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Finland's MRP joins Russian Legion
Finland's MRP Matila RöhrProductions has joined Russia's PK Slovo production outfit to back FyodorBondarchuk's $3.3m The Ninth Legion, which shoots in Tadzikistan,Ukraina and Moscow from June to September.Fyodor Bondarchuk, who isthe son of the legendary director Sergei Bondarchuk (War And Peace),previously acted and co-produced Moving (2003) among other films, buthas ...
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First Look stirs with Martini's Lymelife
US-based First Look Mediahas acquired worldwide rights excluding North America to Derick and StevenMartini's drama Lymelife, which starsAlec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Timothy Hutton.The Martini brothersdeveloped the script through the Sundance Institute˙s film-maker andscreenwriter labs and make their directorial debut on the project, which is dueto begin principal photography ...
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Moore pressure on White House
The White Houseput pressure on Mel Gibson's Icon not to back Farenheit 911, Michael Moore claimed yesterday.Moore, whosedocumentary premieres in Cannes, revealed that his agent received a call fromIcon boss Bruce Davey last year saying "I'm in a big jam here, you've got tohelp me. I know we have a ...
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Lolafilms tunes up for Isi/Disi sequels
As Spanish producerLolafilms gets ready for Spain's widest-ever release with 400 prints ofSantiago Segura starrer Isi/Disi, chief Andres Vicente Gomez revealedthat the movie is to become a franchise, with Seguro signed on for two moreinstalments.Isi/Disi 2 will start shooting in January 2005 for a Christmas2005 domestic release. Seguro is widely ...
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Paltrow, Ruby strike joint venture
Gwyneth Paltrowand leading British production outfit Ruby Films have formed a joint company todevelop projects for Paltrow to star in and produce.First up islikely to be Diamonds, the true ragsto riches story of a female London jewelry thief who masqueraded as a varietyof wealthy women to rob shops by swallowing ...
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Stantic sets Lerman's Meanwhile
Argentine producer LitaStantic, backer of Lucrecia Martel's Cannes competition title The Holy Girl (La Nina Santa), ispreparing the next film from up-and-coming director Diego Lerman.Provisionally titled Mientras Tanto (Meanwhile), the filmwill follow the overlapping stories of a cluster of characters populating lowermiddle-class Buenos Aires. Two young women provide the link ...
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Tremain tunes up Music & Silence with Lupovitz
US independent producer DanLupovitz has acquired film rights to Rose Tremain's award-winning novel Music & Silence which Tremainherself has adapted into a screenplay.Tremain describes the novel,which is set in the royal court in 17th century Denmark, as being "about loveand betrayal, greed and poverty and the terrifying consequence of lies ...
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Van Helsing closes in on $100m at international box office
Universal's Van Helsing trailed Troyat the international box office in its second weekend as it added an estimated$24.5m from 5,200 screens in 41 territories to raise its internationalcumulative total to $95m.Excluding $1.5m from 300 screens in Russia, the Philippines and Iceland, thepicture grossed $23m in 38 UIP markets for a ...
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Van Helsing closes in on $100m at international box office
Universal's Van Helsing trailedTroy at the international box office in its second weekend as it addedan estimated $24.5m from 5,200 screens in 41 territories to raise its internationalcumulative total to $95m.Excluding $1.5m from 300screens in Russia, the Philippines and Iceland, the picture grossed $23m in 38UIP markets for a $90m ...
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NEW ZEALAND 17 May
As is happening around the world, Roadshow's Troy had no trouble claiming the crownof top film at the box office on the weekend. It grossed NZ$987,503 from 73screens, pushing UIP's Van Helsingdown to second place with a gross of NZ$358,049 from 66 screens, a fall ofabout 45%. Troy's screen average ...
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ITALY 17 May
Eagle Pictures' South Korean horror flick, Phone, opened at number two in Italy,grossing $662,918 on what proved to be a rather lukewarm weekend at the localbox office.Ahn Byung-ki's Phone,which focuses on a twenty-year-old woman who is terrified by the incessantringing of her cell phone in a deserted metro station, opened ...
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Troy opens top on lacklustre $45.6m
Troy opened top at the weekend on an estimated $45.6m, aslightly disappointing bow that owed much to the $200m production's lengthyrunning time, R rating and mixed reviews.Warner Bros distribution chiefs are confident the picture'squality will allow it to gather momentum over time but the word of mouth willneed to kick ...
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Troy opens top on lacklustre $45.6m
Troy opened top at the weekend on an estimated $45.6m, aslightly disappointing bow that owed much to the $200m production's lengthyrunning time, R rating and mixed reviews.Warner Bros distribution chiefs are confident the picture'squality will allow it to gather momentum over time but the word of mouth willneed to kick ...
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Rousselet announces slate
Philippe Rousselet hasannounced a slate of new projects from Paris-based Films de la Suane andUS-based EMC.EMC, a partnership betweenRousselet and Andrew Niccol, is producing LordOf War and preparing Manhattan Bravea $25 million coming of age story for 2005. Heath Ledger is in talks to star.Niccol will direct.Also being developed is ...
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UIP boards Attenborough's Ring
UIP has boardedRichard Attenborough's $20m Anglo-Canadian epic, Closing The Ring, it was confirmedat the launch of the new Northern Ireland Production Fund. The film isto shoot in the early autumn in Northern Ireland and Canada. It is receiving£500,000 from the new fund.The project,originally supported by Grosvernor Park, was one of ...
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Venice to close with bang
New Venice heads Marco Mueller (artistic director) andDavide Croff (Biennale president) said that this year's Venice festival willclose with a bang. The closing ceremony will take place on the main Veniceisland at the newly restored la Fenice opera house. This will have the doubleadvantage of a spectacular close to the ...
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Troy lays siege to global box office
Troy dominated the box office in its internationalopening weekend, opening top in all its 47 markets according to Warner BrosPictures International on an estimated $54.8m.Highlights were record bowsin Germany and France including the all-time biggest three-day openingexcluding previews in Greece. Combined with the picture's $45.6m number one USbow Troy grossed ...
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Bruce-Smith re-joins FilmFour
FilmFour hasappointed Sue Bruce-Smith, former head of sales at the operation's previousincarnation under Paul Webster, as head of commercial development.Bruce-Smith stepsdown from her current post, head of production at production company LittleBird, in mid-July, though she continues as a non-executive director and retainsher minority share in the company. At FilmFour, ...
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Silfen earns svp business and legal stripes at Miramax Intl
JillSilfen has been promoted to senior vice president of business and legal affairsat Miramax International, where she will continue to negotiate andimplement international theatrical, homevideo and television licence agreementsSilfenhas worked at the company for two years and joined as vice president ofinternational business and legal affairs.Priorto Miramax she practised law ...
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Telepool snaps up Weeping Camel follow-up
Germany's Telepool has picked up international sales on The Mongolian Dog, the follow up film tobreak-out hit documentary The WeepingCamel. The film shoots from next month, but has already been pre-sold toFrance's ARP Selection and to Ascot Elite for Switzerland.The picture by Mongolian director Byambasuren Davaa, heads aTelepool sales slate ...