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Dotzert to oversee Senator's German-language projects
Senator Entertainment has appointed Dirk Dotzert tooversee the coordination of German language projects being offered tothe group's theatrical distribution and production arms.Dotzert, who had previously worked as a freelance consultant, will workclosely with Anatol Nitschke of Senator Film Verleih and ChristophMueller of Senator Film Produktion on the initial assessment andmonitoring ...
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German fund managment group buys sales company Atlas
Further changes are afoot in the German world sales scene after the decision by the film financing and fund management group Entertainment Value Associates (EVA) to acquire a majority interest in the Munich-based family-run sales company Atlas International Film through its subsidiary EVA Finance. The sales outfit with a catalogue ...
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San Sebastian announces Films In Progress line-up
San Sebastian's Films In Progress sidebar will see six Latin American film projects from promising film makers compete for nearly $40,000 worth of completion funding and technical support. The line-up includes A Festa Da Menina Morta, a Brazil-Argentina-Portugal co-production from first time director Matheus Nachtergaele, star of such films as ...
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Pal lines up live-action version of Studio Ghibli's Fireflies
Tokyo 's Pal Entertainment is set to produce a live-action version of Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novella Grave Of The Fireflies (Hotaru No Haka), to be directed by Taro Hyugaji. The story was famously adapted into an animated feature directed by Isao Takahata in 1988 and released on a double bill ...
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Ausfilm appoints Pitcher as chief executive
Ausfilm, the organisation that markets Australia 's filmmaking talents to the world, has appointed Caroline Pitcher as its new chief executive. She is no stranger to the requirements of a locations role or to Ausfilm: she has spent the last four years as general manager of the Melbourne Film Office, ...
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Universal buys rights to Lone Survivor for Berg to direct
Universal Pictures has bought the rights to Lone Survivor, true story of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell's wartime experiences in Afghanistan.The studio is understood to have beaten out several bidders for rights to the book, which is currently in the top five on the New York Times' non-fiction bestseller list.Peter Berg, ...
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Carl Perkins life story comes to screen via Fastlane Entertainment
Santa Monica-based Fastlane Entertainment has acquired exclusive film rights to the life story of one of the founding fathers of rock and roll, Carl Perkins.The story will be based on a screenplay by Perkins' daughter and former songwriting partner Debbie 'DJ' Perkins. Fastlane founder Frank Miniaci will produce with Chesley ...
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AFI to name annual award winners on Dec 16
The eighth annual AFI Awards, which records each year's most outstanding achievements in film and television, will be announced on Dec 16.Ten AFI Movies Of The Year, 10 AFI Television Programs Of The Year and up to 10 AFI Moments Of Significance will be determined by AFI juries. The two ...
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TIFF unveils 2007 Industry Initiatives
The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled a plethora of industry initiatives today [Aug 20] for next month's festival designed to develop and support the Canadian film industry and its partners.The Ontario Media Development Corporation's day-long International Financing Forum (IFF) runs on Sept 10. The event brings together sales agents, ...
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Film Movement acquires domestic rights to Arranged
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Diane Crespo and Stefan C Schaefer's cross-cultural drama Arranged.The story charts the friendship between two Brooklyn teachers - one an Orthodox Jew, the other a Muslim of Syrian origin - who support each other as they each face an arranged marriage.Film Movement ...
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Strand, SPWAG team to acquire Hopkins' Slipstream
Strand Releasing has picked up domestic theatrical and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has taken domestic home entertainment rights to Anthony Hopkins' psychological thriller Slipstream.Hopkins recently received a special directing and acting prize at the Locarno International Film Festival for Slipstream, in which he plays a screenwriter who can ...
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Kadokawa, Miike join forces to solve God's Puzzle
Japanese producer Haruki Kadokawa has announced that his next production will be an adaptation of Shinji Kimoto's award-winning science fiction novel Kamisama No Puzzle (God's Puzzle), to be directed by Takashi Miike. The film will star Hayato Ichihara (All About Lily Chou-Chou) playing the dual role of identical twin university ...
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Canada's Entertainment One buys Seville Entertainment
Entertainment One, the newest player on the Canadian film distribution scene, is acquiring Montreal-based distributor Seville Pictures, the company announced today. The move is the first Canadian foray in an ambitious global releasing strategy of Entertainment One Film Entertainment president Patrice Theroux, who launched the division last month. Speaking to ...
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Odyssey takes on sales for $65m Nutcracker: The True Story
UK-based sales company Odyssey Entertainment has struck a deal to handle international sales and distribution of Anderi Konchalovksy's Nutcracker: The True Story (working title).The $65m film is set in 1920s Vienna and adapts the classic story that inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet. Konchalovsky and Chris Solimine wrote the screenplay, and the film ...
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Danna, Desplat, Glass among World Soundtrack Award nominees
Gustavo Santaolalla, Alberto Iglesias, Harry Gregson-Williams and Mychael Danna will participate in a three-day series of concerts at the 34th edition of the Flanders International Film Festival, which runs from Oct 9-20.The annual Benelux event will close with the 7th annual World Soundtrack Awards on Oct 20 honouring Film Composer ...
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Johnson promoted to evp of physical production at Universal
Bret Johnson has been promoted to Universal's executive vice president of physical production.Johnson will continue his collaboration with film-makers on all aspects of physical production including budgeting, scheduling, hiring crews, and managing the productions day-to-day.'Bret has supervised many of our biggest and most complicated films and always goes the extra ...
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Hackford to deliver keynote at AFCI Cineposium Conference
Taylor Hackford will deliver the keynote speech at the Association of Film Commissioners International's (AFCI) Cineposium International Conference 2007 in New Mexico on Aug 28.'Taylor Hackford appreciates the partnership that exists between film commissioners and film-makers,' AFCI's board president Robin James said. 'We are quite honoured to have the opportunity ...
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Bettany, Kretschmann join cast of The Young Victoria
Paul Bettany and Thomas Kretschmann have boarded Graham King and Martin Scorsese's The Young Victoria, which commenced principal photography in England on Aug 13.The new additions complete the powerhouse European cast of Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, and Mark Strong.French Canadian Jean-Marc Vallee is directing the drama ...
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Andy Lau's Focus plans Brothers and new Fight series
Following on the successful launch of Focus First Cuts in 2005, Andy Lau's Hong Kong-based production company Focus Films is gearing up for a new Focus Fight series and is in production on a new gangster drama, Brothers, to star Lau.Focus Fight aims to produce a new wave of action ...
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Biggs joins cast of Lionsgate's Bachelor #2
Jason Biggs has joined Kate Hudson and Dane Cook on the cast ofLionsgate's romantic comedy Bachelor #2. Lizzy Caplan has also comeaboard.Cook stars as Tank, an inveterate Casanova who falls for his bestfriend's girlfriend, played by Hudson. Biggs plays the best friend andCaplan, a TV actor who appeared in Mean ...