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30 Days Of Night takes $16m box office bite
Columbia/Ghost House Pictures' vampire screamer 30 Days Of Night stole the show at the weekend with an estimated $16m number one launch that provided a suitable prelude to North America's Halloween box office season.David Slade's directorial follow-up to the acclaimed Hard Candy is based on the graphic novel about an ...
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Rome has mixed reactions for Coppola's Youth Without Youth
Francis Ford Coppola's return to film-making was met with mixed reactions, as the Rome Film Fest Saturday presented the world premiere of his Youth Without Youth, based on a novella by Mircea Eliade.The packed press screening Saturday morning was followed by absolutesilence before a moderate applause slowly broke out, indicating ...
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Band's Visit takes top prize at Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinema
Eran Kolirin's popular Israel-France co-production The Band's Visit won the Louve d'Or at 36th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema.The jury, composed of Paul Ahmarani, Celine Bonnier et Jean-Francois Lamarche, presented a special mention to Australian title Boxing Day by Kriv Stenders. That film's lead, Richard Green, took the Acting Award. ...
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LA agents confirmed for new Best Of Brits showcase
Agent Sally Whitehall, formerly of Curtis Brown, has launched a new LA-based film event to recognise UK talent. Best of Brits will be a celebration of UK films and film-makers. Whitehill said that confirmed attendees include representatives from ICM, Endeavor, UTA, William Morris, CAA, Brillstein Grey, Fuse and others. On ...
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Ratatouille still strong for Disney as it races into Italy, China
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International's Ratatouille launches in Italy and China and should have little trouble holding on to the number one overseas spot for the third consecutive weekend.The Pixar film has reached $279.4m to date opens in the final five territories including Italy on Oct 17 and China ...
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Inferno options Ison's romantic novel The List
Los Angeles-based Inferno Distribution has optioned Tara Ison's romantic novel The List, which was published in March and centres on a dysfunctional couple's desperate final act.The pair make a list of 10 ideal dates before they agree to part amicably. However as the dates progress they begin to see each ...
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Bassett, Wyle join all-star cast of YFG's Nothing But The Truth
Angela Bassett and Noah Wyle have joined Yari Film Group's (YFG) thriller Nothing But The Truth, which Rod Lurie is directing.Bassett and Wyle join Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Alan Alda, Vera Farmiga, Harry Lennix and David Schwimmer on the production, which commenced shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this month.Bob Yari ...
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Wind Dancer plans US, Provence shoot on Williams' Mistral
Wind Dancer Films is lining up a US and Provence, France, shoot on the romantic fable Mistral with Wind Dancer partner Matt Williams attached to directed.Josh Kesselman and Andrea Smith will produce with Wind Dancer Films based on a screenplay by Brett Hershey and Matt Tilker loosely inspired by a ...
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Melissa Wohl to head international sales at Allumination
Melissa Wohl has been hired as senior vice president of international sales at Allumination FilmWorksWohl will report directly to Allumination chief executive officer and president Cheryl Freeman.She most recently, she served as vice president of sales and acquisitions at Harmony Gold.Prior to that she worked at Circle M Media as ...
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Robbie Coltrane to voice Gooby for PorchLight/Condor
Production began in Toronto this week [Oct 15] on the CGI-live action family film Gooby, which has been acquired by PorchLight's new division Condor Releasing and features Eugene Levy and the voice talent of Robbie Coltrane.Condor has picked up worldwide rights to the $6m-7m project about a children's stuffed toy ...
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Argentina's Gaggero to direct Wildlife for Point Road Films
John Moore and Peter Veverka's Point Road Films has hired Argentinean film-maker Jorge Gaggero to direct the adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winning Richard Ford's coming-of-age novel Wildlife.Producers Moore and Peter Veverka are aiming for a late summer 2008 shoot in Montana on the $3m tale of a 16-year-old who learns ...
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Roller joins Bank of Ireland's US Media Finance team
Michele Roller has joined the Bank of Ireland's US Media Finance team as Director.She will focus on debt funding solutions for companies in the media sector, offering senior and mezzanine financing to publishing, information services, broadcasting, out-of-home, cable television and digital media companies. Roller previously served as vice president at ...
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Academy unveils 63 foreign language film submissions
63 countries have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards, it was announced today by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.The number represents a record for the category and includes first time entrants Azerbaijan and Ireland.FULL LIST OF ...
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Cinemavault acquires Mexico's Used Parts for AFM
Cinemavault Releasing International has added Aaron Fernandez's Spanish-language drama Partes Usadas (Used Parts) to its AFM slate.The film will screen in competition at the Rome Film Festival alongside Cinemavault's drama Canvas with Marcia Gay Harden and Joe Pantoliano.Partes Usadas centres on a 14-year-old boy seduced by the underworld of stolen ...
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Suharjono named svp of Asian distribution at Warner International
Erlina Suharjono has been named senior vice president of Asia Distribution at Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).Suharjono recently assumed the role of chief representative of Warner New Asia to supervise distribution of the studio's US-made films in China.Based in the Hong Kong office and reporting directly to WBPI distribution chief ...
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IMAX brings forward digital projection system into mid-2008
IMAX Corp. has moved up the launch date of its digital projection system to the second quarter of 2008. IMAX originally expected to have the system ready by the end of next year or in 2009. Digital projection is particularly important for IMAX and those who distribute and exhibit IMAX ...
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Real D signs 500-system deal with Odeon and UCI
Real D has signed another huge deal, partnering with Odeon and UCI for the installation of 500 digital 3-D systems across the UK and Europe. The distribution partnership is Real D's largest international deal to date. The rollout of 500 systems will start immediately and continue for the next two ...
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Sales veteran Adam Wright joins Maverick
Adam Wright has joined Maverick Global, the international sales arm of US home entertainment genre distributor Maverick Entertainment Group, as senior vice president of international distribution and domestic television sales.Wright will report directly to executive vice president Pamela White and will continue to live in Los Angeles, where he most ...
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Arikian leaves EFM to head up Hamptons International Film Festival
Co-director of the Berlin International Film Festival's European Film Market (EFM) Karen Arikian has been named new executive director of The Hamptons International Film Festival.Arikian will assume her duties in March 2008 and will attend the gala opening night on Oct 17 this year as an observer.The executive director's duties ...
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Fogelson, Edgan promoted to president positions within Universal
Adam Fogelson has been appointed to the newly created role of Universal Pictures' president of marketing and distribution and Eddie Egan has been promoted to president of marketing.Fogelson assumes executive oversight of Universal's domestic marketing and distribution divisions as well as marketing and distribution of Rogue Pictures.He reports to Universal ...