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Inferno pacts with WiP, Castle Rock for Chaos Theory
Jim Seibel and BillJohnson's Inferno Distribution has closed a deal with Castle Rock Entertainmentand Warner Independent Pictures (WiP) to finance Chaos Theory, a comedy starring Ryan Reynolds which will bedirected by Marcos Siega (Pretty Persuasion, Underclassman).Reynolds plays a young manabout to run out on his wedding day, until he is ...
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Local films dominate San Sebastian opening weekend
Local films dominated the opening weekend of the 53rdannual Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 15-24). Half of thecompetition titles to screen over the opening weekend were Spanish orSpain-backed. One of the festival's most highly anticipated world premieres, NineQueens director FabianBielinsky's2 hour 14 minutethrillerTheAura (El Aura), earned praise for its ...
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Festival do Rio lines up programme of over 300 films
The Rio International FilmFestival, which takes place Sept 22 to Oct 6, has unveiled its programme ofover 300 features and documentaries from 60 countries.Sponsored by the City ofRio, the Secretary of Culture, Riofilme and Petrobras, the festival screens 28new Brazilian features and 21 shorts including ten new features in fictioncompetition ...
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Pride & Prejudice enjoys $4.6m opening in UK for Universal/UIP
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory remained the number oneinternational release after an estimated $12.8m haul raised the cumulativetotal to $176.3m through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).Thehighlights were a $1.8m Korean launch including previews for an unconfirmed ranking, and number one launches in Norway and Sweden on $1.5m on 97 screens ...
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Carmichael joins Goldcrest as director of acquisitions and development
Seth Carmichael has joined production and sales company GoldcrestFilms as director of acquisitions and development, effective immediately.Carmichael, a former producer and chief executive officer of thePR, marketing and sales outfit Carmichael Films, will operate out of the LosAngeles and New York offices and will attend festivals and markets worldwide."There is ...
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El Aura cleans up at Argentina box office
Fabian Bielinsky's El Aura (The Aura), his follow-up to local smash Nine Queens, has opened to record-breaking numbers in its hometerritory of Argentina.Producer Patagonik Filmsreported that the film was seen by a massive 120,000 spectators on its firstweekend out on 51 prints through Patagonik backer Buena Vista International(BVI).That figure is ...
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Reese Witherspoon beats out Emily Rose at US box office
DreamWorks' romantic comedy JustLike Heaven was the number onepicture of the weekend following an estimated $16.5m launch, while Lions Gate'saction title Lord Of War openedin third place on a so-so $9.2m. Meanwhile last weekend'schampion, Screen Gems' The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, slipped to second place on $15.3m for a commendable$52m ...
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France opts for Christmas as Oscar choice
France haschosen Christian Carion's Merry Christmas as this year's entry for thebest foreign language film Oscar, controversially overlooking box office smash MarchOf The Penguins.A committee made up of industry professionals includingCannes festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux and Unifrance presidentMargaret Menegoz selected the film which is set to be released by ...
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Falk's Collector gathers Polish Film Fest prizes
Veteran filmmaker FeliksFalk was the big winner at this year's 30th Polish Film Festival (Sept 12-17)in the Baltic port of Gdynia with his first film for 10 years, The Collector(Komornik), which picked up five prizes at the weekend's closing galaceremony.Falk and his producer JanuszMorgenstern of Film Studio Perspektywa received the ...
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Shadowboxer sold to Italy in San Sebastian
Lee DanielsEntertainment closed a sale to Italy's Videa on Daniels' directorial debutShadowboxer at the San SebastianFilm Festival where it is in official selection. The film had its worldpremiere at Toronto.The company expects toannounce deals with the US and Spain in the days ahead.The film, which marks thedirectorial debut of producer ...
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Tsotsi, Look Both Ways win top prizes at Toronto
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival ended on Saturday, with Gavin Hood's UK/South Africaco-production Tsotsi winning thecoveted People's Choice Award voted on by festival audiences. The award has, inthe past, signaled enormous popular successes such as Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon (2000), Amelie (2001), Whale Rider (2002) Zatoichi (2003), and last year Hotel Rwanda.Sarah ...
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Spain names trio of films to fight for Oscar contention
The Spanish Film Academy hasselected three finalists for its nomination to the foreign-language Oscar,including Montxo Armendariz's Obaba, which inaugurated the 53rd Donosita-San Sebastian International FilmFestival on Thursday night.The other two finalists areJose Luis Garci's theatre adaptation Ninette and Fernando Leon's prostitute drama Princesas.The Academy, which createdthe two-tiered selection four years ...
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Krrish rolls in Singapore under incentive scheme
Production has started in Singapore on Indian director Rakesh Roshan's Krrish,which is the first film to take advantage of the $6m (S$10m) 'Film InSingapore' incentive scheme.Set up by the SingaporeTourism Board (STB), the scheme aims to encourage foreign productions to chooseSingapore as a shooting location. Up to 50% of productionexpenses ...
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Nearly 200 projects to screen at annual IFP Market next week
Close to 200projects from more than 1,400 submissions will screen at the 27th Annual IFPMarket when it runs in New York from Sept 18-22.Under theauspices of the IFP's Independent Film Week, the market and accompanyingFilmmaker Conference offer first-run screenings and provide extensivenetworking opportunities for filmmakers.Included in the199-title line-up are Bad ...
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Battsek's Miramax makes first acquisition as Toronto deals accumulate
The Toronto trickle turned into a torrent of deals yesterday,headed up by new-look Miramax's first acquisition as Daniel Battsek's teambought all North American rights to Ward Serrill's girls basketball documentaryThe Heart Of The Game.Elsewhere, THINKFilm took worldwide rights to Josh Gilbert'sdocumentary AKA Tommy Chong, and Bauer Martinez bought North American ...
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Shoreline acquires worldwide rights to Brooklyn Lobster
ShorelineEntertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Kevin Jordan's BrooklynLobster which had itsworld premiere in the Toronto Film Festival this week.Presented byMartin Scorsese, the film stars Danny Aiello and Jane Curtin and centres on aBrooklyn workingman struggling against the foreclosure of his lobster farm.Jordan also wrote the film and produced ...
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Pizzo joins Washington Square Films to head up film sales arm
FormerCarmichael Films partner Christopher Pizzo has joined Washington Square Films(WSF) to head up the bi-coastal US production and management company's newfilm sales division.PIzzo hasalready picked up North American sales rights to Pietro Reggiani's Italianfamily drama My Brother's Summer (L'Estate Di Mio Fratello) as well as Flannel Pajamas, the directorial debut ...
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Little Fish hooks Oz audiences
Little Fish has had the biggest opening for an Australian filmthis year in its home territory.Director Rowan Woods' secondfilm grossed $502,000 (A$655,672) in the week to September 14, coming seventhin the film chart. Distributor Icon says thisresult is comparable to Lantanaand Japanese Story, which went onto gross $9.4m and $3.5m ...
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Wallace & Grommit debuts in Australia, Pride in UK
Strong holdover business from Charlie And The Chocolate Factory may be enough to keep the WarnerBros title ahead of the international pack for a second consecutive weekend.Currently on more than $157.2m, the family title enjoyed animpressive Japanese launch last weekend and now ventures into South Korea onSept 16.Sci-fi adventure The ...
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang to open Hollywood Film Festival
Shane Black's KissKiss, Bang Bang will bethe opening night gala screening at the Hollywood Film Festival on Oct 18.Robert DowneyJr, Michelle Monaghan and Val Kilmer star in the story of a petty thief withaspirations to act who finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation.Warner Bros plans to release ...