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Producers close in on Miramax deal for Boys Are Back In Town
The producers of the Australian/UK co-production The Boys are Back in Town are in negotiations to pre-sell US rightsto Miramax on the project, which is Australian director Scott Hicks' first film shot in Australia since hit Shine. Australian producer Tim White, of Southern Light Films, would not comment when contacted ...
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Little Film Company takes on rights to Satanas
The Little Film Company has acquired worldwide rights from Dynamo & Rionegro Producciones to Andres Baiz' thriller Satanas. Rodrigo Guerrero (Maria Full Of Grace) produced the film, which stars Damian Alcazar, Marcela Mar and Blas Jaramillo in a story that explores the ripple effect of misguided actions on a group ...
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Pirates reaches $156m domestic, $245m international
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ended the four-day North American holiday weekend with an estimated domestic gross of $156m, a new record for the Memorial Day weekend. And distributor Buena Vista issued a new international figure of $245m (including estimates for Monday), pushing the film's worldwide total ...
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Pirates raids international market with $205.5m opening
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End grossed an estimated $205.5m in the international marketplace this weekend, the biggest standard opening of all time, according to distributor Buena Vista International (BVI).If early estimates putting the film's North American total at $126.5m stand up, At World's End, the third installment of ...
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Persepolis to have English-language makeover from SPC
Sony Pictures Classics is set to record an English-language version of Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's warmly received Cannes competition title Persepolis, an animated project based on Satrapi's bestselling graphic novels.Catherine Deneuve, who plays the role of the mother in the French version, is re-recording her part this summer, joined ...
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Arthouse strikes distribution deal with Australia's Madman
New York-based Arthouse Films has signed an exclusive output and distribution deals with Melbourne-based Madman Entertainment for Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.Madman will distribute 10-15 Arthouse titles per year in the territories. The deal was negotiated by David Koh, Head of Acquisitions & Production for Arthouse Films along with ...
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Miramax dives deep for Schnabel's competition title Diving Bell
Miramax films has struck a deal for all North American rights to Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon), the well-received Cannes competitor sold by Pathe Pictures International.Sources put the value of the deal at about $3m. The film has been the subject of ...
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Third Pirates gets global launch
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End invades the global marketplace this weekend, opening in North America and 101 international markets in what will be Buena Vista's biggest day-and-date launch ever. The third installment of Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer's swashbuckling franchise - with regulars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira ...
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Erik Lomis takes senior international role at MGM
Erik Lomis has been appointed executive vice president ofinternational theatrical and home entertainment at MGM.Lomis, who has served in a consultant capacity to MGM, joins thestudio formally to oversee the marketing and distribution of theinternational theatrical and home entertainment releases, which arehandled by Fox.He will be the primary executive working ...
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Kimmel closes Japan and Italy on Kaufman's Synecdoche
Kimmel International has closed key deals on its new Cannes films, kicking off with Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York which went to Asmik Ace in Japan and Bim in Italy.Meanwhile Kimmel sales chief Mark Lindsay reported that MovieEye in Japan and Senator in Germany bought Tarsem Singh's political ...
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Kadison moves to Fox Atomic from Gold Circle
Former Gold Circle senior vice president of production Zak Kadison has joined Fox Atomic as vice president of production.Kadison will report to Fox Atomic president of production Debbie Liebling. One of his first projects will be Larry Doyle's I Love You, Beth Cooper, produced by 1492 Pictures.At Gold Circle Kadison ...
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Luke G-Jones goes green with Cool Hand
Luke G-Jones, the former head of co-production and finance at New Films International, has launched an innovative 'carbon credit' scheme for film production via his LA-based Cool Hand International.Cool Hand, says G-Jones, is a carbon-neutral company and any film in which he gets involved will be a carbon-neutral production. The ...
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Charity amfAR comes on board for Dubai Film Festival
The organisers of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) have teamed up with amfAR, the American foundation for AIDS research.This year's festival, Dec 9-16, will host a version of the Cinema Against AIDS event, the star-studded fundraiser that's become an annual fixture at Cannes.DIFF chairman Abdulhamid Juma confirmed that Sharon Stone, ...
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Arthouse takes on urban graffiti documentary Next
Arthouse Films has taken all North American, Australian, New Zealand, and South African rights (without TV) to feature documentary Next: A Primer on Urban Painting.The film is director Pablo Aravena's first documentary feature and was co-produced by Aravena, Lovestreams & agnes b. and executive produced by Claude Girard and Nadja ...
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Brett Ratner and Quincy Jones team for Carnaval 3D
Brett Ratner and Quincy Jones are teaming up on the US-Brazil co-production Carnaval 3D: The Magic And The Music.Jones will appear on camera profiling the high and low life surrounding the week-long Rio De Janeiro Carnaval. A portion of the film's profits will go improving the lives of impoverished Brazilian ...
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Perlmutter appointed to top post at Canada's NFB
Tom Perlmutter has been appointed to the top position at Canada's National Film Board (NFB). Perlmutter, who joined the NFB in 2001 as the director general of the English programme, was elevated to the position of government film commissioner and chairman of the NFB. The appointment was made by Canadian ...
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Cronenberg swarms to executive produce Woodley's Drone
David Cronenberg will executive-produce horror Drone, the next film by Aaron Woodley (being pre-sold in Cannes by Global Cinema Group.) The film is being produced by Joel B. Michaels and Garth H. Drabinsky.Drone, written by Jon Felson and Rusty Gorman, is based on a short story by TC Boyle. It ...
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Arthouse takes North American DVD rights to Cartier-Bresson box
Arthouse Films has acquired North American DVD rights to the Henri Cartier-Bresson double DVD box set, featuring five films by the master photographer and several documentaries on his life and work.The deal was struck with French sales company MK2's head of sales Mathilde Henrot by David Koh, head of acquisitions ...
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Cinemavault closes deals for Outsourced
Cinemavault has closed multiple territory sales here on John Jeffcoat's comedy Outsourced.Telemunchen has rights for German-speaking Europe to the story starring Josh Hamilton as a novelty product salesman who travels to India to train his replacement.Cinemavault also closed deals in: Australia (Starz), South Africa (Nu Metro), India (PVR Cinemas), Romania ...
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Storm rises for Santiago Parra's Guadalupe
Storm Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales on Guadalupe, Santiago Parra's tale of two scientists who investigate the apparition of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe in Mexico.Pedro Armendariz stars alongside Ivana Mino and Aleix Albaredo. The Versatile Group of Hollywood is also representing the feature, which shot in Spain and Mexico.