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Planning group proposes Studio City Tokyo
A planning group that includes David Fincher and John Woo has compiled a report calling for the construction of a studio complex in the Tokyo Bay area by 2008.Called Studio City Tokyo, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the complex in the Harumi District will include 32 studios for TV ...
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Trainspotting sequel has problems with E
Other than the original cast's lack of ageing, the sequel to 1996 runaway hit Trainspotting is taking shape, said director Danny Boyle at the Sundance Film Festival.In Park City for the North American debut of UK box-office sensation 28 Days Later, the director said the sequel, based on the novel, ...
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UK leads host of strong openings for 8 Mile
A stunning $7.2m launch for 8 Mile in the UK and Ireland is the latest box office triumph for US rapper Eminem's acting debut.The UIP-released film, which is directed by Curtis Hanson, claimed a powerful $7.2m (£4.4m) over the weekend in the UK - including $771,995 (£477,093) of previews. The ...
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Cologne Conference to host programming market
North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), the region which likes to think of itself as the electronic capital of Germany, yesterday unveiled details of plans for the Cologne Screenings (June 4-7), a new programming market to be held during the Cologne Conference.The Cologne Screenings confirmed international participation from Pearson, Granada and the ...
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Hallyday, Sagnier receive French awards
In a novel combination of veteran and debutante, Johnny Hallyday (left)and Ludivine Sagnier (right)will receive the Jean Gabin and Romy Schneider awards for 2003. The prize, which has been awarded for over 20 years, often goes to a new face but with the 60 year old rocker Hallyday being singled ...
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LaZona launches into Spanish production sector
Three producers are braving the choppy waters of the Spanish film sector to launch new Madrid-based production outfit LaZona Films.Merging their combined experience in some of Spain's top media companies, LaZona partners Douglas Wilson and brothers Ignacio and Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson (pictured, left and right) say they aim to produce two ...
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The Singing Detective
Dir: Keith Gordon. US. 2003. 107 mins. There is a point where reverence for one's source material can prove damaging. That point is reached in Keith Gordon's film of The Singing Detective which follows the late Dennis Potter's script of his own landmark TV series to the letter, resulting in ...
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It's All About Love
Dir: Thomas Vinterberg. Denmark. 2003. 104 min.Hugely imaginative, conceptually compelling, arresting in its visual panache, It's All About Love can be seen as a millennial fairy tale and Thomas Vinterberg as its latter-day Grimm. He peers into the near-future and sees a wintry dystopia, where the absence of love - ...
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Kosslick names international jury of 53rd Berlinale
Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick has appointed seven members to the International Jury of the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival 2003. Headed by Canadian director Atom Egoyan, this international group of film experts will select the winners for the Golden and Silver Bears in the competition.Atom Egoyan - director (Canada), President ...
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Takeshi Kitano eyes blind swordsman project
Takeshi Kitano will direct and star in a feature film version of the Japanese Zatoichi film series, playing the title role of the blind masseur and master swordsman. The original series of films, starring Shintaro Katsu, began in 1962 and ran for 26 episodes, until 1989. It has long been ...
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Barrandov Studios to be re-nationalised'
Czech Barrandov Studios owner Moravia Steel has brushed off government suggestions that the Prague film complex might be re-nationalised, with Moravia Steel supervisory board chairman Tomas Chrenek saying he had only read about the suggestion in the press and had heard no official word from the government about the proposal. ...
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Vivendi Universal closer to selling US entertainment assets
Vivendi Universal, the European media conglomerate which owns Universal Studios and StudioCanal, has moved up a gear in its attempt to dispose of its US entertainment assets. According to reports, Vivendi Universal has appointed lawyers to help it unwind its relationship with Barry Diller, the former Fox chief who oversees ...
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Berlinale Talent Campus reveals programme of events
500 filmmakers from 61 countries will join the Berlinale Talent Campus, a winter academy of filmmaking, from February 10 to 14, 2003. 150 of them are from Germany, others come from the UK (76), Spain (21), the US (32) and France (16) as well as Argentina (6), Israel (5), Poland ...
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Question mark hangs over Irish film industry
The near-demise of the Irish Film Board last year has placed a question mark over the future direction of the Irish industry.It was the nightmare before Christmas, really. During the seasonal party time it emerged that the Irish Film Board had come within a hair's breadth of abolition in a ...
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Australia lifts ban on Romance
Australia's Film Board of Review has overturned the recent decision by the Office of Film and Literature Classification not to classify Catherine Breillat's French film Romance, a judgement that meant the film could not be released in Australia. The decision will be a great relief to local film critics and ...
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City Of God to open Mar Del Plata festival
Fernando Mereilles' City Of God will open the upcoming Mar del Plata International Film Festival (March 6-15), the oldest film festival in the Americas.Artistic Co-ordinator Miguel Pereira announced that Meirelles' critically acclaimed film will screen out of competition, as will the selection for the closing night - Spanish director Carlos ...
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Kaurismaki sweeps local Finnish awards
Aki Kaurismaki swept all but a few of the local Finnish film Jussi awards on Sunday night in Helsinki. The Man Without A Past picked up Best Film, Best Direction and Best Script all for Kaurismaki himself, as well as Best Actress for Kati Outinen, Best Cinematography for Timo Salminen ...
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Kinowelt takeover saga resolved
The seemingly never-ending saga of the Koelmel brothers' (Michael, pictured left and Rainer, right) planned takeover of their Kinowelt empire has finally come to an end.Insolvency administrator Dr. Wolfgang Ott announced on Tuesday (Jan 21) that the rescue company Neue Spielfilm Vertriebs- und Marketing GmbH (to be known in future ...
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8 Mile dethrones The Lord Of The Rings
The UK box office chart saw a new champion this weekend as UIP's 8 Mile knocked The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers from its four-week reign. Launching with a superb $7.2m (£4.4m) from 423 sites the Curtis Hanson film, which marks the feature debut of US rap star ...
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Jeremy Thomas returns to UK distribution
Leading UK producer Jeremy Thomas is returning to UK distribution some 15 years after launching Recorded Releasing with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.Thomas is close to taking a stake of around 20% in Optimum Releasing, the independent UK distributor which has been steadily building a reputation with canny specialist releases ...