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Dutch TV company expands into film production
Dutch independent television productioncompany Eyeworks is expanding into film production. The creator of successfulTV formats as The National IQ Test and The 10' is working on twoprojects to be filmed in 2006.Dutch producer Rolf Koot, co-creator of AllStars and executive of its English remake Things To Do Before You're 30,has ...
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Doom wraps production in Prague
Video game adaptation Doomwrapped principal photography at Prague's Barrandov Studio on 28 January and isconcluding work with a reduced unit this week, unit publicist Geoff Freemantold Screendaily.com. "Filming went very well and I hope we do justiceto the video game," he said. The film is tied in with therelease of ...
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Tango staffs up in LA with Fisher, Elizalde
Paul Levinson and WarrenGoldberg's fledgling Los Angeles-based home entertainment distributor TangoEntertainment has hired Evan Fisher as senior vice-president of sales andmarketing and Victor Elizalde as senior vice-president of finance and administration.Fisher's overall task willbe to set up a broad range of distribution channels and new retail outlets. Hepreviously ran his ...
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GERMANY 2 February
Despite a 58% week-on-weekdrop in box-office takings, Warner Bros.' Blade:Trinity held onto thetop spot for a second week with a $1.8m gross to bring its tally for the firsttwo weeks of release to over $ 7m.Last weekend saw threestrong new entries to the Top 10 with Lemony Snicket's A Series ...
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AUSTRALIA/NZ Production Listings Feb 2
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALANDLISTINGS AUSTRALIA FINANCED THE BETGerrycan Productions. Budget: tba. Backers: Private investors. Urban drama. Ayoung Sydney stockbroker risks it all to win a friendly bet about making money.Prod: Caroline Gerard. Dir: Mark Lee. Scr: Caroline Gordon. DoP: Hugh Miller.Production design: Sam Wilde. Costume design: Lara Blomfield. Hair/make-up:Cameron Jane. Music: John ...
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German fund Academy pitches $42m into three Inferno projects
Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel's production and financing houseInferno Distribution has received $42m to finance three projects in 2005 fromGerman film fund, Academy.The first of the projects is Southland Tales, Richard Kelly's follow-up to DonnieDarko that centres on aheatwave that culminates in a huge July 4 party in the Los ...
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Binoche, Whitaker line-up for Ferrara's Mary
Juliette Binoche, ForrestWhitaker, Heather Graham and Matthew Modine are to star in Abel Ferrara's nextfeature, Mary. French sales and distributioncompany Wild Bunch has taken rights to the film - outside North America andItaly - ahead of Berlin's European Film Maket.Mary is a Bible-themed drama about a contemporary trio -an actor, ...
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Fockers storms international chart
Propelled by a $14.9mopening weekend in the UK, Meet The Fockers easily topped theinternational box office, grossing $18.8m from 20 territories and scoring anexcellent screen average of $10,937.But the real star performerswere two South Korean releases: Another Public Enemy and Running Boy.Selling more than half amillion tickets over the weekend, ...
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Gavin Film strikes Yasmin deals
UK based sales outfit GavinFilm has closed a string of deals on Yasmin,Kenny Glenaan's post 9/11 tale of Muslim life in Britain. It has sold France (LesFilms du Safran), Brazil (California Films) and the UK (3DD Entertainment).Academy Films have the rights for Germany, Switzerland and Austria.In the UK the film ...
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DVD retailers benefit from UK tax loophole
A tax exemption used byTesco, Amazon and others to avoid charging VAT on DVDs will this week facecriticism from MPs. According to the UK's SundayTelegraph, the retailers have set up operations in Jersey, in the ChannelIslands, where under a 20-year-old law, they can sell goods to consumers on theBritish mainland ...
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Demand heats up for Berlin market
The number of films submitted to Berlin's European Film Market (EFM) hasrisen by a third, underlining its growing importance as the first market of theyear following the AFM's move to autumn dates.Speaking to ScreenDaily.com,festival director Dieter Kosslick said that the market has seen "moredemand from all over the world, but ...
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Warner Bros to open five more cinemas in China
WarnerBros has signed an agreement with the state-owned Shenzhen International Trust& Investment Corp to open five joint venture cinemas in China, according tothe Xinhua news agency.Warner Bros will hold a controlling 51% stake in the fivecinemas with the Shenzhen-based investment firm holding the rest. In additionto Shenzhen, the partners will ...
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Van Gogh shadow hangs over Rotterdam
The shadow of the murdered director Theovan Gogh is hanging over this year's Rotterdam Film Festival (Jan 26-Feb 6).A new prize, the GoldenCactus Theo van Gogh Award for Maverick Filmmakers, was awarded on Sunday toIlya Khrzhavonsky for his subversive feature 4, which has been banned by Russian censors. The award ...
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ITALY 1 February
The Aviator soared to the top of the Italian box office on itsopening weekend, on the back of its freshly announced 11 Oscar nominations.The Leonardo Di Capriovehicle earned $2,759,240 for 01 Distribution from 438 screens, registering astrong average of $6,300 per screen.At the same time, WarnerBros's Alexander, currently playing on ...
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Alexander takes $4m in 51 territories over the weekend
Alexander grossedan estimated $4m on 2,200 screens in 51 territories at the weekend, raising theinternational running total to $112.5m.The picture added $1.3m for a $10.1m running total in its thirdweekend in Italy through Warner Bros International and was expected to ranksecond behind The Aviator.In its third weekend in Australia, Alexander ...
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Tango Entertainment announces key appointments
Tango EntertainmentInc, the home entertainment operatorformed at the end of 2004 by industry veterans Paul Levinson and WarrenGoldberg, has made two key appointments.Evan Fisher joins thecompany as senior vice-president of sales and marketing with an emphasis onestablishing a broad spectrum of distribution channels and originating newretail outlets.Working alongside Fisher inthe ...
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Kung-fu Hustle scoops Hong Kong Film Award nods
Stephen Chow's Kung-fuHustle heads the pack in the nominations for this year's Hong Kong FilmAwards, bagging 16 nods including best film, best director and best actor forChow.The box office smash wasnominated in every category apart from best supporting actress and best song.It picked up two best supporting actor nods for ...
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Fox India closes distribution office
20th Century Fox has closedits Indian distribution arm in Mumbai after 73 years of operation. CEO AdityaShastri has already left the company to joinMumbai based UTV. Fox, which opened its officein 1932, had recently been suffering losses on its Hollywood releases and tried to diversify operations in India byparticipating in ...
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Task force to investigate production decline
Although hopes were high atthe beginning of the year, the number of films produced in Hong Kong has fallento an all-time low of around 65 this year and many films performed belowexpectations over the summer. As a result, 20 film professionals have set up anemergency task force to find solutions ...
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Jegeus takes up top marketing position at Fox International
Tomas Jegeus (pictured) has been named executive vice president of marketingat Fox International, where he will develop and supervise strategic marketingplans for all Fox releases overseas.The likelihood of Jegeus' appointment has been an open secret eversince Scott Neeson left the division 18 months ago.Effective immediately, Jegeus will oversee the Los ...