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Disney throws weight behind Hollywood's 3D conversion
Walt Disney Studios has become the second studio after Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation to throw its weight fully behind three-dimensional cinema, pledging that all its future animated releases will be in 3D - starting with Bolt in November.The announcement at a New York press conference this week came as chairman ...
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Film Italia to be folded into Cinecitta Holding
Italian promotional body Film Italia will be fused with Cinecitta Holding, the parent company of Cinecitta Studios, after a unanimous vote by its board last night.But the impending change has sent a chill through the film community that has come to rely on the streamlined and efficient organisation of Film ...
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Britdoc lines up Larry Charles as keynote
Borat and Seinfeld director Larry Charles has lined up as the keynote speaker for this year's third-annual Britdoc festival. He will also offer a sneak preview of his film Religulous starring Bill Maher.This year's Britdoc festival themes are comedy and music in documentary, with scheduled visitors including Nitin Sawhney, St ...
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UK's City Screen takes overNewman software from AAM
City Screen, which runs the UK's Picturehouse cinemas, has acquired the Newman software business from Arts Alliance Media.Newman is the box-office and cinema management web-based software platform that City Screen has helped develop since its inception.City Screen said: 'theacquisition guarantees the continued development of the software to meet its ambition ...
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Inside Pictures gears up for sixth edition of training programme
UK film business training programme Inside Pictures is planning its sixth programme. Applications will be open until May 9.The programme consists of three intenstive one-week modules, held in London and Los Angeles between July and November 2008.Up to 15 applicants will be taking part. Each has about five years experience ...
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Amos Gitai to receive this year's Locarno Leopard of Honour
The Leopard of Honour at this year's Locarno International Film Festival (August 6-16) will be awarded to Amos Gitai whose latest film One Day, You Will Understand was shown at this year's Berlinale.Commenting on the choice of the Israeli filmmaker, artistic director Frederic Maire said in a statement: 'Amos Gitai ...
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Three Kingdoms has strong opening in China
Daniel Lee's Three Kingdoms: Resurrection Of The Dragon had a strong first weekend gross in mainland China, grossing over $4.28m (RMB30m) in the first four days, according to distributor Polybona Film Distribution. The film is the biggest Chinese-language release so far in 2008.Opening on Thursday April 3, Three Kingdoms was ...
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Eros International unveils bumper slate for 2008
India's Eros International seems to be on a roll. After a successful 2007 with hits such as Namastey London, Partner, Heyy Babyy and Om Shanti Om, Eros has announced that it plans to release 35 films in 2008. Some of them have already hit theatres, with varying response. Bombay To ...
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India's Pyramid Saimira makes production push
Indian exhibitor Pyramid Saimira is set to produce 52 films this year, via its production label Pyramid Saimira Production International, including ten Tamil-language films with an investment of $10m (Rs400m). Ten Tamil film producers will create these films on behalf of the company. This follows the completion of six films ...
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Revolver strikes DVD deal with Turner for Adult Swim, Nuts TV
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment has taken the exclusive UK and Ireland home entertainment rights to Turner Broadcasting System's Adult Swim.Adult Swim is Turner's popular channel for non-conformist animation projects aimed at adults 18-34 years old.Revolver gets rights to more than 100 US hit titles including Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot ...
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Pretty Pictures takes on French rights to Bacon's Arena
Paris-based Pretty Pictures has acquired all French-language rights to Adam Low's Bacon's Arena, a BBC-backed documentary about artist Francis Bacon.The project was sold by London-based Wavelength Pictures. The package includes DVD bonuses for a special release during the centenary of Bacon's birth in 2009. There are major exhibitions planned in ...
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New European TV database should draw in film rights owners
A new European TV database being launched tomorrow (Wednesday) at MIPTV will provide a significant tool for the film industry, offering benefits for distributors and rights owners, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory.MAVISE (Marche Audiovisuel Europe), as the database is known, was established by the Observatory at the request of ...
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Dimension rewires Badham's Short Circuit
Dimension Films will remake Short Circuit, John Badham's 1986 family sci-fi romp starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg about a robot that goes on the run after it discovers feelings.The original and sequel together grossed more than $60m in North America. Further details on the remake will be announced shortly.S ...
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Magic Flute Diaries to sing at Palm Beach festival
Canadian company Sullivan Entertainment's Magic Flute Diaries will receive its world premiere at the Palm Beach International Film Festival during the week of April 10-17.Kevin Sullivan's contemporary adaptation of the Mozart fantasy is set against the staging of an opera in Salzburg for the 250th celebration of Mozart's birthday.An American ...
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Lakeshore, TF1 team up to adapt eco-terrorism bestseller
Lakeshore Entertainment and France's TFI International are jointly adapting Jean-Christophe Rufin's best-selling eco-terrorism bestseller Le Parfum D'Adam.Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will develop and produce with TF1 International's Patrick Binet. Lakeshore and TF1 International will jointly handle international distribution and TF1 International will take French rights.The story follows an ...
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Telefilm Canada backs 10 English-language features
Telefilm Canada has announced investments in ten English-language features, including new projects from Deepa Mehta and Denis Villeneuve, two low-budget pictures and a feature documentary.Mehta's cultural and political comedy What's Cooking deals with the bewilderment and confusion that results when a first-generation Canadian accepts a diplomatic post in the Indian ...
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Jarmusch to receive directing honour at Cannes
Director Jim Jarmusch is set to receive this year's Carrosse d'Or statue from France's Societe des Realisateurs de Films (SRF).The prize will be awarded on May 17 during the 40th anniversary of Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.The prize, created by the SRF in 2002, is an homage given ...
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Elisabeth Murdoch calls for 'creativity without borders' at MipTV
Elisabeth Murdoch officially opened the MipTV market on Monday evening in a keynote address that sang the praises of 'creativity without borders.'The media scion, who runs the UK's Shine Group, spoke of her background as a struggling buyer at the conference straight through to her days as a producer and ...
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Orange to launch online and mobile film service
As the MipTV market got underway in earnest on Monday, France Telecom's Orange announced the launch of the Orange Cinema Series set to be available by subscription to all Orange TV, Internet and mobile customers. The service will be launched in France in the fourth quarter of 2008. The service ...
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BBC costume collection sold to Angels The Costumiers
BBC commerical subsidiary BBC Resources has sold the BBC costume collection to Angels The Costumiers. Financial terms were not disclosed.The BBC noted there had been strong international and UK interest in the famed collection. The BBC in February 2008 shut down its Costume + Wigs department, which was based in ...