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AFM: Tartan Films in horror double bill
The UK's Tartan Films has picked up The Park, the 3D horror film by Hong Kong director AndrewLau, better known for co-directing the sensational Infernal Affairs police trio with Alan Mak.Tartan has also picked up TheLast Horror Movie, the third feature fromWelsh director Julian Richards who shot the thrillers Silent ...
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Tartan, Arclight full of Grace with Killer
Tartan Films and ArclightFilms have teamed up with New York-based Killer Films to co-produce andco-finance the $12m Savage Grace,the first film from director Tom Kalin since his 1992 indie classic Swoon, which will star Julianne Moore.The film is currently inpre-production, and is scheduled to start shooting in July in the ...
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Japanese arthouse market consolidates
Japanese productionand distribution group Artist House has acquired Cinema Parisien, themicro-distributor that has specialised in French and other foreign-languagefilms in Japan.Artist House, whichoperates the Artist Film distribution company, says the deal is a horizontalexpansion that will complement its video distribution strengths.Its 2004 video slateincludes art-house titles including 21 Grams, Lost ...
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US channel opens up for Asian films
The chances of Asian films getting North Americandistribution are set to increase with the launch later this year ofImaginasianTV, one of the US' first dedicated Asian entertainmentchannels.The company was set up last year at the initiative ofMichael Hong, a former Spelling Television and Paramount executive. Backed by aconsortium of asset ...
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Buyers sink teeth into Open Water
Lions Gate Films Internationalhas sold key territories on Chris Kentis' low-budget shark thriller OpenWater, which it acquired from PlungePictures at Sundance and Lions Gate Releasing plans to release domesticallythis summer.All rights to the picture havegone to Universum Film in Germany, Movie Eye Entertainment and Presidio inJapan, and Gussi in a ...
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Top international buyers hold Grudge
Senator International has soldout Ghost House Pictures' The Grudge,a remake of the hit Japanese horror thriller Ju-On, in all major territories following deals with UIPfor the UK, Constantin for Germany, Metropolitan for France and VillageRoadshow for Australia.The project began shooting inTokyo in January and is being directed by Takashi Shimizu, ...
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Hanway enters Land Of Plenty
Hanway Films has picked uprights outside North America and the UK to Wim Wenders' Land Of Plenty, the low-budget film he made for digital filmmakingcollective InDigEnt.The movie, which is currently inpost-production, stars Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek, The StationAgent) and John Diehl. The story, which takes placein post-9/11 America, tells the ...
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Gaumont revamps senior management team
French major Gaumont, which has seen its films struggle tomake a significant impact at the local box office over the past two years, hasannounced a re-organisation of its management structure.The changes involve managing director Patrice Ledouxstepping away from the helm to concentrate on production while chairman NicolasSeydoux will play a ...
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HONG KONG Production Listings - March 1 2004
HONG KONG March 1 2004PRE-PRODUCTIONABNORMAL BEAUTY(Magic Head Film Production) Backers: Universe Entertainment. Int'l sales: Universe Films Distribution. Thriller. Twin brothers taste the soul of love and the meaning of life after accidentally exchanging their identities. Exec prod: Daneil Lam. Prod: Oxide Pang. Dir: Oxide Pang. Cast: Gillian Chung, Joey Yung. ...
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King of the world: 11 out of 11 Oscar sweep for Rings
In an extraordinary cleansweep, New Line Cinema's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King won 11 Academy Awards last night out of its 11nominations - matching the all-time record set by Ben-Hur in 1959 and Titanic in 1997.The film, which ironicallyis the second highest grossing film in ...
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Gibson's Passion play opens top on $117.5m five-day weekend
Newmarket's number oneopener The Passion Of The Christ intervened divinely in the course ofthe US box office this week, scoring a sensational five-day $117.5m estimatedgross by the close of Sunday.Mel Gibson's gritty accountof the final 12 hours of Christ's life scored the second biggest five-day (andtherefore Wednesday) opening of all ...
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Full list of Oscar winners 2003
Best picture The Lord OfThe Rings: The Return Of The KingBarrie M Osborne, Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh (producers)Best director Peter Jackson TheLord Of The Rings: The Return Of The KingBest actor Sean Penn MysticRiverBest actress Charlize TheronMonsterBest supporting actor TimRobbins Mystic RiverBestsupporting actress Renee Zellweger Cold MountainBest original screenplaySofia ...
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Eurimages bankrolls eleven features with Euros 3.3m
New features by Pan Nalin (Valley Of Flowers), Radu Mihaileanu (Va, Vis Et Deviens) , Diane Bertrand (Der Ringfinger) and Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) are among 11 European co-productions which received over Euros 3.3m support from the Strasbourg-based Eurimages in its latest round of funding.The largest amount - Euro 600,000 ...
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Final February AFM says sayonara
A handful of high value deals for Japan and a good flow into the US eased the pressure. But the curtain-closing February AFM is more likely to go down in history as one short on hot product or deals volume.Arguably the biggest deal of the week was the sale of ...
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AFM: deals in brief
Bavaria FilmsBerlin Golden Bear-winner, Head On was sold to Golem for Spain, Alpha for Argentina, With Cinema for Korea, Blitz for Croatia and Cinecolumbia for Columbia. Veit Helmer's Gate To Heaven was sold to Videovision for South Africa..ArclightBeautiful Boxer was sold to Tartan films for the UK and Silver Hawk ...
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AFM: Cineclick Asia strikes Old Boy, Samaritan Girl deals
Korean sales house Cineclick Asia has sold Park Chan-Wook's Cannes-tipped thriller Old Boy and Kim Ki-Duk's Berlin competition film Samaritan Girl to Film House for Mexico.Old Boy was also sold to Gutek for Poland, while Samaritan was also sold to Golden Scene for Hong Kong.Despite previous press reports, Cineclick is ...
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AFM: Media Luna sells Russian comedy to US
Germany's Media Luna has wrapped a US deal for its Russian romantic comedy You I Love, which premiered in the Panorama section of last month's Berlin festival.Theatrical and video rights to the film, which was produced and directed by Olga Stolpovskaya and Dmitry Troitsky, were sold to Douglas Witkins' Picture ...
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AUSTRALIA
Icon's The Passion Of The Christ grossed A$3,610,618 from 145 screens in its first five days in Australian cinemas, giving it a whopping screen average of A$20,504. It opened on Wednesday, instead of the usual Thursday, but without its opening day tally it still came in just short of an ...
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South Australia launches Screen Industry Council
A screen industry council is to be formed in South Australia to bring under one roof all production sectors - from film and television to games and education - with the aim of sharing experiences and market intelligence."Our philosophy is that the industry needs to be more involved in policy ...
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Hong Kong looks forward to Monkey business
For full Hong Kong production listings click HEREEmperor Motion Picture Group's The Twins Effect II, the sequel to last year's blockbuster action comedy which is currently shooting in China, seems to encapsulate many things about the current mood in the Hong Kong film industry.Firstly, the film is crammed full of ...