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Kinnear, Davis join Brosnan black comedy Matador
GregKinnear and Hope Davis will join Pierce Brosnan in the black comedy Matador, which is being financed by Bob Yari and Mark Gordon's Stratus FilmCompany and is due to go into production in Mexico City in April.RichardShepard wrote the screenplay and will direct, with Irish DreamTime principalsBrosnan and Beau St ...
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Gothika opens top for CTFDI in Brazil, Philippines
Fired up by number oneopenings in Brazil and the Philippines, Columbia's horror picture Gothikacontinued to score steady international business at the weekend.The picture is releasedthrough Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) and grossed anestimated $410,000 from 140 screens in the Latin American market and a powerful$200,000 from 10 in the ...
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AFM: Gemini Films scores with Ma Mere
French sales house GeminiFilms enjoyed strong sales at the American Film Market on its Christophe Honoretitle Ma Mere and on forthcoming Andre Techine picture Changing TimesMa Mere was sold to CNC (Benelux), Mont Blanc (Switzerland),Italian International Films (Italy), Audiovisual (Greece), Paradise (Russia),Shani Films (Israel), Filmax (Spain), Alfa Films (Argentina), Independenta(Romania) ...
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Section 48 scheme runs into 'difficulties'
Bedford Row Films, an apparently conventional scheme funding films under the UK's established Section 48 tax deferral rules, has written to investors saying it is 'facing difficulties'.The company told investors it has made advance payments on a slate of 19 films but has been 'let down badly' by the vendor ...
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filmBUZZ claims festivalgoers are key arthouse audience
A report published yesterday(March 4) by the independent film research and tracking specialist filmBUZZreveals that festival-goers are a core constituent of arthouse audiences andplay a key role in those pictures' box office success."In our exit surveys at filmfestivals we discovered that audiences members' demographics closely mirrorthose of arthouse patrons," filmBUZZ ...
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Berlinger signs two-book deal on career, Metallica
Award-winningdocumentary film-maker Joe Berlinger has signed a two-book deal with StMartin's Press for the worldwide publishing rights to Metallica: ThisMonster Lives andBerlinger's memoirs Murder, Music & Mayhem: A Filmmaker's Mid-Career Report.Metallica:This Monster Lives isbased on Berlinger's experiences filming the legendary heavy metal band in Metallica:Some Kind Of Monster,which IFC Films ...
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Berry named ShoWest female star of the year
Halle Berry, whowill next appear as the lead in Warner Bros' Catwoman, has been named ShoWest female star ofthe year."Halle Berry is a classic," Mitch Neuhauser, co-managingdirector of the Las Vegas event, said in a statement."From theexcitement of the worldwide smash X2: X-Men United to the torment of this past ...
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Malkovich boards Ruiz's Klimt picture
John Malkovich is to take the title role in Raul Ruiz's Klimt, an homage to the famous Austrian artist Gustav Klimt.The film will focus on the last years of Klimt's life from 1900 to 1918. Negotiations are currently underway for German actress Veronica Ferres to play Klimt's partner Emilie Floege ...
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CTFDI, Edko reconfigure Hong Kong partnership
Columbia TristarFilm Distributors International (CTFDI) has dissolved its joint distributionventure in Hong Kong with Edko Films and named Edko its sole agent anddistributor in the market.Edko/Columbiageneral manager Li Chow will relocate to Beijing to oversee mainlanddistribution of the studio's pictures, while Edko chief Bill Kong will overseedistribution activities in Hong ...
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Eagle triples Passion prints for Italy
Italian distributor Eagle Pictures has revealed that it will increase the number of prints it releases Mel Gibson's The Passion Of Christ on in Italy from 150 to more than 500 - a figure normally associated with Italy's Christmas comedy blockbusters."We already had huge requests for the film from exhibitors ...
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Coen, Redler team up on prison thriller Breakback for Millennium
Chris Coen of Halcyon Entertainment and Dan Redler of Dan Redler Entertainment are teaming up to produce the $20m prison thriller Breakback for Avi Lerner's Millennium Films.Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short and Peter Wetherell will serve as executive producers on the picture, which is based on a screenplay developed by ...
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Lords lash out at tax loophole closure
Thecontroversy over the government's decision to close down film taxloopholes last month erupted in the House of Lords this week.LabourGovernment spokesman Lord Davies came under fire yesterday as the House OfLords debated the film tax crisis. An array of Tory peers queued up to attacklast month's abrupt decision by the ...
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StudioCanal parts company with Schmidt
Michel Schmidt, deputymanager of France's StudioCanal, has left the company.At present, there is noreplacement for Schmidt and his next steps are not known. Neither Schmidt norStudioCanal chose to comment on the departure although it is understood that itwas based on a mutual agreement.Schmidt joined Canal from hispost as head of ...
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Mabius, Ironside prey upon Payne's Reeker
Eric Mabius and Michael Ironside have signed on to thehorror film Reeker, which was writtenand is being directed by David Payne for Payne and Tina Illman's TheInstitution and Amanda Klein and Michael Nash's Primal Pictures.Mabius featured in Resident Evil and the upcoming Resident Evil: Apocalypse, while Ironside had a role ...
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Chinese pair to open Hong Kong Festival
The Hong Kong Arts Development Council has unveiled the line-up of the 28th Hong Kong International Film Festival (April 6-21) which includes Oscar winner The Barbarian Invasions and the winner of last year's Palme d'Or, Gus Van Sant's Elephant.In total, around 300 movies from more than 40 countries will screen ...
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Disney crisis: Eisner gets 43% no-confidence vote from shareholders
Disney chiefMichael Eisner defended his 20-year record in front of shareholders atyesterdayC;s stormy annual meeting in Philadelphia as calls for his departuregathered pace.According toreports, 43% of shareholders withheld their support for Eisner - who is bothchairman and chief executive officer - representing a strong no-confidence voteand something of a coup ...
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Disney crisis: Eisner gets 43% no-confidence vote from shareholders
Disney chiefMichael Eisner defended his 20-year record in front of shareholders atyesterdayC;s stormy annual meeting in Philadelphia as calls for his departuregathered pace.According toreports, 43% of shareholders withheld their support for Eisner - who is bothchairman and chief executive officer - representing a strong no-confidence voteand something of a coup ...
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Disney crisis: Eisner gets 43% no-confidence vote from shareholders
Disney chiefMichael Eisner defended his 20-year record in front of shareholders atyesterdayC;s stormy annual meeting in Philadelphia as calls for his departuregathered pace.According toreports, 43% of shareholders withheld their support for Eisner - who is bothchairman and chief executive officer - representing a strong no-confidence voteand something of a coup ...
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Disney crisis: Eisner gets 43% no-confidence vote from shareholders
Disney chiefMichael Eisner defended his 20-year record in front of shareholders atyesterdayC;s stormy annual meeting in Philadelphia as calls for his departuregathered pace.According toreports, 43% of shareholders withheld their support for Eisner - who is bothchairman and chief executive officer - representing a strong no-confidence voteand something of a coup ...
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Disney crisis: Eisner gets 43% no-confidence vote from shareholders
Disney chiefMichael Eisner defended his 20-year record in front of shareholders atyesterdayC;s stormy annual meeting in Philadelphia as calls for his departuregathered pace.According toreports, 43% of shareholders withheld their support for Eisner - who is bothchairman and chief executive officer - representing a strong no-confidence voteand something of a coup ...