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Voltage takes back sales rights on Flyboys
Dean Devlin and Nicolas Chartier's sales agency Voltage Pictureshas taken back from Lionsgate International the first world war epic Flyboys produced by Devlin's ElectricEntertainment.Under the amicable agreement Voltage will handle all internationalrights at Cannes.Directed by Tony Bill, Flyboys stars James Franco as a young fighterpilot volunteer in Europe. Martin Henderson ...
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BVI partners with MegaStar for Vietnam distribution
Buena Vista International (BVI) has formed a partnership withMegaStar Joint Venture Company to distribute pictures in Vietnam.MegaStar is a joint venture between Envoy Media Partners headed byTed Shugrue and Phuong Nam Corporation, and has offices in Hanoi and Ho ChiMinh City.The joint venture will be run in Vietnam by Lim ...
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Celluloid Dreams sets up shop in the UK
French sales label CelluloidDreams is to open a London office, with JanineGold as vice president of acquisitions and sales overseeing UK material andmanaging the Paris-based sales team.The move follows Celluloid's markedexpansion into English-language fare and European co-productions. Currently thelabel is representing UK projects including Francois Ozon'sEnglish-language Angel, being shot inLondon ...
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Vertigo, Pathe gear up for cop thriller WAZ
Pathe Pictures International and Vertigo Films will startprincipal photography May 8 for New York-set thriller WAZ. Tom Shankland, who previouslydirected Bafta-nominated shorts Bait and Going Down,makes his feature directorial debut. Vertigo's James Richardsonand Allan Niblo are producing. Stellan Skarsgard, Melissa George,Selma Blair and Ashley Walters star.Clive Bradley wrote thescript about ...
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Pope joins UK's NPA as CEO
The UK's New Producers Alliance (NPA) has named David Popeas its new CEO. Pope had been director of education at New York Film Academy UK.He also directed the shortfilm Skulls, Angels Mom and Dad andfeature film Miles FromNowhere. Pope is also an associatetutor for the British Film Institute and is ...
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Hungarian distributor signs for Freedom's Fury
BestHollywood has acquired distribution rights in Hungary to English-languagedocumentary Freedom's Fury, which had its world premiere last week at theTribeca Film Festival.Thefilm, which looks at the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the politicized waterpolo match between Hungary and the USSR at that year's Melbourne Olympics,will be released in Hungary on ...
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Mark Gill is out at Warner Independent Pictures
Ina surprise announcement released last night (Tuesday), Warner Bros Picturesannounced that Mark Gill is leaving his post as president of Warner IndependentPictures (WIP). Gillwill enter into a production deal with the studio effective May 4, said JeffRobinov, president of Warner Bros Pictures, in the statement.Themovie is surprising only in that ...
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Fletcher promoted to distribution head at Pathe
Pathe Entertainment has promoted John Fletcherto MD of distribution from his current post of creative director. He replaces IanGeorge, who announced last week that he was leaving Patheafter seven years to become managing director of Twentieth Century Fox UK. Also, Pathe has promoted Neil Marshall from director of sales todeputy ...
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Wild Bunch gets on board L'Amico di Famiglia
WildBunch has taken international distribution rights to Paolo Sorrentino'sCannescompetition title L'Amico di Famiglia (Friend Of The Family).The $4.3m(Euros 3.4m) comedy-drama focuses on the odd attraction between a 60-year-oldphysically repellent loan shark (Giacomo Rizzo) and apretty young girl (Laura Chiatti). It also chronicleshis friendship with local cowboy-business partner-country music fanatic (Fabrizio ...
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Klooss joins Constantin Film's production team
Reinhard Klooss has joined Constantin Film's production team with a brief to developprojects in the area of family entertainment with a focus on CGI animated feature films.Klooss comes to Constantinfrom Bavaria Pictures where he had most recently produced the animated feature Urmel Aus Dem Eis, whichwill be released by Falcom ...
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Cinema Expo to honour Warner Bros pair
CinemaExpo International announced that it will award its 2006 internationalachievement in distribution and marketing award to Warner Bros PicturesInternational's Monique Esclavissat and Con Gornell.Escalvissat serves asexecutive VP of European distribution and Gornell asexecutive VP or European marketing. They have worked on recent hits including Harry Potter and the Goblet of ...
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Rotterdam festival to curate film programme at Holland Festival
The International FilmFestival Rotterdam (IFFR) is collaborating for the first time with performingarts festival the Holland Festival.The organisations willpresent a programme of 20 films in Amsterdam from June 8-11, duringthe 59th Holland Festival (June 2-25). IFFR will curate the new film section,which will be titled Rotterdam, Holland and will include ...
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Tim Burton joines Cannes Cinefondation jury
Director Tim Burton has been added to the jury for the Cinefondation, Cannes Film Festival organizers announcedTuesday morning.Burton joins jurypresident Andrei Konchalovsky along with Sandrine Bonnaire, Souleymane Cisse, Daniel Bruhl and Zbigniew Preisner.The Cinefondation will hand out three prizeson May 26 during the festival and will also award the short ...
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Cannes announces Directors Fortnight lineup
Europe once again comes on strong amongst Cannes competitors with the Directors Fortnight sidebar boasting 11 films from the continent. In total, 22 titles were announced Tuesday morning in Paris with six films from France alone, not including co-productions in which the country is involved.The US makes the second biggest ...
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Arclight already closing deals for Un Certain Regard's 2:37
ArclightFilms will handle worldwide sales at the Cannes market for first-time Australian director Murali K Thalluri's drama 2:37, which was recently added to the Un Certain Regard line-up at Cannes.Arclighthas already closeddeals with Village Roadshow in Australia, SND in France, Manga in Spain, andCinequanon in Japan.2:37 is the interwoven story ...
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Weinstein Co buys rights on Shephard's Bosnia
TheWeinstein Company (TWC) has picked up North American, Australian and NewZealand rights to Richard Shepard's Spring Break In Bosnia, the director's second film after The Matador.Productionon the comic thriller is set to begin this summer in Europe. The film is backedby Intermedia and QED International, and QED will handle worldwide ...
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Weinstein Co buys rights on Shephard's Bosnia
TheWeinstein Company (TWC) has picked up North American, Australian and NewZealand rights to Richard Shepard's Spring Break In Bosnia, the director's second film after The Matador.Productionon the comic thriller is set to begin this summer in Europe. The film is backedby Intermedia and QED International, and QED will handle worldwide ...
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Focus takes international rights on Gondry's Rewind
FocusFeatures has acquired international rights to Michel Gondry's upcoming picture BeKind Rewind starring Jack Black.FocusFeatures International will begin sales at Cannes on Focus' third collaborationwith Gondry following Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Dave Chappelle's Block Party, which is on release in North America.Gondrywill direct from his own screenplay ...
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Hollywood Film Festival sets '06 dates as Oct 17-23
The 10th annual Hollywood Film Festival will take place in LosAngeles from Oct 17-23, culminating in the Hollywood Awards on the final night.Festival organisers said they plan to expand the roster of eventsthis year and will announce more details on symposiums, premieres and specialscreenings later in the year.'We are very ...
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Cotter joins Legendary Pictures as vp, creative affairs
Alysia Cotter has joined Burbank-based Legendary Pictures in thenewly created role of vice president of creative affairs.Cotter (pictured) will report to Legendary's chief creativeofficer Jon Jashni and assist in managing Legendary's development andproduction slate.Legendary Pictures formed a partnership with Warner Bros in 2005to co-produce and co-finance at least 25 pictures ...