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Netflix, Film Independent launch talent search for new director
Netflix and FIND (Film Independent) have launched a talent search called Netflix FIND Your Voice Film Competition to find an up-and-coming feature director.Josh Brolin will serve as honourary chair and panel judge and the winning feature length film will be distributed online by Netflix.The winner will own all rights to ...
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Quantum Of Solace is the number one 007 film in North America
MGM/Columbia Pictures' Quantum Of Solace has become the highest grossing James Bond film released in North America after reaching $167.1m.The 22nd entry in the 007 canon passed the previous high water mark of $167m set by its 2006 predecessor Casino Royale and has grossed a further $382.9m overseas, bringing the ...
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Spanish film loses ground at domestic box office
Spanish films' share of the domestic box office dipped below 10% in the ten months between January and October 2000 according to the Spanish Institute for Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA). This compares to a 14% market share for domestic product at the end of 1999.The ICAA found that local ...
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Warner Bros mounts anti-piracy campaign for Chandni Chowk
Warner Bros Worldwide Anti-Piracy Group will mount a targeted campaign to protect the worldwide release of its upcoming Bollywood kung-fu comedy Chandni Chowk To China, which will open day-and-date in more than 35 markets on January 16 as part of a 40-territory release.Chandni Chowk To China will open on more ...
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Seven Pounds released in Germany, Australia, Italy, Mexico
DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa will seek to hold on to its crown this weekend against expected challenges from Fox's Australia and Sony's Seven Pounds, which gets a significant push over the next few days.Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has amassed $348.6m through PPI and will rumble towards $375m through ...
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Scott Thomas and Duff to star in Nowhere Boy
Kristin Scott Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff are to star in Nowhere Boy, a film that recounts the story of John Lennon's early years and his first steps towards stardom . Newcomer Aaron Johnson will play the young Lennon while Scott Thomas has been cast as Lennon's Aunt Mimi and Duff ...
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German 2008 box office up 3.5%, year on year, admissions up 1.57%
2008 ended with a 3.5% year on year increase in box-office takings and a year on year increase of 1.57%admissions in German cinemas, according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI. German cinema-goers bought 123.6m tickets in the last 12 months, up 1.57% on 2007's 121.7m. They generated box-office takings of ...
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US indies and strong Asian presence in Berlinale's Forum
Films from the USA, Lebanon, Germany, and Asia are among the new titles confirmed for the Forum's programme at next month's Berlinale. They include three US independent productions which will have their world premieres in Berlin. Andrew Bujalski's Beeswax about the vagaries of oral communication; Matthew Hysell's Marin Blue: and ...
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Irvine Welsh to adapt California Schemin' for the big screen
London-based Silverapples Media and Dublin-based Screenworks Film & TV have optioned feature film and documentary rights for Gavin Bain's as yet unpublished autobiographical California Schemin'. Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and his screenwriting partner Dean Cavanagh have been commissioned to adapt the book for the big screen, under the working title ...
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Italy 's box office dips 3.85% for 2008
Italy 's box office has taken a 3.85% dip year on year and over-all admissions are down by 4.11% according to Cinetel, the Italian ticket complier. Overall, Italian box-office grossed $799m (Euros 594m) in 2008 compared to $831m (Euros 618m) year-on-year with 2007. Looking at market share, US studio fare ...
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HuayiBros sues Chinese websites for copyright infringement
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Pictures is suing China's five major websites for spreading illegal copies ofthree film productions. The websitesinclude Sina.com, Sohu.com, Youku.com and UUSee.com. The first two are China's top two web portals. The three Huayi Brothers productions are Feng Xiaogang's 2007 war drama Assembly, Cao Baoping's The Equation Of ...
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Screen opinion: What's in a name'
'For the first time in 20 years, no-one wants to venture a guess about what will happen this year,' Universal Pictures International president David Kosse told Screen this week.We do seem to be heading into a perfect storm somewhere in a Bermuda triangle, comprising an uncertain digital transition, a crash ...
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Vivendi Communication rings up 70% growth
Ahead of its merger with Seagram and Canal Plus, French media and utilities giant Vivendi has reported a 70% hike in sales at its media and phone unit - Vivendi Communication - to Euros9.4bn, in the first nine months of 2000.The figure includes, for the first time, Canal Plus' contribution ...
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In Focus: the 2009 Hollywood blockbusters
Some of the world's biggest film-makers, including James Cameron, Peter Jackson and Martin Scorsese, have new films this year, while the latest in the Harry Potter, Terminator, X-Men and Twilight franchises will hope to build on their existing fanbases.Some - Knowing, Surrogates and The Box, for example - are new ...
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United States - 7th heaven
Producers Allen Bain and Jesse Scolaro are keen to remember their humble roots even as their New York-based company The 7th Floor grows. "We want to be a company that helps people starting out in their careers, giving people opportunities they might not otherwise have," says Bain. "You could be ...
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United States - Guerrilla tactics
In unwitting homage to the convoluted path trod by the legendary Latin revolutionary Che Guevara, screenwriter Peter Buchman took the circuitous route to working with Steven Soderbergh on the director's films Che: Part One and Part Two that IFC is releasing in North America this week.Through a series of stops ...
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NewsIn Focus: Sundance opener Mary And Max
Sundance opener Mary And Max’s director Adam Elliot : debut feature, yet he is far from a novice
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United Kingdom - Screen idol
“A gripping thriller, as well as a film you can watch on so many different levels - from human to political to educational,” says UK film-maker Havana Marking of her debut feature documentary Afghan Star, screening in the world documentary section at Sundance. It is not a typical description of ...
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Awards Countdown - Make-up - Age of beauty
Many years ago, a talented make-up artist called Greg Cannom was talking to various producers about working on The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Watchmen. Film technology had not reached a sufficiently advanced stage at that time, however, and both projects were put on hold.Fast forward 20 years and ...