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Warner marries into Korean Mafia family
Continuing Hollywood's recent infatuation with Korean remakes, Warner Bros has bought English-language remake rights to Cinema Service's romantic comedy Marrying The Mafia.The deal sees Warner pay Cinema Service a 'mid six figures' dollar sum and a share of the profits from the remake. US rights to the original film are ...
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Sidecar Films shoots Winspeare's Miracle
Hot young Italian director Edoardo Winspeare has started shooting The Miracle, his next picture after Live Blood, the quirky southern Italian drama which screened at Sundance in 2001.Produced, like his first two pictures, by Maurizio Tini's Rome outfit, Sidecar Films and TV, Winspeare's new film revolves around an 11-year-old boy ...
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London screenings funk primes MIFED pump
Any international film acquisitions executive who by-passed what's left of the London Screenings last week missed one key world premiere: Hanway's To Kill A King. The large-scale period piece starring Dougray Scott and Tim Roth screened to cast, crew and a strong turn-out of buyers ' although no US deal ...
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London screenings funk primes MIFED pump
Any international film acquisitions executive who by-passed what's left of the London Screenings last week missed one key world premiere: Hanway's To Kill A King. The large-scale period piece starring Dougray Scott and Tim Roth screened to cast, crew and a strong turn-out of buyers - although no US deal ...
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Sweet Sixteen takes Golden Spike at Valladolid
Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen went home Saturday night with the top Golden Spike award from Spain's 47th annual Valladolid International Film Week.The film also won best photography for Barry Ackroyd. Loach was unable to attend the festival for health reasons. Paul Laverty, who won a best script prize for Sixteen ...
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Multiple sales for Saura's Salome
Spanish director Carlos Saura's musical Salome has sold to Japan, Benelux and much of South America.After winning a prize for best artistic contribution at the recent Montreal World Film Festival, Salome screened last week in the official section out of competition at Spain's Valladolid International Film Week.Florence Stern of international ...
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Christmas comes early as Santa Clause 2 flies atop the box office
Disney's The Santa Clause 2 brought some advance Yuletide magic to the North American box office over the weekend with a number one $29m opening, according to studio estimates released today (Nov 3). The debut was more than double that grossed by Columbia's action-comedy opener I Spy, which disappointed with ...
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Norway, Austria, Colombia, Chile submit Oscar contenders
Four more countries have unveiled their candidates for the foreign language film category at next year's Academy Awards.Norway has selected Trygve Allister Diesen's Hold My Heart (Tyven, Tyven); Colombia has put forward Lisandro Duque's Los Ninos Invisible (The Invisible Children); Chile is sending animated film Ogu Y Mampato En Rapa ...
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Wild Bees, Hukkle win Cottbus prizes
Wild Bees and Hukkle - the Czech Republic and Hungary's candidates for the Foreign Language Film Oscar - were among the prize-winners at this year's FilmFestival Cottbus which closed on Sunday evening with an overall 15% increase in attendances over 2001.Bohdan Slama's Wild Bees (Divoke Vcely) received the Euros12,000 main ...
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Vivendi faces two new US investigations
One week after becoming the subject of a criminal probe in France, Vivendi Universal has now officially fallen under US scrutiny. The company will be examined by the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York and the Security and Exchange Commission's Miami office. The ailing media giant ...
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Christmas comes early as Santa Clause 2 flies atop the box office
Disney's The Santa Clause 2 brought some advance Yuletide magic to the North American box office over the weekend with a number one $29m opening, according to studio estimates released today (Nov 3). The debut was more than double that grossed by Columbia's action-comedy opener I Spy, which disappointed with ...
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UK submits The Warrior as Academy Award contender
The UK has submitted Asif Kapadia's Hindi language film The Warrior as its official entry in the best foreign language film category at the Academy Awards.It is the first time the UK has submitted a film to the Oscars whose language is not indigenous to the UK. In 2000, Welsh ...
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Ganis acquires feature film rights to Bush docu
Sid Ganis' Out of the Blue... Entertainment has optioned the feature film remake rights to Journeys With George, Alexandra Pelosi's acclaimed video diary of George W Bush's 2000 presidential campaign that will air on HBO on US Election Night, Nov 5. Ganis and Nancy Hult Ganis will produce the feature ...
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Pandora picks up international rights to Polish Brothers' latest
LA-based sales and financing outfit Pandora has acquired international rights, excluding English-speaking territories, to Northfork, the latest film from the eccentric film-making duo of Mark and Michael Polish (Twin Falls Idaho, Jackpot).Paramount Classics has all English-speaking rights to the film which was directed by Michael Polish from a script by ...
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Tongue-twisting challenge faces Oscar foreign language selectors
Some two dozen countries have now unveiled their entries for next year's best foreign-language Oscar, a race that has already thrown up some intriguing choices including an English-language film, The Touch, as Hong Kong's preference, and a Hungarian entry that is entirely dialogue free. The UK, meanwhile, has submitted a ...
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Rick Sands gets COO stripes at Miramax
Rick Sands, the chairman of worldwide distribution at Miramax Films, has been promoted again, this time to chief operating officer. Sands, a familiar face on the international festival and market circuit who oversees all international deals for the company, will continue to oversee domestic and international sales and distribution and ...
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Turin festival unveils cutting edge line-up
The Turin Film Festival (Nov 7-15), Italy's leading cutting-edge event, has unveiled a brimming 20th edition line-up, which includes David Cronenberg's Spider, Toy Love by New Zealand director Harry Sinclair, and John Frankenheimer's last film, Path to War.The festivalwill open with competition title Pumpkin, Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder's ...
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Flying Scotsman shooting time-table derailed
The future of The Flying Scotsman was placed in jeopardy yesterday (October 31) with the news that the£3.3 million production has lost one of its main investors. The sudden death of one of the partners in Americana Films has resulted in the withdrawal of their 27% share of the budget. ...
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Universal, Gaga form Japanese joint venture
Universal Pictures Japan and Gaga Communications have teamed up to form a two-picture joint venture which will see Gaga handle theatrical distribution rights on Universal's Blue Crush and Universal handle video rights on Gaga's Kill Bill. The ground-breaking joint venture was initiated by Gaga which approached Universal about Imagine Entertainment's ...