All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 108
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Abraham returns with Strike, strikes Universal deal
Following his departure from Beacon Communications recently, producer Marc Abraham has started a new production outfit called Strike Entertainment alongside his former Beacon COO Thomas Bliss and former Beacon senior vice president of development Eric Newman. The three are partners in the new company which has struck a four-year, first-look ...
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Graham Chapman life story to be filmed by HippoFilms
LA-based independent production outfit Hippofilms has optioned rights to the life story of late British writer/actor Graham Chapman, a founder member of Monty Python. David Eric Brenner of Hippofilms is to direct and co-script the film.The film will address Chapman's early years at Cambridge and medical school, his struggles with ...
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Magnolia acquires Interview With The Assassin
Eamonn Bowles' Magnolia Pictures has acquired all North American rights to Interview With The Assassin, the directorial debut of Neil Burger about a man who alleges that he is the second gunman in the shooting of JFK.The film will have its world premiere at the 1st annual Tribeca Film Festival ...
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Marcus Nispel hired to direct Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Famed German music video and commercials director Marcus Nispel has signed to direct the reconceptualisation of Tobe Hooper's cult classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre which is set to begin shooting in Austin, Texas, this July.The film is being produced by Michael Bay's lower budget production outfit Platinum Dunes and Ted ...
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Sundance Institute names 12 projects for 2002 labs
The Sundance Institute has announced the 12 projects which have been selected for this year's annual Filmmakers and Screenwriters Labs which take place May 29 to June 25 at the Sundance Village in Utah. The labs offer emerging directors and screenwriters an opportunity to develop new work under the guidance ...
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Indian megastar Khan signs with Endeavor in the US
Indian movie megastar Aamir Khan, who starred in and produced Oscar nominated Bollywood epic Lagaan, has signed with LA talent agency Endeavor for all areas of representation in the US.Khan, who has starred in more than 25 films, made his film debut in 1988 in Qayamat Se Qayamet Tak. His ...
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Lakeshore acquires international on Just A Kiss
Lakeshore International, the sales arm of Tom Rosenberg's Lakeshore Entertainment, has picked up international rights to Fisher Stevens' romantic comedy Just A Kiss which will be released in North America by Paramount Classics in September 2002. Starring Taye Diggs, Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgwick, Marley Shelton and Marisa Tomei, Just A ...
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Revamped Los Angeles Film Festival unveils programme
The Los Angeles Film Festival, which this year has moved its event to June (June 20-29), introduced competition sections, an international section, a guest director and a film-maker prize worth $50,000, has unveiled its lineup consisting of 57 features from 22 countries.The festival, formerly known as the Los Angeles Independent ...
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Seattle Fest sets Audiard, Medem, Takashi, Park as emerging masters
The Seattle International Film Festival, which takes place this year from May 23 to June 16, has named this year's four emerging masters - directors from around the world who have established themselves as potential cinematic masters - whose work will be spotlighted during the festival. They are Jacques Audiard ...
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Menemsha, SPC commit to Hitler's Secretary
Neil Friedman's LA-based Menemsha Entertainment has acquired international rights to the critically acclaimed documentary Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary and will introduce the film to buyers at Cannes. Sony Pictures Classics had earlier acquired rights in the English-speaking world and Mexico to the film, which debuted in Panorama at the Berlin ...
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Deuces Wild
Dir: Scott Kalvert. US. 2002. 97minsDeuces Wild is a throwback. Not just because it is set in the world of gang wars in 1950s Brooklyn, but because it so happily recalls those dated rumble movies of the early 1980s like The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. Matt Dillon even shows up, ...
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Curb acquires international rights to Bug
LA-based sales outfit Curb Entertainment has acquired international rights to Hayland/Margolis Productions' ensemble drama Bug which stars Jamie Kennedy, Brian Cox, Ed Begley Jr, Sarah Paulson, John Carroll Lynch and Michael Hitchcock.The film, which won the audience choice award at the 2002 Santa Barbara Film Festival, tells the interconnected stories ...
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Wellspring buyer Marie Therese Guirgis gets promotion
Marie Therese Guirgis has been named senior director of acquisitions at US distributor Wellspring Media, reporting to Krysanne Katsoolis, senior vice president of acquisitions, at the company which recently became independent of its former owner Winstar. Guirgis joined Wellspring (aka Winstar) in 1999 and was soon after named manager of ...
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Levine & Sella named co-chiefs of Fox domestic marketing
Pamela Levine and Tony Sella have been named co-presidents of domestic theatrical marketing at 20th Century Fox, in light of the abrupt departure of Alan Cohen last week. They report to Fox vice chairman Robert Harper.Sella was previously executive vice president of marketing and creative director, heading the studio's domestic ...
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First Look gets worldwide rights to golfing drama
First Look Media has acquired worldwide rights to A Gentleman's Game, a drama set in the world of golf and featuring Gary Sinise, Philip Baker Hall, Dylan Baker and Mason Gamble. The film is directed by J Mills Goodloe, who co-wrote the screenplay with Tom Coyne, on whose novel it ...
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Blue Butterfly wings its way to Alliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis has made its first feature film acquisition since the reorganization of the company, taking all international rights including the US, but excluding Canada, to The Blue Butterfly starring William Hurt and directed by Lea Pool.The film, currently shooting in the rain forests of Costa Rica, was acquired by ...
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Blue Butterfly wings its way to Alliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis has made its first feature film acquisition since the reorganization of the company, taking all international rights including the US, but excluding Canada, to The Blue Butterfly starring William Hurt and directed by Lea Pool.The film, currently shooting in the rain forests of Costa Rica, was acquired by ...
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Richard Eyre to direct Compleat Female Stage Beauty for Artisan & Tribeca
Artisan Pictures and Tribeca Productions have hired British director Richard Eyre to direct the film of Jeffrey Hatcher's stage play Compleat Female Stage Beauty which the two companies are teaming to co-produce. Eyre, who last directed Iris for BBC Films and Intermedia, is currently directing the Broadway revival of The ...
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American World gets foreign to Night At The Golden Eagle
Mark L Lester's American World Pictures has acquired international distribution rights to Night At The Golden Eagle, a US independent feature which opened on a limited release in New York and Los Angeles last weekend.Produced by Steve Bing and Adam Rifkin through Shangri-La Entertainment, the film was written and directed ...
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Sundance Film Festival changes HQ to Prospector Square
The Sundance Film Festival has moved its official Park City headquarters for next year from the Shadow Ridge Hotel to the Park City Marriott in the Prospector Square area of the town.The recently renovated Marriott, formerly the Olympia Park Hotel, housed a screening room for the 2002 festival and is ...