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Grudge gives Ghost House, Senator Int roaring start
Ghost House Pictures' Japanese horror remake The Grudge, released in North America by ColumbiaPictures, scored the third biggest October debut of all time as it opened topon an estimated $40m, dethroning DreamWorks' animated hit Shark Tale (the second biggest Oct opening of all time) in its fourth weekend.Rated a teen-friendly ...
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Producers weigh up Belgium, China and S. Africa benefits
The benefits of shooting inBelgium, South Africa and China were outlined to international producers at afilm financing conference hosted by Screen International in London last week.The main reason to co-produce with China, said Thomas Leongof International Pacific Artists, is access to Chinese investment.'Although China is a communist country, it iscurrently ...
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Fox International passes $1bn for fourth time
Powered by mightyperformances from The Day After Tomorrow, I, Robot and Garfield, Fox International passed $1bn in 2004 ticket sales this week.As of Oct 21, thedistributor reported a $1.07bn overseas gross, marking the fourth time it haspassed the milestone following 1998, 1999 and 2002.The road to $1bn began inearnest with ...
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Focus brings three new third-party films to AFM...
Focus Featuresis bringing three new high-profile acquisitions to AFM in Santa Monica nextmonth, namely Danis Tanovic's Hell, Isabel Coixet's The Secret Life Of Words, and Ol Parker's Click.Focus will handle all international sales on the features,which are currently in production, and will commence sales at the market, whichruns from Nov ...
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...while African American specialist Lee signs with Focus
DeaconEntertainment producer Damon Lee, whose credits include the comedy UndercoverBrother, has signed afirst-look deal with Focus Features.Focus presidentof production John Lyons and vice president of production Kahli Small will workclosely with Lee to develop such Deacon projects as the comedy Holidaze, written by Richard Murphy. Focus willhold worldwide rights to ...
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AVP, Alfie released in UK against Shark Tale
Fox International's AlienVs Predator and Paramount's remakeof comedy-drama Alfie face theunenviable task of trying to dethrone DreamWorks' box office champion SharkTale when they open in the UK on Oct22.The animated hit opened toplast weekend on $13.6m and will take some beating. AVP goes out wide on 470 prints and Fox ...
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Artificial sales estimates under spotlight
One of the UK filmindustry's nastiest open secrets - inflated sales estimates - was highlightedin Screen International's UK Film Finance Summit yesterday.The murky area was a keydiscussion point on a panel about financing middlemen headed by IAC Film'sMichael Ryan, who said that "disreputable agents are paid fees by producers toprovide ...
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William Greaves gets career award from IDA
William Greaves, thechronicler of African-American history whose credits include Ralph Bunche:An American Odyssey and FromThese Roots, will receive theInternational Documentary Association's (IDA) 2004 Career Achievement Award ata ceremony in Los Angeles on Dec 10."William Greaves has madeunique and important contributions to advancing our understanding andappreciation of humanity and the African-American ...
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Becker takes on Love Reigns sales
Becker Films International is to handle worldwide sales on WhereLove Reigns, which is being set up as an official tri-partite productionbetween the UK, Canada and South Africa and has Martin Scorsese on board asexecutive producer.Thefilm is based on the true story of the torrid love affair in the early 1900sbetween ...
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Warner gets its Superman in Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh (pictured) hasbeen confirmed as Superman in Warner Bros Pictures' new as yet untitled theatricalversion of the comic strip superhero to be directed by Bryan Singer.Routh is a 25 year-oldnative of Iowa whose TV credits include soap opera One Life To Live, serials Gilmore Girls and Cold Case and ...
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UK Film Council chief takes on 'merchants of gloom'
UKFilm Council CEO John Woodward yesterday launched an outspoken attack on the'merchants of gloom' who continually snipe and spread bad news aboutthe British film industry.Woodward, giving a keynote speech at ScreenInternational's UK Film Finance Summit, insisted that the UK industry isperceived throughout the world as 'dynamic, entrepreneurial, internationalin outlook, clever ...
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UK tax credit scheme is 'moveable feast'
The amount of moneyavailable to producers from the new tax credit scheme announced by the UKgovernment is a 'moveable feast', delegates heard at Screen International's UKFilm Finance Summit.Panellists sitting on adebate about the 'Son of Section 48' said that the benefits could be anythingfrom 10% to 20% of a film's ...
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Glickman in France for first international outing
Piracy and otherkey issues will be on the agenda when new MPAA chief Dan Glickman travels toFrance today (22) to hold talks with government ministers.In his firstofficial trip as MPAA president and chief executive officer, Glickman isheading for the annual Encounters of Beaune and will take part on a panel ...
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Reel World opens LA management outfit for international talent
Reel World Management has opened offices in Beverly Hillsto offer LA production companies direct access to international film andtelevision writers, directors, and co-producing partners.Reel WorldManagement is owned by managing partner and president, Roma Roth and Reel OneEntertainment, headed by Tom Berry (Screamers, The Assignment).Reel OneEntertainment executive produces eight-10 pictures each ...
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ROMANIA 22 October
Anacondas proved to be real favorites in Romania when released last weekend alongwith four further new titles but Romanian comedy Italian Chicks (Italiencele) was the talk of the town.Napoleon Helmis'film about the adventures in Italy of two Romanian girls played by MaraNicolescu and Ana Ularu debuted in fifth place for ...
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FINLAND 22 October
Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx gave Collateral a strong opening at the top of the Finnish chartdismissing Home On The Range tosecond but damaging The Bourne Supremacyand Resident Evil: Apocalypse, asthey dropped 37% and 58% to the 6th and 10th spot.However, there was little interest for the new local film,Janne ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 22 October
LjubisaSamardzic's Goose Feather helped themarket rise 23% when it opened this weekend at the pole position for FirstProduction. Having sold 16,755 admissions for the weekend, theSerbian-Montenegrin Oscar hopeful earned $50,164 or $3,344 per screen andpushed Kusturica's Life Is A Miracleto number two.Miracle has earned another $34,376 (or $688 per screen, ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 22 October
LjubisaSamardzic's Goose Feather helped themarket rise 23% when it opened this weekend at the pole position for FirstProduction. Having sold 16,755 admissions for the weekend, theSerbian-Montenegrin Oscar hopeful earned $50,164 or $3,344 per screen andpushed Kusturica's Life Is A Miracleto number two.Miracle has earned another $34,376 (or $688 per screen, ...
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49 entries to vie for foreign language film Oscar
49 countrieshave submitted films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forconsideration in the foreign language category, the Academy announced yesterday(21).That's down fromthe record number of 55 last year and 54 in 2002. It's also a bad year for theAcademy in that some of the year's most acclaimed ...
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Ealing Studios names new head of development
Ealing Studios has appointedSophie Meyer as head of development, head of studio Barnaby Thompson announcedtoday.Meyer will oversee thedevelopment slate for Ealing Studios and production company Fragile Films, andgenerate new material. Working with Thompson, she will push forward projectssuch as the studio's remake of StTrinians."I am delighted that Sophiehas joined the ...