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Empire, First Run team for US rights to Chabrol's Chocolat
Empire Pictures and First Run Features have pacted to buy US rights to Claude Chabrol's popular thriller Merci Pour Le Chocolat which premiered at the Venice Film Festival two years ago and won the Prix Louis Delluc in 2001.Empire will oversee the film's theatrical release this summer and First Run ...
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Hamill, Struthers star in Pied Piper's thriller Constricted
Mark Hammill and Sally Struthers have taken the lead roles in independently financed psychological thriller Constricted which started shooting yesterday in the US. The film, being produced by Pied Piper Productions' Holly Mosher, is written and directed by Christian Otien (Lady In The Box). It also stars Brad Hunt, Majandra ...
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Europeans proving faithful to Gere thriller
20th Century Fox's adult thriller Unfaithful is enjoying success as counter-programming to the chart storming blockbuster fare, Spider-Man and Star Wars: Episode II.Aimed at a more mature audience the film has enjoyed a host of strong openings and performances in Europe since debuting in Sweden on May 31. With an ...
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Anant Singh snaps up Deepak Chopra film rights
South African producer Anant Singh, head of Videovision and Distant Horizon, has snapped up the much sought-after film rights to 'mind-body-spirit' guru Deepak Chopra's fictional works The Return Of Merlin and Soulmate. The deal was negotiated and concluded during Chopra's visit to South Africa last week. The rights to The ...
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Another German media company files for insolvency
German production outfit H5B5 Media, which co-produced Cannes film Welcome To Collinwood, has become the latest in the growing list of German media companies filing for insolvency.In a statement, the company said that an ongoing production for children's animation specialist RTV had encountered cash flow problems. In addition, a Euros ...
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Italia Cinema appoints new president
Marina Cicogna has been appointed president of Italia Cinema, Italy's film promotional body. Cicogna is the granddaughter of Count Volpi, the founder of the Venice Film Festival in 1932. After studying film, theatre and literature in the US, she worked in film production and distribution in Italy, producing several films ...
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Jeremy Thomas reveals cast of Bertolucci's Dreamers
Michael Pitt, Eva Green and Louis Garrel will star in Bernardo Bertolucci's next film, The Dreamers, producer Jeremy Thomas announced on Wednesday.Newcomers Green and Garrel play a brother and sister in Paris in 1968 who invite a young American played by Pitt to stay. Set against the turbulent political backdrop ...
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Scala boards dialogue-free debut feature
The UK's Scala Productions has boarded Wounded, a dialogue-free feature from new UK production outfit Kaos Films.A contemporary thriller set in the wilds of North America, the film is produced by Arif Hussein and Piers Jackson, who was previously head of development and production at Screen Production Associates. "Basically, two ...
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National general strike won't cripple Spain's film industry
Despite a call by the Spanish Actors' Guild to support a nationwide general workers' strike planned for Thursday, June 20, the film industry will not come to a full stop.Several film production companies contacted said they would not halt work on films currently shooting or rehearsing in Spain. A spokesperson ...
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Ufa Theater faces the final curtain
Production, distribution and now exhibition - German cinema chain Ufa-Theater looks like becoming the latest in a growing list of insolvent German media companies.According to business daily newspaper Handelsblatt, a shortfall of Euros 4m could bring down the once dominant German exhibitor. Company shareholders have already spent weeks considering various ...
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Lolafilms' refinancing deadline extended to mid-July
The deadline for shareholders to participate in the Euros 18m capital amplification of Spanish production powerhouse Lolafilms has been pushed back until mid-July. The amplification of capital was approved on March 22 by Lola shareholders, led by 70% backer Admira, the media unit of Telefonica, and Lola CEO Andres Vicente ...
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Polish media giant prepares major floatation
Polish media giant ITI Holdings S.A. is to launch an initial public offering of up to 48% of its shares, making it the biggest float on the Warsaw market for two years.The company revealed last month that it was planning to raise between $80m and $130m through the IPO to ...
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The Tunnel's Teamworx team picks up producers' prize
German production company Teamworx's Nico Hofmann, Ariane Krampe, and Bettina Reitz, the team behind "event television" productions The Tunnel and Tanz Mit Dem Teufel - Die Entfuehrung Des Richard Oetker, have been awarded this year's Producers' Prize at the Cologne Conference. Picked up in January at the Rotterdam Film Festival ...
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Perrine Teze to head Miramax/TF1 French distribution arm
Perrine Teze, currently managing director of TF1's film financing and sales division TF1 International, is expected to be appointed managing director of the Miramax/TF1 joint French distribution venture.Teze, who came to TF1 from the Bouygues group (the broadcaster's main shareholder) to launch TF1 International's film co-financing and sales division, was ...
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Mexico City exhibitor Cinemex sold to Onex Corp and Oaktree
Onex Corp of Toronto and Los Angeles-based investment firm Oaktree Capital Management have acquired top Mexico City exhibitor Grupo Cinemex for approximately $295m. Cinemex co founder Matthew Heyman, who was closely involved in the transaction, has resigned from his post as co-chief executive officer. "I have ...
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Karlovy Vary reveals full competition line-up
Sean Connery will visit the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary for its 37th annual film festival this year (July 4-13), where he will receive an award for outstanding contribution to world cinema. Connery will be in the Czech Republic for the upcoming shoot of Fox's League Of Extraordinary Gentleman ...
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Witherspoon hires Simpson at Type A
Jennifer Simpson has been appointed president of Reese Witherspoon's production company Type A Films which is based at Intermedia in Los Angeles. Simpson will oversee acquisition, development and production of all projects for the company and will report to Witherspoon, the actress with credits including Legally Blonde and The Importance ...
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Alan Parker rallies industry to develop skills strategy
Alan Parker, chairman of UK support body, the Film Council, has called on the film industry to support a major research project that will inform a new and comprehensive skills strategy for the sector.Parker, whose role at the Film Council reflects his support for skills and training in the industry, ...
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Australia's Southern Star predicts debt eradication
Australia's Southern Star Group this week announced that it will be debt free with $12.5m (A$22m) in cash when net proceeds of $35.9m (A$63m) from last year's sale of duplication subsidiary Duplitek to Technicolor are received next month.The company also revealed that revenue for the 12 months to March was ...
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German broadcaster RTL joins film funding institution
German private broadcaster RTL is to become a shareholder in regional public fund Filmstiftung NRW on July 1, contributing some $2.9m to the overall $28.5m annual budget. On the eve of this year's Medienforum NRW, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia's prime-minister Wolfgang Clement, RTL's managing director Gerhard Zeiler and Filmstiftung ...