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Black & Blue starts shooting UK comedy Mixed Up
Black & Blue Films has started shooting UK comedy Mixed Up. The story, set in a record shop, stars Billy Murray, Adele Silva, Terry Stone, Zara Dawson, Lee Otwayterry Stone, Anna Brecon, Faye Tozer, Lisa McAllister, Giles Alderson, Sylvester McCoy and Abi Titmuss.The privately financed project is shooting on location ...
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Britdoc opens applications for Big Pitch forum
Britdoc, now in its third year, has opened applications for The Big Pitch, it's Dragon's Den-style international pitching forum.Investors and comissioning editors from the US, Europe and Asia will participate. Last year's panel included experts from HBO, IFC, ARTE, Sundance Institute, ITVS, NHK Japan, Netflix, Discovery Films and SBS Australia.More ...
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Senator's slate includes new features from Bornhak, Gansel
Senator Film has unveiled plans for two in-house productions and two co-productions this year, including new feature films by Achim Bornhak and Dennis Gansel, and an adaptation of Nick Greger's true story about his metamorphosis from one of Germany's leading right-wing extremists to an anti-Fascist.In its financial report for 2007 ...
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Media Luna picks up Family Rules, three market debuts for Cannes
Cologne-based sales company Media Luna Entertainment has picked up international distribution for Marc Meyer's ironic comedy Family Rules (Wir Sagen Du! Schatz) and is lining up another three market premieres for Cannes.Meyer's feature debut, starring Samuel Finzi, Nina Kronjaeger, and Anna Maria Muehe, was the closing film at last year's ...
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Phathanavirangoon appointed TIFF South-East Asian programmer
Former Fortissimo Films executive Raymond Phathanavirangoon has been appointed South-East Asian programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival. His selection remit includes Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. His co-programmer, TIFF veteran Giovanna Fulvi, will continue to programme titles from mainland China, Japan and ...
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The Descent 2 starts shooting this weekend for Celador
Celador Films and Pathe will start principal photography on May 4 (Sunday) for The Descent 2.The film will reunite the team from the original horror hit. Neil Marshall, who directed the original, will this time produce alongside Christian Colson of Celador. Jon Harris, who edited The Descent, will make his ...
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Canadian finance minister wades into C-10 fray
Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty has entered the ongoing film tax credit fray, saying the proposed tax law should not be amended and suggesting the issue will be a confidence vote of the Conservative minority government he represents.The minister's comments followed an appearance before the Senate banking committee studying the ...
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Hollingsworth named MD of Warner Home Video Mexico
Schuyler Hollingsworth III has been promoted to managing director of Warner Home Video Mexico.Hollingsworth will manage all operations including DVD, video games and digital revenue streams and will work closely with senior management in the US and Canada to streamline the business.Schuyler previously served as vice president of sales, theatrical ...
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Filmax, Endemol launch joint production venture
Growing Spanish producer-distributor The Filmax Group and Endemol-backed TV producer Gestmusic have joined 50-50 to launch new production outfit Zenit Multimedia.Based in Santiago de Compostela, Zenit will produce original product for television including fiction series, variety shows and docu-series. Plans to market its original formats abroad are also in the ...
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LongTale International picks up world rights to Palladin
LongTale International has acquired worldwide rights to Pine Hill/Tousi's comedy Looking For Palladin starring Ben Gazzara, Talia Shire and David Moscow.Andrzej Krakowski wrote and directed the story of a brash Hollywood talent agent who travels to Guatemala to track down a retired Oscar-winning actor.LongTale International will screen the film to ...
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13 projects line up for Sundance Directors & Screenwriters Labs
The Sundance Institute has selected 13 projects for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, which will take place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from May 26- June 26.Under the leadership of Michelle Satter and the artistic direction of Gyula Gazdag, the projects selected for this year's residency include ...
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Let The Right One In takes top narrative award at Tribeca
Tomas Alfredson's Let The Right One In from Sweden took the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature as the Tribeca Film Festival announced its winners [May 1].The awards were unveiled several days before the festival closes on May 3. At time of writing no major deals had closed, although there ...
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PPI's Iron Man takes off worldwide and kicks off summer
It's all about Iron Man this weekend as Paramount Pictures International (PPI) kicks off the 2008 summer blockbuster season with a huge day-and-date rollout.Paramount will release the Marvel Studios film in North America on May 2 and the top-line cast of Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges allied ...
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Seattle announces lineup including 16 world premieres
World Premieres of Dan Ireland's Jolene, Russell Brown's The Bluetooth Virgin, Cornelia Durye Moore's The Dark Horse and Julia Sweeney's Letting Go Of God are among the expected highlights at the 34th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF).Randall Miller's Bottle Shock will close the festival on June 14 and as previously ...
