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Rapper programmes LA Film Festival sidebar
The Los Angeles Film Festival has appointed the rapper Common as its Artist In Residence for the June 19-29 event.Common has programmed a sidebar of personally inspiring films that includes Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.The performer, who stars alongside Angelina Jolie and ...
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Lionsgate delivers Transporter 3 to North America
Lionsgate has picked up North American rights to Transporter 3 in which Jason Statham will reprise his action role as the tenacious former Special Forces operative turned delivery man Chev Chelios.The Transporter films, which launched in 2002, have to date grossed more than $130m worldwide and close to $75m in ...
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Focus creams off Cannes sales for Milk, Mendes comedy
Focus Features International has closed key UK deals at the tail end of a successful Cannes market for the sales operation.Sales chief Alison Thompson concluded business with Momentum on Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk feature Milk, which is in post-production and stars Sean Penn as the slain gay rights activist.Contender ...
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Iron Man writing duo to adapt Ludlum thriller for Universal
Universal has hired in-demand Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to adapt Robert Ludlum's thriller The Sigma Protocol.Paul Sandberg and Marc Abraham will produce with Strike Entertainment's Eric Newman.The Sigma Protocol was the last complete book that Ludlum, whose Jason Bourne novels Universal adapted into a $950m global ...
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Mechanic named as Berlin jury president
Former 20th Century Fox chairman and CEO Bill Mechanic will preside over the jury at the next Berlin Film Festival, to be held February 7-18, 2001.Festival chief Moritz de Hadeln, who hands over to Dieter Kosslick after next year's event, described Mechanic as "a staunch supporter of the festival during ...
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Hato set sail on Korea-Japan co-production Boat
South Korea's Kraze Pictures has announced a co-production Boat with Japan's IMJ Entertainment to star Ha Jung-woo from recent Cannes thriller The Chaser and Satoshi Tsumabuki from arthouse favorite Josee, The Tiger And The Fish. Byun Bonghyun, producer at Kraze said, 'The Korean market has its limits, and the Japan ...
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CJ Entertainment wraps further Good Cannes deals
South Korea's CJ Entertainment has announced a raft of further deals from a busyCannes, led by the UK deal for Kim Jee-woon's 'Oriental Western' The Good, The Bad, The Weird to Icon Film Distribution.(Theformerly announced UK deal with Tartanwhen Cineclick Asia was handling the titlehadpreviously beencancelled.)Kim's homage to Sergio Leone's ...
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Hockman named non-executive chairman of Cutting Edge
David Hockman, former chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Polygram Music Publishing, will serve as non-executive chairman for Cutting Edge.Cutting Edge's group of companies supplies music to the film, TV, advertising and gaming industries.The group companies include Liz Gallacher Music Supervision and Air-Edel Associates; services include music supervision, ...
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UK groups band together for new film education strategy
The British Film Institute, FILMCLUB, First Light Movies, Film Education and UK Film Council are launching a new UK-wide film education strategy in partnership with the regional screen agencies and Skillset.The UK currently spends about $24m (£12m) on film education, and the UK Film Council is pledging a further $1.5m ...
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Hellboy II to kick off Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House
Film4 has announced the programme for its Summer Screen series at London's Somerset House.The people's premiere of Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army kicks off this summer's programme on July 31.The series continues through Aug 9 with Pan's Labyrinth/The Exorcist/Peter And The Wolf (Aug 1); Brokeback Mountain (Aug ...
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European Commission softens stance on multi-territory licences
The controversial debate on multi-territory licenses for distributing content online has taken a new turn as the European Commission tenders for a study into the possible economic and cultural impact of the scheme.The Commission's proposals for multi-territory licences have already met strong opposition from film industry bodies such as the ...
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Usen, NTT Docomo and KDDI heat up Japanese mobile movie market
Japan's biggest contents and mobile serviceproviders Usen, NTT Docomo, and KDDI are heating up the mobile phone market for feature films with new services and upgrades this month. Usen's Mobile GyaO service launched a major upgrade yesterday for subscribers to NTT Docomo's i-mode internet service to watch GyaO movie, animation, ...
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Greece's Odeon sues newspaper over 'defamation' in film review
The divide between critics and the film industry took an unprecedented turn in Greece this week as Manos Krezias, the head of the local production/distribution/exhibition powerhouse Odeon, filed a lawsuit against Giannis Zoumboulakis, film critic of the Athens daily newspaper To Vima as well as against Christos Memis, editorial director ...
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Cinecitta Board resigns after Berlusconi changes
Cinecitta Holding's board of directors has said they will resign in a unanimous inside decision that exiting President Alessandro Battisti said was motivated by Italy's change in government after April's national elections put Silvio Berlusconi back in power.As part of his new government, Berlusconi appointed Sandro Bondi Culture Minister. While ...
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Odeon Sky Filmworks takes on The Stone Of Destiny
Odeon Sky Filmworks has taken all UK rights to Charles Martin Smith's Stone Of Destiny from Arclight Films.Odeon Sky Filmworks head Tony Miller signed the deal with Arclight president Gary Hamilton.The comedy drama premieres at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 21.The cast features Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Robert ...
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TMC taps Giovalli to lure youth audience
Italian publishing giant Seat has appointed Roberto Giovalli as Telemontecarlo's (TMC's) new chief of programming, as part of its drive to target the youth market and rake a healthy portion of the TV advertising market.Giovalli, who takes up the post on November 1, is currently director of Mediaset's youth-orientated channel, ...
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Breakthrough Brits showcased at Hollywood Black Film Festival
The UK Film Council's Breakthrough Brits awards reception will take place in association with the Hollywood Black Film Festival in Los Angeles on June 5.British television director and producer Nigel Lythgoe will host the culmination of the Breakthrough Brits programme, which offers film-makers a networking, creative and business platform in ...
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Sans Arme to open Festival du Film de Tremblant in Canada
French filmmaker Jean-Paul Rouve's Sans Arme, Ni Haine, Ni Violence will make its North American premiere in competition at the third Festival du Film de Tremblant. The film, in which Rouve portrays the mastermind of France's most sensational bank robbery, opened in France in April through Warner Bros. Rouve present ...
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Asia Culture Technology Investment launches $15m content fund
Korean venture capital firm Asia Culture Technology Investment (ACTI) has completed a $15m fund for films, TV drama series, performing arts, animation, and games. In what is being called a first for a city council investing such a significant sum in a fund, Busan Metropolitan City is participating with $2m, ...
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Cecchi Gori arrested in Rome in ongoing legal battles
Oscar-winning film producer Vittorio Cecchi Gori whose credits include Life is Beautiful and Cinema Paradiso is behind bars in at Rome's Regina Coeli prison after he was arrested late in the afternoon Tuesday as he returned to his Palazzo Borghese residence in the center of Rome.A spokesperson for Cecchi Gori ...
