All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 163
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David Koh joins Palm as acquisitions chief
David Koh has been named head of acquisitions and co-productions for Palm Pictures' theatrical and DVD/home video divisions. He will also work closely with sputnik7.com, an entertainment-based website also founded by Palm chief Chris Blackwell.Koh was previously an acquisitions and co-production executive at WinStar/Fox Lorber where he acquired film and ...
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American Beauty passes $100m international mark
DreamWorks SKG's American Beauty has crossed the $100m barrier at the overseas box office, eclipsing its domestic gross which currently stands at $93m. At Thursday, the multi Oscar nominee and favourite to win Best Picture had taken $103,071,004 outside North America. To date it has opened in most key territories ...
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ShoWest: Fox puts spotlight on five summer flicks
20th Century Fox chose to focus just on its five summer movies at its luncheon today (Thursday) at Showest in Las Vegas.Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Bill Mechanic introduced trailers for animated epic Titan AE (June 16), Martin Lawrence-starrer Big Momma's House (June 2), The Farrelly Brothers' latest comedy Me Myself ...
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Mission To Mars takes off with $23m
Marking the first mega-budget blockbuster in the marketplace since Christmas, Buena Vista's $75m space epic Mission To Mars opened with a mighty $23.1m despite uniformly negative reviews across North America. Directed by Brian DePalma, the film, which is the story of a rescue mission to the red planet, beat a ...
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Wortmann makes US debut with Pleswin-backed comedy
Sonke Wortmann, German director of Der Bewegte Mann, will make his US production debut with The Hollywood Sign which also marks the first US picture to be produced and financed by Dutch production outfit Pleswin Entertainment Group, a partnership between Eric Pleskow and Leon De Winter.Burt Reynolds, Rod Steiger and ...
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ShoWest: Sony 2000 film line-up dazzles exhibitors
Sony Pictures Entertainment dazzled exhibitors at Showest today (Wednesday) with a lavish presentation of its movies in the year 2000 and a host of attending stars including Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Muhammad Ali and the Charlie's Angels themselves - Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu.Introduced by SPE's worldwide distribution ...
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ShoWest: P&A costs down in 99, says Valenti
The average cost of making and releasing a major studio picture was a massive $76m in 1999, but for the first time in several years, prints and advertising costs were down and for the second year in a row negative production costs were also down.The figures were released by Jack ...
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Warner gets new co-financier/supplier in Alcon
Warner Bros Pictures has entered into an exclusive, long-term worldwide distribution agreement with Alcon Entertainment under which Warner will distribute a minimum of 10 films produced and financed by Alcon over the next five years. The agreement also allows Warner to co-finance certain films with Alcon.The new arrangement gives Warner ...
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Sightsound wins 35 Franchise films for internet
Franchise Pictures, the prolific Hollywood production partnership between Elie Samaha and Andrew Stevens, has entered into an exclusive, five year, worldwide internet distribution deal with Sightsound.com, the internet company which has pioneered distribution of music and movies online. Franchise will concurrently become a shareholder in Sightsound.com.Under the terms of the ...
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The Next Best Thing
Dir: John Schlesinger. US. 2000. 108 mins.Prod co: Lakeshore Entertainment. US dist: Paramount Pictures. Int'l sales: Lakeshore International. Exec prods: Gary Lucchesi, Ted Tannebaum, Lewis Manilow. Prods: Tom Rosenberg, Leslie Dixon, Linne Radmin. Scr: Thomas Ropelewski. DoP: Elliot Davis. Prod des: Howard Cummings. Ed: Peter Honess. Mus: Gabriel Yared. Main ...
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Dorff, Cleese star in first ever internet movie
The first feature film produced exclusively for global internet distribution is set to go into production next week. Quantum Project will star Stephen Dorff, Fay Masterson and John Cleese and marks the directorial debut of Oscar winning production designer Eugenio Zenetti (What Dreams May Come, Restoration, Last Action Hero).Produced by ...
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Franchise sells five to HBO Asia
Franchise Pictures, the LA production powerhouse behind box office hit The Whole Nine Yards, has signed an exclusive five picture deal with HBO Asia.The films in the package are The Whole Nine Yards, Battlefield Earth starring John Travolta, The Pledge starring Jack Nicholson, Get Carter with Sylvester Stallone and The ...
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Searchlight appoints Gilula distribution president
Stephen A. Gilula has been named president of distribution for Fox Searchlight Pictures.Gilula becomes one of a triad of presidents at the company alongside Peter Rice, president of production, and Nancy Utley, president of marketing. Gilula co-founded Landmark Theatres in 1974 and served as president and CEO of the company ...
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Next Best Thing is second best to Whole Nine Yards
Despite four new releases in the marketplace, nothing could displace Warner Bros' comedy The Whole Nine Yards from the top position at the US box office. In its third weekend, the comedy directed by Jonathan Lynn and starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry, grossed $7.3m on 2,793 screens, bringing its ...
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AFM: Primary's Kingdom includes Foster, Wang
Gabriela Bacher's Primary Pictures, which this week announced its British gangster movie My Kingdom to star Richard Harris, has teamed up with a host of international talent on its development slate including Wayne Wang and Jodie Foster.Bacher, formerly the LA-based senior vice president of production at Constantin Film, is co-producing ...
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Trimark pays $1.65m for What's Cooking'
Trimark Pictures has paid $1.65m for domestic rights to What's Cooking', the latest picture from Gurinder Chadha which opened this year's Sundance Film Festival.The movie - a portmanteau piece looking at four LA households from different ethnic backgrounds as they make preparations for the traditionally festive dinner - was a ...
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AFM: Summit, Seven, Creek strike Benelux deals
Seven Arts International, Summit Entertainment and Morgan Creek International have each concluded separate package deals with distributors for the Benelux. Seven Arts' deal with Les Films L'Elysee includes Rules Of Engagement starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L Jackson and Morton Orwell to which Sylvester Stallone is attached.Seven Arts International's ...
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AFM: Korea stumps up for Stallone, Costner
Korea is back, at least for the kind of star-driven pictures which Franchise Pictures has been touting at the AFM.Korea Pictures/Mirae Asset stumped up seven figure sums - each - for Korean rights to Sylvester Stallone-starrer Champs, and 3000 Miles To Graceland with Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell.Korea Pictures/Mirae Asset ...
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Miramax cleans up at AFM
Miramax International closed most of the world on its latest package of pictures at this year's AFM with many of its usual customers and a new one - recently floated Senator Film in Germany - for Juliette Binoche/Johnny Depp-starrer Chocolat.Miramax has also won an AFMA arbitration against Spain's Aurum Producciones ...
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AFM: Warner buys massive Franchise package
In unquestionably the biggest deal of the AFM so far, Franchise Pictures has sold 26 pictures to Warner Bros for Latin America.The deal was driven by Angel Eyes starring Jennifer Lopez and Trust Me starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, with other titles including Dance with Patrick Swayze and Viva Las Nowhere ...