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HFPA gives $0.76m in grants to film schools and non-profits
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented $759,865 in financial grants to film schools and non-profit organizations at its annual installation luncheon in Los Angeles today (Wednesday).
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Jack White, Alicia Keys team for new Bond song
The 22nd James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, will feature a theme song duet for the first time in the franchise's history.Jack White (of the White Stripes and Raconteurs) and Alicia Keys will record Another Way To Die.As rumoured, troubled British chanteuse Amy Winehouse had been in talks to record ...
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Sundance Institute names 2008 Annenberg Film Fellows
The Sundance Institute has selected seven film-makers as its 2008 Annenberg Film Fellows, each of whom will receive a living stipend or grant to nurture their projects.The Fellows and their projects are: Fellipe Barbosa with Casa Grande; Frank Budgen with Shockheaded Peter; Daniel Casey with Poletown; John Magary with Blood ...
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Ron Gell's The G-Machine reunites with New Films International
Ron Gell and his production and sales company G-Machine have reunited with Nesim Hason's financing New Films International (NFI).Gell will handle worldwide acquisitions for NFI and The G-Machine and the companies will collaborate on acquisitions and sales.G-Machine, which launched in January and built up a roster including Spiros Stathoulopoulas' Cannes ...
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Alicia Keys and Jack White record duet on new 007 theme song
Alicia Keys and Jack White of The White Stripes have recorded the theme song for the upcoming James Bond thriller Quantum Of Solace, marking the first duet in 007 history.White wrote, produced and plays drums on the track, 'Another Way To Die', which will be released on the soundtrack on ...
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Universal to partner with TWC on Inglorious Bastards
The Weinstein Company and Universal are nearing a deal to partner on the release of Quentin Tarantino's World War II drama Inglorious Bastards.Sources stressed the deal points had not been concluded at time of writing, however it is understood TWC would handle the North American release and Universal would oversee ...
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Kori Bernards named media strategist at Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures has officially confirmed that it has appointed former Motion Picture Association Of America media communications chief Kori Bernards to serve as the studio's media strategist and trade and business press contact.Bernards will start in her new role as senior vice president of media relations on August 4 and ...
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Asselin's Sentimental Capitalism to open FNC in Montreal
Olivier Asselin's A Sentimental Capitalism (Un Capitalisme Sentimental) will make its world premiere as the opening film of the 37th annual Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal. Starring Lucille Fluet, Paul Ahmarani and Sylvie Moreau, the period drama lays bear the saga of a young woman at the centre of ...
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TIFF unveils 20 world premiere documentaries
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced 25 world premieres in its line-up of documentaries screening across various programmes. Among the debuts screening in the Real To Reel programme are An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim's It Might Get Loud, a celebration of the electric guitar featuring three virtuosos, Led ...
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Mueller digs deep withVenice's worldly offerings
Venice is aiming widefor its 65th edition,with artistic director Marco Mueller following up 2007's heavily English-language programme with a more geographically diverse, less star-drivenline-up of films from 18 countries. Notably lighter onUS features (and with none solely from the UK), this year's Lido line-up features two Japanese animation masters and ...
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Venice competition includes Aronofsky, Arriaga, Kitano, Ozpetek
The 65th Venice Film Festival has unveiled its programme this morning.CompetitionThe Wrestler, dir. Darren Aronofsky (US)The Burning Plain, dir. Guillermo Arriaga (US)Il papa di Giovanna, dir. Pupi Avati (Italy)BirdWatchers, dir. Marco Bechis (Italy)L'Autre, dirs. Patrick Mario Bernard & Pierre Trividic (France)The Hurt Locker, dir. Kathryn Bigelow (US)Il seme della discordia, ...
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Relativity Media acquires rights to fantasy novel Acacia
Relativity Media has acquired the rights to David Anthony Durham's fantasy novel Acacia: The War With The Mein.Andrew Grant will adapt the first title of a planned trilogy in the vein of The Lord Of The Rings about children of an ousted king who return to save their land from ...
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US-Korean co-production The Wedding Palace to shoot in Oct
Arclight Films has acquired international sales rights to the US-South Korea family comedy The Wedding Palace, which is set to begin filming in Koreatown, Los Angeles, and Seoul, South Korea, in October.USC Cinema School alumnus Christine Yoo makes her directorial debut on the project, which is backed by official sponsorship ...
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North American VOD service Eurocinema lands on DIRECTV
Eurocinema, the VOD service that offers international features and shorts to the North American market, has signed a carriage deal with DIRECTV.Under the agreement Eurocinema will make its debut on the DIRECTV-on-Demand platform on August 1.Eurocinema's stable of films includes work from Pedro Almodovar, Roman Polanski, Ari Kaurismaki, and Jean ...
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Film Movement acquires Under The Bombs, The Trap
Film Movement has acquired Philippe Aractingi's Lebanese drama Under The Bombs and Srdan Golubovic's Serbian film noir The Trap.Aractingi shot Under The Bombs during the Lebanon-Israel conflict in 2006 and the story centres on the understanding that develops between a Christian taxi driver and his fare, a Shiite woman from ...
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Lionsgate secures five-year $340m revolving credit facility
Lionsgate has secured a five-year $340m revolving credit facility with JPMorgan and Wachovia Bank that replaces the previous $215m facility with JPMorgan.'This new facility is another component of Lionsgate's strong balance sheet, a key driver of our growth in the future,' Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns said.'With $371m in cash ...
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Dark Knight's international weekend even bigger than estimates
The Dark Knight grossed $2m more at the weekend in international markets than initially thought as $67.7m and more than 8.7m admissions from 7,135 screens in 51 markets raised the running total to $128.3m.Click here to see full international weekend reportWarner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) executives announced the actual results ...
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Apice promoted in creative services at Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures' worldwide creative services group has promoted Matt Apice to vice president of digital production.Apice continues to report to the group's executive vice president Dan Wolfe and assumes a brief that includes co-ordination of post-production operations with other departments and identifying emerging technologies.'As a former editor, Matt has become ...
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Studios parade 2008 and 09 blockbusters at Comic-Con
Sam Raimi will commence exploratory work this week on a new instalment in his iconic Evil Dead series, the director told Comic-Con attendees.Speaking after he unveiled footage from his upcoming horror release Drag Me To Hell, a back-to-roots exercise following the grand scale of the Spider-Man franchise, Raimi said he ...
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Warner's Knight crosses $300m in record time in North America
The Dark Knight demolition derby continued apace as Warner Bros' world-beating action epic grossed an estimated $75.6m to set a new second weekend record and crossed $300m in another new mark of 10 days.Christopher Nolan's phenomenon currently stands at $314.2m and trails Iron Man by a whisker as the second ...