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Artisan seeks to raise $140m from Nasdaq IPO
Artisan Entertainment has announced that its seeking to raise $140m from its upcoming initial public offering and has applied to trade its shares on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol "RTSN". Merrill Lynch & Co., Bear Stearns & Co and ING Barings have been engaged as Artisan's IPO underwriters.According to ...
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Odense Occupied by Pederson's Palestinian tale
Joergen Flindt Pedersen's controversial documentary The Occupied (De Besatte) won the Grand Prix at the 18th edition of the Danish short and documentary film festival in Odense over the weekend.The film follows five Palestinians for one year and at the same time describes how the Palestinians lost their country in ...
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Tomb Raider 2 opens top in Germany for Concorde
Paramount's Lara CroftTomb Raider: The Cradle Of Lifecontinued to show good legs on its international roll-out this weekend,launching in nine territories, including a number one bow in Germany throughConcorde.Germany and Switzerland,where the film is handled by Ascot Elite, provided the Jan de Bont film itsfirst non-UIP international launches, taking pole ...
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Bruno promoted to vice president at CTFDI
Steve Bruno hasbeen promoted to vice president of distribution at Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI).'Steve hasspent his entire career at Sony, and he is a valued member of our internationalteam,' CTFDI's senior executive vice president of distribution MarkZucker said in a statement.'He isrespected by his co-workers and industry peers and ...
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LXG has powerful opening for Fox in South Korea
FoxInternational's The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) cut a swathe through Asia at theweekend with a several number one bows, the highlight of which was an excellent$2.6m in South Korea.The Korean takeon 140 screens was Fox's fourth biggest bow ever in the territory andcontributed to the bulk of the film's ...
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Warner posts number two in Japan with $5.3m for Hero
ZhangYimou's action film Hero scored an excellent Japanese bow through Warner EntertainmentJapan at the weekend, grossing an estimated $5.3m from 360 screens.The epic drew433,786 admissions and ranked second behind holdover local title, BaysideShakedown 2.According to thedistributor Hero'sopening was 158.6% better than Die Another Day and 289.4% better than The Sum ...
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Universal's Wedding tops UK chart, stays top in Australia
Universal'sAmerican Pie: The Wedding enjoyed a strong number one UK opening through UIP at theweekend, grossing $6.9m from 432 theatres including paid previews.The comedysequel scored the eighth best opening for a Universal film in the UK, accordingto the distributor, taking double the opening gross of American Pie ($3.3m in 1999) ...
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T3 vaults past $200m, CTFDI cracks $150m
With no majoropenings at the weekend, Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines added $16.1m from approximately 6,400screens in 50 territories to raise its international running total (alldistributors) to $219.2m.In territories handled by Columbia TriStar FilmDistributors International (CTFDI) the sci-fi sequel has grossed $150.3m todate. The film will open in China ...
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Pirates seize audiences across the world
Pirates Of The Caribbean ran riot at the weekend, plundering $24.1m in internationalbox office treasure including four European number one openings.The film grossed $5.5m on646 screens in France and scored a superb $4.3m on 343 in Spain for Buena VistaInternational's biggest ever opening there.The distributor said the Spanishbow was also ...
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Andreen, Kim swell Warner Independent senior ranks
Warner Independent Pictureshas named Michael Andreen as executive vice president of production andpublicity veteran Laura Kim as executive vice president of marketing andpublicity.Andreen's appointment iseffective immediately. He most recently served as senior vice president ofproduction at 20th Century Fox and returns to Warner Bros Pictures, where hepreviously served as vice ...
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US, German titles take top honours at Berlin
Magnolia, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, was awarded the Golden Bear at the 50th Berlin International Film Festival on Sunday night (Feb 20), a choice that proved popular among critics and audiences alike. US films also picked up Silver Bears for best actor and director, but for the second year ...
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Deauville unveils American film line-up
The Deauville Festival of American Film (Sept 5-14) has announced its line up and jury for this year's event.The Deauville line-up comprises: Greg Marcks' 11:14; Sundance hit American Splendor from Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini; Robert Duvall's latest directing effort Assassination Tango; Wayne Kramer's The Cooler; Dot The ...
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German cinema admissions plummet
Admissions and box-office takings in German cinemas fell year-on-year by 11.3% and 12.5% respectively in the first half of 2003, according to the latest figures from the country's Federal Film Board (FFA).However, German films recorded their highest market share -16.1% - for six years thanks to the huge success of ...
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Kitano joins Mikado's bumper Venice slate
Italian arthouse distributor Mikado has acquired local distribution rights to Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi, bringing to four the total number of competition films at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival (Aug 27- Sep 6) which the outfit will release in Italy.Kitano directs and stars in Zatoichi, playing the title role of ...
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ProSiebenSat.1 strikes Paramount output deal
Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 Group has concluded an exclusive output deal with Paramount Pictures for the free TV rights to the US major's films from 2002-2005.The package includes such feature films as Mission: Impossible 3, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Star Trek - Nemesis, The Core, and Changing Lanes ...
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Bond writers pen thriller for Raggy Boy team
The team behind Song For A Raggy Boy - director Aisling Walsh and Danish producer Michael Lunderskov - are linking up again on thriller Return To Sender, which is penned by the two James Bond/Johnny English-writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. The cast has yet to be set, but director ...
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Russia's Return racks up pre-Venice sales
Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev's debut feature The Return has struck two international sales in advance of its competition screening in this year's Venice International Film Festival. All rights for the film have already been sold to distributor Lucky Red for Italy and to Frenetic for Switzerland. Moscow based international sales ...
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Italian cinemas fear summer drought
Walter Vacchino, head of Italy's association of exhibitors, has voiced concern about the upcoming summer film season in Italy."We are pleased that distributors are planning to release several Italian films during the summer - but we're very worried about the overall situation after examining distributors' upcoming slates, particularly for the ...
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Blind Shaft sweeps awards at Deauville's Asian fest
The 5th annual Deauville Festival of Asian Film wrapped last week with a slew of prizes going to German/Chinese/Hong Kong co-production Blind ShaftThe film, directed by Li Yang, took home five awards: Best Film, Best Director, the audience award, the critics' prize and Best Actor for Wang Baoqiang. Currently banned ...
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Nakata's Don't Look Up in remake deal
South Africa-based Distant Horizon has picked up remake rights to Don't Look Up (Joyuu-Rei), a Japanese horror story originally made by Ringu-director Hideo Nakata. Distant Horizon CEO, Anant Singh told Screendaily that a number of Hollywood studios have indicated an interest in the remake and that a top horror screenwriter ...