All articles by Leon Forde – Page 8
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Stefan Arndt to receive producer award at Cinema Expo
Stefan Arndt, producer of German hit Good Bye, Lenin! will be named European producer of the year at the 2003 Cinema Expo European exhibition conference, held June 23-26 at Amsterdam's RAI convention centre.A critical hit at this year's Berlinale, Good Bye, Lenin! has taken more than Euros 34.8m at the ...
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Nicolas Roeg to shoot Adina
Legendary British film-maker Nicolas Roeg is attached to direct Adina, a philosophical horror exploring society's obsession with youth, sex and beauty. Producers are Andy Denemark and Bernadette Elliott for New York-based Burnt Danish Productions. Scheduled for production later this year, the film is written by Bernadette Elliott and Michael Lupetin. ...
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Larry Clark to shoot A Good Way To Die
Larry Clark is involved in two new projects, one as director and another as executive producer.As a director, Larry Clark has signed on to direct A Good Way To Die, the chronicle of a cross-country odyssey of two young men and the woman they both love based on the novel ...
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Larry Clark to shoot A Good Way To Die
Larry Clark is involved in two new projects, one as director and another as executive producer.As a director, Larry Clark has signed on to direct A Good Way To Die, the chronicle of a cross-country odyssey of two young men and the woman they both love based on the novel ...
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Delhi calls for Calendar Girls' Cole
Nigel Cole is to direct a film based on the Indian call centre phenomenon, which has seen a slew of UK corporations opening customer service operations in Delhi, and then training Indian workers to talk to callers about British weather, cricket and soaps. The film, which has a working title ...
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Delhi calls for Calendar Girls' Cole
Nigel Cole is to direct a film based on the Indian call centre phenomenon, which has seen a slew of UK corporations opening customer service operations in Delhi, and then training Indian workers to talk to callers about British weather, cricket and soaps. The film, which has a working title ...
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Gillies MacKinnon reaches for Dizzy Heights
The UK's Gillies MacKinnon is to direct Dizzy Heights, a romantic comedy produced by Theta Films and sold by Vine International Pictures at Cannes. The story of a love triangle set in London, the film is billed as a dark blend of romantic comedy, music and magical imagery. The script ...
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UK's Warner Village Cinemas sold to SBC for $402m
Independent UK exhibitor SBC International Cinemas has acquired Warner Village Cinemas, the UK exhibition joint venture between Warner Bros International Theatres and Village Roadshow, for $402m (£250m).At the same time, SBC is rumoured to be eyeing another local circuit, Cine-UK, which, with a current estate of 30 sites and 329 ...
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Optimum boards untitled Shane Meadows feature
UK distributor Optimum Releasing has picked up Shane Meadows' new untitled feature, which started shooting this week in the North of England. The film, which stars and is co-written by long-time Meadows collaborator Paddy Considine, has no set script and was developed through a series of rehearsals and improvisations. The ...
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Odeon Cinemas' Segal to receive Cinema Expo award
Richard Segal, chief executive of the UK's Odeon Cinemas, is to be honoured as Exhibitor of the Year at the forthcoming Cine Expo cinema convention in Amsterdam (June 23-26).A well-respected executive in the UK cinema industry, Segal was installed as chief of Odeon shortly after the circuit was acquired by ...
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EasyCinema finds film programming not so easy
The UK's controversial easyCinema venture - which will sell tickets for as low as £0.20 and have no concessions stand or box office - has secured four titles from Pathe for the opening of its first cinema in Milton Keynes on May 23. But the company is now planning to ...
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BAFTA re-schedules 2004 film awards
BAFTA has changed the date of its film awards next year to avoid a clash with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual nominees' lunch, held in Los Angeles.The BAFTAs were originally set to take place on Sunday February 8 next year, but with the nominees' lunch scheduled ...
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UK's Film & TV School CEO returns to film-making
Stephen Bayly, chief executive of the UK's National Film and Television School (NFTS), is stepping down to return to film-making. Bayly, a producer-director whose producing credits include Marleen Gorris' Mrs Dalloway and Richard III, directed by Richard Loncraine, has been at the NFTS since 1998 and is a graduate of ...
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UK's easyCinema to test low-cost cinema concept
Ending months of speculation, the UK's easyCinema has leased the first site in the roll-out of its innovative low cost cinema concept: UCI's 10-screen multiplex, The Point in Milton Keynes. EasyCinema, part of Greek entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou's no-frills empire easyGroup, will sell tickets for as low as 20p if booked ...
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Oscar Moore screenwriting prizewinners secure production co, director
Jason and Brendan Butler, the new Dublin-based screenwriters who won last year's Oscar Moore Screenwriting Prize, have secured a director and a production company for their script Ton Of Money.Irish production outfit Octagon Films has optioned the project, a comedy about a group of criminals who come across £1m in ...
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Civilian Content snaps up BBC stake in The Works
Civilian Content, the UK media group and parent of National Lottery franchise The Film Consortium, has acquired full ownership of sales house The Works, buying the last 25% minority stake from BBC Worldwide to make it a wholly owned subsidiary of the group.AIM-listed Civilian Content has also announced a significant ...
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UK p&a spend climbs to record levels
UK film distributors spent more than $403.2m (£255m) on prints and advertising in 2002, around one-third of the total value of UK cinema ticket sales during the year.According to the Film Distributors' Association (FDA) yearbook, published this month, print and advertising spend passed the quarter of a billion pound threshold ...
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Warner Village Cinemas in talks to sell UK circuit
Less than a week after the UK's largest exhibitor Odeon Cinemas was sold for $694m, it has emerged that Warner Bros International Theatres (WBIT) and Village Roadshow are also in discussions for the sale of their UK joint venture Warner Village Cinemas. A WBIT spokesperson confirmed that negotiations were taking ...
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Lopez has it Maid in the UK
Columbia TriStar's Maid In Manhattan made good in the UK last weekend, with the Jennifer Lopez vehicle claiming the top spot and a three-day gross of $3.9m from 422 sites.Despite poor reviews, that's a sterling site average of over $9,000 for the rags-to-riches romantic comedy, in which J-Lo plays a ...
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Jackass grosses out in the UK
It may feature a man having his nipple bitten by a baby crocodile but Jackass: The Movie's constitution did not prove strong enough to unseat The Ring at the UK box office last week.But Jackass, which entered the chart at number two, still made a remarkable assault on UK cinemas ...