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Screen International Stars Of Tomorrow 2008: The Actors 2
THE ACTORS 2Click on name for full profileBen AldridgeOlly AlexanderClaire FoyGeorgia GroomeTom HiddlestonAaron JohnsonScarlett JohnsonGugu Mbatha-RawChristine McKayCharlotte Riley
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Shaye, Lynne form Unique with three-year Warner Bros deal
Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne haven't completely left the Warner Bros fold. Months after New Line Cinema was absorbed into the parent company, the entrepreneurs have resurfaced with Unique Features and have secured a three-year first-look deal at the studio.The Los Angeles and New York-based company aims to produce two ...
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Screen International UK Stars Of Tomorrow 2008: The Film-makers 2
THE FILM-MAKERS 2Click on a name to see profileEsther May CampbellVirginia GilbertHugo Godwin & Sebastian GodwinJane LinfootJeremy LoveringLaura ReesMatthew Walker
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Oz's Pinefilm in line for cash boost
Australian distributor Pinefilm Entertainment is in the final stages of negotiations to merge with an unnamed public company, in a move that will provide it with considerable new cash resources for film acquisitions. Pinefilm managing director Sean Rothsey confirmed the talks but said a non-disclosure agreement prevents him from naming ...
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Screen International UK Stars Of Tomorrow 2008: The Film-makers 1
THE FILM-MAKERS 1Click on a name to see profileDaisy DonovanAndrew HaighMichael LesslieTom MarshallChina Moo-YoungJoseph PierceJanis PughPolly StenhamJustin Trefgarne
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Tommy Gargotta takes top creative advertising job at SPE
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has promoted Tommy Gargotta to president of worldwide creative advertising.Gargotta will report to the studios' co-presidents of worldwide theatrical marketing Valerie Van Galder and Marc Weinstock and will guide the creative marketing team in the creation of posters, commercials, trailers and in-theatre materials.He joined Columbia in ...
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IMAX prepares for its biggest ever launch of The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight will open in 94 North American and 15 international IMAX theatres on July 18, day-and-date with Warner Bros' conventional launch.A further 23 international IMAX sites will accommodate the release in the weeks following the worldwide premiere, which is set to take place on July 14 at the ...
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Hancock set for second weekend at the top in international
Hancock should cross $100m overseas by Friday and Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) top brass expect the picture to begin the serious business of consolidating its early gains this weekend.The superhero saga starring Will Smith stood at $98.7m on Thursday and launches in more than a dozen key markets including ...
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MovieMobz pioneers 'cinema on demand'
Brazilian digitalservice MovieMobz launched this week in Sao Paulo with what it says is the first step towards 'cinema on demand.'Customers will be able to select films from a list of 200 titles currently availablefor screening in participating theatres -although this will expand as the operation takes off.Social networking and ...
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Screen opinion: A lengthening list of demands
Cinema on demand is one of those long-touted ideas that's become a cliche before the fact.The idea of customers taking control of the programme in their local theatres is among the most compelling dreams of digital cinema (though evidently not quite compelling enough to break through the impasse in adoption ...
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In focus - No middle ground for UK indies'
When Tartan Films Distribution went into administration in late June, the rest of the UK independent distribution sector shuddered. International sales agents also winced, especially those handling Asian fare.Tartan's ground-breaking Asia Extreme label brought Japanese, South Korean and Hong Kong movies by directors such as Takashi Miike, Hideo Nakata and ...
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In Focus: Postcard from Edinburgh
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) closed its successful first June edition on June 29, completing the initial stage in its self-proclaimed mission to realise the event as the world's 'premiere festival of discovery'.A traditional fixture in August, the film festival shifted dates to avoid the city's overcrowded festival season ...
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In focus - Audience Award
James Marsh's Man On Wire, a thrilling documentary about Philippe Petit's daring 1974 walk on a tightrope between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, beat off strong competition from Pixar's Wall-E to win Eiff's Standard Life Audience Award. Icon's August release of the film in the UK will ...
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Focus: Countdown To Toronto
Last week Cameron Bailey was in London. This week he is in Paris. Or maybe it is Brussels. Two months out from his September debut, the new co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) is in screening mode.'It's slightly more impossible than I expected,' he writes from wherever he ...
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New World, Nordisk among buyers for 51st State
New World Films in Spain, Nordisk in Scandinavia and Les Films De L'Elysee in Benelux are among the buyers which have committed to Alliance Atlantis Pictures International's $25m action comedy The 51st State starring Samuel L Jackson. Momentum Pictures has UK rights and Kinowelt has German rights. Other buyers which ...
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Dylan Doggoes to Hollywood
'I can read the Bible, Homer or Dylan Dog for days on end without ever feeling bored.' So says iconic writer and philosopher Umberto Eco, a self-confessed fan of the comic-strip character created by Tiziano Sclavi in 1986.Since then Dylan Dog has become a popular phenomenon, and not just in ...
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Interview: Sam Taylor-Wood
UK artist Sam Taylor-Wood has had her share of art-world accolades but was humbled by the chance to screen her first short film in Competition at Cannes.'It's beyond exciting, it's such an honour and a privilege,' she says. The Film4-backed short Love You More also happened to be the only ...
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Profile: ambitious Eon look beyond Bond
British screenwriters need to become more ambitious. That is the message behind the Eon Screenwriters' Workshop (ESW), an initiative set up last year by the James Bond franchise's famed production company Eon Productions.'As a (film-making) culture in the UK, we are predominantly low-budget and we are very heavily television focused,' ...
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New talent - The Actors part 1
BEN ALDRIDGEHe has not yet graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda) but Ben Aldridge has already caught the eye of UK casting directors. Earlier this year he was cast opposite Parminder Nagra and Ray Winstone in the ITV drama Compulsion and from there he went ...
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New talent - UK Stars of Tomorrow 2008
"The US has money but a shortage of stories. And in the UK, there is material and talent without financing. It's a marriage made in heaven." So said Mark Gill of The Film Department at the end of last year. Financial incentives and exchange rates will wax and wane but ...