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Pirates faces scattered competition in second weekend
International weekend preview: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End opens in just one new territory for its second weekend, but with little new competition arriving in the international marketplace the Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer sequel is assured of another round of impressive grosses. Distributor Buena Vista International (BVI), which opened ...
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Magnolia and Red Envelope take domestic rights to Ferguson doc
Magnolia Pictures and Red Envelope Entertainment have acquired all North American rights to Charles Ferguson's No End In Sight, Documentary Jury Prize winner at this year's Sundance Festival. The film, which looks at the decision-making process behind the occupation of Iraq, was written and directed by Ferguson and executive produced ...
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Charlie Kaufman: worlds within worlds
Charlie Kaufman started production last week on his first feature as a director, Synecdoche, New York, with a cast led by Philip Seymour Hoffman. On the eve of the shoot, Kaufman and Spike Jonze, one of his producers, talked exclusively to Mike Goodridge. Oddly, I'm not scared,' Charlie Kaufman says ...
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Family business
The daughter of film-maker Luis Puenzo has emerged as an exciting international talent with Cannes favourite XXY. Diego Batlle reports. A renowned novelist and screenwriter in Argentina, Lucia Puenzo is enjoying an exciting 2007 with a new book recently published and her first feature, XXY, selected for Cannes' Critics Week. ...
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DVD: specialty forces
The specialty DVD market has thrived in recent years. But with the market under pressure Denis Seguin looks at how niche distributors are making their product stand out. Consider the sophisticated bachelor pad circa 2003, art-dressed to impress a visitor: on the coffee table, an issue of The New Yorker ...
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Rozema rolls on HBO/Picturehouse's Kit Kittredge
Patricia Rozema has commenced principal photography on Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery for HBO Films and Picturehouse. The long-awaited return to features for Toronto-based Rozema features Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin in the title role. The screenplay is by Ann Peacock, who wrote The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, ...
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Canada promises piracy clampdown to visiting Schwarzenegger
He didn't come seeking it, but The Terminator's presence in Canada's capital triggered the promise of a new Canadian anti-camcorder bill. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is in Canada on a trade mission, promoting everything from his state's fruit and vegetables to wine, high technology and climate-change awareness, but it ...
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Eros recognised with Bollywood Award
At the Bollywood Awards in New York on May 26, Eros International received the Honorary Award for its contribution to Indian cinema. Eros is celebrating its 30th anniversary of bringing Indian cinema to international markets. Ken Naz, president of Eros International, USA, said in his acceptance speech: 'This is an ...
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Deborah Lincoln takes new post in London for Warner Bros.
Veteran communications and political strategist Deborah Lincoln has been named to the newly created position of vice president, corporate communications, Europe, Warner Bros. Entertainment Based in London, Lincoln will work closely with Susan Fleishman, Warner's executive vice president of corporate communications, territory managers and managing directors on corporate business issues, ...
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Strategic Partners from 2006 projects could generate $168m
Projects initiated at the ninth Strategic Partners co-production market could generate $168m (C$181m) in activity, according to a new economic impact study from the Atlantic Film Festival. The three-day event, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, last year, could pump $59m (C$63.2m) into the Atlantic Canadian economy over the next four ...
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Martin to direct Cadillac Records for Sony BMG Film
Sony BMG Film has chosen Darnell Martin (Their Eyes Were Watching God) to direct Cadillac Records, a feature about the world of rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, from her own script. Production is set to begin later this year on location in Chicago, with Sofia Sondervan and Andrew Lack ...
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Kerry McCluggage to give keynote at IFTA conference
Kerry McCluggage, chairman of Allumination FilmWorks and former chairman of Paramount Television Group, is to deliver the keynote speech at the Independent Film & Television Alliance's (IFTA) annual Production Conference next month. The event, which takes place on June 15 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, will also feature panels on ...
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CineVegas to honour Hopkins, Kingsley, Theron
The Cine Vegas Film Festival has set Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Mike Newell and Charlize Theron to receive awards during its June 6-16 run at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Hopkins will get the event's Marquee Award; Kingsley the Vanguard Actor Award; Newell the Vanguard Director Award; and ...
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Thijs Romer to co-star in Tucci's Van Gogh remake
Young Dutch actor Thijs Romer will co-star in the forthcoming remake of Theo van Gogh's Blind Date, to be directed by Stanley Tucci. Shooting starts in two weeks in Belgium. It will be Romer's international film debut. He co-stars as a waiter, who is watching a married couple who are ...
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AV closes more deals on crocodile thriller Black Water
AV Pictures has closed more deals on its hot seller Black Water, including a North American deal with Grindstone Entertainment Group. Other new deals at the end of Cannes included France (Free Dolphin Entertainment), Germany (Legend), Scandinavia (Nobel Entertainment), CIS (Lizard Cinema Trade), Mexico & Central America (Cine Video y ...
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Kindred's Erb and Nicolo start production outfit Feverpitch
Distribution and production executives Jeffrey D. Erb and Joe Nicolo have left distribution company Kindred Media Group to form their own production operation, Feverpitch Pictures. Feverpitch plans to produce two to four films a year in the $1m-$5m range. The company says it will also set up one or two ...
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Peace Arch starts US distribution arm under Balsam
Peace Arch Entertainment is setting up a US theatrical distribution division to be headed by the Canadian company's president of US distribution Mark Balsam. First release for the new Peace Arch Releasing division will be Tom DiCillo's Sundance premiere Delirious, which will open in New York City on Aug 8. ...
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Warner's Dark Knight shooting sequences in IMAX
Director Christopher Nolan is shooting four sequences from the forthcoming Batman franchise picture The Dark Knight using IMAX cameras, according to the giant-screen company. While the reformating of conventional feature films into IMAX is commonplace, IMAX says the move is 'unprecedented' and marks 'a revolutionary integration' of 35mm and 15/70 ...
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Sony challenges Disney's Pirates box-office record figures
Walt Disney Co has released final box office figures for the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, producing a slightly increased six-day worldwide total of $404m. At the same time, however, Sony, distributor of this month's earlier global blockbuster Spider-Man 3, has raised doubts about some of ...
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THINKFilm confirms more Cannes deals on Oxford Murders
THINKFilm International has announced its flurry of deals from Cannes. Alex de la Iglesia's thriller The Oxford Murders, now in post-production, closed further territories including Germany (Koch Media), Brazil (Imagem), Eastern Europe (Paradise MGN, Vision and Pro-vision), the Middle East (Front Row), Greece (Audiovisual) and Hong Kong (CMC). Un Certain ...