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Kaplan takes anti-piracy role at Warner Bros
David P Kaplan has been named senior vice-president and intellectualproperty counsel on worldwide anti-piracy operations at Warner BrosEntertainment.Kaplan will be responsible for the coordination and execution of thestudio's anti-piracy strategy and reports to president of Warner BrosTechnical Operations Darcy Antonellis.He joined the studio in 1996 and previously served as vice ...
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Grover Crisp takes seniorSony library role
Grover Crisp has been named senior vice president of asset management, restoration and digital mastering for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).Crisp previously served as vice president and will oversee all facetsof the restoration, preservation and mastering programme for theColumbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures feature film and televisionlibraries.Under Crisp the feature and ...
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AMPAS changes foreign-language Oscar rules
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has tweaked itsforeign-language picture rules and made changes to its original songcategory.The first stage in the two-step process to determine the foreignlanguage entries for the 81st Annual Academy Awards has been amended so the Phase I Committee, open to any voting member ...
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Hulk casts green shadow over weekend box office
Marvel Studios' The Incredible Hulk has amassed more than $36.1mmostly through UPI and is expected to dominate this weekend as itlaunches in 12 territories including Italy on June 18 and India onJune 20.The comic-book adaptation has amassed more than $36.1m and wasreleased in Australia and New Zealand through PPI.Comedy Forgetting ...
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Film4 extends sponsorship of FrightFest until 2009
Film4 has extended its headline sponsor deal with the UK's FrightFest for the third year running.The 2009 event will be the 10th anniversary of the genre festival. The partnership will expand further with Film4 for more on-air and off-air initiatives.Meanwhile, the 2008 FrightFest will be held at London's Odeon West ...
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Dogwoof's Whitaker sets up new indie distribution co-operative
Andy Whittaker, head of forward-thinking UK distributor Dogwoof Pictures, is heading a new film distribution co-operative. Essentially, ordinary film fans will be part of a group acquiring rights to independent films.TheMoviesClub.com launches officially today at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.The co-op has been set up to raise capitol to invest ...
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AAM moves into Spain with five-screen Yelmo deal
Digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media is making its first move into the Spanish exhibition market with a Madrid multiplex.AAM has struck a deal with exhibitor Yelmo Cines and equipment installer Suministros Kelonik to fully outfit Yelmo's Isla Azul five-screen site in Madrid.The five digital systems - Christie 2K projectors ...
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Edinburgh kicks off first Directors' Lab with Woolley as patron
Six rising film-makers have been selected for the new Directors' Lab at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.The six directors, moving from shorts to features, are: Hope Dickson Leach, Charles-Henri Belleville, Scott Graham, Jane Linfoot, Rene Mohandas and Amy Neil.Stephen Woolley of Number 9 Films has come on board as a ...
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EM Media backs new Considine, Glenaan, Meadows films
EM Media, the UK's regional screen agency based in the East Midlands, announced a new slate of projects today at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.They are: Brian Percival's A Boy Called Dad, Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur, Shane Meadows' King Of the Gypsies, Kenny Glenaan's Red Sail and Paul King's Bunny And ...
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Davies, Skenderlis-Kallis join post house Evolutions
London-based post-production facility Evolutions has appointed two new key staff members.Jeremy Davies joins as business development manager and Fiona Skenderlis-Kallis joins as post production producer.Jeremy joins from a business development role at Elmwood Design, and Fiona from The Sanctuary where she was post-production manager and head of bookings.Simon Kanjee, managing ...
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Japanese star Koji Yakusho makes directing debut
Japanese actor Koji Yakusho, who starred in 1996 hit Shall We Dance', is making his directorial debut with drama Gama No Abura (Toad Oil), in which he also stars. Based on an original idea by Yakusho, the film tells the story of a father (Yakusho) whose son is seriously injured ...
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Bertha Bay-Sa Pan lauches New York-based Slew Pictures
New York-based Bertha Bay-Sa Pan has launched Slew Pictures to focus on making 'universal stories that will both entertain and inspire' and has lined the company's first feature, Almost Perfect.Pan wrote and will direct the story in New York this autumn of a young career woman who tries to pick ...
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Chen, Zhu Wen win top prizes at Shanghai projects market
Taiwanese filmmaker Leste Chen and China's Zhu Wen have won the top two awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival's projects market, China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC). Chen's The Last Rainstorm, a prophetic story about humanredemption set in a city suffering from drought due to global warming,was awarded Most ...
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Toulon named general counsel at CBS Films
Rik Toulon has been named executive vice president and general counsel at CBS Films.Toulon reports to CBS Films COO Bruce Tobey and will oversee all legal matters on behalf of the division.He arrives from the law firm of Katten Muchin Rosenman where he served as partner in the firm's entertainment ...
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National Geographic to distribute Grand Canyon in 3D worldwide
National Geographic will distribute Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets to mark the film's 25th anniversary in 3D worldwide.The company will sell the film to exhibitors through Cinema Ventures' film distribution arm. Giant screen pioneer Destination Cinema will oversee updates to the script and musical score and the conversion of the ...
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Robert Davi, Bai Ling join US/Russia co-production Magic Man
Robert Davi and Bai Ling have joined Russian star Alexander Nevsky and Billy Zane on the US-Russian Magic Man set to start filming in Las Vegas on June 25.The story revolves around a famous magician (Zane) who is suspected of being a serial killer. Nevsky plays an investigative policeman and ...
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Canadian government to amend tax credit legislation
Amendments proposed by the Canadian Senate will restore the financial security of production tax credits, two senators announced today. Under the proposed changes, the Canadian government will not have the power to deny tax credits based on vague guidelines.The non-elected upper chamber has heard from over 50 witnesses in examining ...
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Eyes on Edinburgh as festival kicks off June event with Edge Of Love
It's an especially pivotal opening night tonight for the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Not only does the festival have A-list stars Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller on the red carpet for the world premiere of John Maybury's The Edge Of Love, but also there will be more industry scrutiny on ...
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IMAX signs giant screen deal in Dubai
IMAX Corp. and Dubai-based property developer Meydan LLC have signed an agreement for a giant-screen system to be installed at Nad Al Sheba horse race track, the home of the Dubai World Cup. The installation is expected to be completed by year-end 2009. IMAX says it will be its twelfth ...
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IFC Films buys the world on Medicine For Melancholy
IFC Films has picked up worldwide rights to Strike Anywhere's romance Medicine For Melancholy, which will play in competition in the Los Angeles Film Festival later this week.IFC will release the film in 2009 through its theatrical and VOD day-and-date platform IFC in Theaters.Medicine for Melancholy is a love story ...