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Stuntman killed on theset of John Woo's Red Cliff
A stuntman was killed and six others injured in an accidental fire during the filming of John Woo's $75m war epic Red Cliff on Monday (June 9). Red Cliff film crew confirmed the accident and casualty later that day. The fire took place in Xiaotangshan of Changping district in Northwest ...
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Skip City to open with world premiere of Yamada's Bunshichi
Japan's Skip City International Digital Cinema Festival has announced the line-up for its fifth edition, which includes the world premiere of Yoji Yamada's The Tale Of Bunshichi as the opening gala ahead of its local autumn release. As covered on Screendaily last September, the film was produced as part of ...
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UIP, UGC resolve legal battle over UK rental terms
The legal battle between distributor UIP (UK) and UGC's UK circuit has been resolved three months after it began. Since the release of Mission: Impossible 2 in July, both companies have been at loggerheads over the terms agreed for tickets sold through the use of UGC's loyalty pass. UIP and ...
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Akin, Tykwer and Weingartner backed by Hamburg fund
The Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Fund has allocated over$4.8m (Euros 3.15m) to new feature projects by Fatih Akin, Tom Tykwer and Hans Weingartner as well as international co-productions by such filmmakers as Les Brodeuses directorEleonore Faucher, Norway's Sara Johnsen and Poland's Radek Wegrzyn.The largest sum - $1.24m (Euros 800,000) - went ...
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Reviews
The Love Guru
Dir: Marco Schnabel. US. 2008. 86 mins.The Love Guru 's rascally self-help guru who needs to learn to love himself may be Mike Myers' first original big-screen character in a long while, but he still feels familiar. Trading in Myers' favoured trademark steady diet of scatological humour, outlandish asides and ...
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Sarkar Raj, Magic Hour start strong at international box-office
Indian film Sarkar Raj was this weekend's highest non-US entry in the international arena, taking $5.4m from 1,433 screens in 17 territories.The top 40 international films generated $171.2m from 42,947 screens for the period of June 6-8. For the full chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.The Indian thriller is ...
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Hirschbiegel starts Belfast shoot for Five Minutes Of Heaven
Oliver Hirschbiegel has started shooting his new feature, Five Minutes Of Heaven, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt star as two men who are struggling to come to terms with their experiences of past conflict in Northern Ireland.Eoin O'Callaghan is producing for Big Fish Films and executive ...
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Roberts, Mortimer take new posts at UK's Contender
Growing UK distributor Contender Films has appointed Theresa Roberts as head of publicity and Rebecca Mortimer as head of marketing.Roberts, who takes the post July 1, had been head of publicity for Momentum Pictures.Mortimer, who takes her post as of Aug 5, comes from Universal Pictures (UK), where she was ...
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Tabb hired to adapt Lukyanenko novel Knights Of 40 Islands
Producers Rubi Zack of Run Entertainment, Maxim Bakhamatov of Ledokol Bakhmatov Group and Evgen Kuch have hired Michael Tabb to adapt Sergey Lukyanenko's Russian sci-fi fantasy novel The Knights Of 40 Islands.Lukyanenko previously wrote the Night Watch fantasy novels that spawned Timor Bekmambetov's Russian box office smashes.The Knights Of 40 ...
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Seattle Film Festival launches Northwest Production Summit
The First Annual Northwest Production Summit will take place during the 34th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) from June 12-15.The summit takes place under the aegis of the festival in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Film + Music, WashingtonFilmWorks and the Washington State Film Office.Headline events include an invite-only ...
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Ji appointed as head of Korea Media Ratings Board
The Korea Media Ratings Board has named Ji Myung-hyok as its new chairman for the next three years. A professor at Kookmin University's school of performing arts, Ji was elected from among the nine new members of the presidentially-appointed ratings board.The other eight members include a writer from the major ...
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Get Smart
Dir: Peter Segal . US. 2008. 110 mins. Offering a little bit of everything but not quite enough of any one thing, Get Smart is a likable jumble of genres that could have greatly benefited from being less ambitious. Despite a strong central performance from Steve Carell, this adaptation of ...
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What Just Happened' to open Karlovy Vary
Barry Levinson's What Just Happened' will open the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 4.The film's producer and star Robert De Niro will introduce the film and receive a Crystal Globe in recognition of his Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening-night gala.Nick Nolte will also ...
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Myriad listens to Rash's Good Advice
Myriad Pictures has added $6m comedy Good Advice, directed by Steve Rash, to its sales roster. The film, which stars Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards and Rosanna Arquette, will be distributed by Artisan Entertainment in the US. With the title currently in post-production, Myriad is screening a promo in London and ...
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UK directorslaunch lobby group
Some of the most successful names in the British film industry are helping lead a 4,000 strong body representing the interests of UK directors.Directors UK brings together film, television and new media directors for the first timeto offer one voice on a wide range of issues.The immediate priorities are concentrated ...
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UK directors launch lobby group
Some of the most successful names in the British film industry are leadinga 4,000 strong body representing the interests of UK directors.Directors UK brings together film, television and new media directors to offer one voice on a wide range of issues.The immediate priorities are concentrated on improving the position of ...
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Screen opinion: Fairy-tale boom ending
Disney's Bob Iger wins this week's Emperor's New Clothes award for pointing out there are too many films out there competing for too little space. The flip side of the institutional investment boom was that the amount spent exceeded reasonable investments. What Iger alludes to is a simple fact: that ...
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Edinburgh: This summer's new destination
At the grand old age of 62, the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), the world's longest continually running film festival, is having a makeover. Edinburgh has shifted its dates from its traditional August slot to June (18-29). The event has also received an injection of $3.7m (£1.88m) in public funding ...
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United States - Maverick man
The word 'maverick' is bandied about a lot when Michael Cerenzie's name is mentioned, and it is not hard to see why. The heavily tattooed former New York stage actor and theatre impresario is determined to do things his way in the film industry.Cerenzie brought G-String Divas - regarded by ...
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Interview: Kung Fu Panda director John Stevenson
It has been a long-term ambition for John Stevenson to direct his first animated feature and Kung Fu Panda is a pretty good start - bearing in mind it recently screened in official selection at Cannes.Co-directed by Stevenson and Mark Osborne for DreamWorks Animation, the film is expected to be ...