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Attenborough closes the ring with ContentFilm
ContentFilm Internationalhas taken worldwide rights to Richard Attenborough's forthcoming epic, ClosingThe Ring. ContentFilm isco-financing the film with the Bank of Ireland.Oscar-winning directorAttenborough will co-produce with Jo Gilbert. Shirley MacLaine is attached tostar, and discussions are ongoing with other actors. Closing The Ring is a UK-Canadian co-production to be shot onlocation ...
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Lumina launches thriller label Panic Attack
UK-based production andsales company Lumina Films is launching its thriller label Panic Attack withDan Reed's Straightheads,starring Gillian Anderson, Danny Dyer and Anthony Calf.Damian Jones (The HistoryBoys, Millions) and Kevin Loader (TheHistory Boys, Enduring Love) areproducing. The film is funded by FilmFour, the UK Film Council's New CinemaFund (which has invested ...
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EM.TV confirms Formula One deal
Aggressive German merchandising and production empire EM.TV & Merchandising has confirmed that it has agreed with Bernie Ecclestone to acquire 100% of Speed Investment. The deal gives EM.TV a 50% stake in SLEC, the holding company which owns all Formula One motor racing activities.EM.TV paid $712.5m in cash and a ...
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FILMS 2008: An A-Z of the key films of the year
Screen International Guide 2008Click section heading for full guideA-DE-IJ-OP-ST-9
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Shochiku announces details of Yoji Yamada's Otouto
Japanese studio Shochiku has announced details of veteran director Yoji Yamada's 81st film, Otouto.The family drama will begin shooting in January 2009 at Kinuta Studios in Tokyo.Otouto (Younger Brother) will star Sayuri Yoshinaga and Tsurube Shofukutei. Shofukutei will play the wayward younger brother of Yoshinaga, who cares for him despite ...
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Shochiku announces details of Yoji Yamada's Otouto
Japanese studio Shochiku has announced details of veteran director Yoji Yamada's 81st film, Otouto.The family drama will begin shooting in January 2009 at Kinuta Studios in Tokyo.Otouto (Younger Brother) will star Sayuri Yoshinaga and Tsurube Shofukutei. Shofukutei will play the wayward younger brother of Yoshinaga, who cares for him despite ...
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Wina free ticket to the Screenwriters Festival launch
Screen is offering readers the chance to win a free ticket to the Londonlaunch of the 2009 International Screenwriters Festival on the evening of January 13.Speakers at the event at Channel 4 headquarters in Horseferry Roadinclude producer and former head of BBC Films David Thompson and Olivia Hetreed, producer of ...
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Fox's Marley & Me leads domestic Christmas box office
Fox's comedy Marley & Me starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston soared to the top of the charts over a lucrative Christmas weekend on an estimated $37m, beating out heavyweight contenders from Buena Vista and Paramount.Marley & Me, a tale about a couple and their dog, set a new Christmas ...
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Jarmus, Schuman named heads of Universal Int'l TV
Steven Jarmus and Philip Schuman have been named co-presidents of Universal International Television, overseeing the distribution of all Universal feature films globally in all forms of television (pay-TV, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, non-theatrical, broadcast, satellite-to-home, basic cable) as well as Universal's TV programming internationally.They are also responsible for the international distribution of ...
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Madagascar 2 tops lucrative international holiday weekend
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa had the chops to stay on top of the competition and surge past $275m in a rigorous final weekend of 2008 that delivered strong results for Fox's Australia and The Day The Earth Stood Still, Disney's Bedtime Stories, Warner Bros' Yes Man and Summit International's Twilight.DreamWorks ...
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Senator and IM Internationalmedia make management changes
Publicly-listed Senator Entertainment and IM Internationalmedia have announced management shakeouts in the final days of 2008.Senator's COO Legal Affairs, Licences and Human Resources, Christopher Borgmann, has left his position for personal reasons to return to legal practice.The Berlin-based company will now be headed solely by CEO and main shareholder Helge ...
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Everlasting Moments tops nominations for Guldbagge awards
Swedish veteran director Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments receivedthehighest number of nominations - eight - for the Guldbagge awards, Sweden's national film prize.The film isSweden's official candidate for the Oscar as Best Foreign-Language Feature and has already been nominated for a Golden Globe.Everlasting Moments will compete in the categories for Best ...
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Sundance adds Strouse's The Winning Season to festival lineup
Sundance has added the world premiere of Jim Strouse's comedy The Winning Season starring Sam Rockwell as a misfit brought in to coach his local girls high school basketball team.Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry, Shareeka Epps and Emily Rios also star in the film, which will play out of competition and ...
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AFI names 2008 Moments Of Significance
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced its AFI Moments Of Significance for 2008, the eight noteworthy events 'determined to have had an impact on the world of the moving image during the calendar year 2008.'The AFI Moments of Significance selections are:Slumdog Millionaire - A celebration of the global filmThe ...
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Cinema Libre, Corsan team on US release of Waiting For Dublin
Cinema Libre Studio will partner with Belgium-based Corsan on the US theatrical release of Roger Tucker's drama Waiting For Dublin.The parties will open the film in New York on March 13 followed by a wider roll-out.Andrew Keegan stars as a second world war fighter pilot who gets involved with the ...
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Intervision Partners to make Spanish big budget epic
Spanish/US production outfit Intervision Partners is in advanced negotiations with The Weinstein Company to put together a major project billed as the 'Spanish Joan Of Arc'. The film will tell the story of Agustina Raimunda Maria Saragossa Domenech, a famous Spanish heroine who defended her country's independence during the Peninsular ...
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Isabelle Huppert to head Cannes jury
Isabelle Huppert will preside over the jury for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Friday.The Cannes veteran has previously been to the festival 25 times in and out of competition and also served as a mistress of ceremony and as a member of the jury.In 1978, ...
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NewsIsabelle Huppert to head Cannes jury
Isabelle Huppert will preside over the jury for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival.The Cannes veteran has previously been to the festival 25 times in and out of competition and has also served as a mistress of ceremony and as a member of the ...
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The Web Today January Archive - International film news on the web
January 2 Hollywood starts '09 with little to celebrate - LA TimesFantasy films flicked off Hollywood list - New Zealand HeraldCould 2009 be the year of 3-D' - The GuardianJanuary 3Hollywood starts '09 with little to celebrate - LA TimesJanuary 4Slumdog Millionaire' producer on adventures in film - Financial TimesUniversal ...
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The Secret
Dir: Virginie Wagon. France. 2000. 107mins.Prod cos: Productions Bagheera, France 3 Cinema, Diaphana Films. Int'l sales: Mercure Distribution, tel: (33) 1 44 108 844. Exec prod: Francois Marquis. Scr: Wagon, Erick Zonca. DoP: Jean-Marc Fabre. Ed: Yannick Kergoat. Prod des: Brigitte Brassart. Sound: Ludovic Henault, Stephane Thiebaut. Cost des: Brigitte ...