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Wolf Creek finally gets teeth into Australian market
Greg McLean's horror title WolfCreek has finally opened in its Australian home territory, scoring a numberone opening on Thursday on an estimated $142,639 (AU$193,045).The film had been delayed because of its similarities with a murder trial still in progress. It is still barred from opening in the Northern Territory, where ...
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Rezo scores Europa, Avex sales for Russian Countdown
Headinginto the AFM, French outfit Rezo Films has drummed up an impressive list ofsales on its Russian action picture Countdown. LucBesson's EuropaCorp. has bought the film for France for a 2006 release.Originally distributed by Gemini in Russia, the film has also sold to Japan'sAvex Entertainment, Brazil's Conquest Films, Hong Kong's ...
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Minghella hails best ever London Film Festival
"The best festival ever," was Anthony Minghellas description of the 49th The Times London Film Festival, which closed last night withGeorge Clooney's Good Night, And GoodLuck.Theevent broke all previous records, boasting 161 sold-out performancesin a festival of 180 feature films and 130 shorts.Theend of festival awards went to:The Sutherland Trophy ...
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Celluloid boards Oz mockumentary Razzle Dazzle
A newmockumentary Razzle Dazzle promises to lift the lid on the spangle-clad world of children'sdance troupes. The project, just added to Celluloid Dreams' AFM slate, is beingscripted by Carolyn Wilson and longtime Ricky Gervais collaborator Robin Ince.from an original story by Daren Ashton and Carolyn Wilson.The $1.5 millionfeature will shoot ...
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Push Worldwide moves into production with Cold Cream
Mike Elliott, Rob Kerchnerand Joe Genier's fledgling international distributor Push Worldwide is movinginto production with the aim of releasing three to four features a year,kicking off with Richard Halpern's horror thriller Cold Cream. Elliott and Genier willproduce the story, set to begin production in autumn 2006, about an overweightwoman whose ...
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New Zealand's Rialto sells shares in companies to Reading
Kelly Rogers and David Rosshave sold their half share in New Zealand's biggest arthouse circuit, RialtoCinemas, to mainstream exhibitor Reading and cashed up their distributioncompany in the process.This means that thecountry's two biggest cinema operators, the other being existing half ownerVillage Skycity, now own most of the 19-screen specialist chain ...
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2929 sells Soderbergh's six to France, Japan, Italy
Celebrating its firstanniversary at AFM, 2929 International is reporting brisk sales on its slate ofsix Steven Soderbergh features commissioned earlier this year by 2929Entertainment chiefs Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban.Headed up by the small townmystery Bubble, the package ofotherwise as yet untitled pictures that Soderbergh will make over the next ...
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Asterix conquers AFM ahead of world premiere
Inadvance of its world premiere at the AFM on Friday, M6's Euros22m animatedfeature Asterix And The Vikingshas been selling widely. Thecartoon about the doughty, magic potion-swilling Gauls has gone to Germany(RTL). Eastern Europe (SPI), Spain and Portugal (Lusomundo), Scandinavia (ABSvensk), Greece (Rosebud), Turkey, Brazil, Switzerland and Indoneisa.Adaptedfrom the 1967 Asterix ...
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Aja signs on to Gold Circle, Craven, Rogue horror
HotFrench horror director Alex Aja has signed to direct The Waiting, a supernatural horror thriller that is being puttogether by Gold Circle and Wes Craven and set to open in North America throughRogue Pictures in March. MandatePictures is handling international sales on the Gold Circle Films andCraven/Maddalena production about a ...
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Hyde Park to sell Warner Independent's Astronaut Farmer
Warner Independent Pictures has appointed Hyde Park Internationalexclusive sales agent on the Polish brothers' drama Astronaut Farmer starring Billy Bob Thornton, VirginiaMadsen and Bruce Dern.Currently in production and directed by Michael Polish from ascreenplay he co-wrote with his brother Mark, Astronaut Farmer centres on a retired astronaut whobuilds a rocket ...