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Box office gap between international and domestic widens in Q1
Screen International's first-quarter box office survey indicates a widening gap between international and domestic performance.Click here to see international market share by distributorClick here to see North American market share by distributorClick here to see 2008 grosses by filmClick here to see 2007/2008 comparisons by countryWhile US and Canadian revenues ...
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2008 Q1: INTERNATIONAL MARKET SHARE BY COMPANY
Q1 share of international Q1 revenuesInternationalCompanyGrossMkt ShareFox572,567,20413.40%WB545,022,99012.70%Pathe351,686,1418.20%BV345,487,0078.10%Paramount305,962,8597.10%Universal212,408,7055.00%Summit168,369,9993.90%Sony164,041,5223.80%New Line112,585,5122.60%Toho100,437,7862.30%Gaumont81,008,9501.90%Millennium/NuImage62,734,1431.50%UTV58,612,2061.40%Wild Bunch56,868,1371.30%Caroprokat51,463,2411.20%Weinstein Co.45,535,3261.10%Showbox35,977,8900.80%Misc. U.S. Indies191,192,3884.50%Misc. Italian99,587,4222.30%Misc. German97,804,0002.30%Misc. Japanese91,532,7502.10%Misc. Korean88,225,5192.10%Misc. Chinese84,268,0622.00%Misc. Other European78,006,1221.80%Misc French64,926,8621.50%Misc. Turkish55,049,9271.30%Misc. Bollywood34,365,9340.80%Misc. Eastern Europe33,875,4060.80%Misc. English Language29,486,2370.70%Misc. Russian25,333,7360.60%Misc. Other21,797,1580.50%Misc. Hispanic15,859,3230.40%4,282,080,464
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2008 Q1: DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE BY COMPANY
DomesticFox413,824,62318.60%Warner Bros.370,044,98516.70%Buena Vista264,196,55411.90%Sony215,238,7709.70%Paramount203,009,7619.20%Lions Gate135,134,8466.10%Universal126,795,3325.70%Fox Searchlight119,017,6545.40%Paramount Vantage64,318,7532.90%New Line61,086,5502.70%Focus55,643,9712.50%Miramax37,916,8721.70%Summet30,765,4861.40%MGM29,923,0181.40%Overture20,784,5540.90%Other70,924,6353.20%2,218,626,364
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2008 Q1: FILM GROSSES
TOP GLOBAL GROSSERS *TitleInternationalDomesticGlobalI Am Legend213,203,91456,994,417270,198,331National Treasure: Book of Secrets173,279,70285,045,379258,325,08110,000 B.C.144,116,39084,992,525229,108,915Jumper118,756,27878,399,493197,155,771Horton Hears a Who75,649,082117,589,254193,238,336Juno70,917,544114,050,090184,967,634Alvin and the Chipmunks99,125,70869,424,545168,550,253Cloverfield77,912,20679,952,254157,864,460Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis157,314,114157,314,114The Bucket List58,150,95990,676,598148,827,55727 Dresses58,549,45476,150,977134,700,431Asterix aux jeux Olympiques130,521,428130,521,428Vantage Point56,554,22069,399,231125,953,451Sweeney Todd100,431,77124,613,476125,045,247The Spiderwick Chronicles48,772,48969,399,646118,172,135P.S. I Love You81,195,21728,440,670109,635,887Step Up 253,214,22457,207,787110,422,011No Country for Old Men77,601,27632,603,588110,204,864Enchanted91,286,43416,144,602107,431,036The Golden Compass96,726,54510,195,239106,921,784Rambo60,407,81742,781,147103,188,964The Water Horse61,330,65122,992,81484,323,465Alien vs. Predator - Requiem69,852,69613,590,64783,443,343Fool's Gold10,161,17968,102,98478,264,163Atonement38,130,67839,653,01677,783,694Charlie Wilson's War45,965,37528,125,44274,090,817There ...
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2008 Q1: YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON BY COUNTRY
Q1 2008 vs. 2007 BOX OFFICETerritoryPercent ChangeAUSTRALIA11.0%BRAZIL6.0%CHINA87.0%DENMARK17.0%FRANCE23.0%GERMANY46.0%HONG KONG22.0%INDIA-28.0%ITALY-5.0%JAPAN0%MEXICO20.0%NORWAY39.0%RUSSIA42.0%SOUTH KOREA-59.0%SPAIN14.0%TAIWAN-36.0%TURKEY-22.0%UK4%
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iDream bolsters Cannes slate with Ocean Of Pearls
London-based sales agent iDream Independent Pictures has added Ocean Of Pearls, directed by Dr Sarab Singh Neelam, to its Cannes line-up. Shot in Los Angeles, the film tells the story of a young US-born Sikh surgeon who finds that his religious beliefs of wearing a turban and beard make him ...