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8 Mile opens big in Korea for Universal/UIP
Universal's drama 8Mile grossed $2.9m from 1,469theatres in 25 markets over the weekend, raising its international runningtotal to $77.7m with 12 markets still to open. The picture had a strong Koreanbow with $524,000 from 75 screens, and took $18,000 from nine screens on itsopening day in Slovenia, marking Universal's fourth ...
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ContentFilm acquires The King with Garcia Bernal
Contentfilm has acquiredworldwide rights to The King, anew project by Monster's Ballscreenwriter Milo Addica which he co-wrote with James Marsh. Marsh will directthe film which will star Gael Garcia Bernal, the Mexican actor who will make ithis next film after Pedro Almodovar's Bad Education.The King will be produced by Addica ...
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Cinema Park wins Foodfight! for Russia, buys three more
Cinema Park, Russia's newestfilm company formed by Russian financial and metals conglomerate InterRosGroup, Nikita Mikhalkov's production company TRITE and Andrei Konchalovsky'sDVD distributor Movie Stream, closed its first major acquisitions at AFM led bySeven Arts Signature International's $60m animated feature Foodfight! being produced by Larry Kassanoff's ThresholdEntertainment.The vertically integratedCinema Park, which ...
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Senator International closes multiple deals on XX/XY
Senator International hascompleted multiple sales on its romance drama XX/XY which played in dramatic competition at the SundanceFilm Festival last year. Optimum Releasing has bought UK rights, Lola Films hasbought Spain, Mediafilm SPA has bought Italian and Belga Films has boughtBenelux. IFC Films has domestic distribution on the film which ...
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Miramax music president Spendlove renews contract
Randy Spendlove,Miramax's president of motion picture music, has re-signed with thecompany and will continue heading up the music department, Miramax co-chairmenBob and Harvey Weinstein announced today (Feb 25). Spendlove will remain inMiramax's Los Angeles office and will report directly to the Weinsteins.Directors of music Joe Rangel and Rachel Levy will ...
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Ordesky moves to senior production post at New Line
Mark Ordesky, the presidentof Fine Line Features and the production executive who oversaw New Line'sLord Of The Rings trilogy, hastaken a major step up in the New Line hierarchy being named executive vicepresident and chief operating officer of New Line Productions. He will reportdirectly to Toby Emmerich who is president ...
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Italy's RAI loses president and last board member
After days of political pressure, Antonio Baldassare, president of Italian state broadcaster RAI and final remaining board member Ettore Albertoni have agreed to step down from their positions - paving the way for new executive appointments to be made by Silvio Berlusconi's government.Current RAI management has only been in place ...
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Mercier to represent UK/Ireland for Cannes Directors' Fortnight
Cannes Directors' Fortnight has appointed Chris Mercier, former manager of international distribution at Universal Pictures International, as its UK/Ireland representative, artistic director François da Silva announced on Wednesday.Mercier, who also had a stint at Castle Rock International in London, will work with the British Council to source feature-length and short ...
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Israeli film industry mourns indie pioneer David Shapira
The Israeli film industry is mourning the sudden death of David Shapira (68), one of the most prominent independent film distributors in the country. A popular figure in the local film business, he founded Shapira Films with his wife Dalia, in 1968. He was a pioneer in arthouse film exhibition, ...
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AFM 2003 verdict: slow but steady
A few disillusioned buyers may have already left the AFM deal tables this weekend to try their luck at the slots in Las Vegas, but if the market corridors felt emptier this year, at least the remaining buyers were serious. Indeed, many of those who resisted sin city's allure spent ...
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Modern classics for sale at UK's 3DD
UK distributor 3DD Entertainment is offering its newly acquired library of modern classics for sale at the AFM, including rarely seen film versions of Peter Hall's adaptation of the Harold Pinter play The Homecoming and Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters directed by Lawrence Olivier. 3DD acquired all worldwide media rights (excluding ...
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Arclight skateboards with Deck Dogz
Arclight Films has added Australian skateboarding movie Deck Dogz to its sales slate. The film is directed by Steve Pasvolsky, who was nominated for a short live action Oscar for his film Inja, and is being produced by Bill and Jennifer Bennett and their b:j films. Bill Bennett is the ...
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Armada pre-sells One Point Zero
Chris Sievernich's Armada Pictures International has announced a raft of pre-sales on Jeff Renfroe and Marteinn Steiner Thorsson's thriller One Point Zero. New Select has picked up the film for Japan, New Legend has bought for Germany, A-Film Distribution for the Netherlands, Cinema Park for Russia and Jumbo Film for ...
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Man Of The Year attracts US buyers
Brazilian international sales company Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV is fielding at least three offers from US buyers to Jose Henrique Fonseca's The Man Of The Year (O Homem Do Ano), which made the official selection in Berlin last month. The story of how a regular guy turns into ...
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Korea's most expensive live-action film begins shooting
Leading production house Kang JeGyu Films has just got underway on the largest ever live-action film - and possibly the country's most topical given current global tensions - ever made in Korea. Tae Guk Gi - which translates literally as "Korean national flag" - is a $11.5m about the Korean ...
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US distributors seek legal block on Mexico's cinema levy
In an exclusive interview with Screen International, Steve Solot, MPA senior vice president for Latin America (pictured) has commented about the recent uproar in Mexico over MPAA head Jack Valenti's recent letter to Mexican President Vicente Fox. (screendaily.com/Feb 10 & 20). In his missive, Valenti warned President Fox that ...
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UK buys into Boorman's Skull
Icon Film Distribution has pre-bought John Boorman's South African-set drama Country Of My Skull for the UK, affirming the UK as one of the most active territories at the AFM. Icon picked up all UK rights from UK-based The Works, which is going into production next month with Samuel L ...
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Italian drama heads for box-office glory
Italian director Gabriele Muccino's new film, Remember Me (Ricordati di Me), has grossed a massive $6.8m since its release on February 14th - placing it well on the path to local blockbuster glory. The bitter-sweet drama stars Son's Room actress Laura Morante, Fabrizio Bentivoglio (Teeth), emerging actress Nicoletta Romanov and ...
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Keitel political thriller sells to Brazil, Portugal
The Galindez Mystery, a political thriller starring Harvey Keitel and Saffron Burrows, has been bought by Mandra Film for Brazil and Madragoa Filmes for Portugal. The film is handled by Slav International, the new sales outfit founded in January by former TF1 International executive Max Saidel. It is an adaptation ...
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Cannes contenders take shape
Cannes this year looks set to be a feast of high-art with stalwarts Lars Von Trier, Michael Haneke, Arturo Ripstein, Peter Greenaway and Ingmar Bergman all set to light up the Croisette with their latest films. According to international gossip - but absolutely without any sort of confirmation from the ...