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Seven films shortlisted for makeup Oscar
The Aviator,De-Lovely, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Hellboy, Lemony Snicket'sA Series of Unfortunate Events, The Passion Of The Christ and The Sea Inside are the seven pictures that will beconsidered by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences for bestachievement in make-up.Ten-minute clips of each contender will ...
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Writers Guild nominations offers surprises
An eclectic range of talentrubs shoulders in the 57th Annual Writers Guild Awards nominations announced yesterday (13).
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Independents should make more musicals, urges new coalition
A new coalition has called upon independent filmmakers to makemore musicals following a decision not to reactivate the Original Musical Oscarcategory at next month's 77th Academy Awards.The Coalition of the Musical's Indie Musical Challenge has alreadydrawn support from Team America: World Police co-creator Matt Stone, and thecoalition's Dan Mirvish wants ...
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Film-makers and artists group together in Macrocosm production collective
A consortium of independent filmmakers and creative artists calledMacrocosm will launch at Sundance on Jan 24, with the aim of bringingindependent projects to stage, screen and television.The group's inaugural and self-financed project Hot Chicks, a live action feature based onreligious comic book tracts by Jack Chick and featuring segments by ...
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Drake leads management buyout of Senator International
Senator International president Joe Drake announced yesterday (Jan13) that the company's senior management has bought out Senator's US operationsfrom parent Senator Entertainment and lender Deutsche Bank and named the newcompany Mandate Pictures.Drake, head of production Nathan Kahane and chief financialofficer Brian Goldsmith are the principal owners of the company, with ...
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Sony gets set to Hustle in South Korea
Sony Pictures Releasing International's (SPRI) comedy action hit KungFu Hustle will pass $50mthis weekend with a much anticipated launch in South Korea.The picture has blazed a record-breaking trail through a slew ofAsian markets and taken $49m to date. It was due to open in South Korea on Jan13 on 180 ...
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Elektra
Dir:Rob Bowman. US. 2005. 96mins.Sheappeared - and apparently died - in last year's Ben Affleck vehicle Daredeviland now Marvel Comics character Elektra gets her own movie, withJennifer Garner, from TV's Alias, once again playing the mysteriousaction heroine with the sexy costume and lethal martial arts skills.This comics-to-screen transfer, however, produced ...
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Assault On Precinct 13
Dir: Jean-FrancoisRichet. US. 2005. 109mins.One of the first filmsproduced under Focus Features' genre division Rogue Pictures, Assault OnPrecinct 13 is an efficient action feature which might not break any newground in the genre, but will keep a male action-loving audience happy.Theatrical results will be good, if not spectacular; audiences will ...
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German film critics applaud Edukators
Hans Weingartner's Cannes2003 competition entry The Edukators (Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei) isthe big winner at this year's German Film Critics Awards, winning in thecategories of Best Feature Film and Best Actress.The complete line-up ofawards:Best Feature Film - TheEdukators by Hans Weingartner Best Feature Film Debut - Schultze Gets The ...
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Cannes Critics' Week mirrors main competition
Confirming the European and Asian-heavy weighting of the Cannes main competition, the Critics' week boasts two Far Eastern films - one from Korea, one from Taiwan - and two from France.Francophone film-makers are also heavily represented among the short films in the section. Two are from France, one more each ...
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FRANCE 14 January
Alexander rode to the top of the chart with over half amillion admissions in its debut week. The film pushed Ocean'sTwelve down to number two where it has taken more than $19m. French film LesSoeurs Fachees jumped up to number 3 from the fifth spot last week butstill lost 19% ...
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HONG KONG 14 January
National Treasure dislodged Stephen Chow's mega-hit Kung-fu Hustlefrom the top spot at the Hong Kong box office after a two-week reign.Distributed by Buena Vista's local partner, Intercontinental Film Distributors,the action adventure grossed US$816,527 from 40 screens. In its third week, Kung-fuHustle added US$662,721 from 63 screens bringing its cume to ...
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Fellowes to adapt best-selling novel Snobs
Oscar-winning British writerJulian Fellowes (Gosford Park) is to adapt his best-selling novel Snobsfor UK television - having been commissioned by the BBC's Gareth Neame.The novel, published lastyear, is a comedy about a middle-class woman on the make, trying to gatecrashinto high society circles. It is likely to be made into ...
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Downfall dominates Bavarian Film Awards
Oliver Hirschbiegel's Hitlerdrama Downfall was the big winner at the weekend's Bavarian Film Awardstaking home prizes in three categories.Constantin Film's BerndEichinger received the Euros 200,000 Producers Award, while Best Actor honourswent to Bruno Ganz for his performance as Adolf Hitler in his last days in thebunker under the centre of ...
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Stillking awarded Euros 100,000 development grant
Prague based productionservice company Stillking Films has received a Euros 100,000 Media Plus grant,which it will use to develop five projects over the next three years.The first of these is titledRevolutions Per Minute. Set in the Czech Republic, the film tells thestory of a manufacturer of vinyl LPs, whose business ...
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Hayat, Innocent Voices to launch Berlinale youth sidebars.
The Iranian film Hayatby Gholamreza Ramezani will open this year's Berlinale Kinderfilmfest onFebruary 11, with the 14plus youth film competition launched a day later by InnocentVoices (Voces Inocentes) by Mexico's Luis Mandoki.Speaking to ScreenDaily.comabout this year's line-ups, section head Thomas Hailer said that during theselection process for this year's 14plus ...
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France faces film release bottleneck
Between Jan 19 and Feb 2, noless than 48 films will be released in France. Among them: Closer, TheAviator, Vanessa Paradis-vehicle Mon Ange, Buena Vista France's LaMarche De L'Empereur and EuropaCorp.'s Danny The Dog. This glut of films hasrekindled the long-debated issue of how to give films a chance to ...
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Vasquez, Tellis join IS in key marketing, distribution posts
Trish Vasquez (pictured) and DeborahTellis have joined IS Film Distribution as vice president of marketing andpublicity and director of distribution respectively.Based in Santa Monica,Vasquez will assume leadership of the marketing department, managing creative, promotionaland publicity campaigns for all theatrical releases. She will report to IS FilmDistribution president Kaye Cooper-Mead.Tellis will ...
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PGA names eligible producers according to new rules
The ProducersGuild of America (PGA) Awards organisers have named the producers eligible ineach previously announced category of its 2005 PGA Awards.In the Darryl F Zanuck Producer of the Year Award fortheatrical motion picture, Michael Mann is named for The Aviator, Richard N Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower for FindingNeverland, John Walker ...
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Hulbert quits as president of Disney TV
David Hulbert has quit histwin jobs as head of Walt Disney Television International and Buena VistaInternational Television. The sudden move sparks a substantial reorganisationof the division. Hulbert's role will be splitbetween John Hardie, who is promoted toexecutive vice president/managing director, Branded Television, Europe MiddleEast Africa, and Tom Toumazis, promoted to ...