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UIP shuffles summer release schedule in UK
UIP has shuffled its early July summer schedule in theUK, bringing forward Steven Spielberg's tentpole release War Of The Worldsby a week to July 1. UKexhibitors have also been informed that DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar willrelease on July 15 instead of July 1.Therelease of Spielberg's sci-fi drama, which stars Tom Cruise, ...
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Pinewood Shepperton acquires Teddington Studios
The UK's largest studio player, Pinewood SheppertonPLC, has acquired Teddington Studios, it was announced to the London stockmarket today (April 1.) Pinewood Shepperton has bought Teddington Studios Limited,which is currently in administration, and the entire share capital of TheStudio Broadcasting Company Limited (SBC) for £2.7m. Teddington, which is based in ...
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De Palma's Black Dahlia starts Bulgarian shoot
Brian de Palma's long gestating adaptation of James Ellroy'snovel The Black Dahlia, starring JoshHartnett and Scarlet Johannsen, has begun shooting at studios in Sofia for AviLerner's Millenium Film with the German media fund Equity Pictures KG III.The $60m crime drama had originally planned to recreate setsfor 1940s Los Angeles at ...
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Dream takes international on horror doc about HH Holmes
Los Angeles-based productionand international sales outfit Dream Entertainment has acquired internationalrights to Waterfront Productions' horror documentary HH Holmes: America'sFirst Serial Killer from filmmakerJohn Borowski.The first feature-lengthdocumentary about Herman Mudgett, also known as HH Holmes or the TortureDoctor, chronicles the serial killer's life and the torture chambers he set upin the ...
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Freeman jumps from Galaxy to indie British comedy
The All Together, an independently financed British comedy starringMartin Freeman (The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Office),finished shooting on March 21. Freeman plays a TV presenterdesperately seeking a new start. Hislife soon takes a turn for the worse when he is taken hostage by an Americangangster (Corey Johnson, Hellboy, ...
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UK's Warp Films moves into distribution
WarpFilms, the film division of music label Warp Records, has launched adistribution arm.The distribution label will be DVD driven, although it aims for mostfilms to have a theatrical life. Mixing in-house films and acquisitions, itwill sub-distribute to companies in other European markets as its sistercompany does with music. Warp's Luke ...
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EU approval paves the way for imminent closure of Sony/MGM deal
The European Commission (EU)has unconditionally approved the MGM acquisition by the Sony-led LOCAcquisition Company.EU officers declared theproposed acquisition to be compatible with Common Market guidelines, followingrecent US antitrust regulatory approval.The deal is expected toclose before mid-April, subject to the completion of the acquisition's complexfinancing jigsaw.
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Gail Berman named president of Paramount Studios
GailBerman was officially named as president of Paramount Studios yesterday, makinga move to movies from television which has stunned the Hollywood industry.Currentpresident Donald De Line will likely step down, although his exact exit has yetto be determined. Berman will make the move to Paramount in May and join newstudio chief ...
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Disney shares climb following Weinsteins split
Shares in Walt Disney Coclosed higher on Wednesday, the day after the media conglomerate announced thatit had finalised its negotiations to sever ties with Miramax co-chiefs Harveyand Bob Weinstein.Disney shares on the NewYork Stock Exchange were up 45 cents, or 1.61%, at $28.35.The long expected move waswelcomed by analysts who ...
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Heysel stadium doc gets its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto
Lode Desmet's Heysel'85 - Requiem For A Cup Final willclose the 12th annual Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival inToronto. The Belgian production, which chronicles the Heysel Stadium disasterof 1985, is among 100 films screening at the festival, billed as the largestevent of its kind in North America. The festival ...
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Strand announces US pick-ups of Berneri, Marconi films
Strand Releasing hasacquired US rights to Anahi Berneri's Argentina-set drama A Year WithoutLove (Un Ano Sin Amor) and Rodolphe Marconi's French romance The LastDay (Le Dernier Jour).A Year Without Love premiered in the Berlinale's Panorama Section, where it won the Teddy Award for best feature for its chronicle of a ...
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Gong Li lands leading role in Mann's Miami Vice
Gong Li hasjoined Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx in the cast of Michael Mann's upcoming MiamiVice project forUniversal Pictures.The Chinesestar, whose credits include a handful of Zhang Yimou classics, Farewell My Concubine, 2046 and the upcoming Memoirs Of A Geisha, will play Isabella, the Chinese-Cubanwife of an international crime syndicate ...
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Monster movie scores $4.7m pre-sale to Japan
The Host, a big-budget monster movie to be shot by one ofKorea's most respected directors, clinched a massive $4.7m pre-sale to Japan'sHappinet .Pictures at the recent Hong Kong FilMart.The deal, which includes a $1.5m investment stake plusdistribution rights for Japan, is unusually high for a film which is still twomonths ...
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Avica unveils plans for Irish digital cinema network
US digital cinema outfit Avica has unveiled plans tobuild a digital exhibition network on 515 screens across Ireland, both Northand South.Avica has launched a new subsidiary, Digital Cinema Ltd(Ireland) (DCL), backed by Euros 40m in venture capital, to install thenetwork.Avica claims that "Ireland will be the world's firstdigital nation" as ...
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Warner Bros restructures global brand management division
Warner Bros Entertainment'sGlobal Brand Management has announced its line-up of senior executivesresponsible for promoting properties throughout the company's divisions.Joining executive vicepresident of global brand management Diane Nelson are new vice presidents Irika Slavin, Sandy Yi, Lisa St Amandand Amber Fredman. The quartet will support Warner Bros Global BrandManagement's directive ...
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Celador promotes Colson to joint managing director
Celador Films, the film armof the UK TV company behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire', has promotedChristian Colson to joint managing director.Colson, previously directorof production and development, will share the role with chairman and Celadorfounder Paul Smith. Since joining Celador fromMiramax Films in 2002, Colson has completed Separate Lives, ...
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Weinstein Company names first 13 movies on domestic distribution slate
As Harvey and Bob Weinsteinride out their contractual term as Miramax co-chairmen under the Disneyumbrella, they have already finalised at least 13 films to be released undertheir new venture The Weinstein Company.While the brothers areobliged to oversee all the unreleased Miramax titles in the pipeline untiltheir departure on Sept 30, ...
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Disney and Weinsteins reach agreement on divorce
After months of publicnegotiations and anguish, Disney and Miramax topbrass announced yesterday [29] that Harvey and Bob Weinstein will leave theDisney fold when their contracts expire on Sept 30 to set up an integrated media company, tentatively titled TheWeinstein Company.In a conference call with reporters that revealed littleby way of ...
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Weinsteins announce departure
Bob and Harvey Weinstein are to leave Miramax, the company they founded 25 years ago.In a statement today, Disney and the Weinstein's confirmed the long-awaited decision. The Weinsteins will stay at Miramax on a non-exclusive basis until September 30 but will begin work immediately on a new as yet unnamed ...
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Disney, Miramax announce divorce
Following protractednegotiations, Disney and Miramax top brass announced yesterday [29] that Harveyand Bob Weinstein will leave the Disney fold when their contracts expire onSept 30 to set up a fully integrated media company, tentatively titled The WeinsteinCompany.In a conference call with reporters that revealed little by way of newdevelopments, Disney ...