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Universal's Along Came Polly scores table-topping Mexico bow
Universal's romantic comedy AlongCame Polly grossed an estimated $8.2m from 1,600 sites in 14 markets through UIP at theweekend to raise its international running total to $24.3m.The highlights were a firstplace $1m bow in Mexico from 233 sites including previews and second place inGermany on $2.9m from 469.The picture remained ...
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Gothika opens top for CTFDI in Brazil, Philippines
Fired up by number oneopenings in Brazil and the Philippines, Columbia's horror picture Gothikacontinued to score steady international business at the weekend.The picture is releasedthrough Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) and grossed anestimated $410,000 from 140 screens in the Latin American market and a powerful$200,000 from 10 in the ...
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Kinnear, Davis join Brosnan black comedy Matador
GregKinnear and Hope Davis will join Pierce Brosnan in the black comedy Matador, which is being financed by Bob Yari and Mark Gordon's Stratus FilmCompany and is due to go into production in Mexico City in April.RichardShepard wrote the screenplay and will direct, with Irish DreamTime principalsBrosnan and Beau St ...
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Walden denies Kidman link to Narnia
Walden Media has denied widespread rumours that Nicole Kidman is poised to take a major role in the forthcoming The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.Early this week, several New Zealand newspapers - including The New Zealand Herald, The Sunday Mail and The Dominion Post - reported that Kidman spent ...
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The top two films at the French box office traded places last week with three week old hit comedy Podium shooting back up to number one from second position knocking last week's winner The Crimson Rivers: Angels Of The Apocalypse down a notch.Podium has garnered 2.6 million admissions so far ...
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Beyond sells Good Woman to Japan
Beyond Films, the London-based, Australian-owned sales agent, has wrapped up a large number of deals on its AFM slate.Mike Barker's Scarlett Johansson-starring, Oscar Wilde adaptation A Good Woman was sold to Gaga Communications for Japan, Prooptiki for Greece, Bergvik for Iceland, Gulf Films for the Middle East, LNK Audiovisuais for ...
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Von Trier's Dogville takes Danish critics' prize
Lars von Trier was back with a vengeance in Copenhagen on Sunday night, where the Danish film critics gave out their prestigious Bodil Awards.With Dogville singled out as the best film he became the first filmmaker to win the coveted award five times - despite missing out with his two ...
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'Courageous' doc wins top Diagonale prize
Martin Bruch's documentary handbikemovie was the surprise winner of this year's Euros 19,000 Diagonale Grand Prix in Austria, which was sponsored by the Land of Styria and Kodak.Bruch, who has multiple sclerosis and uses an adapted wheelchair, filmed handbikemovie with a camera attached to his bicycle helmet. It shows the ...
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Quiero secures output deal with Universal
Quiero Television, the Spanish group which is poised to launch Europe's second digital terrestrial broadcasting operation, has struck its first output deal with a major studio. The outfit, previously known as Onda Digital, is poised to unveil a wide-ranging supply deal with Universal Studios. The deal, which is arranged through ...
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Veteran Italian producer juggles historic biopics
Renowned Italian executive and line producer Mario Cotone is currently developing two major international multi-million dollar projects that will both be backed by RAI and are set to shoot next autumn.The first is a long-gestating $25m movie about Matteo Ricci, a 16th century Italian Jesuit missionary and scientist who lived ...
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Ster-Kinekor targets black audiences for South African growth
South African broadcasting and cinema group Primedia, owners of distributor/exhibitor Ster-Kinekor has announced improved figures with revenue up 15.1% to $135m (R898.6m) and pre-tax profit growing 39% to $20m.The film division lifted revenue 5.6% to $13.6m thanks to a higher contribution from Ster-Kinekor Home Entertainment.But overall operating profits were down ...
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Minghella, Rickman back UK launch of Stellar Network
Jude Law, Anthony Minghella and Alan Rickman are lending their names to the Stellar Network, the starry New York networking organisation which is opening its doors in London.Other boardmembers from across film, theatre and television include director Peter Kosminsky, playwright and screenplay writer David Hare, showbusiness journalist Baz Bamigboye and ...
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UK Film Council offers digital projection funding for film clubs
The UK Film Council has launched a £500,000 National Lottery funded initiative to boost access to films in areas without a local screen.Film clubs and local film societies, community groups and mobile film exhibitors are to apply to the digital fund for non-theatrical exhibition. The organisations can secure up to ...
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Return Of The King gets int'l boost from Oscar wins
New Line International's TheLord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is bearing down on $700m at the international box office after raisingits running total by $9.4m from 3,547 screens in 60 markets at the weekend to$679.4m.Peter Jackson's trilogy finaledropped 27% in its fourth weekend in Japan, adding $4.7m ...
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Garner named ShoWest female star of tomorrow
Jennifer Garner,who will next star in 13 Going On 30 for Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures, has beennamed ShoWest 2004 Female Star of Tomorrow."Jennifer Garner has already taken the world by storm onthe small screen and we can only imagine what great success lies in store asshe begins to conquer ...
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Stalins gets senior vp stripes at MGM International TV Dist'n
Carolyn Stalinshas been promoted to senior vice president of international televisiondistribution at MGM.Stalins, whooversees distribution in the UK and France for MGM's features and televisionseries, NBC's television series and the catalogues of MGM/UA, Orion, Polygramand NBC, will continue to report to Gilberte DeTurenne, senior vice president andmanaging director of Europe."For ...
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Duffy doc Overnight sold to THINKFilm
THINKFilm hasacquired all North American rights to Mark Brian Smith and Tony Montana'sdirectorial debut Overnight, which was a midnight screening at Sundance this year and causeda stir for its warts-and-all portrait of an upstart film-maker in theindependent film business.First screenedin a longer cut at the Seattle International Film Festival last ...
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Emily Olsen named corporate PR head for Samy Boy
Emily M Olsen, the founder of StellarQuest Public Relations andConsulting, has been named director of corporate communications for Samy BoyEntertainment and its affiliated companies.Olsen, with the support of fellow new hire Shannon Loughead, willoversee branding and marketing for Samy Boy Entertainment, Element Films,Shelter Supper Club, The Gate, Sam Nazarian's personal ...
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Singapore set as host for Indian International Academy Awards
The 2004 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) AwarY
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Russian actor prevented from shooting in space
Plans to send Russian actor Vladimir Steklov to the Mir space station to shoot a feature film have fallen through because the film-makers have been unable to raise finance for the project.Russian Aerospace Agency spokesman Konstantin Kreidenko said the actor will not travel to Mir due to the "nonfulfilment of ...