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NBC buys Bravo for $1.25 billion
US television network NBC has acquired US cable channel Bravo for $1.25bn in stock and cash, ending months of speculation. The arts and entertainment cable network, a pioneer in programming US independent and subtitled foreign films on American television, will deliver its new owner an affluent urban audience of some ...
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Female lead cast for Dirty Dancing 2
Romola Garai has signed as the female lead in Artisan Entertainment and Miramax Films' Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2. Garai, whose credits include Nicholas Nickleby and the BBC's I Capture The Castle, will star opposite Diego Luna. Directed by Guy Ferland and produced by Lawrence Bender, the story is set ...
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Spanish broadcaster TVE to invest Euros 25m in film rights
Responding to local producers' calls for broadcasters to make public their investment in Spanish films, public broadcaster Television Espanola (TVE) announced that it expects to pump as much as Euros 25m into free-to-air film rights in 2002.TVE provided a list of 40 feature films, 15 documentaries and one animated film ...
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Alcas launches Euros 93.4m German film fund for Hallmark Entertainment
While debate is currently raging in Germany about ways of keeping more private film fund equity at home, fund initiator Alcas has launched a Euros 93.4m fund to produce a raft of international film and TV projects for Hallmark Entertainment.Private German individuals are being invited to invest a minimum of ...
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German cinema admissions fall 8% in third quarter
German cinema admissions have fallen 8% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2002, but industry observers expect the new Harry Potter, James Bond and The Lord Of The Rings to effect a turnaround in the fourth quarter.According to figures released by the Berlin-based German Federal Film Board (FFA) ...
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Myriad weaves again with Tapestry
Myriad Pictures has optioned Nina Coleman's script I'll Be You for Jennifer Gibgot of Tapestry Films who will produce the film. I'll Be You is a romantic comedy about a top-ranking female executive who trades places with her wildly social assistant and embarks on a quest to find love. Myriad ...
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Bornedal writes Just Another Love Story
Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal is putting the final touches on a new feature script, Just Another Love Story, set to go before the cameras in spring-summer 2003. The thriller sees an ordinary family man, who gets a chance to change his identity in a split second and does - only ...
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Mirovision brims with top Asian talents
Korea's Mirovision is enjoying a renaissance as an internationally-minded sales and production group, having spent much of the last year focussing on building its local distribution activities and its first theatre.After last year backing Cannes Directors' Fortnight film Cry Woman, which was the first Korean-Chinese-French co-production, international production is again ...
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Gaga picks up Bellucci
Japan's Gaga has acquired local distribution rights to Unruly, yet another new film starring real-life hot couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel.Sold by Rome-based outfit Surf Film, Unruly sees Cassel play the role of a man who returns to Marseilles, after a stint in jail, only to find that life ...
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Pac Man eats up big screen via Crystal Sky and Gaga
Pac Man is coming to the big screen courtesy of Steven Paul's Crystal Sky which is teaming with Gaga Communications and the game's developer Namco to make live-action fantasy Pac Man: The Movie.The movie follows a previous agreement between Crystal Sky, Gaga and Namco to co-finance a movie based on ...
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Star Wars: Episode II gets IMAX boost
Fox's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones reaped the rewards of a limited IMAX roll-out in North America over the weekend, grossing $1.4m from 58 screens for a $24,746 per-screen average. Fox president of domestic distribution Bruce Snyder said in a statement that he was thrilled with ...
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Buena Vista Int'l enjoys the weekend
Signs grossed $6.3m over the weekend for Buena Vista International (BVI) to bring its international running total to $162m. The supernatural thriller produced BVI's biggest ever opening in Greece, where it scored $650,000 from 53 screens and was roughly 60% higher than the opening for director M Night Shyamalan's previous ...
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Mexico targets European buyers
In a bid to boost the profile of Mexican films in Europe, national Mexican film institute IMCINE is organising with Unifrance a week of screenings in Paris of new Mexican titles. Between November 12 and 19 in various cinemas across Paris, five films will be screened for the industry, including ...
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Von Trier eyes Kidman for USA trilogy
Danish maverick Lars von Trier has been so pleased with the results of his highly anticipated new film Dogville, that he has started to write a sequel called Manderlay - in what will be the second part of his planned new ``U.S.A. Trilogy - especially for Nicole Kidman. Producer Vibeke ...
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Fox sees international releases reap rewards
In addition to Fox Searchlight's apocalyptic thriller 28 Days Later taking the UK box office by storm, the company enjoyed a number of other successes over the weekendFox scored the highest ever debut for a Pedro Almodovar picture in Brazil, opening Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella) on 65 screens ...
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Gareth Jones to spearhead Winchester production
Winchester Films has appointed Gareth Jones to head UK production activities. The ex-Alibi Films International chief joins the UK company as head of UK film production and finance, effective from next week.Jones, who was formerly head of HandMade Films, will act as the contact point for producers outside the US ...
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Pathe seeks public listing
Despite current market instability, Pathe's Jerome Seydoux is looking to the future. In an interview with yesterday's Financial Times, the Pathe chariman said he was eager that his company go public in the next 18 months. Pathe is an entertainment giant in France with interests in film production, distribution, exhibition, ...
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MIFED poised for ownership shift
Mifed is poised to change owners yet again, although no announcement is planned until after this year's market has finished trading. The event's current owners - Fiera di Milano and Rassegne - are understood to be merging to create an new parent operation in which Mipcom and Mip-TV organiser Reed ...
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MIFED poised for ownership shift
Mifed is poised to change owners yet again, although no announcement is planned until after this year's market has finished trading. The event's current owners - Fiera di Milano and Rassegne - are understood to be merging to create an new parent operation in which Mipcom and Mip-TV organiser Reed ...
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Boyle-ing hot: Fox's 28 Days Later triumphs in the UK
British director Danny Boyle's latest film, horror title 28 Days Later, swept to the top of the UK box office with the speed of the film's fictitious virus. The film grossed a mighty $2.35m (£1.5m) from its 318 sites for a powerful average of $7,382 per location. These figures include ...