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...while Metrodome nabs UK rights to Away From Her
Metrodome Distribution has acquired all UK rights foractor-turned-director Sarah Polley's feature directorial debut, Away From Her, which premiered this weekat the Toronto International Film Festival.Metrodome plans a spring 2007 release. This news follows on Lionsgate's deal for US rights. Away From Her stars Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsetin the story ...
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London Film Festival to close with Inarritu's Babel
The Times BFI London FilmFestival (LFF) has announced the 181 features and 131 shorts programmed for its50th-anniversary event. As previously announced, the festival willopen Oct 18 with Kevin Macdonald's TheLast King Of Scotland. It will close Nov 2 with Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu's Babel starring Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt and Gael ...
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France submits Fauteuils d'Orchestre for Oscar race
Daniele Thompson's ensemble dramedy Fauteuils d'Orchestre has been selected to represent France in the race for this year's foreign language Academy Award nomination.The film is produced by Thelma Films and set in the Parisian theatre world with an all-star cast including Cecile De France, Valerie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Laura Morante, ...
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Vernon promoted to marketing head at Metrodome
UK distributor Metrodomehas promoted Jezz Vernon to Head of Marketing. Hereplaces Tom Grievson, who is leaving Metrodome to join Warner Bros. as Marketing Manager. Vernon joined Metrodome in 2005 from RevolverEntertainment. He had been Marketing Manager at music publication NME. He willnow oversee marketing for theatrical and DVD campaigns. Metrodome ...
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King Of The Mountain to go ahead despite Brock's death
The filmmakers behind King Of The Mountain, which was set tobe the acting debut of Australia's best-known racing car driver Peter Brock, who diedin an accident on the track last Friday, have said that the project willcontinue.Executive producer Tom Kennedysaid the $2.3m (A$3m) action drama will be financed by sponsors ...
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Bside takes on documentary Before The Music Dies
Bside Entertainment hasacquired North American rights to Andrew Shapter's documentary Before TheMusic Dies which will be its firsttheatrical release.The innovative distributorwill ally itself with companies like MySpace and chipmaker AMD and deployonline marketing and innovative exhibition models. Further details will beunveiled in due course.Before The Music Dies premiered at the ...
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Strand buys domestic rights to Goldberger's Hawk Is Dying
Strand Releasing has acquired North American rights to JulianGoldberger's The Hawk Is Dying which had its world premiere at Sundance this year and alsoplayed in Directors' Fortnight at Cannes.The deal was concluded between Jon Gerrans of Strand with JeffLevy-Hinte of the film's production company Strand Releasing. Also representingthe film were ...
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Netflix takes domestic rights to Prisoner doc at Toronto
Netflix-owned Red Envelope Entertainment snapped up North Americanrights yesterday [Tuesday] to North American rights on Michael Tucker and PetraEpperlein's documentary The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair.The picture will be released theatrically with additionalfootage in 2007, and will also be released across a number of platforms in ...
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Netflix takes domestic rights to Prisoner doc at Toronto
Netflix-owned Red Envelope Entertainment snapped up North Americanrights yesterday [Tuesday] to North American rights on Michael Tucker and PetraEpperlein's documentary The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair.The picture will be released theatrically with additionalfootage in 2007, and will also be released across a number of platforms in ...
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Pyongyang festival opens with international line-up
North Korea's 10th Pyongyang International Film Festival (Sep13-22) opened yesterday with a programme of more than 70 features films fromaround 30 countries and 50 organisations. According to the isolationistcountry's Korean Central News Agency, the line-up includes theatrical andmade-for-TV films - with a competition and special screenings for films "highlyregarded" at ...
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Japan's Avex buys into Chinese talent agency
Japan's Avex Group has agreed to acquire a 20% stake in the holding companyof Beijing-based talent agency and production house, Chengtian EntertainmentGroup. The two companies also planto establish a joint venture, Avex China, with dates to be announced. Two undisclosed US companies have also acquired a combined 5% stake inthe ...
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Transmedia strikes UK deal for A Few Days In September
New UK distributor Transmedia hasacquired all UK rights to A Few Days In September (Quelques Jours En Septembre). The film, written anddirected by Santiago Amigorena, stars Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Nick Nolte, Sara Forestierand Tom Riley.A Few Days In September is a thriller set in Paris and Venice in 2001, ...
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Sarandon, Byrne, Plummer get Emotional
Susan Sarandon, GabrielByrne, Christopher Plummer, Max von Sydow and Roy Dupuis have signed on asleads in Emotional Arithmeticfrom Montreal-based BBR Productions and Toronto's Triptych Media. Budgeted near$5.8m, the long-gestating project begins production in Quebec's Easterntownships in October. Directed by Paolo Barzmanand adapted by Jefferson Lewis and Barzman from the eponymous ...
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Penelope cruises into international markets
Hyde Park International has closed multiple territory deals onMark Palansky's fantasy drama Penelope, which has been in play with domestic buyers since itsworld premiere screening last week.Rights have gone to Australia (Magna Pacific), Mexico(Gussi), Brazil (Paris Films), CIS (MGN), Taiwan (CMC), and Portugal(Lusomundo).Deals also closed in Benelux (RCV), Greece (Village ...
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Sony Classics pre-buys British memoir drama
Sony Pictures Classics has bought North America and Latin Americanrights to And When Did You Last See Your Father'Anand Tucker will direct the film, whose production is set tobegin in October. The project has been developed under the UK Film Council's Super-Slateinitiative in association with Film4, Intandem Films and the ...
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Lionsgate swoops for Polley's directorial debut
Lionsgate has bought US rights to Sarah Polley's directorial debutAway From Herfollowing its world premiere earlier in the festival.The company plans to release the picture, which stars JulieChristie and Gordon Pinsent, in spring 2007. The adaptation of Alice Munro's short story The Bear Came OverThe Mountain deals withrevelations that emerge ...
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Yamada to direct World War II drama for Shochiku
Japanese major Shochiku isproducing the next film from Yoji Yamada following his acclaimedsamurai trilogy - a World War II drama with the working title Kabei, set to star veteran actressSayuri Yoshinaga. Based on the non-fictionnovel Chichi Eno Requiem, written byTeruyo Nogami, the film is set in 1940s Tokyo and follows ...
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Medavoy, Foster invest in Korean production house
Korea's Guardtec Inc hasannounced that Phoenix Pictures head Mike Medavoy and Mr & Mrs Smith producer Lucas Foster have bought into the firm,marking the first time that Hollywood players have directly invested in alisted Korean production company.The two US producers have also joined the company as advisoryboard members.Originally a securitysystems ...
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Pusan to present record 64 world premieres
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) announced itsline-up today with a record 64 world premieres. A total of 245 films from 63countries will show at the festival's 11th edition, running Oct 12 - 20. The inauguralAsian Film Market will run parallel to the festival from Oct 15-18, with 95registered sales ...
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Pusan to present record 64 world premieres
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) announced itsline-up today with a record 64 world premieres. A total of 245 films from 63countries will show at the festival's 11th edition, running Oct 12 - 20. The inauguralAsian Film Market will run parallel to the festival from Oct 15-18, with 95registered sales ...