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Marcus Nispel hired to direct Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Famed German music video and commercials director Marcus Nispel has signed to direct the reconceptualisation of Tobe Hooper's cult classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre which is set to begin shooting in Austin, Texas, this July.The film is being produced by Michael Bay's lower budget production outfit Platinum Dunes and Ted ...
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Portugal's Gaia Film Festival reveals inaugural competition line-up
The newly launched Gaia International Film Festival of Portugal is carving a niche as the first stop for international summer releases in the Portuguese market with a high-profile line-up of 12 feature films competing in this year's first annual edition (June 14-22).Among the titles to compete for the festival's non-monetary ...
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Roberts, Sheils to head distribution at UK's Metrodome
Ben Roberts and Audrey Sheils will head distribution activities at the UK's Metrodome after Alan Partington left the company last month.Roberts has been promoted to director of sales and acquisitions, while Sheils becomes director of theatrical marketing. Recent pick-ups include Good Machine International's Lovely And Amazing, Lions Gate's comedy The ...
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Goodsill joins Kamp at Odyssey Entertainment
Former Icon Entertainment International chief Ralph Kamp has been joined by Louise Goodsill at the head of newly-launched sales operation Odyssey Entertainment.Goodsill is president and chief operating officer, while Kamp is chairman and chief executive. Odyssey, which formally launches at Cannes, has also assembled three key executives: head of production ...
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Germany's KirchPayTV files for insolvency
The crisis-ridden KirchGroup's pay TV unit KirchPayTV has been forced to file for insolvency a month after the KirchMedia holding company filed for insolvency and self-administration.The pay-TV unit and several of its subsidiaries opened insolvency proceedings in a Munich court today (Wednesday May 8). Kirch Marketing Services was expected ...
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Foreign films get Hollywood on the re-make
When Sony Picture’s Mr. Deeds opens in North America next month its prospects will depend largely on the appeal of its star Adam Sandler, as opposed to the fact that it’s a remake of Frank Capra’s 1936 comedy Mr. Deeds Goes To Town.Meanwhile, the development department at Sony Pictures, which ...
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Sundance Institute names 12 projects for 2002 labs
The Sundance Institute has announced the 12 projects which have been selected for this year's annual Filmmakers and Screenwriters Labs which take place May 29 to June 25 at the Sundance Village in Utah. The labs offer emerging directors and screenwriters an opportunity to develop new work under the guidance ...
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Indian megastar Khan signs with Endeavor in the US
Indian movie megastar Aamir Khan, who starred in and produced Oscar nominated Bollywood epic Lagaan, has signed with LA talent agency Endeavor for all areas of representation in the US.Khan, who has starred in more than 25 films, made his film debut in 1988 in Qayamat Se Qayamet Tak. His ...
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Columbia sets Spider-Man 2 for May 7,2004
One day after it scored a breathtaking $114.8m opening weekend with Spider-Man in North America, Columbia Pictures has announced that Spider-Man 2 is already dated for release on May 7, 2004. The film will go into production early next year. While the storyline will remain a closely guarded secret, the ...
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Lakeshore acquires international on Just A Kiss
Lakeshore International, the sales arm of Tom Rosenberg's Lakeshore Entertainment, has picked up international rights to Fisher Stevens' romantic comedy Just A Kiss which will be released in North America by Paramount Classics in September 2002. Starring Taye Diggs, Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgwick, Marley Shelton and Marisa Tomei, Just A ...
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Revamped Los Angeles Film Festival unveils programme
The Los Angeles Film Festival, which this year has moved its event to June (June 20-29), introduced competition sections, an international section, a guest director and a film-maker prize worth $50,000, has unveiled its lineup consisting of 57 features from 22 countries.The festival, formerly known as the Los Angeles Independent ...
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Seattle Fest sets Audiard, Medem, Takashi, Park as emerging masters
The Seattle International Film Festival, which takes place this year from May 23 to June 16, has named this year's four emerging masters - directors from around the world who have established themselves as potential cinematic masters - whose work will be spotlighted during the festival. They are Jacques Audiard ...
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Menemsha, SPC commit to Hitler's Secretary
Neil Friedman's LA-based Menemsha Entertainment has acquired international rights to the critically acclaimed documentary Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary and will introduce the film to buyers at Cannes. Sony Pictures Classics had earlier acquired rights in the English-speaking world and Mexico to the film, which debuted in Panorama at the Berlin ...
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Market share imbalances revealed across pan-Asian cinema industry
A new report focusing on exhibition and distribution over the last five years has revealed some surprising contradictions in the make-up of the 18 cinema markets analysed across Asia, the Pacific Rim, Middle East and Africa.The research, by media publication, Screen Digest, reports that while total cinema admissions for the ...
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EU rules sales tax to be added to foreign online products
The European Union (EU) today (Tuesday, May 7) approved rules that will require non-European firms to apply a sales tax (VAT) to films, games and software that are sold over the internet into the EU.The new rules, which take effect from July next year, are intended to put foreign firms ...
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Spain's Aurum picks up Lazaro's Girlfriend
Spain's Aurum Producciones has picked up international rights to Malaga Film Festival best actress prize winner Lazaro's Girlfriend (La Novia De Lazaro) from director Fernando Merinero.Under head of international sales Mocha Aguilar, Aurum will screen Lazaro and other recent pick-ups, Miguel Albaladejo's Resentment (Rencor) and Miguel Angel Sanchez's thriller Liable ...
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Signpost partners with Hoyts to form Signpost Films Australia
Stewart Till's Signpost Films has established its first international distribution arm, partnering with Hoyts Distribution to form Signpost Films Australia.Signpost Films Australia will control the marketing and distribution of Signpost films in Australia and New Zealand, managing and funding all marketing and P&A costs. Hoyts will provide a theatrical ...
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Lum, Cox team for Australian Hopscotch
The reason behind Troy Lum's sudden departure from Dendy Films last week has become clear: he is starting his own Australian distribution and marketing company in partnership with veteran distributor Frank Cox. Cox will wind down his existing entity, NewVision, and transfer management of its library of 150 films to ...
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Fortissimo takes world rights for Bollywood Hollywood
Fortissimo Film Sales, the Amsterdam and Hong Kong-based sales house, has picked up worldwide rights to Indian director Deepa Mehta's new picture Bollywood Hollywood. The film is described as a "musical romantic comedy, which crosses between the vibrant melodrama of Bollywood and the schematic mainstream cinema of Hollywood." The Toronto-set ...
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Indian film industry brings Bollywood flavour to Cannes
Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj is heading to Cannes with a high-profile delegation of the Hindi film industry, including Yash Chopra, Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Subhash Ghai, Ramesh Sharma, Uma Gajapati Raju, Ronnie Screwvala and Amit Khanna. With the assistance of Government funding, the Indian pavilion will ...