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Edukators star signs for World War II feature
Julia Jentsch, lead actress in HansWeingartner's Cannes competition film The Edukators, has been cast asthe German resistance figure Sophie Scholl in Marc Rothemund's World War IIdrama Sophie Scholl - Die Letzten Tage (Sophie Scholl - The Last Days)which began shooting in Munich on June 12.The screenplay for the World War ...
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Hollywood Film Festival launches horror, fantasy and sci-fi side-fest
Hollywood FilmFestival organisers have teamed up with underground website Film Threat to setup the Hollywood Horror, Sci-fi and Fantasy Festival, which will run alongsidethe main event.The festivalwithin a festival will screen work from emerging and established film-makersand present a range of special attractions."We are honouredto have Chris Gore and Film ...
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BAFTA names date for 2005 award ceremony
BAFTA hasannounced the dates of its Orange British Academy Film Awards for 2005, whichwill be held on Saturday February 12.As inrecent years, the BAFTAs will take place two weeks before the Oscars, which arescheduled for Sunday, February 27, 2005.Thepre-Oscar date has helped the BAFTAs grow significantly in stature, and hascemented ...
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ITALY 24 June
Denzel Washington thriller Out Of Time opened at number three on what proved to be anothertepid weekend at the Italian box office.While the box office competed with soaring temperatures andthe appeal of the Euro 2004 football matches, the Medusa thriller opened on 239screens but in spite of a strong promotional ...
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GERMANY 24 June
Despite the Football Championship in Portugal Harry Potter held up for its thirdweekend with over 600,000 admissions and another $4.8m takings to gross $35.1mso far. With around 4.5m admissions, HarryPotter 3 is set to be the first release this year to pass 5m admissions.Olga Film's sequel to its Girls On ...
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NORWAY 24 June
In Harry Potter's second week ruling overthe Norwegian chart, it remained untouchable by any of the four new releases.JohnnyDepp-starrer Secret Window fared bestmaking it into fourth, but its just 16 prints, which averaged NOK27,666, wereno match for The Day After Tomorrowand Troy's high 63 and 53 prints.Familyfare Agent Cody Banks ...
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SWEDEN 24 June
Thenational football team didn't completely prevent Swedes from attending thethird Harry Potter film, which easilystayed on top of the chart with a $5,346 screen average on its massive 163prints.With theschool holidays beginning Scooby-Doo 2made a comeback to the top 10 after 13 weeks on release by moving into fifth.However,not much ...
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FilMart News Shanghai Media Group, Jade Dynasty team for animated Monkey
Hong Kong comic book publisher Jade Dynasty Publications isjoining forces with Shanghai Media Group (SMG) to co-produce an animatedfeature, Monkey King, based on one of its best-selling comics.The $2.4m (RMB20m) film will be produced by teams of animatorsin Hong Kong and China with completion scheduled for early 2006. SMG, one ...
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FilMart News Hong Kong arthouse cinema goes digital
Hong Kong is set to receive its first permanent digitalcinema installation following a deal between technology provider H2H Digitaland cinema owner Sil-Metropole Organisation.Thedigital screen will be installed in Sil-Metropole's CineArt House - one of HongKong's few cinemas dedicated to screening arthouse product. Under theagreement, H2H is supplying Sil-Metropole with a ...
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Scottish Screen chief McIntyre quits
Steve McIntyre has quit as chief executive of ScottishScreen, the funding body confirmed on Thursday.McIntyre has said he does not want his contract renewed whenit expires at the end of August. The body, which administers National Lotteryfunding, will start the search for his replacement next week, offeringcandidates a three-year contract.Scottish ...
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Lidschin named marketing manager at image.net
Cory Lidschin has been named marketing manager for North Americaat image.net, effective immediately.Based in the company's Santa Monica offices, Lidschin willimplement promotion, advertising, and public relations programmes aimedspecifically at the entertainment industry and will report to executive vicepresident for North America, Bruce Feldman.With two million annual downloads and more than ...
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MPAA upholds 'R' rating for 9/11
The MPAA upheld its R ratingfor Fahrenheit 9/11 yesterday(22), despite an eleventh hour appeal led by Lions Gate Films president TomOrtenberg.Classification and ratingappeals board members stuck to their guns after watching a screening of MichaelMoore's Palme D'Or winner in Los Angeles and hearing argument from Ortenberg.The reason for the ratingcited ...
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Shrek 2 has powerful B.O.
Shrek 2 canalready proclaim itself the biggest film of the year and biggest animated filmof all time in North America ($379m). However, the original 2001 film performedbetter in North America than internationally, a rarity for animated hits - andsomething which may not be repeated by the sequel.As the sequel starts ...
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PiFan unveils 8th festival line-up
Stuart Gordon's King Of The Ants and Ahn Byung-ki's Bunshinsaba have been selected tobookend the 8th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), whichruns from July 15-24 in South Korea.The world premiereof Bunshinsaba marks the third time thata film by Ahn will close the festival, with previous works A Nightmare and ...
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Studio Hamburg threatens to move to Berlin
In a reaction to the Hamburg Senate's planned cut to itsfilm funding budget, Studio Hamburg - which is currently negotiating a takeoverof the Babelsberg studios - has threatened to move its production apparatus toBerlin.Speaking to of Die Welt, Studio Hamburg chief Martin Willichsaid that "on 23 July our supervisory board ...
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Cinema Expo celebrates international market
The value of the international marketplace was hammered homeduring day two of exhibition trade show Cinema Expo in Amsterdam yesterday, asresearch company Nielsen EDI handed out its annual International Gold ReelAwards, for films that grossed over $100m internationally in the 12 monthssince the last edition of Cinema Expo.During a lunch ...
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Cinecitta eyes Chinese multiplex deal
Cinecitta Holding, the state-owned parent company of Rome'sfamous studios, is in talks with the Chinese government to manage what would beItaly's first multiplex in Beijing.The multiplex to be located in a shopping mall in the city'shistorical centre, will have 14 screens and is due to open at the end of ...
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Virgo's Lie is hot but Egoyan's Love is cooler
Summer is always the busiest season forfilm production. In Canada, where the summer is as short as it is hot, thatmakes it busier than most. In terms of heat, the hottest production by far isClement Virgo's new film, Lie With Me,which started shooting in Toronto on June 16.Virgo co-wrote the ...
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Russian mega-production moves to Rome
Russian producer Sergey Gribkov is close to completing a bigbudget spy-action blockbuster called Countdown,set to be one of the most ambitious films ever made in Russia.Directed by Evgeniy Lavrentiev (Swindle, Dream On), the multi-million dollar picture has beenshooting for 26 weeks in and around Moscow, the Caucasus and Georgia. Theproduction ...
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Potter magic still keeping Shrek 2 at bay
While Shrek 2 hit araft of new territories last weekend, claiming records for best animatedopening ever in most (see ScreenDaily.com, June 23) including Mexico,Brazil, Australia and New Zealand, it is not yet on enough screens or in enoughterritories to topple Harry Potter.The boy wizard's thirdcinematic adventure, The Prisoner Of Azkaban, ...