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Universal and BT launch Picturebox service on BT Vision
Universal Pictures and British Telecommunications will launch the PictureBox subscription-on-demand service on BT Vision in the UK.The PictureBox service will launch on May 5 and provide a broad selection of current and library features from NBC Universal and other suppliers such as The Bourne Ultimatum, Knocked Up and Atonement.The agreement ...
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TF1's Patrick Binet in police custody, French press reports
According to press reports, TF1 International chief Patrick Binet has been taken into custody by police following the discovery of a dead body in Binet's Parisian residence.For the moment, details are sketchy but some French media report that the victim was a man in his 40s and may have succumbed ...
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UK's FDA launches one-minute summer cinema trailer
Summer admissions in the UK have increased steadily in the past five years, with 2007 up 27% from 2003, and are expected to continue to increase according to the Film Distributors Association (FDA). According to a survey from the trade body, more than two-thirds of UK adults citied summer movie ...
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Odd Lot signs two-film deal with Freestyle led by Bottle Shock
Odd Lot International has signed a two-picture deal with US distributor Freestyle Releasing after the parties acquired the California wine industry drama Bottle Shock.Freestyle will release in North America and Odd Lot International will commence foreign sales at Cannes next month. The parties will collaborate on another, yet to be ...
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Antonia's Line team back with My Father's Notebook
Marleen Gorris and Hans de Weers, the director/producer team behind Oscar winner Antonia's Line, are reuniting on a new feature, My Father's Notebook. The film, based on the bestseller by Kader Abdolah, is set at the time of the revolution in Iran and then in Holland a generation later. It ...
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Street Kings hope to rule with 27 openings for Fox
Fox International gives the police thriller Street Kings a big push this weekend with 27 scheduled releases.The film launched in second place in North America last weekend and lands in Australia, Germany, Russia and South Korea on April 17 followed by the UK, Brail and Mexico on April 18.Meanwhile Horton ...
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IM Global takes on Bunraku with Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore
IM Global will commence worldwide pre-sales in Cannes on the martial arts action film Bunraku starring Josh Hartnett and Demi Moore.Production got underway on April 17 in Bucharest, Romania, on the Snoot Entertainment feature. The cast includes Japanese stars Gackt Camui and Shun Sugata as well as Woody Harrelson, Kevin ...
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Film in an'anytime, any place anywhere' Martini culture
They call it the Martini culture. Harking back to an iconic advertisement of the 1970s, the idea is that today's consumer wants to be entertained 'any time, any place, anywhere'.It is the sexier big sister of the more prosaic term ICE (information, communication and entertainment), coined in India during the ...
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The Fairytale of New York: Big Apple wins back movie productions
Frank Sinatra sung that he wanted to be a part of it, and it is certainly true for the footloose producers who stream into the city that never sleeps.Since New York's tax incentives were first introduced back in 2004, the city has played host to Sony's Spider-Man 3, Warner Bros' ...
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Tribeca film festival - 'There's so much business to be done'
The Tribeca Film Festival (April 23-May 4) began life six years ago in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, with the aim of contributing to the revival of Lower Manhattan.Tribeca: Where are they nowSet up by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, the five-day event attracted ...
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UK cinemas hum toBollywood tune
The Indian film business may be striking high-profile global partnerships and attracting an unprecedented influx of investment, but at the UK box office in 2007 the news was less upbeat for Bollywood.In search of the crossover hitThe UK - the biggest market for Bollywood product outside India - usually sees ...
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Screen opinion: unravelling thebox officenumbers
It's always worrying when you spot what looks like a clear trend in the market. Given the number of false dawns and indeed phantom disasters of the last few years, circumspection is wise.One is reminded of Chinese premier Zhou Enlai's claim in the 1960s that it was still too early ...
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Bernards, Robbins among senior promotions at MPAA
Kori Bernards has been promoted to senior vice president of communications at the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA).Dan Robbins has been named senior vice president and associate general counsel, Mike Robinson becomes senior vice president and director of North American anti-piracy operations.Ted Shapiro has become senior vice president, general ...
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Bortone's Rosso Come Il Cielo wins top prizes at Palm Beach
Cristiano Bortone won best director and best feature for Rosso Come Il Cielo (Red Like The Sky) at the 13th Palm Beach International Film Festival.Lauzanne Xavier's D'Une Seule Voix (With One Voice) took the documentary prize while the panel awarded a special jury prize to dancer-choreographer Lachen Zinoun for his ...
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Miramax ends Alliance alliance in Canada
Miramax Films has ended its 14-year Canadian distribution relationship with Toronto-based Alliance Films. On April 11, the US distributor released Smart People in Canada through its status as a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. It marks the end of a second long-term relationship for Alliance, following the February decision by ...
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AWP picks up The Lena Baker Story for Cannes
LA-based American World Pictures (AWP) has acquired worldwide rights to The Lena Baker Story, about the first woman in the state of Georgia to die in the electric chair.AWP will screen the film to buyers in Cannes. Tichina Arnold stars as the victim of racial injustice who was executed in ...
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Universal International unveils first Blu-Ray slate of 29 titles
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) plans to release 29 titles on the Blu-Ray format for the first time.The first release will be TV series Heroes Season 2 on Aug 26. Heroes Season 1 will also be available on the same day on Blu-Ray.Further Blu-Ray releases later in 2008 will be ...
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Isabelle Dubar takes distribution post at France's CTV
France's CTV International has appointed Isabelle Dubar to the post of head of distribution.Dubar will handle acquisitions for the company as well as supervising theatrical releases. She will also create a new label specifically aimed at promoting independent film. The label will handle 6-8 films per year. In ...
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Delanic signs three-year home entertainment deal with Anchor Bay
UK distributor Delanic Films has struck a DVD deal with Starz Media's Anchor Bay Entertainment UK to release a slate of feature films in the UK and Ireland.Delanic Films managing director Joe Simpson and Anchor Bay Entertainment UK Managing Director Colin Lomax announced the deal.Delanic will manage theatrical and TV ...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina gets second international festival
The first Banja Luka International Film Festival (BLIFF), only the second international film festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Sarajevo and the first in Republika Srpska (the Serbian entity within the country), will take place from May 2-9.The inaugural event will present over a hundred films in seven programmes, including ...