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Taubin leaves Warner Bros after almost 20 years at studio
Dawn Taubin has stepped down as president of domestic marketing at Warner Bros Pictures in the wake of restructuring following the formation of the Warner Bros Pictures Group.'My professional relationship with Dawn has been one of the most satisfying in my 35 years in the entertainment industry, the studio's president ...
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Media speculation mounts that Canal Plus will buy Kinowelt
France's Canal Plus is reportedly closer to sealing a deal to buy German distributor Kinowelt. According to Agence France Presse, a report set to be published in German daily Leipziger Volkszeitung on Thursday claims the long-rumored acquisition is near completion.'There only remain a few points to settle and the deal ...
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Arts Alliance America rocks with Heavy Metal In Baghdad
Arts Alliance America has picked up domestic rights to VBS.TV's documentary Heavy Metal In Baghdad by Eddy Morretti and Suroosh Alvi.The film follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to present day and will be released theatrically in spring.Arts Alliance America president ...
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Laemmle/Zeller carries The First Basket to US audiences
Los Angeles-based Laemmle/Zeller Films has acquired all North American rights to David Vyorst's documentary The First Basket.The film explores the influence of basketball on modern Jewish History as well as the impact of Jewish sports pioneers on the evolution of the sport.'The First Basket reveals the rich history and amazing ...
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Zeitgeist takes domestic rights to Chris & Don. A Love Story
Zeitgeist Films has acquired all North American Rights from The Film Sales Company to Chris & Don. A Love Story from first-time directors Guido Santi and Tina Mascara.Produced by Mascara and Santi with Julia Scott and James White, the film charts the 30-year love affair between the iconic literary figure ...
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Picturehouse to split from HBO, align fully with New Line
Picturehouse will split from parent company HBO and move over to the New Line stable within months, sources close to the move said today [Jan 9].Spokespeople from all three companies declined to comment, however it is understood the move stems from the poor theatrical box office performance of HBO Films ...
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International box office drops 22% week on week with few openers
An absence of heavy-hitting new releases could be attributable to the 22.2% week-on-week drop in the international top 40 this weekend, with the only four new entrants all failing to enter the top 30. The top 40 international films generated $208.8m from 49,452 screens for the period of January 4-6. ...
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Canada's Entertainment One to acquire RCV in Benelux
Toronto-based Entertainment One (E1) has agreed to acquire venerable Netherlands-based distributor RCV Entertainment. Having amassed a library of around 1,900 titles since its foundation in 1979, the Benelux stalwart is the latest target of a fast-paced acquisition spree launched by fledgling E1, which only started trading in March of last ...
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Definitely, Maybe to open Santa Barbara Film Festival
The world premiere of Adam Brooks' romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe starring Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher and the US premiere of Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown Woman (La Sconosciuta) bookend the 23rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF).The line-up culls 215 films from 49 countries including 20 world premieres and festival ...
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Marketing executive Grace Cianciotta dies in Toronto at 43
Much-loved film marketing expert Grace Cianciotta died in Toronto at the age of 43 on Jan 7 after a battle with breast cancer.Since last August, Cianciotta had worked in marketing for the new Canadian sales company Maximum Films International and local distributor Maximum Films Distribution.She was well-known for her zest ...
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McCormick promoted to president of production at Warner Bros
Kevin McCormick has been promoted to president of production at Warner Bros Pictures and will assume daily oversight of the studio's creative team and film development and production.McCormick will continue to supervise the company's New York and London offices and reports to Warner Bros Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov. Warner ...
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Penn, Gilroy join favourites in DGA Awards race
Paul Thomas Anderson, Joel & Ethan Coen, Tony Gilroy, Sean Penn and Julian Schnabel have all been nominated for the Directors Guild of America's (DGA) 2007 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film award.Anderson has been nominated for There Will Be Blood, the Coens for No Country For Old Men, Gilroy ...
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Delphis picks up international on X Filme's Max Minsky And Me
Montreal-based Delphis Films has picked up international rights to Anna Justice's feature debut Max Minsky And Me, a production of X Films Creative Pool. Delphis plans to screen the film at EFM in Berlin in February. The child-oriented comedy opened in Germany in September 2007 and won the Lion Prize ...
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United Artists reaches agreement with striking writers
Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner's United Artists (UA)has become the first Hollywood Film company to reach a deal with striking screenwriters.The agreement was announced yesterday and welcomed by theWriters Guild of America (WGA), the union at the centre of the dispute.Few details have been revealed buta joint UA-WGA statement said ...
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Picture This! takes US rights to Voleurs De Chevaux
Picture This! Entertainment has acquired US rights from Paris-based Rezo to first-time feature director Micha Wald's Voleurs De Chevaux.The company will release the epic adventure this summer under its English title In The Arms Of My Enemy following the US premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.The film centres ...
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Golden Globes show cancelled under WGA pressure
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has cancelled its full-length awards banquet and telecast on January 13 because of the writers strike and instead will announce the Golden Globe winners in a simple press conference on the same day.The HFPA will unveil the winners in 25 categories of the 65th ...
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Tarantino, Reitman, Luna lined up for Sundance jury
Quentin Tarantino, Marcia Gay Harden, Juno director Jason Reitman and Diego Luna are among the jurors selected by the Sundance Institute for this month's festival in Park City.Tarantino, Harden and Luna will sit on the dramatic competition jury alongside film-maker Mary Harron and actress Sandra Oh.Documentary competition jurors are IFP ...
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Relativity Media forms investment fund subsidiary
Relativity Media has formed wholly owned subsidiary Relativity Capital to act as a principal investor in its major media transactions.Essentially a fund that is expected to commit more than $1bn in transactions, Relativity Capital's investments will include studio slates, the Relativity Single Picture Business, library acquisitions and other media-related cash ...
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Seven films make shortlist for best make-up Oscar
Seven films have made the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' shortlist for the make-up category.The films in alphabetical order are: The Diving Bell And The Butterfly; Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix; La Vie En Rose; Norbit; Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End; Sweeney Todd ...
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Amalric, Kurylenko and Arterton join Craig in Bond 22
Principal photography has begun at Pinewood Studios in the UK on Eon Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM's Bond 22.Marc Forster directs and Daniel Craig reprises his role as 007 in the film following his acclaimed debut in the global smash Casino Royale, which launched in 2006 and is the ...