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Equinoxe signs two-year deal for Kimmel slate in French Canada
Montreal-based Equinoxe Films has signed an exclusive two-year deal to release New York-based Kimmel International's slate in all media in English and French-speaking Canada.The upcoming releases include the romantic comedy Management with Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn, the Jack Black comedy Ye Olde Times, and the Haruki Murakami adaptation All ...
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Beowulf, Enchanted expected to lead international weekend
Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) Beowulf still looks like the one to beat this weekend as it bears down on the $50m mark.The animated adventure has amassed $48.4m to date and should race toward $75m this weekend with launches in Australia on November 29, Brazil and Sweden on November 30 ...
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AFI DALLAS festival receives $1m gift
AFI DALLAS International Film Festival has received a $1m gift from Dallas philanthropist Nancy Hamon as organisers plan the second festival in 2008.'This is a significant financial milestone for AFI DALLAS as we continue planning for our second festival,' founder, chairman and festival director Liener Temerlin said.'Nancy Hamon has been ...
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Costume designer Marit Allen dies at 66 in Australia
Costume designer Marit Allen, who recently worked on La Vie En Rose and was collaborating with George Miller on the Warner Bros action title Justice League Of America, died of a brain aneurism in Australia on November 26.Allen was born in England in 1941 and after graduating from the University ...
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Winstone, Gooding, Perlman join cast of Untitled Gehenna Project
Ray Winstone, Cuba Gooding Jr and Ron Perlman have signed to Ice Cold Productions' action thriller Untitled Gehenna Project.Jason Connery will direct the story of a team of elite soldiers that uncovers an evil force during a mission to rescue a government scientist from an underground base.Taryn Manning, Franky G, ...
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Awards Countdown - best actor prospects
1. Daniel Day-LewisThere Will Be BloodWHY As Daniel Plainview, a determined silver miner who becomes a self-made oil tycoon in turn-of-the-last-century California, Day-Lewis delivers another of cinema's great performances. Assuming a voice with a deep, resonant timbre, Day-Lewis' Plainview is menacing and intimidating, yet painfully human and desperate for human ...
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After Bergman: the death of arthouse'
The American Film Market (AFM) has never been especially fertile territory for auteur cinema. This has always been a market for mainstream product and straight-to-video fodder, not arthouse titles. Nonetheless, one trait was very noticeable among independent sales agents in Santa Monica earlier this month. Companies which used to handle ...
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The future of arthouse: Screen opinion
The death of auteurs Antonioni and Bergman has inevitably warmed up that old chestnut about the death of arthouse cinema. It's a perennial favourite that's wrapped up in wider social issues: the notion that society is dumbing down and our brains are becoming atrophied by a forced diet of empty-headed ...
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Discovering Earth: themaking of the BBC epic doc
We used a high-speed digital Photron that can film at 2,000 frames per second to capture the shark leaping out of the water to grab a seal,' explains Earth director Alastair Fothergill. 'The action only lasted a second, but because we stored the image on a laptop computer we were ...
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Net effect: Will the writers' strike drive TV to the web'
As usual, it is all about money. The strike action of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (Amptp) was inevitable. Content creators do not want to give up the potential revenue represented by the web (among other new media platforms) and ...
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Middle Eastern promise: Hunt Lowry profile
When Warner Bros Entertainment unveiled its big Abu Dhabi strategic alliance deal at the end of September, it was the end of 10 months of corporate matchmaking and the start of a new job for Hunt Lowry.The producer (whose credits include The Last Of The Mohicans and Disney's The Kid) ...
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Vietnam - Shugrue mountain
With 60% of its 84 million population below the age of 30, Vietnam offers huge potential to international exhibitors. But the biggest challenge is galvanising the audience into film-going.Vietnam's cinema business has been held back by piracy, poor facilities and the late arrival of titles into the market. 'Young couples ...
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61 films named eligible for Golden Globe foreign language award
Sixty-one foreign language films have passed eligibility requirements for consideration in the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards in January 2008.
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Gondry, Spurlock, Levinson, Haneke films to be unveiled at Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival rolled out the star power as they announced the line-up of Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier and Park City At Midnight films today [Nov 29].As previously announced the festival will open on January 17 with Martin McDonagh's feature directorial debut In Bruges starring Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell ...
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Fox Baja veteran Arneson moves to Hungary's Korda Studios
After its first shoot for Universal's Hellboy 2 wrapped last week, new Hungarian studio Korda Studios has announced some new key members of its team.Charlie Arneson has been appointed studio manager at Korda. He comes to Hungary after 10 years as head of Fox Baja Studios in Mexico, best known ...
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CNC/FFA joint commission backs new Gaspar Noe film
Three projects were supported by the CNC/FFA's German-French Funding Commission this week from its 'mini-traite' co-production fund.Funding of $737,925 (Euros 500,000) went to Gaspar Noe's Japan-set Enter The Void which is being produced as a majority French co-production by Fidelite Films with Berlin-based Essential Filmproduktion and Italy's BIM Distribuzione. Currently ...
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Prime Focus strikes acquisition deal for Post Logic and Frantic
The Prime Focus Group has moved into the North American market with the acquisition of Post Logic Studios, based in New York and Los Angeles, and Frantic Films VFX, which has offices in Los Angeles, Winnipeg and Vancouver.Financial terms were not disclosed. Prime already has six visual effects and post-production ...
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Certification opens for new Australian tax rebate
Film Finance Corporation Australia flings opens its doors tomorrow for applications from producers wanting to get an indication that their films will be certified Australianonce completed.The provision certificates they will get (if successful) will give producers the starting point to start using the new film financing system introduced this year ...
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Five Chinese cinema circuits join forces to protect local films
Five major cinema circuits in China have established an alliance, tentatively titled the Chinese Film Union, which aims to select 50 screens across the country to exclusively show Chinese-language films. The five circuits are Beijing-based New Film Association, Shanghai United Circuit, Stellar Megamedia Circuit, Wanda Cinema Circuit and China Film ...
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Sony Pictures Japan earns $140.8m for best year ever
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ) has recorded its best year ever in the territory, with current total box office earnings of $140.8m (Y15.5bn) the company announced at its year-end press conference. While The Da Vinci Code ($82.26m) was Sony's only Top Ten megahit in 2006, the company has released a ...