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Reliance in talks to invest in DreamWorks
India's Reliance ADA Group is close to a deal with DreamWorks' chiefs Steven Spielberg and David Geffen to launch a new venture that would enable them to split with Paramount Pictures, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Click here to see article.The Mumbai-based conglomerate would provide Spielberg ...
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Bac-Cryo tie-up bears fruit with Scary web-site
French distributor Bac Films has launched a fully interactive 3D web-site for Scary Movie, marking the first tangible result of its link-up with video game specialist Cryo Interactive. Scarymovie-lefilm.com provides information on the film's content and cast; trailers and extracts from "the making of"; and video games inspired by specific ...
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Journey To The Centre of the Earth 3-D (2008)
Dir. Eric Brevig, 2008, US, 92 minutesEffects whiz Eric Brevig (Total Recall, Pearl Harbour) makes his feature debut with this 3-D take on Jules Verne's classic 1864 novel; the result targets children (particularly boys) and their parents. In fact, the 3-D novelty could prove to be more of a draw ...
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Wanted
Dir. Timur Bekmambetov. US. 2008. 110 mins. Maximum violence and minimum plot are the formula for Wanted, a flashy comic book adaptation that marks the US debut of Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov. It also marksthe transformation of British actor James McAvoy into something resembling a Hollywood action hero. The ...
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IFC Films buys the world on Medicine For Melancholy
IFC Films has picked up worldwide rights to Strike Anywhere's romance Medicine For Melancholy, which will play in competition in the Los Angeles Film Festival later this week.IFC will release the film in 2009 through its theatrical and VOD day-and-date platform IFC in Theaters.Medicine for Melancholy is a love story ...
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CanalSatellite hits 1.5 million subscribers mark
Canal Plus' French digital satellite platform CanalSatellite has reached the 1.5 million subscribers mark, and claims to be the first European digital satellite platform to show a profit.The DTH platform, launched in 1996 as an analogue service, currently offers some 200 channels. Recent additions to its line-up include film news ...
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IMAX signs giant screen deal in Dubai
IMAX Corp. and Dubai-based property developer Meydan LLC have signed an agreement for a giant-screen system to be installed at Nad Al Sheba horse race track, the home of the Dubai World Cup. The installation is expected to be completed by year-end 2009. IMAX says it will be its twelfth ...
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Eyes on Edinburgh as festival kicks off June event with Edge Of Love
It's an especially pivotal opening night tonight for the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Not only does the festival have A-list stars Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller on the red carpet for the world premiere of John Maybury's The Edge Of Love, but also there will be more industry scrutiny on ...
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Canadian government to amend tax credit legislation
Amendments proposed by the Canadian Senate will restore the financial security of production tax credits, two senators announced today. Under the proposed changes, the Canadian government will not have the power to deny tax credits based on vague guidelines.The non-elected upper chamber has heard from over 50 witnesses in examining ...
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Bertha Bay-Sa Pan lauches New York-based Slew Pictures
New York-based Bertha Bay-Sa Pan has launched Slew Pictures to focus on making 'universal stories that will both entertain and inspire' and has lined the company's first feature, Almost Perfect.Pan wrote and will direct the story in New York this autumn of a young career woman who tries to pick ...
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Robert Davi, Bai Ling join US/Russia co-production Magic Man
Robert Davi and Bai Ling have joined Russian star Alexander Nevsky and Billy Zane on the US-Russian Magic Man set to start filming in Las Vegas on June 25.The story revolves around a famous magician (Zane) who is suspected of being a serial killer. Nevsky plays an investigative policeman and ...
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National Geographic to distribute Grand Canyon in 3D worldwide
National Geographic will distribute Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets to mark the film's 25th anniversary in 3D worldwide.The company will sell the film to exhibitors through Cinema Ventures' film distribution arm. Giant screen pioneer Destination Cinema will oversee updates to the script and musical score and the conversion of the ...
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Toulon named general counsel at CBS Films
Rik Toulon has been named executive vice president and general counsel at CBS Films.Toulon reports to CBS Films COO Bruce Tobey and will oversee all legal matters on behalf of the division.He arrives from the law firm of Katten Muchin Rosenman where he served as partner in the firm's entertainment ...
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Chen, Zhu Wen win top prizes at Shanghai projects market
Taiwanese filmmaker Leste Chen and China's Zhu Wen have won the top two awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival's projects market, China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC). Chen's The Last Rainstorm, a prophetic story about humanredemption set in a city suffering from drought due to global warming,was awarded Most ...