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Markoe promoted to post-production executive vp at MGM
MGM Pictures has promoted BruceMarkoe to executive vice president of feature post production, where he willoversee all aspects of budgeting and post production and source economical newfilm-making technologies.Markoe will report directlyto Andy Davis, the studio's executive vice president of physical production."Bruce has become a vitalpart of MGM since he joined ...
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Thunderbirds are go at Tribeca Film Festival
Organisers behind the thirdannual Tribeca Film Festival have confirmed that Working Titles' live-actionversion of Thunderbirds willreceive its world premiere at the New York City event in May.A spokesperson for thepicture's US distributor Universal Pictures neither confirmed nor denied thepremiere status, adding that it was conceivable there may be a public ...
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Henning Mankell readies Wallander film series
Internationally best-selling Swedish author Henning Mankell's popular police commissioner Kurt Wallander is heading for the big and the small screen in no less than 13 feature length episodes.Three will be theatrically released, the first Wallander: Before The Frost in time for Christmas. The remaining episodes will be shown on TV.The ...
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Friedlander leaves Fine Line for Warner Independent
Steven Friedlander hasjoined the fledgling specialty distributor Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) asexecutive vice president of distribution.Friedlander will directlyhandle domestic theatrical distribution and will shepherd the pictures as theymove into other media through Warner Bros Entertainment's divisions, includinginternational, home video and television."Steven is not only abrilliant theatrical distribution executive but also ...
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BVI's Brother Bear tops $100m, opens second in Japan
Buena Vista International's animated hit Brother Bear passed $100m at the weekend thanks to a$6.2m haul that raised the picture's international running total to $103.3m.Key drivers were Italy, where the picture stayed top for thesecond weekend in a row on $2.2m for $5.4m, and Japan, where it opened secondon $1.9m ...
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Mona Lisa Smile is top in UK, brings total to $64.7m for CTFDI
Sony/Revolution's drama Mona Lisa Smile opened number one in the UK at the weekend through ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI), grossing $2.3m on 414 screens.Overall the picture took $3m toraise its industry-wide running total to $64.7m.In other runningtotals, the horror picture Gothika added $4.9m for $37.5m, drama Big Fish added ...
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Latin American countries unite to protect their film industries
On the eve of the signing an ambitious pan-Latin American filmagreement, the head of Argentina's film institute has underlined hisdetermination to face off against the MPAA, protect the local film industry andsupport moves to make film and other "cultural products" an exception in worldtrade agreements.INCAA head Jorge Coscia and representatives ...
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ScreenSelect predicts massive DVD growth
Online DVD rental company ScreenSelect will send out more than 160,000 DVDs this month, the UK concern said this week.Launched six months ago, the company charges £14.99 a month for an 'all you can watch' subscription. Chairman Alex Chesterman said that the company expects turnover in films to more than ...
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EU renews subsidy regime for three more years
The European Commission has decided to extend for three more years the structures under which European governments are allowed to financially support their local film industries.The ruling, announced today (16 March), follows some six months of consultation with governments and film-makers ahead of the expiry in June 2004 of the ...
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ITALY
Italian films continued to perform strongly at the box office last weekend. New opener Don't Move burst into the local box office at number three, scoring the biggest per screen average of any film and a huge gross of $1,512,205.Distributed by Medusa, Don't Move stars Penelope Cruz and was adapted ...
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JAPAN
With Spring Break about to start, Japanese distributors rolled out more new releases on March 13.The biggest in terms of screen average, $46,002, was Hotel Venus, a heavily promoted ensemble drama starring a member of the popular boy band SMAP and filmed entirely in Korean -- a first for a ...
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NORWAY
Spykids 3D: Game Over zoomed into the top spot of the Norwegian chart with a strong 822 admission screen average on its 32 prints.it rocked the winning combination of the other family flicks Brother Bear and The Young Olsen Gang Rocks pushing them to second and third.But otherwise there was ...
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Count To 100 triumphs at BUFF children's fest
In its first festival appearance Linda KrogsoeHolmberg's Danish feature debut Count To 100 this weekend was selected as the bestyouth-children's film at the 21st BUFF, Malmoe's international filmfestival for children and young people.The newcomer took the award in tough Nordic andinternational competition with Petter Naess' Just Bea and Teresa Fabik's ...
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Something's Gotta Give crosses $100m for Warner
The romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give passed $100m at the international boxoffice at the weekend as it raised its total by an estimated $6.6m to $101.6mfor Warner Bros Pictures International.Figures released by thedistributor reveal the picture has taken a total of $72.6m in Europe, $19.4m inthe Asia-Pacific region and $9.6m ...
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Polly takes $11m for top international title over weekend
Spurred by top berths in Italy, France and Spain at the weekend,Universal's romantic comedy Along Came Polly added an estimated $11m through UIP fora $39m international running total.Pollyopened top in Italy ahead of five local language releases on $1.6m from 225sites and opened on the same amount in France from ...
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Italian cinema wins Euros 80m cash injection
The Italian government has approved an emergency decree topour an extra Euros 80m into the local cinema industry, which will be largelydestined for production and will free at least 80 state-funded films fromlimbo.Around 80 films are believed to have been greenlit in 2003for state funding for production, but have still ...
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Steen's Aftermath to open Copenhagen's NatFilm
The 15th edition of Copenhagen's NatFilm Festival willkick off with the premiere of acclaimed actress Paprika Steen's featuredirecting debut, Aftermath, on Mar 25.The drama about a couple trying to recover from the death oftheir child has already picked up considerable buzz and expectations are high.Aftermath is writtenby Kim Fupz Aakeson ...
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Spanish industry joins weekend protests against terrorism
Spain's media sector came to a halt this weekend,responding to last week's terrorist attacks with the same solemnity andshock that has characterised national - and international -response to the tragedy.Celebrities such as Pedro Almodovar and Javier Bardem wereamong the more than two million people who gathered in an anti-terroristdemonstration in ...
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Argentinian president to combat Hollywood 'Goliath'
The president ofArgentina, Nestor Kirchner, announced a raft of government measures to supportthe local film industry yesterday at the Mar del Plata International FilmFestival.In an emotivespeech delivered to an emphatically enthusiastic audience, in which heportrayed Argentinian cinema as a David locked in a heroic struggle withHollywood's Goliath, the popular president ...