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Granada comes in at lower end of expected profits
The UK's Granada Media reported on Wednesday full-year operating profit at the lower end of expectations.Operating profit rose to $360m, down on analysts' forecasts setting the expected sum as high as $386m. Pre-tax earnings were up 11% to $395m, while advertising turnover rose 8.4%.Granada, which floated out of Granada Group ...
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Jeff Framer takes over from David Borshell at Image Entertainment
Jeff M Framer has been named president of home entertainment licensee, producer and distributor Image Entertainment following the departure of David Borshell after nearly 25 years at the company.Framer has been with Image Entertainment since 1990 and has served as the company's CFO for the past 15 years. He assumes ...
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Senator picks up North America on Shana Feste's The Greatest
Senator Distribution has picked up North American rights from Endeavor and CAA to Shana Feste's feature directorial debut The Greatest starring breakout British actress Carey Mulligan.The picture premiered at Sundance and stars Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon as parents whose grief over the accidental death of their son is made ...
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Weinsteins take US, Latin America, Germany on Nowhere Boy
The Weinstein Company has acquired all US, Latin American and German rights from HanWay Films to Sam Taylor-Wood's John Lennon coming-of-age picture Nowhere Boy, which began filming on March 8 in Liverpool and at Ealing Studios.This is the first acquisition since the arrival of former Lionsgate executive Tom Ortenberg as ...
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BD Fox Independent launches self-distribution service
Industry marketing executive Brian Fox' BD Fox Independent has launched a self-distribution division to provide a one-stop shop for film-makers.The company most recently handled distribution, marketing and publicity responsibilities on the theatrical release of Hope And Redemption: The Lena Baker Story, which opened last weekend in Atlanta and grossed $18,850 ...
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Sony Classics takes on US rights to Warner's Coco Before Chanel
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US rights to Anne Fontaine's biopic Coco Before Chanel starring Audrey Tautou.Warner Bros, whose Warner Bros France division produced the picture with Haut Et Court, Cine@, Warner Bros France and Films Distribution, will release in France on April 22 and retains rights for Latin America, ...
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Relativity Media expands Rogue brand into lifestyle company
Following the solid opening weekend for Rogue Pictures' horror remake The Last House On The Left, the company's new owner Relativity Media has announced that Rogue will be expanded into a lifestyle company.Relativity chief Ryan Kavanaugh said today [March 16] that Rogue will encompass a clothing line and social networking ...
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Dennis Quaid named Male Star Of The Year at ShoWest
Dennis Quaid will receive the ShoWest 2009 Male Star Of The Year Award at a ceremony in Las Vegas on April 2.This summer Quaid is part of the voice cast for Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions' 3D release Battle For Terra and stars in Paramount's tentpole action release G.I. Joe: Rise ...
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Shively and Dix set up new LA outfit Tower Hill Entertainment
The Butterfly Effect franchise producers William J Shively and AJ Dix have teamed up with former Collective packaging division head Shaun Redick to from the management, production and finance company Tower Hill Entertainment.Redick arrives with his Collective colleague Ray Mansfield while Channing Shively rounds out the core team.Tower Hill is ...
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SPHE appoints Meade to oversee China operations
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has appointed Tim Meade as vice president, SPHE China. He was previously vice president, Asia Emerging Markets for the studio. Based in Hong Kong, Meade will oversee the expansion of SPHE's operations in China wherethe studiohas recently begun the manufacture and distribution of Blu-ray discs. ...
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PIFF receives public funding boost to offset downturn
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) is set to receive an increase in government funding to offset the effects of the economic downturn anddiminishing corporate sponsorship.
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Sakamoto starts production on Zatoichi The Last
Japanese director Junji Sakamoto has started shooting Zatoichi The Last, starring SMAP member Shingo Katori in the lead role of the famed blind swordsman, for Japan's Sedic International and Toho Studios. Toho has announced a 2010 release for the film which has secured investment from Celluloid Dreams. The French sales ...
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Leap Year jumps on Ireland's new tax deal
The US feature Leap Year staring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode has been green lit for an Irish shoot at the end of this month.The news was confirmed after improvements to the Irish tax incentive, Section 481, were ratified by the European Commission this week. The amendments increase the cap ...
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Middle East International Film Festival announces 2009 dates
The third edition of the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) will take place from October 8-17 and will be held at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.The call for entries for the 2009 edition will open in May at a press conference during the Cannes Film Festival. Popular initiatives ...
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Michael Algar to head High Point Media Group in Ireland
Michael Algar has been appointed to the role of director of High Point Media Group's Irish outfit. 'I am delighted to be joining the High Point team' Algar said. 'They have demonstrated clear support and enthusiasm for Irish product over the years, and now from the advantage of a Dublin ...
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James Marsh reunites with UK production company Wall to Wall
Director James Marsh and UK production company Wall to Wall are working on a documentary that focuses on the world of dreams. Dream Diaries (working title) is based on a Canadian man's dreams that were written down over the course of his lifetime. In conversation with ScreenDaily.com Marsh said 'The ...
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Spike Lee's latest doc gets world premiere at Tribeca
Spike Lee's Kobe Doin' Work will receive its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25 as the gala premiere of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.Lee and his cinematographer Matthew Libatique spent a day with the LA Lakers' basketball star Kobe Bryant during last year's playoffs.The picture features ...
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Matt Birch leaves Endgame and joins Montana Artists Agency
LA-based production services outfit Montana Artists Agency has hired studio and production veteran Matt Birch as senior vice president of features.The move bolsters both the domestic and global reach of the company, which services the film, commercial, television, music video and multimedia industries worldwide.Through his experience and network of relationships, ...
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Sundance names Perlmutt, Rivera as winners of Sloan grants
Sundance Institute has announced the recipients of the Alfred P Sloan Foundation Science-in-Film Initiative awards, including recipients of the Sloan Commissioning Grant and the Sloan Fellowship.Sundance Institute's Sloan Science-in-Film Initiative supports and celebrates films that explore issues of science and technology. The 2009 Commissioning Grant co-recipients are Bent-Jurgen Perlmutt for ...
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National Geographic acquires US rights to Sundance hit Amreeka
National Geographic Entertainment has acquired US rights to Cherien Dabis' hit Sundance drama Amreeka and will release in theatres this autumn.The picture will open the New Directors/New Films series at The Museum Of Modern Art and The Film Society Of Lincoln Center in New York on March 25.National Geographic Films ...