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Valentino biopic gets Italian funding
Indie Italian producer-director Nico Cirasola looks set to be the first to get a new project about legendary gigolo Rudolf Valentino off the ground, after being awarded funding from the Italian government's Fondo di Garanzia.Named Rudi Valentino, The Return of the Sheik, the Euros 4m film is set to shoot ...
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Film Library offers Dragon Blade, Green Tea
Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based sales agent The Film Library has picked up international rights to US$10m Hong Kong animation Dragon Blade and Green Tea directed by mainland Chinese director Zhang Yuan. Dragon Blade, directed by Australian stunt co-ordinator Antony Szeto, is the first feature-length 3D computer-animated film to be ...
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Zelezny sacked from Czech broadcaster TV Nova
Czech broadcaster TV Nova sacked it director Vladimir Zelezny on Wednesday. Zelezny is charged with causing the Czech government $355m in damages by breaking Nova's contract with cosmetics heir Ron Lauder's Central European Media Enterprises (CME) in 1999. Hours later, a Swedish court of appeal issued the final verdict in ...
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Moviehouse reunites with Broomfield
Gary Phillips and Mark Vennis' UK-based sales house Moviehouse Entertainment has acquired Nick Broomfield's new Aileen Wuornos documentary Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer. Moviehouse, which sold Broomfield's Biggie & Tupac, has taken international sales rights to seven of Broomfield's earlier films, including Fetishes, Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam ...
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Fortissimo on song with Camp, Eye sequel
Fortissimo Film Sales has announced a raft of sales on musical comedy Camp and the Pang Brothers' highly-anticipated sequel to horror hit The Eye.Camp, directed by Todd Graff, has been sold to Highlight for Germany, Hopscotch for Australia and New Zealand, Asmik Ace for Japan, Cathay for Singapore, AQS for ...
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Fortissimo on song with Camp, Eye sequel
Fortissimo Film Sales has announced a raft of sales on musical comedy Camp and the Pang Brothers' highly-anticipated sequel to horror hit The Eye.Camp, directed by Todd Graff, has been sold to Highlight for Germany, Hopscotch for Australia and New Zealand, Asmik Ace for Japan, Cathay for Singapore, AQS for ...
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Korea's CJ expands Cannes slate
CJ Entertainment, the Korean major which yesterday received an official visit from French culture minister Jean-Pierre Aillagon, expanded its Cannes slate with the addition of supernatural thriller, The Uninvited.The film, which goes on release in Korea at the end of June, pairs two of the country's top stars Park ...
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First Indo-French co-production unveiled
Indian TV network Zee has signed a deal with France TV and Silhouette Films to co-produce One Dollar Curry, the first time France and India have allied on a film. The Euros 2m film will star Smriti Mishra and be directed by Paris based Indian filmmaker Vijay Singh (Jaya Ganga). ...
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NonStop dives with Cousteau
Sweden's NonStop Entertainment has signed a deal with Europe Images International SA to handle Jacques Cousteau's extensive catalogue of more than 100 titles for TV and video in Scandinavia and Iceland. The deal includes films like Silent World, Odyssey, Mississippi, Amazon and The Undersea World. The Cousteau film collection includes ...
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Curb involved in Merchant Ivory threesome
Curb Entertainment has taken on international sales excluding France, Italy and the UK to Merci Docteur Rey, a completed production from Merchant Ivory Productions in association with Eat Your Soup Productions. The film, which screened recently at the Festival du Film de Paris, was written and directed by Andrew Litvack.Dianne ...
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Mother seduces key Euro sales
Roger Michell's The Mother, the Director's Fortnight title which world premieres tonight has closed UK, French and Spanish deals. Momentum Pictures acquired UK theatrical and video rights from BBC Films, which financed the Hanif Kureishi screenplay about an older woman's affair with her daughter's boyfriend. Renaissance Films, which is handling ...
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French Toast: Gallic hits show international strength
Cedric Klapisch's comedy L'Auberge Espagnole managed a rare feat this week when it knocked Hollywood blockbuster X2: X-Men United off the top of a chart after just one week - in Poland.An opening of $79,872 (ZLO 299,026) for local distributor Spinka from 20,096 admissions gave L'Auberge Espagnole the lead position. ...
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UA pulled in by Green's Undertow
United Artists has acquired rights in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and South Africa to David Gordon Green's next film The Undertow which is being sold here by Content International. Gordon Green is the acclaimed young film-maker behind George Washington and All The Real Girls.UA president Bingham Ray ...
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UA pulled in by Green's Undertow
United Artists has acquired rights in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and South Africa to David Gordon Green's next film The Undertow which is being sold here by Content International. Gordon Green is the acclaimed young film-maker behind George Washington and All The Real Girls.UA president Bingham Ray ...
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Zentropa pushes into TV
Denmark's prolific production outfit, Zentropa, has plans to expand their activities in TV series and drama both domestically and internationally. To head their new department they have hired the experienced Bo Mortensen from national broadcaster TV2, who's credits include the long running Hotellet (The Hotel) and the upcoming The Defence ...
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Chow joins Yeoh in $30m costume epic
Chow Yun-Fat has joined Michelle Yeoh in the cast of $30m costume drama Hua Mulan which is being produced by Yeoh's Mythical Films and Han Entertainment.Described by Han managing director Thomas Chung as "Braveheart meets Ran", the film is scheduled to shoot in China from mid-August. Peter Pau, who directed ...
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Chow joins Yeoh in $30m costume epic
Chow Yun-Fat has joined Michelle Yeoh in the cast of $30m costume drama Hua Mulan which is being produced by Yeoh's Mythical Films and Han Entertainment.Described by Han managing director Thomas Chung as "Braveheart meets Ran", the film is scheduled to shoot in China from mid-August. Peter Pau, who directed ...
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Intermedia benefits from cost-cutting, eyes T4
IM Internationalmedia AG, the corporate parent of Intermedia, has announced its second consecutive positive quarterly result - scoring EBITA of Euros 4.3m for the first quarter 2003 as compared to a negative Euros 5.4m in the first quarter of 2002. The results come just as Intermedia prepares to launch its ...
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Intermedia benefits from cost-cutting, eyes T4
IM Internationalmedia AG, the corporate parent of Intermedia, has announced its second consecutive positive quarterly result - scoring EBITA of Euros 4.3m for the first quarter 2003 as compared to a negative Euros 5.4m in the first quarter of 2002. The results come just as Intermedia prepares to launch its ...
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European indie sales agents fight their corner
Under pressure from all sides, Europe's independent film sellers are to fight back through a new organisation, which launches today in Cannes as part of 'Europe Day.'The initiative, which sees national federations of film sellers' bodies pact together, is launched as the initiative of Jacques Le Glou, former boss of ...