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De Angelis makes Magnificent film move
Alfonso Arau's $16m remake of The Magnificent Ambersons, a project which began life as a mini-series when it went into production this year, has now been transformed into a full-fledged feature film as part of a push into the theatrical business by its European backer, The De Angelis Group.Former RKO ...
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Nippon Herald takes Intermedia trio for Japan
Nippon Herald Films has clinched a three picture deal with Intermedia that covers the Harrison Ford-starrer K:19 The Widowmaker, K:Pax starring Kevin Spacey and The Wedding Planner with Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.The deal marks the first multi-picture sale for Intermedia since it unveiled its star-studded slate just ahead of ...
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Gordon's $30m Tree takes root at MGM, Winchester
Chuck Gordon's Daybreak Productions has finally set up the first picture to fall under his independent financing structure now that MGM has committed to taking domestic rights to The Tree, a $30m comedy featuring hot rising star Johnny Knoxville.Winchester Films - which set up the international distribution structure for Gordon ...
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Paramount Classics guns for Schroeder's Assassins
StudioCanal has sold Barbet Schroeder's Our Lady Of The Assassins to Paramount Classics for the US. Paramount has also taken rights for Colombia, the country where the hard-hitting gay-themed film that takes place within a culture where human life is dirt cheap was secretly filmed. In addition, StudioCanal has struck ...
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Eddie Izzard plays Charlie Chaplin for Bogdanovich
Ramping up its production activities, Lions Gate Films is to back The Cat's Meow, a drama set against the golden age of Hollywood that intriguingly casts Kirsten Dunst as Marion Davies and Eddie Izzard as Charlie Chaplin under the direction of maverick cinephile director Peter Bogdanovich.Lions Gate, which last week ...
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Joint Security Area a hit for South Korea
South Korea's current local box office hit, Joint Security Area (JSA), has attracted 1.875 million admissions in Seoul and over 4.1 million admissions across the country since its release on September 9. Set in one of the most militarised frontiers in the world, the film tells of the friendship between ...
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Elstein exits UK's Channel 5
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has parted company with its chief executive David Elstein, in a shock move announced to staff on Friday afternoon. Channel 5's director of programmes Dawn Airey is to take over from Elstein, who leaves immediately after four years with no other job to go to.In a ...
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Zebra unwraps Big Brother for big screen
Spanish producer Antonio Saura has unveiled the first feature film out of his start-up outfit Zebra Producciones, an innovative reality show spin-off shot entirely in secrecy and starring the cast of Gran Hermano, the Spanish version of hit TV programme Big Brother.According to the film's director, Antonio Hernandez, the project ...
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CineMedia, TeleMuenchen pact for digital film
Germany's CineMedia and TeleMuenchen have entered into a strategic alliance to develop digital cinema. TeleMuenchen will take a 7% stake in CineMedia as part of the deal.CineMedia recently launched a division to research digital film-making, post-production and film conservation. TeleMuenchen, which is involved in licensing, production and distribution, is the ...
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Gladiator passes 100,000 mark in Serbia
Gladiator has become the first foreign title to pass the 100,000 admissions mark in Serbia so far this year. The film, released by Vans which handles UIP product in Serbia, has sold 105,000 tickets on eight prints after 10 weeks on release.The only other non-domestic title to come close to ...
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Ibermedia doles out $3.6m in third funding round
Iberoamerican film fund, Ibermedia, has handed out a $3.6m to ten territories in its third funding round. Countries to benefit include Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay and Venezuela. The bulk of the fund (60%) went to co-productions, while 30% went to distribution, 5% to project development ...
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T Joy unveils plans for digital multiplexes
T Joy, part of Japan's Toei group, plans to start construction in Hiroshima this December on a multiplex that will project digitised films downloaded from a communications satellite. The company will spend $7.2m (Y780m) on the six-screen theatre which will have a seating capacity of 668. In addition to films, ...
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Vienna gives top prize to Balkan drama
Goran Rebic's take on the Balkan war, The Punishment, won the award for best Austrian film at the Vienna International Film Festival (October 13-25).Shot in the face of anti-Serbian sentiment, the documentary by the Serbian-born, Vienna-raised film-maker focuses on NATO's bombing of Belgrade and the subsequent devastation. The Standard Award, ...
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Info Avenue finances latest Imamura project
Japanese ecommerce outfit Info Avenue Corp has raised finance for a second production - Shohei Imamura's Lukewarm Water Under The Red Bridge (Akai Hashi No Shita No Nurui Mizu) - through its on-line financing scheme.Info Avenue recruits film fans through a web-site as paying members of "support groups" for individual ...
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Macquarie strikes distribution pact with UIP
Australian private investment vehicle Macquarie Film Corp (MFC) has signed a two-year distribution pact with UIP. Under the terms of the deal, UIP will have first option to handle the Australian theatrical release of all titles backed by MFC. The two partners will jointly devise marketing strategies and share p&a ...
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Kinowelt sells piece of AAC to feed Momentum
Germany's Kinowelt Medien has sold close to one million shares of Alliance Atlantis Communication (AAC) worth approximately $13m, part of which it will funnel into Momentum Pictures, the UK distribution company it controls equally with AAC.Paul Laberge, AAC senior vice president of corporate development and general counsel, told ScreenDaily ...
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Floods delay Italy's St Vincent Prize
Italy's prestigious St. Vincent Prize for Italian cinema, scheduled to be held this week, has been postponed due to the heavy flooding that has swamped north-western Italy in the last couple of weeks. Felice Laudadio, director of the Valle d'Aosta-based St. Vincent festival, said it would be "inopportune" to hold ...
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Via Digital secures Euros640m loan
Spanish digital satellite TV platform Via Digital is set to receive a cash injection of Euros640m via a loan organised by the Chase Manhattan Bank.According to a press statement released jointly by Via and Chase, the loan will be used to finance the platform's plans for expansion which include continuing ...
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Prisa invests $10m in Bolivia's Garafulic
Spanish multimedia giant Grupo Prisa plans to pump $10m into leading Bolivian media group Garafulic to develop new and existing TV, internet, print and radio ventures in Bolivia.The move forms part of Prisa's expansion into the Spanish-speaking Latin American market. Among other interests, the group already owns publishing giant Santillana ...
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Amores Perros takes top prize at Flanders
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu's Amores Perros took the Grand Prize of the Flemish Community at the 27th Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent.Other prize winners included Lukas Moodysson's Together, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Faithless. A big local winner was Pleure Pas Germaine, directed by Alain de Halleux, which took three ...