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Lions Gate digs up 1000 Corpses sequel
Rob Zombie is preparing to write and direct a sequel to his breakoutdebut feature House Of 1,000 Corpses for Lions Gate Films, which wants to lay the foundations fora cult franchise.The original House of 1,000 Corpses, which centres on a couple that stumble upona family of psychotics, was released through ...
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Matthew Glotzer promoted at 20th Fox TV Distribution
Matthew Glotzer has been named vice president, Video On Demand and Business Development, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, it was announced by Jamie McCabe, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Pay Per View and Video On Demand. Glotzer will be based at the company's headquarters in Los Angeles.Glotzer has been with the ...
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Miramax snaps up Pride And Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical
Miramax Films has beaten several US rivals to pre-buy North and South American rights on Pathe UK's white-hot Pride And Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical, according to sources.Pathe is launching international sales at Cannes on the all-singing, all-dancing take on Jane Austen's novel, directed by Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder ...
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Twenty films compete for Camera d'Or
Wim Wenders will head the jury that awards the Camera d'Or, the Cannes festival's prize for a best first film. Open to films from any section of the festival (including Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week) the prize is this time sought by a bumper crop of 20 first films. Other ...
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Twenty first films compete for Camera d'Or
Wim Wenders will head the jury that awards the Camera d'Or, the Cannes festival's prize for a best first film. Open to films from any section of the festival (including Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week) the prize is this time sought by a bumper crop of 20 first films. Other ...
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UK's Celador commissions Millionaire script
Russell T Davies has been commissioned to write a feature screenplay based on the events surrounding the recent Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' fraud case for the UK's Celador Films, the sister company to the TV concern behind the hit gameshow.Davies, whose credits Bob And Rose, Queer As ...
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Sony Pictures TV Int'l promotes Mike Wald
Mike Wald has been promoted to senior vice president, Worldwide Pay Television at Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), it was announced by Peter Iacono, Executive Vice President, Sales, SPTI, to whom Wald reports. Wald, who has held the post of vice president of Worldwide Pay Television at SPTI since November ...
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Korean Memories Of Murder holds off X2
Memories Of Murder, the second film by director Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), has become a major success at the South Korean box-office, holding off strong competition from X2: X-Men United to remain at number 1 in its second week.Released on April 25, Memories Of Murder has grossed $8.2m ...
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Universum picks up 80 Days for Germany
RTL Group's theatrical distribution arm Universum Film has picked up the German theatrical and video/DVD rights to Frank Coraci's Around The World In 80 Days which began shooting in Berlin yesterday.Universum acquired the film from German rights trader Telepool and will now have to decide which of its physical distribution ...
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Argentina's Toys wins Int'l Student Film Fest
Argentine filmmaker Esteban Puenza's Toys (Juguentes) won the Euros 5,000 Feature Film Prize at this year's 'Sehsuechte' International Student Film Festival which attracted more than 10,000 spectators to the festival venues in Babelsberg.Meanwhile, the Documentary Award was presented to Sandra Jakisch for 08/15 - Leben Am Rand Von Koeln which ...
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Dendy snaps up Dogville for Australia
Dendy Films has acquired Australian rights to Lars von Trier's highly anticipated Cannes contender just weeks before it is scheduled to hit the Croisette. The deal was signed last week with sales outfit Trust Film Sales, which now reports that only three key territories remain to be closed on the ...
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Dendy snaps up festival favourite Dogville for Australia
Dendy Films has acquired Australian rights to Lars von Trier's highly anticipated Cannes contender just weeks before it is scheduled to hit the Croisette. The deal was signed last week with sales outfit Trust Film Sales, which now reports that only three key territories remain to be closed on the ...
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Sandrew Metronome International reveals new team for Cannes
Scandinavian distributor Sandrew Metronome will this year be attending Cannes with an all-new acquisitions team. Assembled after veteran CEO Bertil Sandgren's retirement last month, Sandrew Metronome International's new acquisitions team now comprises Eivor Zimmerman and Stine Helgeland, with Frida Ohrvik as CEO in charge of strategic development and finance.Sandrew Metronome ...
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Sandrew Metronome reveals new team for Cannes
Scandinavian distributor Sandrew Metronome will this year be attending Cannes with an all-new acquisitions team. Assembled after veteran CEO Bertil Sandgren's retirement last month, Sandrew Metronome International's new acquisitions team now comprises Eivor Zimmerman and Stine Helgeland, with Frida Ohrvik as CEO in charge of strategic development and finance.Sandrew Metronome ...
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Iranian Exam wins Jeonju Int'l Film Fest
The 4th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) in South Korea wrapped on Sunday with Iranian director Nasser Refaie winning the top award in the Asian NewComers section with his film Exam. The debut work centers around a group of Iranian women who gather to take a ...
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Spanish film fest's Projects Forum sizes up five films
Spanish producers took advantage of the talent and media congregated in Malaga last week for the sixth annual Spanish Film Festival (April 25 - May 3) to present five new feature films in various stages of production.The festival's Projects Forum (Foro de Proyectos) offers a glimpse into a few of ...
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Liz Hurley to star as Method killer
Elizabeth Hurley has been signed as the lead actress in Method, a thriller for Andrew Stevens' company Trademark Entertainment. Hurley will be promoting the film during the Cannes film festival this month. The film will be offered for sale at the Cannes market and is available in all ...
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Ridley reopens Black Dahlia murder case for Lions Gate
John Ridley, whose writing credits include Undercover Brother and U-Turn, is to direct the thriller Let MeTake You Down for LionsGate Films, the company announced Based on an original screenplay by Ridley, the projectcentres on a Hollywood coroner's office worker who attempts to reopen thelegendary 1947 Black Dahlia murder case.Ridley ...
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Toronto Festival puts Brazil in spotlight
The cinema of Brazil has been selected for the NationalCinema programme at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, Sept.4-13. Programmer Diana Sanchez will select between eight and ten titles.The announcement is a strong indication that Toronto will be presenting newworks from two of Brazil's leading auteurs, Hector Babenco and Walter ...
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Festival to screen restored classics in Salle Bunuel
The Cannes Film Festival has announced a line up of restored classics which will be screened during the fortnight in the Salle Bunuel. The program, which began last year, is a way to help audiences discover rare films and to provide them with the opportunity to see cinematic treasures in ...