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Fourth X-Men film leaked online a month before official release
X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which is due for its US release on May 1, has been leaked online exactly one month before its official release.
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Digital conversion of theatres delayed by credit crunch
A thawing in the credit markets is key to kick-starting the sluggish digital conversion process and should occur within the next quarter, a leading banker told attendees on the third day ofShoWest.
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Empire takes North America on Thru The Moebius Strip
Empire Film Group has acquired North American rights from Fantastic Films International to the $16m CGI adventure Thru The Moebius Strip.
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Moscow Belgium wins best feature at Bermuda Film Festival
Cannes prize-winnerMoscow, Belgium, directed by Christophe Van Rompaey added another to its mantelpiece of awards by picking up Best Feature Film at the Bermuda International Film Festival, which wrapped at the weekend (March 28), at the end of one of the coldest March weeks in the mid-Atlantic island’s history.Best Documentary ...
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Babelgum takes on Downstream and TheLinguists
Online content platform Babelgum has acquired internet and mobile rights to Leslie Iwerks’ big oil documentary Downstream and to language documentary The Linguists directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger.Downstream follows a doctor’s fight for the rights or aboriginalpeople in Alberta, Canada, whose lives are being jeopardised ...
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NewsInternational revenues now account for 65% of studios' box office pie
Global box office in 2008 surged 5.2% on 2007 from $26.7bn to a new high-water mark of $28.1bn, according to figures released by the Motion Picture Association of America, while international revenues climbed 7% to $18.3bn and accounted for 65% of the worldwide total.The statistics were part of a salvo ...
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Five US studios sign with Scrabble for digital screens in India
Indian company Scrabble Entertainment has signed a deal with five of the six US majors to deploy digital screens in India.
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IFC to handle US on Pattinson comedy How To Be via VOD platform
IFC’s VOD platform IFC Festival Direct will releaseUK comedyHow To BefeaturingTwilightstar Robert Pattinsonon April 29.
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John Hart teams with Smuggler Partners to form Smuggler Films
Veteran independent film producer John Hart has teamed up with Patrick Milling Smith and Brian Carmody of commercial and music video outfit Smuggler Partners to form Smuggler Films, a production company designed to produce content in film, theatre, television and other media.With offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, ...
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Elberg, Canty launch online distributions services company
Former CinemaNow executives Bill Elberg and Jessica Canty have launched VLADICast to offer a portfolio of online distribution services.Among the new company's services is GoScreening Public, which allowsany company or film-maker to build and maintain a branded VOD huband/or an ad-supported video sharing site that enables film-makers toshowcase work to ...
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Fakir Of Venice to premiere at Indian Film Festival of LA
The World Premiere of Anand Surapur’s conmen drama The Fakir Of Venice and Megan Doneman’sYes Madam, Sir bookend the seventh Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles, which runs April 21-26.
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Paramount Digitaland Gaumont create Web series
Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) and French film company Gaumont are developing an interactive Web series to be distributed in the U.S. by MySpace. Endemol will handle worldwide distribution. Section 8, a supernatural thriller, will tell the tale of an ill-fated cast, all but one of which will be killed off ...
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Scarlet joins Middle East International Film Festival
The Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) has appointed Peter Scarlet, the former artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival, as executive director. Scarlet, who resigned from Tribeca in February after six years, has been bought in to develop the MEIFF's regional and international standing. Its third session will be ...
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Coproduction Office, Katapult Film Sales merge sales business
France-based The Coproduction Office and US-based Katapult Film Sales have merged their sales business and will operate together for the first time at MIPTV.Both entities will keep their catalogues and acquisitions separate andcontinue to nurture their respective profiles and brands. Coproduction’s strength is world cinema while Katapult focuses on English-language ...
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Katzenberg tells ShoWest: '3D is great and it's here'
As expected the slow roll-out of 3D across North America and the world dominated the agenda of the opening day of ShoWest as delegates looked ahead to a gradual easing of the credit crunch and DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg flew into town to deliver a triumphant rallying cry to ...
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Tribeca panelists to include Spike Lee, Tommy Ramone
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its discussions line-ups as part of the Tribeca Talks Series and Behind The Screens: Films and Conversations about Truth, Clarity and Responsibility.Tribeca Talks Special Events will include a politics/Hollywood discussion after the world premiere of Poliwood, featuring director Barry Levinson and actors including Josh ...
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Czech Center New York to host contemporary European filmseries
The Czech Center New York will host Disappearing Act: European Cinema from New Wave to New Wave, a series of 18 contemporary feature films running April 16-23.The films from nine countries are presented in partnership with eight European institutes. The series also marks the Czech Republic's presidency of the EU. ...
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Chloe shoot wraps after Neeson's return
Atom Egoyan has wrapped the shoot for Chloe this weekend, after Liam Neeson returned to the set following the death of his wife Natasha Richardson.Neeson had to leave the shoot temporarily after Richardson died in New York City March 18 after hitting her head in a fall at a Quebec ...
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Nuclear Mango and Eros to bring Indian legends to life
Govind Menon and William Keenan's Indian-US production consultancy Nuclear Mango is lining up a slate of features with Eros Entertainment based on mythological Indian creatures.The partners are jointly developing the initial roster and are talking to writers about character concepts. Eros will handle worldwide distribution on the slate.Menon said: 'It ...
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Lionsgate faces second round of job cuts
Lionsgate is believed to be slashing 8% of its workforce in a second round of redundancies after the Santa Monica-based studio cut 41 jobs last November. The studio did not return calls about the latest cull, which is understood will reduce the headcount by 45 to approximately 500 people.Studio sources ...