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Momentum, Aurum buy The Hoax for UK and Spain
UK distributor MomentumPictures and its Spanish sister company Aurum Producciones have acquired threefilms for release in 2006: Lasse Hallstrom's The Hoax for the UK and Spain, Mark Neveldine and BrianTaylor's Crank for Spain, andGavin Hood's Tsotsi for the UK.Momentum's vice president of acquisition Lara Thompson spearheaded all threedeals.The Hoax, currently ...
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Blue Star CEO Maggi steps back to set up financing outfit
European production andsales company Blue Star Movies has announced that Pietro Dioni and IreneMasiello have taken over as managing directors, overseeing day-to-dayoperations of the business, while former CEO Pete Maggi will assume the titleof Chairman and kick start his new financing company, Movie Finance.Movie Finance, an equityfund to be launched ...
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Festival heads Scottish Bafta contenders
AnnieGriffin's ensemble comedy Festivalheadsthe contenders for this year's BAFTA Scotland Awards with six nominations including best film. Writer/directorGriffin's feature debut took its inspiration from Robert Altman'sNashville and casts a jaundiced eye over the agonyand the ecstasy of theannual arts Festival in Edinburgh.GabyDellal's On A Clear Day starringPeter Mullan has received ...
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Festival heads Scottish Bafta contenders
Annie Griffin's ensemble comedy Festivalheadsthe contenders for this year'sBAFTA Scotland Awards with six nominations including best film. Writer/directorGriffin's feature debut took its inspiration from Robert Altman'sNashville and casts a jaundiced eye over the agonyand the ecstasy of theannual arts Festival in Edinburgh.GabyDellal's On A Clear Day starringPeter Mullan has received ...
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Bedford, Geronimo form production joint venture
New York-based BedfordEntertainment and Belfast-based Geronimo Productions have formed a jointventure, Mick 'n' Mack Productions, to produce a slate of feature films to beshot in Northern Ireland and the UK.The slate of eight films, tobe shot over the next two years, will have individual budgets of $1 million to$20 million. ...
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Myriad boards Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl
Myriad Pictures has picked up all international rights to GeorgeHickenlooper's Edie Sedgwick drama Factory Girl with Sienna Miller attached to play thelead and Guy Pearce in talks to star as Andy Warhol.Shooting is expected to being next month in New York andShreveport, Louisiana, with Holly Wiersma and Richard Galub serving ...
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Initial boards Revolution sci-fi thriller Next
Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group has fulfilled itspromise to bring buyers product outside the company's new deal with Warner Brosand boarded Revolution Studios' sci-fi action thriller Next.Initial is offering international rights to the film, which willbe released by Revolution partner Sony Pictures in the domestic market, andwhich has Nicolas Cage ...
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Chang boards Korean war epic Christmas Cargo
Terence Chang is teaming upwith Korean production company Blue Storm and sales agent Cineclick Asia toproduce $20m Korean war epic Christmas Cargo. Chang, who is John Woo'spartner in Lion Rock Productions, will executive produce the project. BlueStorm president Bae Yong-kook will produce in association with Cineclick Asiamanaging director Suh Young-joo. ...
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Celestial, Image pact on Shaw Brothers titles
Hong Kong's CelestialPictures has signed a long-term deal with Image Entertainment for US andCanadian video distribution of 30 titles from its Shaw Brothers library. Titles covered by the dealinclude martial arts classics such as The Shadow Boxer, Heaven And Hell and The Magic Blade, along with a range of other ...
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Campfires Burning at Celluloid Dreams
Underlining its growing appetite for upscale English-language fare,Paris-based Celluloid Dreams is taking up sales duties on US road movie CampfiresBurning, the debut feature from Mary Sweeney. The $5 million feature, shootingnext summer for delivery in 2007, will be shot by Diego Vignatti Martinez (BattleIn Heaven) and cast by Johanna Ray ...