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Howard, Olin, Robards join cast of thriller Awake
Terrence Howard, Lena Olinand Sam Robards have joined the cast on GreeneStreet Films, The WeinsteinCompany and Deutsch/Open City's psychological thriller Awake. Filming in New Yorkcommenced last week in the tale of a man undergoing surgery who learns of acriminal plot. Hayden Christenson and Jessica Alba play the lead roles.Joby Harold ...
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B Pix sells El Cortez to France, Germany
Santa Monica-based B Pix hascompleted two key sales at AFM on the noir thriller El Cortez starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Rights have gone to JanRoeloffs and Jupiter Communications in France and Koch Media in Germany. Bruce Weitz, Glenn Plummer,Tracy Middendorf, James McDaniel, and Peter Onorati star in the film. Prior ...
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Trapero's Family scores US berth with Palm
Palm Pictures has acquiredNorth American and Caribbean rights to Pablo Trapero's road movie RollingFamily. The New York-baseddistributor plans an early 2006 release on the picture, which centres on an Argentinean matriarch who takes her family on a tripto a wedding. The picture won bestdirector and best actress honours for Gracina ...
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Wilde, Lewis, Carradine join cast of Bobby Z
Olivia Wilde, Jason Lewis,Keith Carradine, M C Gainey and Margo Martindale have joined the cast ofthriller The Death And Life Of Bobby Z from Paul Walker's Blue Collar Films and Heidi Jo Markel's EclecticPictures. Production is currentlyunderway in Mexico on a small-time loser who gets a shot at redemption when ...
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Shani buys film package for Israel from Herwitz
Andrew Herwitz'sThe Film Sales Company has completed a package deal at AFM with Israel's ShaniFilms.Titles includeAlan Hruska's romantic comedy Nola starring Emily Rossum, and the drama Loggerheads starring Kip Pardue and Bonnie Hunt.Other titlesinclude Joseph Pierson's 2002 police drama Evenhand, and Elliot Greenebaum's comedy AssistedLiving, which won the2003 Sundance Grand ...
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Nanny McPhee sweeps to top of UK charts
NannyMcPhee has worked her magic on the UK box office, takingstop spot in its third weekend. The WorkingTitle film, which stars Emma Thompson, took $2.9m (£1.7m) over the weekend tobring its total after 17 days to $22.3m (£12.8m).It wasenough to leapfrog the week older Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of ...
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MPAA jubilant at Grokster closure
Peer-to-peerwebsite Grokster, long a thorn in the side of Hollywood's anti-piracy chiefs,has announced it is closing down.The move followsJune's Supreme Court ruling that individuals or companies that activelyencourage copyright infringement by users of their service can be heldresponsible for their users' conduct.Grokster hasagreed that the court enter a judgment for ...
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Tornasol to understudy De la Iglesia's Oxford thriller
Spain'sTornasol Films is backing the second English-language foray of Spanish cultdirector Alex de la Iglesia, the UK-set Oxford Murders.A serial killer thriller set against the esoteric world of mathematics at Oxford University,Murders will shoot with an international cast there next year.AUK co-producer is in talks for the Euros 6m project, ...
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European quartet head for New York Industry Screenings
A re-edited version of Florian Hoffmeister's Silver Leopard winner Three Degrees Colder is one of four European films being presented at European Film Promotion's (EFP) first New York Industry Screenings programme at the Tribeca Cinemas from November 14 - 15.The other films selected for the private, invitation-only screenings are: Eleven ...
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German Media Funds under imminent threat, say reports
German Federal Finance Minister Hans Eichel is reported to be submitting a motion forcabinet approval which would spell the end of the media funds by the end ofthis week.Accordingto German press reports, the Federal Cabinet will be asked to vote on changesto the Income Tax Code by Thursday (Nov 10). ...
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Manslaughter gathers more garlands
Per Fly's Manslaughter has picked up the top prize at the Nordische Filmtagein Lubeck.The$15,000 NDR Film Prize is awarded for a "feature film of special artisticquality." The third film in Fly's class trilogy also won the Nordic Council Film Prize 2005 last month.Trust Film Sales has struck a number of ...
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Von Trier plans documentary about Dreyer's Gertrud
Lars Von Trieris hatching a documentary about one of his favourite films - legendary movie auteur Carl TheodorDreyer's 1964 feature Gertrud.Von Trier'sproducer Vibeke Vindelow said here that Von Trier will write, direct andconduct all the interviews for the documentary which will feature the cast andcrew from the film who are ...
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Screen Gems, Summit share the world on Apocalypse
Screen Gems hastaken the majority of worldwide rights to Constantin Film and Davis Films'horror sequel Resident Evil: Afterlife. Summit Entertainment is selling the rest of the world atAFM.ProducerConstantin is handling the film in Germany and Davis Film sister companyMetropolitan Filmexport is handling France. Screen Gems hastaken North America, Latin America, ...
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Peace Arch shoots five for genre arm
Toronto-basedPeace Arch Entertainment Group has launched genre division Archetype Films andis introducing five titles already in production.The slate isheaded by Warrior Of Terra starring Edward Furlong, Ellen Fury and Andrew Lui, in the storyof a team of animal rights activists who discover a bio-engineered monster.Archetype isalso in production on The ...
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Lumina launches thriller label Panic Attack
UK-based production andsales company Lumina Films is launching its thriller label Panic Attack withDan Reed's Straightheads,starring Gillian Anderson, Danny Dyer and Anthony Calf.Damian Jones (The HistoryBoys, Millions) and Kevin Loader (TheHistory Boys, Enduring Love) areproducing. The film is funded by FilmFour, the UK Film Council's New CinemaFund (which has invested ...
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Attenborough closes the ring with ContentFilm
ContentFilm Internationalhas taken worldwide rights to Richard Attenborough's forthcoming epic, ClosingThe Ring. ContentFilm isco-financing the film with the Bank of Ireland.Oscar-winning directorAttenborough will co-produce with Jo Gilbert. Shirley MacLaine is attached tostar, and discussions are ongoing with other actors. Closing The Ring is a UK-Canadian co-production to be shot onlocation ...
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Bauer Martinez lines up McTiernan for Crash Bandits
Bauer Martinezchief Philippe Martinez has revealed that John McTiernan is preparing to shootthe action adventure Crash Bandits for the company with Hayden Christensen set to star.Martinezconfirmed that production is set to begin on Feb 15 in Thailand on the story oftreasure seekers who target wrecked airplanes containing riches.The title makesit ...
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New teams with Woo, Chang for Bloody Numbers
BeverlyHills-based New Films International will co-produce the supernatural thriller BloodyNumbers with John Wooand Terence Chang's Lion Rock Productions.The productionis set to be one of the first to return to the French Quarter in New Orleans inthe wake of Hurricane Katrina and will get underway in the first half of 2006.Woo's ...
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Gold Circle to remake Breaking News
Gold Circle Films hasacquired remake rights to Johnnie To action movie Breaking News from Hong Kong's Media Asia. The film, about a policestakeout that turns into a live televised event, screened in anout-of-competition slot at the Cannes film festival in 2004. Gold Circle president PaulBrooks will produce the project. Executive ...
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Warner Japan buys Korean weepie My Girl And I
Warner Bros Japan hasacquired Korean romantic drama My Girl And I from start-up Korean sales company iHQ. The film, which is a remakeof Japanese hit Crying Out Love In The Centre Of The World, stars Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl) and Song Hye-gyo. It was also sold to Hong Kong'sCelestial ...