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The Queen gets North American coronation at NYFF
The 44th New York FilmFestival will open on Sept 29 with the North American premiere of StephenFrears' drama The Queen starringHelen Mirren as the current British monarch Elizabeth II (pictured) in the immediate aftermath of Princess Diana's death.The status and timing of the premiere suggests the picture is a shoo-in ...
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here! climbs on board Mr Leather
here! Films has picked upfirst-time filmmaker Jason Garrett's documentary Mr Leather, which chronicles nine men as they compete to becrowned Mr Los Angeles Leather.The picture was a sell-out at the recent Outfest in Los Angeles and alsoscreened at the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and the PhiladelphiaInternational Gay & ...
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Hanbando, Sinking Of Japan both score on home turf
Korea and Japan came out of rainy three-day weekends with nationalistic blockbusters Hanbando and Sinking Of Japan topping their respective box office charts.As political tensionsbetween Japan and the rest of Asia heighten in the real world, Kang Woo-suk's action fantasy Hanbando tells the story of Japaneseinterference in North and South ...
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Perlman joins Classic as vp digital media
Classic Media hashired Andrew Perlman to the new position of vice president of digital media.Perlman will be responsible for managing the mobile and online contentdistribution strategy for the company's 3,000-plus library, which includessubsidiary Big Idea's VeggieTalesbrand.Perlman will manage strategic partnerships with the likes of Google, Sprint,and MobiTV, oversee the development ...
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Plinyminor seals sales deal with Voltage
Los Angeles andLouisiana-based production company Plinyminor has signed a deal with salesagency Voltage Pictures to handle foreign sales on six new titles.All pictures will get a US theatrical release through Omni Releasing and arelikely to air on the SCI-FI Channel. Plinyminor is in talks for a long-termhome entertainment deal.The titles ...
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TWC promotes Robinson to vp production and development
Eric Robinson has beenpromoted to vice president of production and development at The WeinsteinCompany (TWC).Reporting to co-president of production Michel Cole and based in New York,Robinson will work on developing and producing projects for the studio,focusing mostly on animated material.As a vice president of production and development he currently oversees ...
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India, UK start short documentary scheme
Eight Indian film-makers will be given the chance to create athree-minute documentary film under the new Independence In3 Minutes scheme. The shorts programme is timed to the 60thanniversary of India'sindependence from the UK.Indian film-makers are invited to pitch proposals for a shortdocumentary about Indian independence and what it means to ...
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UK's Cinesite lands work on The Golden Compass
UK post-production company Cinesite has been struck a major deal for visual effectswork on New Line's forthcoming The GoldenCompass. TheGolden Compass is New Line's first in a planned trilogy based on PhillipPullman's His Dark Materials books.Chris Weitz will direct the story of a young girl whotravels through parallel universes. TheUK ...
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Hermann and Groenewold launch new producer-distributor
Former Senator Filmexecutive Benjamin Herrmann and media fund manager David Groenewoldhave launched an as-yet-unnamed new theatrical distribution company andproduction house to handle primarily commercial German films.The distribution arm's firsttitles are:Philipp Stoelzl's Nordwand, starring Johanna Wokalek and Benno Fuermann in a drama about the failed first ascent of thenorth wall of ...
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Locarno plans collaboration with Buenos Aires Lab
Next month's Locarno International Film Festival hasforged a new collaboration with the Buenos Aires Lab (BAL), theLatin American co-production market for independent cinema within the frameworkof the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival and TyPA (Teoria y Practica delas Artes), to allow selected filmmakers and producers from Latin America tomeet potential ...
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Chinese newcomer cast opposite Leung in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution
Tony Leung andChinese newcomer Tang Wei will star in Focus Feature's second world warespionage thriller Lust, Caution,which Ang Lee will begin shooting later this year in China.As previously reported here, Bill Kong will produce with Lee. Focus Featureschief executive officer James Schamus will serve as executive producer. Focusholds worldwide rights ...
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Artificial Eye buys three more post-Cannes
UK distributor Artificial Eye has announced several further acquisitionson the back of Cannes.The deals are for Douglas Gordon and Philippe Pareno's Zidane: A 21stCentury Portrait, Sydney Pollack's Sketchesof Frank Gehry and CorneliuPorumboiu's Camera d'Orwinner 12:08: East of Bucharest. Artificial Eye plans aSeptember 29 release for the Zidane documentary, andthe other ...
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Magic Box strikes Czech deal with Warner Bros
Warner Home Video (WHV) hasstruck a deal with Czech independent home entertainment company Magic Box tolicense and distribute Warner Bros' new releases and library titles as ofOctober this year. In April, Warner Bros CzechRepublic managing director Ladislav Stastny told ScreenDaily.comthat falling revenues had lead to the decision to phase out ...
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Lenny Crooks to take over UK's New Cinema Fund
TheUK Film Council has appointed Lenny Crooks as the new head of the New CinemaFund, effective Sept 18. His initial contract is for a two-year term, with theoption to extend by a further two years. Crookswill replace Paul Trijbits, whose six-year tenurewith the fund ends in September as expected. Crooks ...
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Canadian production companies see 11% revenue jump
Canada's film and televisionproduction community reported $2.55bn (C$2.9bn) in revenues in 2004, accordingto data released by Statistics Canada. It's an 11% increase since the lastnational snapshot of the sector in 2001. There were fewer companies tosurvey - 688 compared to 728 - but the profit margin for thesurvivors has improved ...
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Miller to adapt The Spirit for Odd Lot
Frank Miller will adapt anddirect Will Eisner's influential comic strip The Spirit for Los Angeles-based Odd Lot Entertainment.Miller, whose credits include Sin City and the upcoming graphic novel adaptation 300, will attend the comic book convention COMIC-Con onJul 22 to discuss the project.Odd Lot principals Deborah Del Prete and Gigi ...
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Bisset joins McDowell in cast of Vivaldi
Jacqueline Bisset hasjoined the cast of Vivaldi, BorisDamast's biography of the celebrated composer of The Four Seasons.Bisset will play the Countess, a principled aristocrat whose patronage of Venice's poorest citizens harbours a secret.Mechaniks is producing the project and was launched in 2002 by Damast andpartner Andrea Kikot. Both are serving ...
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Polley, Maddin premieres crown TIFF's Canadian line-up
World premieres of SarahPolley's feature debut Away From Her andGuy Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain!will be among the Canadian offerings at this year's Toronto International FilmFestival. Starring Julie Christie andGordon Pinsent, Polley's highly-anticipated production has been given a covetedGala spot. The Maddin picture, screening as a Special Presentation, istypically idiosyncratic: ...
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UK exhibitor Vue offers chapter with Stormbreaker tickets
Vue Cinemas is working with UK distributor Entertainmentin a special promotion for the forthcoming release of Stormbreaker. Vue will give away a free copy of a bonus chapterof Stormbreakerwith every ticket to the film. The chapter, entitled RTI, is written byAnthony Horowitz, and "uncovers more secrets in the world of ...
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Stephen Chow plans August start for A Hope
Hong Kong actor anddirector Stephen Chow announced that he will shoot his new film A Hope (working title) in August in China's Southeastern city Ningbo. Budgeted at $20m,the film will be co-financed by Chow's Star Overseas Limited, China Film Groupand Beijing Polybona Film Publishing.Chow will star inthe sci-fi film with ...