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Columbia TriStar boards Mexican co-production
Columbia Tri Star Mexico has boarded its first Mexican co production, the comedy thriller Sin Ton Ni Sonia, currently shooting in Mexico City. In addition to from covering 20% of the estimated $1m budget, Columbia TriStar has picked up the local and international distribution rights to the project. ...
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Conrad Hall wins ASC honours for Road To Perdition
Conrad Hall, who died on Jan4 this year, took top honours at the American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC)annual Outsanding Achievement Awards in Los Angeles over the weekend for hiswork on Road To Perdition. Theaward was accepted by his son Conrad W Hall.Hall beat out MichaelBallhaus for Gangs Of New York,Pawel ...
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Dick Cook named chairman of Walt Disney Studios
Hollywood has a new studiochief in Richard W Cook, the veteran of Walt Disney Studios who was namedchairman of the company on Friday. Cook, who has spent 31 years at Disney,steps into the position vacated eight months ago by Peter Schneider whoresigned in June 2001 after only 18 months on ...
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Avrio acquires Red Green comedy Duct Tape Forever
Vancouver-based independentproducer/distributor Avrio Filmworks which was founded by producer MichaelDerbas has acquired worldwide sales rights to Duct Tape Forever, a $4m comedy produced by Toronto's S&SProductions, and starring TV comic Red Green.The film is the first basedon the hit Canadian TV series The Red Green Show and follows the adventures ...
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Splendid backs new Bille August noir thriller
Splendid Pictures, the newproduction and sales outfit formed from the merger of Germany's SplendidMedien and LA-based Cutting Edge Entertainment, is to produce BilleAugust's next English language feature the noir thriller WithoutApparent Motive.Set to begin production inLos Angeles this spring, the film is being produced by Bob Yari, Faye Schwaband Mary ...
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Denzel's John Q triumphs with $20.6m
Denzel Washington confirmedhimself as a major box office star over the weekend as his latest drama JohnQ opened at the top of the boxoffice over Presidents Day weekend with a powerful estimated $20.6m gross at2,466 sites. The film, released by New Line Cinema, received lukewarm reviews(at best) but its emotional ...
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Nigel Clark promoted again at Sony to senior evp
Nigel Clark hasbeen promoted to senior executive vice president of international marketing atColumbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI), continuing a careerat Sony Pictures Entertainment that has lasted 11 years. Clark, who is thesenior executive in the international division, reports to Jeff Blake,president of worldwide marketing and distribution at the studio."Nigel ...
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Lagaan sweeps Indian Filmfare Awards
Aamir Khan's performance as Bhuvan in his debut film as a producer, Lagaan won him the Best Actor Award at the Filmfare Awards 2001, held at Mumbai's bandra-Kurla's MMRDA grounds. Lagaan also won the best picture and best director award for Ashutosh Gowarikar. Indian Actress Kajol was the popular choice ...
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Lions Gate's gross profits turn to net loss
Vancouver-based Lions Gate Entertainment recorded a third quarter loss of $3.1m for 2001-2002 as increasing distribution and marketing costs ate into revenue. It was the second consecutive losing quarter. Although gross profits were up 59% from the same period a year ago, distribution and marketing costs more than tripled.Motion picture ...
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Shorts films attracting renewed interest
Short films, long neglected for their perceived lack of commercial potential, are rapidly re-gaining popularity with film-makers and sponsors alike, with the format having recently received several boosts in funding and profile.Festival sponsors Jameson Irish Whiskey, last week announced the first of several independent initiatives to boost short film production ...
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Oscar nods, Berlin Bears icing on cake for France
The five Academy Award nominations for France's Amelie were the icing on the cake for a glorious year of French cinema - a year that has seen French films score highly at the box office and now receive Oscar kudos - in addition to the four Silver Berlin Bears awarded ...
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Magicworx adds three English lang titles to slate
Munich-based production outfit Magicworx, a division of the international production and distribution 2K Group, is lining up three English-language projects to co-produce this year. Locations in Mexico or the South Pacific will serve as the setting for UK director Simon Hunter's thriller Savage Surf which will be produced by Magicworx ...
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Germany's Allmedia moves into feature production
Munich-based production outfit Allmedia is to expand into feature film production with the arrival of Uwe Schott as a joint managing director alongside Heike Richter-Karst."We have built up a reputation for quality TV productions and now the next step is to establish a feature film strand which can benefit from ...
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Simon Hewlett named head of Fox theatrical UK
Simon Hewlett will replace Peter Dignan as managingdirector of 20th Century Fox's UK theatrical operation, comingfrom his previous role as vice president of marketing, Europe, at Fox HomeEntertainment. From 1998 to 2000, Hewlett worked as marketing director forFox's UK theatrical division.Having spent ten years at Fox, Dignan is relocating toSouth ...
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Catch 23 buys comic book Blackjack for urban label
Catch 23 Entertainment hasacquired film rights to Alex Simmon's graphic novel series Blackjack from LA-based Platinum Studios and has entered intoa co-production agreement with Platinum for the development of a feature filmbased on the material. The project is the firstacquisition for C23's new urban entertainment division Alter EgoEntertainment headed by ...
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BAFTA/LA elects seven new board members
The British Academy of Filmand Television Arts/Los Angeles (BAFTA/LA) has elected seven new officers toits board of directors, bringing its total of members to 18. Those new members serving atwo-year term are actor Ian Abercrombie, distribution executive Duncan Clark,talent manager Melanie Greene, producer Paul Heller, former British Film Officeofficer John ...
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Jennifer Lopez named ShoWest female star of 2002
Jennifer Lopez has beennamed 2002 female star of the year by exhibition convention ShoWest and shewill be on stage to accept the award at the Gala Awards banquet on March 7 inLas Vegas.She will next be seen inMichael Apted's Enough forColumbia Pictures as an abused woman who sets out to ...
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London Film Critics applaud Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge claimed three of the main awards bestowed by the London Film Critics Circle on Feb 13 at London's Dorchester Hotel.The film's stars, Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman won British actor of the year and International actress of the year respectively, while the movie itself was awarded international film ...
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Degeto buys six-pack from Prokino
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's multi-Oscar nominee Amelie heads a six-title package acquired from theatrical distributor Prokino by the ARD's central purchasing agency DEGETO Film for screening on the public TV network.The package's other titles are Wong Kar-wai's In The Mood Of Love, Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, Matthias Lehmann's comedy DoppelPack, Philippa Cousins' ...
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Senior Rai appointments delayed
As tensions over conflict of interest in Italy continue to escalate, parliament leader Pierferdinando Casini has announced that state broadcaster Rai's new management will not be appointed until next week. The contracts of the current management, headed by Roberto Zaccaria, expire on Friday.The leading contender for the top position at ...