All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 148
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Al Pacino named HFPA Cecil B DeMille Award winner
Al Pacino will receive the 2001 Cecil B DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field". The award, voted on by the board of directors of the HFPA will be presented to Pacino at the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony ...
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Alcon buys Untitled First Daughter project
Alcon Entertainment, the LA-based independent production outfit with a five-year, 10-picture distribution agreement with Warner Bros Pictures, has purchased the romantic comedy Untitled First Daughter Project and signed Andy Cadiff to direct. Cadiff's credits include TV series The Geena Davis Show, Spin City and Home Improvement as well as 1997 ...
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Jarmus, Schuman named heads of Universal Int'l TV
Steven Jarmus and Philip Schuman have been named co-presidents of Universal International Television, overseeing the distribution of all Universal feature films globally in all forms of television (pay-TV, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, non-theatrical, broadcast, satellite-to-home, basic cable) as well as Universal's TV programming internationally.They are also responsible for the international distribution of ...
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Kushner-Locke strikes longterm deal with ALWAYSi
The Kushner-Locke Co has established a longterm partnership with San Francisco-based internet entertainment outfit ALWAYSi whereby it will distribute films represented by ALWAYSi in traditional offline channels.Kushner-Locke will license the brand ALWAYSi True American Independent Cinema in international markets, creating a path from online film exhibition at ALWAYSi's website (alwaysi.com) ...
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Dr Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Dir: Ron Howard. US. 2000.Prod co: Imagine Entertainment. US dist: Universal Pictures. Int'l dist: UIP. Executive producer: Todd Hallowell. Prod: Brian Grazer. Scr: Jeffrey Price, Peter S Seaman, from the book by Dr Seuss. DoP: Don Peterman. Prod des: Michael Corenblith. Eds: Daniel P Hanley, Michael J. Hill, Mike Hill. ...
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Kodak, Shanghai Film & TV build Shanghai multiplex
The Shanghai Film & TV Group and Kodak (China) Ltd are teaming up to open a multiplex - named Kodak CinemaWorld - in Shanghai, China, early next year. The four-screen complex will be located in the Xujiahui Metro Entertainment Centre in the city's commercial district.The multiplex sits alongside a shopping ...
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Deckter named vp, int'l sales at Morgan Creek
Jonathan Deckter has been named vice president of international sales at Morgan Creek International, reporting directly to Howard Kaplan, president of Morgan Creek International.Deckter was formerly an account manager in the advertising department of LA-based trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter and prior to that served as a consultant to companies ...
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Intermedia expands deal with Outlaw Productions
Indie giant Intermedia has reteamed with Bobby Newmyer and Jeff Silver's Outlaw Productions in a new multi-year output agreement calling for Outlaw to produce two to three major studio films a year. Intermedia will provide production financing and distribute the films internationally while brokering domestic deals on a picture-by-picture basis.The ...
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Fox, Sony Classics snap up Zhang Yimou's new film
20th Century Fox has acquired international distribution rights outside China, France and North America to Zhang Yimou's latest film, Happy Times which is the first production from Edward R Pressman and Terrence Malick's Sunflower Productions. Sony Pictures Classics, which handled the last two films from Yimou (Not One Less, The ...
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Fox teams with Svensk for distribution in Denmark
20th Century Fox International is teaming up with Svensk Filmindustri to form a joint venture for theatrical distribution in Denmark. Under the name Filmcompagniet, the new partnership takes effect from Jan 1, 2001 and will release films from both Fox and Svensk in the territory as well as exploring new ...
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Rick Senat to leave Warner Bros after 24 years
Rick Senat, head of European business affairs for Warner Bros and a 24 year-old veteran of the studio, is to retire from the company at the end of the year to pursue independent entrepreneurial opportunities in the entertainment business. He will remain with Warner in an advisory capacity.Senat's departure was ...
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Charlie's Angels beat out Little Nicky
Columbia's Charlie's Angels remained atop the North American box office over the weekend with a huge $25m haul, bringing its total to $75.4m after ten days. The camp adventure spinoff from the TV series of the same name roundly defeated its competition which included Adam Sandler's latest film Little Nicky ...
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Dimension unveils Kevin Smith's new Jay & Bob pic
Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith will reprise their roles as Silent Bob and Jay for the fifth time in Smith's next feature Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back which will start production in January for Dimension Films. Dimension has already set Aug 10, 2001, as the US release date and ...
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Frank Beddor sells Full Catastrophe to Bel-Air
Frank Beddor, one of the producers of There's Something About Mary, has sold the comic novel The Full Catastrophe by David Carkeet to Steve Reuther's Bel-Air Entertainment.Bel-Air, which is co-financed by Warner Bros and StudioCanal, will co-produce with Beddor's Automatic Pictures. Bel-Air senior vice president Keri Selig who brought the ...
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Crouching Tiger gets the Oscar nod from Taiwan
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Chinese-language audience and critics' favourite which has been wowing the festival circuit since an out of competition world premiere at Cannes this year has been named the official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award by Taiwan.The nod from Taiwan gives Crouching Tiger ...
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Advanced, Petersen unveil Red Cliff slate
Red Cliff Productions, the joint venture production company between public German outfit Advanced Medien AG and Hollywood-based director Wolfgang Petersen, has named Gail Katz president and CEO and unveiled its first production psychological thriller Fear Itself, which is set to go into production in March 2001.Petersen formed Red Cliff with ...
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Winstar Cinema buys four French films for US
Independent US distributor Winstar Cinema has closed a raft of European film acquisitions since Toronto including a three picture deal with Paris-based Celluloid Dreams and Olivier Assayas' Cannes competition entry Les Destinees Sentimentales.From Celluloid Dreams, Winstar acquired Jafar Panahi's Venice Golden Lion award winner The Circle in addition to Francois ...
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IFC Films buys The King Is Alive for North America
IFC Films, the fast-growing theatrical distribution arm of US cable channel The Independent Film Channel (IFC), has acquired all North American rights to Kristian Levring's The King Is Alive from Newmarket Capital Group and Good Machine International.Premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year, the film is the fourth ...
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Lions Gate buys US rights to The Whole Shebang
Easily the most acquisitive of domestic distribuors at present, Lions Gate Releasing has bought US rights to romantic comedy The Whole Shebang from David Kirkpatrick's Original Voices Inc. The film, directed by George Zaloom and starring Stanley Tucci and Bridget Fonda, is the first from Kirkpatrick's new venture which is ...
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Basil Iwanyk set as Intermedia production chief
After months of speculation, Warner Bros executive Basil Iwanyk has joined Intermedia as president of production. He will oversee the company's producer alliances and focus on developing and producing big budget studio films.Iwanyk started his career as a trainee agent at UTA, moving to Warner Bros as a creative executive ...