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NewsSenator Films looks set to pull cannibal film
German distributor Senator Film looks set to pull its March 9 release of Butterfly -A Grimm Love Story (Rohtenburg), after a court in Kassel granted Armin Meiwes a temporary injunction on Friday preventing the film being shown on German screens.
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Finnish films enjoying record admissions for 2006
Figures released last weekby The Finnish Film Foundation. Local titles recorded 942,795 admissions duringJanuary and February, the best opening months of the year ever in Finland forlocal product, and have already surpassed the ticket sales of all local filmsthroughout 2005 (940,000). The top release of the yearso far was Aleksi ...
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Stefan Ruzowitzky's new feature to shoot at Babelsberg
Another film about eventsfrom the Second World War will use sound stages at Studio Babelsbergonly three months after shooting wrapped on Paul Verhoevens Black Book just before Christmas.The production centre nearPotsdam willbe host to part of the shoot for Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky's TheCounterfeiter(Der Faelscher)which is based on the true ...
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Senator offers digital cinema copies of new films to exhibitors
German independent distributor Senator is to offer digital cinema copies of its new films to allcinemas equipped with DLP Cinema Projectors."Senator is thereby the first German film distributor to offer its completeslate of movies for digital projection," declared Managing Director BenjaminHerrmann. The announcement heralds a new era for the company,which ...
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Scheffer steps into consultancy role at HBO
One of HBO's mostsenior executives Steve Scheffer is seguing into a consultancy role from hiscurrent position as president, Film Programming, Video and Enterprises.Scheffer, who hasbeen at the US cable giant since 1980 when he joined as vice president, filmprogramming, was instrumental in developing the company's film acquisition anddistribution structures. He ...
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Sony Classics wins PG-13 rating for Oscar nominated Noel
Sony Pictures Classics has won its appeal to overrule the R ratingon Christian Carion's Oscar nominated Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) and will release the picture in the USwith a PG-13 rating in March.The MPAA appeals board agreed by a two-thirds majority to overturnthe earlier ruling, which had been based on ...
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Endore-Kaiser joins Paramount specialty arm as senior vp, creative advertising
Paramount's new-look specialty division has hired GuyEndore-Kaiser as senior vice president of creative advertising.Endore-Kaiser (pictured) arrives after serving three years atadvertising agency The Ant Farm, where he worked on campaigns for such titlesas Sin City and Matchpoint.'Guy's original thinking and strategic approach to creativefilm advertising are exceptional,' division president John ...
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Endore-Kaiser joins Paramount specialty arm as senior vp, creative advertising
Paramount's new-look specialty division has hired GuyEndore-Kaiser as senior vice president of creative advertising.Endore-Kaiser (pictured) arrives after serving three years atadvertising agency The Ant Farm, where he worked on campaigns for such titlesas Sin City and Matchpoint.'Guy's original thinking and strategic approach to creativefilm advertising are exceptional,' division president John ...
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TWC picks up Bessons's Arthur And The Minimoys
The Weinstein Company has picked up North America and all English-speakingterritories on Luc Besson's CGI-live-action adaptation of his 2003 children'sbook Arthur And The Minimoys.Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow star in the live-action parts ofthe project, with Madonna, Snoop Dogg and David Bowie providing voices for theanimated sections.Currently shooting, the EuropaCorp ...
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BVI's Narnia lands in its final major market of Japan
Buena Vista International (BVI) executives expect to dominate theweekend as they launch The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And TheWardrobe in its finalmajor market of Japan on Mar 4.The children's fantasy hit already ranks as the 20th biggestinternational release of all time on $380m and along with Universal's ...
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New Zealand to keep production rebates in place
New Zealand's economic development minister Trevor Mallard hasannounced that a review of the "Large Budget Screen Production Grant"initiative has been concluded and the scheme will remain in place. Mallard also announced thatthe New Zealandgovernment has paid expenditure rebates of $16.8m (NZ$25.2m) to King Kong and $10.6m (NZ$15.9m) to The ...
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Korean theatres opt to keep screen quota intact
In a new twist in the on-goingsaga of Korea's screen quota system, the Seoul Theatre Associationhas announced it will maintain the current quota for local films irregardlessof the recent government decision to cut it by half. At a meeting yesterday (March2) arranged by the government between theatre representatives, governmentofficials and ...
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Malaga Film Festival line-up is finalised
Fourteen new Spanish filmsand co-productions will compete at the upcoming ninth annual edition of theSpanish Film Festival of Malaga (March 17-25).More than 60 buyers from 23countries are expected at the feature film Market Screenings (March 23-25),where they will screen more than 50 titles, including the competition line-up.Among the competition titlesare ...
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Flood surges forward in South Africa, London
TonyMitchell's disaster film Flood hasstarted shooting, with a cast including Robert Carlyle, JessalynGilsig, Tom Courtenay, Joanne Whalleyand David Suchet. Power'sJustin Bodle is producing alongside Peter McAleese. The film is production from the UK's Power, known for its TV dramas andminiseries, with South Africa's Moonlighting Films and Canada's Muse Entertainment. Michael ...
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Thema starts Russian shoot for In Transit
UK/Russianco-production In Transit started productionin St Petersburg yesterday. TomRoberts, who has directed dozens of documentaries for BBC, PBS, and Channel 4,will make his narrative directorial debut.Thecast features John Malkovich, Thomas Kretschmann, Daniel Bruhl, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Eugene Mironov, Vera Farmiga, and JohnLynch.TheThema Productions project will shoot for five weeks. Thema's Michael ...
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French Supreme Court rules against private DVD copies
France's Supreme Court has ruled that it is illegal to make a copy of a shop-bought DVD even for personal use.The so-called Mulholland Drivecase, was brought by a consumer who argued that he should not be prevented from copying a DVD he bought as long as he did not distribute ...
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Celluloid Dreams doing brisk international sales with Offside
French sales company Celluloid Dreams has reported strong internationalsales on Berlinale Jury Prize winner Offside, with a US deal also close to being announced.Offside, directed by Jafar Panahi, is set during the Iran-Bahrain World Cup qualifierwhere female football fans disguise themselves as men to watch the match.Described as a Farsi ...
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Hong Kong festival to open with Election 2 world premiere
This year's Hong KongInternational Film Festival (HKIFF) will open with two local films - the worldpremiere of Johnnie To's Election 2and Pang Ho Cheung's Isabella, whichrecently won a Silver Bear for best score at Berlin. The festival, which runs April4-19, will close with two other Berlin competition titles - Marc ...
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Lionsgate, Twisted set Saw III for Oct 27, 2006
Lionsgate and TwistedPictures are reuniting the original creative team behind Saw and fast-tracking the third episode in time forHalloween this year.An Oct 27 US release datehas been set for the project, which will be directed by Saw II director Darren Lynn Bousman based on a story from Saw creators Leigh ...
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Wolfe picks up US rights to Fitzgerald's version of 3 Needles
WolfeReleasing has picked up US rights to the director's cut of Thom Fitzgerald'sglobal Aids drama 3 Needles starringLucy Liu, Chloe Sevigny and Stockard Channing.Wolfeplans an autumn theatrical release followed by a home entertainment roll-out insummer 2007.Thedirector's differs from the version of the picture that premiered at Torontolast autumn and is ...