All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 160
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BT signs up with Hollywood.com, atomfilms
British Telecommunications (BT) has entered into an agreement in principle with US entertainment-based internet site Hollywood.com to distribute Hollywood.com content across its multiple internet platforms including narrowband ISP, broadband DSL access and wireless WAP technologies in the UK.And BT has also struck a deal with AtomFilms, the online short film ...
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New Legend Media capitalised as Euro buying power
A new multi-territory German-backed buyer has emerged in New Legend Media AG, a privately held production and distribution outfit founded from the merger of Munich-based ACC Entertainment and LA-based Legend Entertainment.Two German venture capital companies - Hamburg-based GBK Beteiligungen and Munich-based CEA - have joined the consortium of private investors ...
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Talos The Mummy
Dir: Russell Mulcahy. US. 1999. 119 mins.Prod cos: Muraglia/Sladek Productions, The Carousel Picture Co, Seventh Voyage, KNB EFX Group, Imperial Entertainment Group. US dist: Dimension Films. Int'l sales: Buena Vista Film Sales (+ 1 818 238 1081). Exec prods: Tom Reeve, Romain Schroeder. Prods: Daniel Sladek, Silvio Muraglia, Jeffrey White. ...
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Committed
Dir: Lisa Krueger. US. 2000. 98 mins.Prod co: Miramax Films. US dist: Miramax Films. Int'l sales: Miramax International (1) 212 219 4100. Prods: Dean Silvers, Marlen Hecht. Exec prods: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Jonathan Gordon, Amy Slotnick. Scr: Lisa Krueger. DoP: Tom Krueger. Prod des: Sharon Lomofsky. Ed: Curtis Clayton, ...
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MGM extends Showtime domestic pay-TV deal to 2008
US pay TV operation Showtime Networks has extended a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) for current and future theatrical output, certain library titles and a commitment to co-produce three new television series.The new deal, which builds on an existing arrangement between the two companies, will run through Dec 31, 2008. Showtime ...
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Michael Silberman to run new US distributor IDP
Michael Silberman has been named COO and president of distribution and marketing at IDP - Independent Distribution Partners - the newly formed North American distribution joint venture between CanWest Entertainment, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Stratosphere Releasing.Silberman was previously senior vice president of distribution at October Films where he was responsible ...
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Randy Greenberg joins refinanced AlwaysI.com
AlwaysI.com - an online full-length film distribution platform for independent film-makers - has closed a $5m round of financing, relocated from Cincinatti to San Francisco and hired former MGM international theatrical marketing executive Randy Greenberg as new head of marketing.Former Inktomi executive Anthony Soohoo has also joined the company as ...
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ShowBIZData.com appoints Wells, Kean, Hernandez
ShowBIZData.com, the online industry database service, has made three new staff appointments. John T Wells has been named senior vice president, acquisitions and strategic partnerships, Jan Kean has been named senior vice president, publicity and media relations and Marc Hernandez has been named director of development.Wells comes to ShowBIZData having ...
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Warner Int'l scores $14.6m weekend with Pokemon
Warner Bros International's Pokemon: The First Movie had a record-breaking opening weekend in 11 international markets last weekend, grossing $14.6m and landing at number one in five markets - Germany, the UK, Spain, Israel and Finland. It also moved up to the number one position in Belgium, rising 59% from ...
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Miramax to download 12 films via SightSound.com
SightSound.com has secured a deal with Miramax Films for 12 films to be made available for non-exclusive pay-per-view distribution on the internet. SightSound.com will encode and encrypt the selected, as yet undetermined films, although Miramax will operate the sites from which the films can be downloaded. SightSound will also process ...
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Jon Anderson to leave Col TriStar after 20 years
Although Spain has long considered Latin America a key secondary market, Latin American films do not generally do major business in Spain. Two recent Argentine films, both handled locally by Alta Films, have changed that: The Son Of The Bride (El Hijo De La Novia) and Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas), ...
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Aussie distribution vet Geoff Jackson retires
Australian film industry veteran Geoff Jackson, whose career has spanned 52 years, will retire on July 1, 2000.The announcement came from 20th Century Fox International yesterday that Jackson, who is currently regional print manager at Fox Asia/Pacific, would call it a day.He started his career in 1948 as an office ...
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Tully, Bounce win top awards at LA Indie Festival
What Happened To Tully, a Nebsraska-set family drama directed by Hilary Birmingham, walked away with the Critics Prize and Bounce: Behind The Velvet Rope won the Audience Award at this year's Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (LAIFF) which finished yesterday.Some key domestic buyers were circling some of the films in ...
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Lakeboat
Dir: Joe Mantegna. US. 2000. 98 mins.Prod cos: Oregon Trail Films, One Vibe Entertainment. Int'l sales: contact Oregon Trail Films (+ 1 503 250 5858). Prods: Joe Mantegna, Eric R Epperson, Tony Mamet, Morris Ruskin. Exec prod: Alan James. Scr: David Mamet. DoP: Paul Sarossy. Prod des: Thomas Carnegie. Ed: ...
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Ed Russell retires from Columbia
Ed Russell has announced that he will retire as executive vice president of worldwide publicity, promotions and field publicity at Columbia Pictures when his contract expires this year. He joined the studio in 1986 as vice president of publicity and his career in studio publicity spans nearly 30 years."After nearly ...
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Amritraj & Hoberman unveil Hyde Park's debut slate
Ashok Amritraj and David Hoberman's Hyde Park Entertainment has unveiled its debut slate of pictures set up at its two alternate partner studios MGM and The Walt Disney Co, with one film placed with Sony Pictures' mid-budget range division Screen Gems. Among the stars already set for the pictures are ...
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28 Days comes in second to Rules at US Box Office
Paramount's high testosterone military drama Rules Of Engagement (pictured) topped the US box office for the second week in a row over the weekend with a $10.9m take on 3,190 screens, bringing its 10-day total to $30.6m. The film, sold in foreign territories by Seven Arts International, echoes the success ...
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Ice T, Slater, Arquette in all-star Graceland cast
A strong supporting cast has been enlisted to star in Franchise Pictures' 3000 Miles To Graceland which is currently shooting in Vancouver. Arguably the most high profile film of the many put into production so far by Franchise, the action thriller toplines Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell and Courtney Cox Arquette.Joining ...
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San Francisco Film Fest unveils 190-film lineup
The San Francisco International Film Festival, which opens next Thursday (April 20) with Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, has unveiled its lineup of 190 feature and short films that will be showcased over a two week period. The closing night film on May 4 is Michael Almerayda's Hamlet.Among the highlights ...
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Lolafilms UK pacts with Endeavor for four films
Lolafilms UK, the UK production and international sales arm of Spanish production powerhouse Lolafilms, has enlisted LA talent agency Endeavor to represent North American sales on four of its upcoming pictures.The deal, which was reached between Lolafilms president of sales Nicole Mackey and Endeavor's independent financing and international specialist Sergio ...