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Lionsgate takes US and UK rights to Blood Trails
Lionsgate Films has picked up the German horror film Blood Trails by Robert Krause for distribution in the US and UK in the first quarter of 2007. Krause's film won the audience award at the recent Dead by Dawn Film Festival in Scotland and screened at the Madrid Fantasy Film ...
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Cinema ad revenues enjoy blockbuster boost in UK
Revenues from cinema advertising in the UK rose9.3% year-on-year for the first six months of the year.The Nielsen Media Research figures show that therewas a big spike - 34% - during last month's World Cup.Encouragingly the increase comes at a timewhen some other forms of advertising, including radio and TV ...
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Duo to oversee acquisitions and co-productions at TWC
Maeva Gatineau andMichelle Krumm have been named executive vice presidents and co-heads ofacquisitions and co-productions at The Weinstein Company (TWC).Gatineau, based in the company's UK office, and Krumm, based in the LA office, will jointly lead worldwide acquisitions activities, and will report to Bob and Harvey Weinstein.Former acquisitions chief ...
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'Everything's being done right this time that wasn't done right back in the 1950s'
Long regarded as afilm-making pioneer, James Cameron is a self-described "evangelist" for digital3D. The director recently talked to Screen International about his vision ofcinema's future. A shorter version of this interview appears in the July 28print edition of Screen International as part of a cover feature on digital 3D.Screen International: ...
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Sundance names 2006 doc grant recipients
Projects exploring the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Filipina supply teachers in Baltimore, and the legacy of a Ku Klux Klan attack are among 15 to receive grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund.The grants total $605,000 and comprise the first of two annual awards and were selected by human rights ...
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China box office up 40% with Hollywood in the lead
China's box office grew by 40% to $125m (RMB1bn) in the first half of 2006,compared to the same period last year, according to local reports, of which revenue-sharingHollywood imports accounted for 51%. The other 49% of the marketwas shared by flat-fee imported films and local productions. Sony's The Da Vinci ...
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Breaking News: Venice Line-Up Announced
IN COMPETITION OPENING FILM: THE BLACK DAHLIADir: Brian De PalmaUSA - 120'Main cast: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner,Mike Starr, Fiona ShawFALLENDir: Barbara AlbertAustria - 88'Main cast: Nina Proll, Birgit Minichmayr, Ursula StraussLA STELLA CHE NON C'ÈDir: Gianni AmelioItaly, France, Switzerland, Singapore - 103'Main cast: Sergio ...
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Dixie Chicks doc gets Toronto gala berth
Dixie Chicks - Shut UpAnd Sing, by filmmakers BarbaraKopple and Cecilia Peck, will screen as a Gala presentation at the upcomingToronto International Film Festival (TIFF).It was one of 23 documentaries unveiled today, 13 of them world premieres,including Kurt Cobain About A Sonby A J Schnack, featuring unreleased audio interview with ...
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Chris Cornell recruited for next Bond soundtrack
Former Soundgardenfrontman Chris Cornell will perform the main titlesong for the forthcoming James Bond film CasinoRoyale. Cornell wrote the track,titled You Know My Name, with Bondcomposer David Arnold. "I've always loved Chris'work, both as a writer and as an artist, and had hoped someday to find theright film to inspire ...
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Raindance to open with Brothers Of The Head
The 14th Raindance Film Festival will open with Keith Fulton andLouis Pepe's BrothersOf The Head.The mockumentarystars Harry and Luke Treadaway as conjoined twins whoare recruited to front a punk-rock band.Raindance runs Sept 27 to Oct 8 at several cinemas in London's West End.Tartan will release the filmin the UK on ...
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Contest winner cast in Shochiku franchise
In a break from the usualtalent agency system of Japanese movie casting, an unknown 20-year-old actresshas won a role in the 17th installment of Shochiku's long-running Free & Easy comedy series. Kyoto college student Hana Ebise was selected from more than10,000 entrants in Shochiku's nationwide "Star Gate" open audition contest,which ...
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World Trade Centre windfall for four NYC charities
Ten per cent of thefirst five days of North American box office from Oliver Stone's upcoming WorldTrade Centre will be donated to fourNew York-based charities.Of that portion, 50% will go to The World Trade Centre Memorial Foundation,while the remaining 50% will be divided among Tuesday's Children, The TributeWTC Visitor Centre, ...
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Montreal secures Yamato international premiere
Japanese second worldwar naval epic Yamato: The Last Battle will receive its international premiere at the Montreal World FilmFestival (MWFF).Directed by Junya Sato, produced by Haruki Kadokawa for the Toei Studio, andstarring Takashi Sorimachi and Shido Nakamura, the film recounts the lastmission of the pride of the Japanese fleet during ...
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Venice line-up
IN COMPETITIONOPENING FILM: THE BLACK DAHLIADir: Brian De PalmaUSA - 120'Main cast: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner,Mike Starr, Fiona ShawFALLENDir: Barbara AlbertAustria - 88'Main cast: Nina Proll, Birgit Minichmayr, Ursula StraussLA STELLA CHE NON C'ÈDir: Gianni AmelioItaly, France, Switzerland, Singapore - 103'Main cast: Sergio Castellitto, ...
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Universal expands UK downloads through BT
Universal Pictures growing its download and VODbusiness in the UKthrough a new deal with British Telecommunications (BT). This follows onearlier deals with LoveFilm and Wippit.Universal Pictures UK and NBC Universal International TelevisionDistribution have struck simultaneous digital distribution agreements with BTfor download-to-own or video-on-demand offerings in the UK.Universal's film and TV ...
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Brazil box-office up 12% during first half of 2006
Brazil's box office sales totaled $154.4m (Brazilian Real 340.8m) in the first six months of 2006, registering a 12.1% increase over the same period last year, according to figures released by Filme B, a local film company that reviews theatrical market numbers. The average ticket price reached $3.51 (BRL 7.73), ...
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Gold Circle hires Rivet for Dead Daughters
GoldCircle Films has hired Jared Rivet to write its English-language remake of DeadDaughters based on PavelRuminov's upcoming Russian horror picture.Rivet previously wrote Killers Of The Dead, which Brian Witten is producing and JC Barros isdirecting.Gold Circle chief Paul Brooks will produce the story of a crazed woman whosparks a chain ...
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Weinsteins plan comedy franchise with Fletch Won
Bob and Harvey Weinstein are planning a Fletchfranchise, kicking off with the origins story Fletch Won based on the eighth book in Gregory Mcdonald'scomedy-mystery series.Emmy-nominated Scrubs creator BillLawrence will adapt the screenplay for The Weinstein Company (TWC) and is expected to make his featuredirectorial debut in April 2007 during a ...
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Melbourne film festival opens with Thalluri's 2:37
The mystery film that openedJames Hewison's sixth and final Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)tonight turned out to be writer/director Murali K Thalluri's 2:37, which screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.Hewison wanted audiences tohave the rare experience of going to a film they knew nothing about, an ideathat was sparked ...
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Columbia, IMAX sign Spider-Man 3 global deal
Columbia Pictures andIMAX Corporation have signed a simultaneous global release deal for Spider-Man 3 next year in conventionaland large-screen format.The picture will be digitally re-mastered for the IMAXformat, and opens around the world on May 4, 2007.Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Graceand Bryce Dallas Howard ...