Spanish exhibitors argue new law caters to producers
Controversy surrounding the Spanish government's draft for a new film law heated up Wednesday following strong criticism by the the local exhibitors' federation FECE. FECE accused the current bill of catering to the interests of producers 'who live off public subsidies and indirect subidies (at exhibitors' expense) destined for a ...
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Lives Of Others gets English-language remake from Mirage, TWC
Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack will produce an English-language remake of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's foreign-language Oscar winner The Lives Of Others for The Weinstein Company (TWC).The film-makers will serve as producers under their Mirage Productions label, which has renewed its exclusive first-look deal with TWC. It remained unclear last ...
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Tarantino to present Grindhouse festival at LA cinema
Heralding the Apr 6 release of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double feature Grindhouse, a Los Angeles repertory cinema will host Quentin Tarantino Presents the Los Angeles Grindhouse Festival 2007 from Mar 4-Apr 30.The event at the New Beverly Cinema will screen more than 50 exploitation films from the 1970s ...
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Paramount veteran Ciccone to head 42West's west coast division
Susan Ciccone has joined 42West to head its West Coast film marketing division. Ciccone will leave her current position as vice president of publicity at Paramount Pictures, where she has served for nearly eight years, and assumes her new role in mid-April.She will work out of the company's Century City ...
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Blindsight continues to see sales for Little Film Company
Little Film Company has concluded major territory sales at the European Film Market to Robson Entertainment's documentary Blindsight.The film, which won the Panorama Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, sold to TAO Cinemathek (Germany), Phantom Films (Japan), Conquest Films (Brazil), and Quality Films (Mexico).Rights also went to Svensk ...
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Dukakis, MacLaine reteam for Ash's Poor Things
Olympia Dukakis is in talks to join Shirley MacLaine on the dark comedy Poor Things, in what would be their first on-screen reunion in nearly 20 years.The pair last starred together in 1989's box office smash Steel Magnolias. This time around the tone is very different: Poor Things is inspired ...
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China Film Group takes over Warner Bros multiplexes
China Film Group has confirmed that it's buying out three multiplexes that are jointly owned by Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) and China 's SZITIC Commercial Property Co (SZITIC). Following the completion of the equity transfer agreement, China Film will become the sole owner of the three cinemas which are ...
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EFP supports eight European features at Mar Del Plata
European Film Promotion's Film Sales Support progamme is supporting eight European films at the Mar Del Plata Film Festival. The festival, which runs March 8-18, is one of seven festivals supported by FSS. Sales agents are given grants for promotional costs of up to $6,609 (Euros 5,000) per film. As ...
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Asian locations: Taiwan
Just a 90-minute flight from Hong Kong, Taiwan has world-class DoPs and sound designers. It is cheaper than Hong Kong, but is not as wellIn 2004, the government introduced tax credits to boost local production and attract international shoots, which offered a 20% tax deduction on capital investment in new ...
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Oscar winner Caroline Link to shoot new feature in Munich
Germany Oscar-winning director Caroline Link, who received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003 for Nowhere In Africa (Nirgendwo In Afrika), is to begin shooting her next feature Im Winter Ein Jahr (working title) this summer at locations in Munich and surroundings.The co-production between Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions ...
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Ascot Elite takes Swiss rights to Doerrie's How To Cook
Zurich-based Ascot Elite has bought Swiss rights to Doris Doerrie's documentary How To Cook Your Life from Atrix Films.The film, which had its world premiere in the Berlinale Special section at the Berlin Film Festival last month, follows Doerrie as she engages Zen Master Edward Espe Brown to explain the ...
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SPRI's Ghost Rider blazes into UK, Japan, Brazil
Ghost Rider is expected to dominate the international arena for a third consecutive weekend as it prepares to launch in three major markets.Sony Pictures Releasing International's (SPRI) comic book adaptation has amassed $41.3m so far and this weekend rides into the UK and Brazil on Mar 2 on 350 and ...
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Hong Kong Filmart adds TV, locations showcases
This year's Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart) will host two new thematic pavilions - TV World and Locations World - as part of its drive to become the leading cross-media trading platform in the region. Almost 40 companies, from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and other regions, ...
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Korea 's b.o.m. Film Production promotes Cho to CEO
Leading Korean producer b.o.m. Film Production has promoted entertainment lawyer Cho Kwang-hee, who is currently chief financial officer in charge of productions, to the position of chief executive officer. Founding head and former CEO Oh Jung-wan is now taking a less visible position as executive head of production to concentrate ...
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Ascot Elite picks up four horror titles for Germany
The Ascot Elite Entertainment Group has announced the acquisition of all rights to four horror titles for German speaking territories. The four titles acquired are: the horror comedy Black Sheep written and directed by Jonathan King which was bought from New Zealand Film. Paddy Breathnach's gory horror film Shrooms, starring ...
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Finnish producer MR Matila Rohr on board for Georg
Finnish production outfit, MR Matila Rohr Productions, will co-produce Georg, a $2.76m (Euros 2.1m) biopic of Estonian singer Georg Ots, who in the 1960s was as popular as The Beatles behind the Iron Curtain - 'and in Finland, too,' added Finnish producer Ilkka Matila. Starring Marko Matvere and Anastasia Makejeva, ...
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Golden Globe winners in full
64th GOLDEN GLOBES Best Motion Picture - DramaWINNER: BabelBobbyThe DepartedLittle ChildrenThe QueenBest Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - DramaPenelope Cruz VolverJudi Dench Notes On A ScandalMaggie Gyllenhaal SherrybabyWINNER: Helen Mirren The QueenKate Winslet Little ChildrenBest Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - DramaLeonardo DiCaprio Blood ...