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The Simpsons Movie regains international lead
Homer's remarkable box office odyssey saw The Simpsons Movie reclaim the number one overseas spot by a nose at the weekend as preliminary results put it ahead of Universal/UPI's The Bourne Ultimatum by an estimated $23.4m versus $22m. Last weekend Fox International's animated hit appeared to have vanquished the ...
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Superbad proves domestic superstar for Sony
Sony's teen comedy Superbad dominated the weekend session as it opened top of the charts on an estimated $31.2m. The film, which is headlined by the unfamiliar Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, demonstrates the growing critical and commercial power of its producer Judd Apatow. Apatow is the hottest ...
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Reprise enjoys triple win at Norwegian film awards
Norwegian director Joachim Trier's feature debut, Reprise, became a triple winner of the Amanda awards, the Norwegian national film prizes.The honours were handed out at a TV2-televised ceremony from Haugesund's Festiviteten Concert Hall, preceding the opening of the 35th Norwegian International Film Festival. Reprise cashed in on four nominations, ...
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Fantastic Four postponed as China cools down foreign film market
The opening of Fox's Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer in mainland China release date has been postponed to an indefinite date, Beijing's cinema owners confirmed today. The film, originally scheduled for August 29, will be replaced by a few smaller foreign titles imported on a flat-fee basis.Twentieth ...
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French box office celebrates summer bonanza
The French box office in July saw a staggering 57.8% increase in ticket sales over the same month last year. The total box office for 2007 thus far, however, is down 2.5% compared to the same period in 2006. While July was not the best month of this year, ...
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Venice adds selections including Gitai's Disengagement
Marco Mueller has added several new titles to the line up of the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival completing his official selection, theBiennale announced Friday.The new films include Israeli director Amos Gitai's Disengagement,which stars French actress Juliette Binoche.Tipped as a story of family sentiments set amidst Israel's pull ...
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Der Baader Meinhof Komplexawarded $3.6m from German fund
Producer-distributor Constantin Film has been allocated $3.6m(Euros 2.7m) - the fourth largest amount so far this year - from the German (Federal Film Fund (DFFF) for its production of Uli Edel's Der Baader Meinhof Komplex which began shooting in Berlin last week. The support, which is only exceeded by the ...
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Gavron, Morgenthaler projects selected for San Sebastian's Zabaltegi
The San Sebastian International Film Festival has selected 16 films for its Zabaltegi-New Directors section this year. As first or second films, these projects will compete for the Euros 90,000 Altadis-New Directors Award, and first and second films in the official selection can also compete.Highlights include Mania Akbari's 10+4 from ...
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Tribeca organisers set 2008 dates starting Apr 23
The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival will run in New York City from Apr 23-May 4, organisers have announced. The early deadline for entries is Nov 16 and the official deadline is Dec 14. The late deadline for 2008 feature work in progress is Jan 11, 2008. The line-up for ...
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Boone elected to AMPAS education and culture arm
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Public Relations Branch governor Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been elected president of the Academy's educational and cultural arm the Academy Foundation. Executives Branch governor Robert Rehme was elected vice president, Film Editors Branch governor Donn Cambern was re-elected vice president, Music Branch ...
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United Artists secures $500m slate deal
Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner's United Artists have secured the awaited $500m slate financing deal through Merrill Lynch.The financing from investors in Europe, Asia, Africa and the US was expected but it comes against the background of financial turmoil in global markets which has threatened some deals.Yesterday Goldman Sachs and ...
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Evans and Fanning join Push cast
Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle and Djimon Hounsou have joined the cast of Paul McGuigan's thriller Push, which Summit Entertainment will finance and distribute in North America. Summit holds the majority of international rights to the project, which is being co-financed by Icon who will release in the ...
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Private investment firm buys Sunset Gower Studios
California-based private equity fund GI Partners has sold Sunset Gower Studios to Hudson Capital. GI Partners purchased the studio, formerly home to Columbia Pictures for 50 years, in 2004 and transformed the lot into a modern full-service independent studio. Studio facilities include fibre-optic communications, CGI-ready Cyclorama stages, 130-space ...
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Chasing The Long Tail: Mike Binder
For Mike Binder, the 2001 comedy The Search For John Gissing remains something of a bittersweet experience. The film-maker, who scored critical success with The Upside Of Anger (2005) and this year's Reign Over Me, financed the film independently 'with a lot of my own money and that of family ...
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Challenge sees Roeg in his element
Rather unusually for my movies, it does have a beginning and an end,' Nicolas Roeg says as an introduction of his new feature Puffball at the Galway Film Fleadh in July.That is not to say the 79-year-old director, who made his mark with challenging films including Don't Look Now, Bad ...
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Opinion: Format war is futile
A barely noted landmark was passed this week when next-generation DVDs overtook VHS in worldwide sales. Although it is not much of a breakthrough, the unsung but remarkable resilience of tape is a reminder that new media does not simply kill its predecessors.Still, the arrival of the rival Blu-ray and ...
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Strike jitters ripple out worldwide
The possibility of an industry-wide stoppage in the summer of 2008 by the US industry's writers', actors' and directors' guilds is already having an impact in North America - an impact that could soon be felt in the international marketplace.As they did in 2000-01, the last time there was a ...
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Film Sales Company takes on NYC Serenade
Andrew Herwitz' Film Sales Company has acquired worldwide rights to Frank Whaley's NYC Serenade, which will premiere in Toronto next month. Whaley's third feature stars Freddie Prinze Jr, Chris Klein and Jamie Lynn Sigler in a coming-of-age tale about two boyhood friends who try to work out their place ...
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Studios clear decks as summer season reaches end
Hollywood's international distribution divisions are clearing out thedecks before the autumn season arrives and for many this will be aweekend of consolidation.Fox International can expect healthy sustained play on The SimpsonsMovie with five new releases including Russia and Holland on Aug 16and Brazil a day later. The film stands at ...
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Zentropa plans feature about Danish terrorist group
Zentropa is planning a feature film to tell the story of the Blekinge Street Gang, the Danish terrorist group which will also be the subject of two TV projects.Since last year Zentropa has been preparing Blekinge Street, anoriginal story based on the real-life events 20 years ago scripted byLars Kjeldgaard ...