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Bum's Rush adds cast
Jamie Sives, who is Wilbur in Lone Scherfig's Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself, and Kevin McKidd are joining Dougray Scott in the cast of Myriad Pictures' The Bum's Rush, a black comedy set in Scotland. The film will be produced by Anne Batz of Hero Films, the UK production outfit ...
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Herwitz reps Romania's Oscar entry
Andrew Herwitz, the former Miramax executive who has set up his own New York-based producer's rep The Film Sales Company, has signed on to represent North and Latin America on Philanthropy, the Romanian submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award this year.Written and directed by Nae Caranfil and ...
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Focus knows how to deal
Focus Features co-president David Linde has unveiled major territory deals on How To Deal, the latest production from Ted Field and Scott Kroopf's Radar, a coming-of-age romance starring Mandy Moore. Roadshow Film Distributors has taken the film for Australia and Paradiso for Benelux alongside Radar partners Lauren Film in Spain, ...
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Atlas' Red Phone rings up international sales
The Red Phone, handled by Germany's Atlas International, has already garnered sales to Nippon Herald for Japan, Lusomundo for Portugal and Showal for Israel. The $12.5m two-part, spy action vehicle boasts a theatrical-level cast including Arnold Vosloo, Ben Cross, Michael Ironside and Michael Wincott and a particularly contemporary theme.Written ...
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Tucker to direct November 5 terrorist attack movie
Hilary And Jackie director Anand Tucker is to direct Guy Fawkes story November 5 for Charles Finch and Luc Roeg's UK production-management company Artists' Independent Network.Tucker is aiming to start shooting late next year from a script by his regular collaborator Frank Cottrell Boyce. AIN, which has credits including Spider ...
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Boyle-ing hot: Fox's 28 Days Later triumphs in the UK
British director Danny Boyle's latest film, horror title 28 Days Later, swept to the top of the UK box office with the speed of the film's fictitious virus. The film grossed a mighty $2.35m (£1.5m) from its 318 sites for a powerful average of $7,382 per location. These figures include ...
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Parker delivers UK cinema 'reality check'
Alan Parker, the UK director who chairs British film support body the Film Council, has called for a radical overhaul of public support to finally cure British cinema of its "little England" disease.In his most far reaching speech since taking up the council reigns, Parker said the UK's influential tax ...
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Wajda to receive honorary Oscar
Veteran Polish film-maker Andrzej Wajda will be presented with an honorary Oscar at this year's Academy Award ceremony which takes place in Los Angeles on March 26. Wajda has been selected for the honour for a career that has included some of the most important European films of the post-war ...
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BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE UK FILM INDUSTRY
The full keynote speech by the Chairman of the Film CouncilToday I want to set out some new thinking from the Film Council about the kind of film industry we'd like to see in this country. I want to set out a vision of an industry that is a strong ...
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Pathe seeks public listing
Despite current market instability, Pathe's Jerome Seydoux is looking to the future. In an interview with yesterday's Financial Times, the Pathe chariman said he was eager that his company go public in the next 18 months. Pathe is an entertainment giant in France with interests in film production, distribution, exhibition, ...
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German cinema admissions fall 8% in third quarter
German cinema admissions have fallen 8% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2002, but industry observers expect the new Harry Potter, James Bond and The Lord Of The Rings to effect a turnaround in the fourth quarter.According to figures released by the Berlin-based German Federal Film Board (FFA) ...
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Mirovision brims with top Asian talents
Korea's Mirovision is enjoying a renaissance as an internationally-minded sales and production group, having spent much of the last year focussing on building its local distribution activities and its first theatre.After last year backing Cannes Directors' Fortnight film Cry Woman, which was the first Korean-Chinese-French co-production, international production is again ...
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MIFED poised for ownership shift
Mifed is poised to change owners yet again, although no announcement is planned until after this year's market has finished trading. The event's current owners - Fiera di Milano and Rassegne - are understood to be merging to create an new parent operation in which Mipcom and Mip-TV organiser Reed ...
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Von Trier eyes Kidman for USA trilogy
Danish maverick Lars von Trier has been so pleased with the results of his highly anticipated new film Dogville, that he has started to write a sequel called Manderlay - in what will be the second part of his planned new ``U.S.A. Trilogy - especially for Nicole Kidman. Producer Vibeke ...
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NBC buys Bravo for $1.25 billion
US television network NBC has acquired US cable channel Bravo for $1.25bn in stock and cash, ending months of speculation. The arts and entertainment cable network, a pioneer in programming US independent and subtitled foreign films on American television, will deliver its new owner an affluent urban audience of some ...
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Pac Man eats up big screen via Crystal Sky and Gaga
Pac Man is coming to the big screen courtesy of Steven Paul's Crystal Sky which is teaming with Gaga Communications and the game's developer Namco to make live-action fantasy Pac Man: The Movie.The movie follows a previous agreement between Crystal Sky, Gaga and Namco to co-finance a movie based on ...
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Down To You, Next Friday top US box office
Miramax Films' teen romance Down To You topped the US box office chart over the weekend with an estimated $8.3m, a small margin over last weekend's top film Next Friday, which came in this weekend with an estimated $8.2m.However, Down To You took only half of Miramax's 1999 She's All ...
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Mexico targets European buyers
In a bid to boost the profile of Mexican films in Europe, national Mexican film institute IMCINE is organising with Unifrance a week of screenings in Paris of new Mexican titles. Between November 12 and 19 in various cinemas across Paris, five films will be screened for the industry, including ...
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Myriad weaves again with Tapestry
Myriad Pictures has optioned Nina Coleman's script I'll Be You for Jennifer Gibgot of Tapestry Films who will produce the film. I'll Be You is a romantic comedy about a top-ranking female executive who trades places with her wildly social assistant and embarks on a quest to find love. Myriad ...