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Andy Given appointed Intermedia production head
Andy Given, formerly of Universal Pictures and The Shooting Gallery, has joined Intermedia in the newly created position of president, physical production.Reporting to president of worldwide production Basil Iwanyk, Given is responsible for all aspects of physical production for Intermedia's myriad projects from development through post -production. Current Intermedia productions ...
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Bertelsmann denies studio acquisition plans
Speculations that German media concern Bertelsmann might be interested in acquiring a Hollywood studio have been dashed once more by CEO Thomas Middelhoff. Speaking in an interview with the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit about his company's plans for the proceeds from the sales of its shares in AOL and ...
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New Eastern European fund aims to raise $40m
A new production financing fund for Central and Eastern Europe has been established with the aim of raising $40m towards developing the region's film-making activities.Bianca Bezdek, an international media attorney with Linklaters in New York, and Andrew Stear, head of Bucharest-based Stray Dogs Productions, have teamed to raise capital from ...
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Yugoslavian New Millennium forced to wait
A new Yugoslavian Republic distribution company is struggling to find an opening for its first release: Hanniba,l as all the theaters in the key city of Belgrade (which constitutes 60% of the market) have been reserved until Summer 2002.Millennium Film & Video was recently launched by two existing distributors: the ...
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Murdoch's Shine teams with Greenroom for horror
Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Entertainment and Greenroom Digital, the production company of The Hole director Nick Hamm and his brother Jon, are to co-produce a slate of horror films under the banner 'The Dark'. Shine and Greenroom aim to shoot the films back to back, starting late next year. The films ...
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Italian industry denounces merger consultations
In an unprecedented move, more than sixty of Italy's top film directors, writers and producers have addressed a fiery open letter to Giuseppe Tesauro, president of Italy's Antitrust Authority in leading Italian daily La Repubblica, denouncing the fact that none of Italy's film associations have been consulted over the planned ...
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Krabbe and Kidman in box office Heaven
After a staggered platform release director/actor Jeroen Krabbe's The Discovery Of Heaven has pulled its way to the top of The Netherlands box office chart in its third week on release. The English-language Dutch film, Krabbe's second directorial effort after 1998's Left Luggage, opened on Oct 18 to a resounding ...
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A Ma Soeur passed uncut for UK release
A Ma Soeur, controversial French director Catherine Breillat's exploration of childhood sexuality, has been passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) despite misgivings about some of the film's sexual content.According to a statement, the BBFC took legal advice about some of the film's sexual scenes, particularly those ...
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Sex And Lucia seals international sales
Julio Medem's erotic Spanish epic Sex And Lucia (Lucia Y El Sexo) has closed brisk sales worldwide, fulfilling expectations that the local hit from production powerhouse Sogecine would travel.A round-up of deals for Latin America and Europe closed after recent markets by sales house Sogepaq bodes well for the film, ...
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National Amusements to open first Imax cinema
US exhibitor National Amusements is opening its first-ever Imax cinema in the New Year. According to National Amusements president Shari Redstone, the cinema will be launched with the premiere of Walt Disney's Beauty And The Beast on Jan. 1, 2002. The new facility will be located at the circuit's 17-screen ...
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Zeal TV announces two appointments
New UK indie, Zeal Television has appointed Barbara Lee as head of development. Lee's role at will be to develop and produce entertainment and lifestyle formats for broadcast in the UK. Lee was previously a producer at Hat Trick Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions. Her credits include: 'Oblivious' for ...
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Korea's CJ sells Musa to multiple territories
Korean giant CJ Entertainment enjoyed a profitable MIFED with strong sales of its film Musa (aka Musa The Warrior) which premiered in September at an interrupted Toronto festival.The film earned CJ its highest price ever for a German deal when it was sold to E-M-S New Media. Musa, which was ...
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UK's Metrodome seals string of acquisitions
Metrodome Distribution, the UK distributor whose parent group this week sold a 29.9% stake to Germany's TV-Loonland, has completed a string of acquisitions including German Oscar nominee Das Experiment.The distribution arm has also acquired the first package of films from InDigEnt, New York Dogme-style venture. Amongst the titles is Richard ...
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German cinema admissions reach 10-year high
August's cinema admissions in Germany were the highest for 10 years, thanks to the combined success of Der Schuh Des Manitu Jurassic Park III and Bridget Jones, according to figures collated by the German Federal Film Board (FFA). August's tally of 17.6m admissions was 52% up on August 2000. Moreover, ...
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Italy ponders shortlist of three Oscar candidates
Italy's unofficial shortlist for its foreign Oscar candidate features Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room, Gabriele Muccino's The Last Kiss and Ferzan Ozpetek's Ignorant Fairies.All three movies swept the David di Donatello local awards in April, and are among the highest-grossing Italian films of the year.Widely tipped as the favourite, Moretti ...
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Japan, Uruguay select Oscar nominations
The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eirin) has selected Isao Yukisada's Go (pictured) as Japan's nominee for the Foreign Film Academy Award, out of a short list of twelve candidates. The film, Yukisada's third feature, tells the story of a Korean youth's coming of age - and his struggle ...
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Benigni's Pinocchio delayed until next Christmas
Roberto Benigni's hugely anticipated next picture, Pinocchio, will not be released in Italy until Christmas 2002, a spokesman for the Cecchi Gori Group confirmed on Wednesday (Nov 7).The film had originally been set for release later this year, which would have placed it somewhere between the two blockbuster heavyweights Harry ...
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Rocket Pictures unveils fresh slate of titles
David Furnish and Elton John's Rocket Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Walt Disney Co. for another five years and unveiled a fresh line-up of films.The company has also negotiated an increased development fund from Disney at a time when, according to Furnish, 97% of the studio's overhead deals ...
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Shrek sells $110m in three-day home video frenzy
Shrek, the year's highest grossing film, has opened another avenue of riches for DreamWorks and its home video distribution partner Universal Studios. The film sold 7 million VHS and DVD units and generated $110m in three days, the best opening weekend since Walt Disney's home video release of The Lion ...
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Danish films continue market-beating home runs
In a year that will no doubt go down as the most profitable ever for Danish films in their home market, new films continue to impress at the box-office, with Friday's release of Niels Arden Oplev's black comedy Fukssvansen taking the top spot from Rush Hour 2 with 25,788 admissions ...