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Chuck And Larry squeeze Harry at US box office
Universal's comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry cut short Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix' table topping career as it opened number one on an estimated $34.8m.Audiences preferred the new Adam Sandler and Kevin James story of friends who fake a gay civil union to the ...
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Wine growing comedy prepares to uncork
Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Freddy Rodriguez, Rachael Taylor from Transformers, Chris Pine, and Eliza Dushku will star in Randall Miller's wine growing comedy Bottle Shock.The IPW, Zin Haze and Unclaimed Freight Production joint enterprise will begin shooting in the Napa and Sonoma Valley regions of California on Aug 1.Jody Savin ...
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Constantin Film parts company with Schloendorff on Pope Joan
Leading German producer-distributor Constantin Film has fired the Oscar-winning director Volker Schloendorff from the adaptation of the Donna Cross bestseller Pope Joan.In a letter to Schloendorff, Martin Moszkowicz, member of the Constantin board, wrote that 'it is unfortunately no longer possible for us to make the film together. I have ...
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Giffoni winners include Mid Road Gang and Keith
Two thousand children cast their votes for winning films at the Giffoni Film Festival, the Southern Italian film festival dedicated to children and young people's cinema which wrapped its 37th edition Saturday.Led by Claudio Gubitosi, the festival brought in a record number of young jurors from several countries to vote ...
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Milic's war drama Living And The Dead sweeps prizes at Pula
At the 54th Pula Film Festival in Istria, Croatia (July 12-21), Kristijan Milic's The Living And The Dead (Zivi I Mrtvi) won the Grand Golden Arena for the best film, as well as the best director prize. The brutal war drama set in Bosnia in two overlapping stories happening in ...
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Film Frame unleashes Brave at Bangkok Film Market
Thailand 's Film Frame Productions is launching action comedy drama Brave at the Bangkok Film Market, which kicks off today (July 23). The $1.2m picture - high by local standards - is a co-production with Aflin Shauki's Malaysian outfit Vision Works. The picture marks the first completed project of Thanapon ...
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Thailand's Kantana starts work on Khan Kluay sequel
Thailand's Kantana Group has started production on a sequel to 3D animated feature Khan Kluay, about the adventures of a blue elephant, which was the top local hit at the Thai box office last year. The new animation, Khan Kluay 2, has an estimated budget of $5m. 'The bulk is ...
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Universal's Wanted finishes Czech leg of shoot
Timur Bekmambetov wrapped production on Universal's Wanted in the Czech Republic on Saturday. The crew now moves on to Chicago, where they will shoot Aug 7-17. Czech press reported Bekmambetov as saying the budget of the film was $50m. The film is the first in production and distribution deal between ...
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Cinefan opens with Iran-Azerbaijan co-production Raami
Osian's Cinefan 9th Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema opened in Delhi on Friday night (July 20) with the international premiere of Iran-Azerbaijan co-production Raami. The feature debut of documentary filmmaker Babak Shirinsefat, the film follows a musician searching for his Armenian wife, who fled to Iran during the conflict ...
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Jonas Cuaron's Ano Una among Venice Critics Week selections
Ano Una, the first film by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron's son Jonas Cuaron, will close Critics Week at the upcoming Venice Film Festival (Aug 29-Sept 8).The film is the story of a summer romance between a Mexican teenager and an older American woman.The Critics Week will open with two films ...
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Pia Film Festival awards grand prix to Bare-assed Japan
Director Yuya Ishii's Bare-assed Japan (Mukidashi Nippon) won the Grand Prix at this year's Pia Film Festival (PFF), which ran July 14-20 in Tokyo 's Shibuya district. A total of 14 films, both feature-length and shorts, were selected to screen in competition from 780 submissions. Shot for a budget of ...
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Film24 channel launches on UK's Sky platform
A new independent channel has launched on Sky's platform. The Film24 (channel 158) launches as a channel about film, not airing films.The original programming covers large and small films and DVD releases, new talent, regional cinema, films in production and more behind-the-scenes programmes.Nicky Davis, CEO of Film24 says: ' Movies ...
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Chen's Mei Lanfang starts shooting in Beijing
Chinese director Chen Kaige announced the start of production on his biopic of Peking opera singer Mei Lanfang in Beijing yesterday. The actual shooting started last Saturday (July 14) in Beijing Film Studio. Huayi Brothers Pictures came on board as one of the backers just last week, joining the original ...
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Soderbergh gears up for Spanish shoot for two Che features
Shooting starts Wednesday in Spain on Steven Soderbergh's two Spanish-language films about Ernesto 'Che' Guevera, El Argentino and Guerrilla. The much anticipated films will shoot consecutively for nine weeks in Spain on locations in Madrid, Castilla La Mancha and Andalusia before moving on to Puerto Rico. Benicio del Toro stars ...
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Mansoor's In The Name Of God opens in Pakistan
Pakistan's first local feature film to deal with the subject of fundamentalism and militancy, In The Name Of God (Khuda Key Liye), opens in Pakistan today (July 20) on 11 screens in ten cities. The Urdu-language film is financed by Unilever Pakistan which has sponsored many of the music videos ...
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Bangkok fest opening heavy on filmmakers, light on glitz
Despite a six-month delay and constant doubts about the event's value, the Bangkok International Film Festival rolled out the red carpet last night for an opening gala, well-attended by local and international filmmakers, along with Thai politicians and the media. The opening event was elegant and tasteful, while avoiding the ...
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Thai thriller 13 takes top prize at PiFan
South Korea 's Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) held its closing ceremony yesterday (July 19), with the top award going to Thai film 13 by Chookiet Sakveerakul. A psychological thriller noted for its engaging script about a salesman who enters into a high-stakes adventure game, the film also picked ...
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Harry Potter's own book launch poses only real competition to ever-rising Phoenix
Every fan of the franchise knows it's not in Harry Potter's nature to be a bully, but the film version of his exploits is a different beast entirely and has been swatting rivals like flies since it was released around the world last week.The fifth episode in the fantasy series, ...
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EC approves Belgian Tax Shelter system
There were sighs of relief in the Belgian production community withthe official announcement today (Thursday) that the EuropeanCommission has renewed its approval of the Belgian Tax Shelter system.Earlier this summer, the Commission had sent back proposals for therenewal, expressing concern about the lack of 'cultural' documentationin the proposals. Those concerns ...
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Telefilm backs seven low-budget features
Telefilm Canada will support the production of seven feature films, including new projects from Marc-Andre Forcier (Une Histoire Inventee, The Countess Of Baton Rouge) and filmmaker and actress Micheline Lanctot (Sonatine). The projects, six in French and one in English, will receive up to $191,000 (C$200,000) through the federal film ...