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Fox's Omen has global significance in 66 territory-launch
Fox International will beseeking to translate The Omen'sexcellent early domestic form into a monster overseas result this weekend asthe satanic horror remake launches in - wait for it - 66 territories.John Moore's demonic taletook an estimated $12.6m from North American theatres on Tuesday (06/06/06) andopened around the world on the ...
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Bean, Knighton, Bush head cast in Rogue remake of The Hitcher
Production will begin this month on Rogue Pictures' horror remakeThe Hitcher afterZachary Knighton became the last main cast member to sign on.Knighton joins Sean Bean and Sophia Bush in Michael Bay'sPlatinum Dunes' remake of the 1986 horror classic. Dave Meyers is directing.Bay and Platinum Dunes' Brad Fuller and Andrew Form ...
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Emperor crowns Chan as production chief
In a move that was widely anticipated,Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures has appointed filmindustry veteran Philip Chan as head of production. Chan, a former actor who haswritten, directed and produced more than 20 features during his 30-year career,will oversee all production activities for the company. "Philip already has a numberof ...
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Media Park mulls float in second half of year
Barcelona-based content packager Media Park is studying the possibility of launching an initial public offer on at least a part of its shares.In a press statement, the group said that details and timing of the possible flotation are yet to be decided, dependent on Spain's market performance and the "global ...
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Celestial's Shaw Bros titles set for release in Iran
Hong Kong's Celestial Pictures has sealed exclusive deals withIran's Century 21 VMC, Portugal's Lusomundo and the Netherlands' Dutch Film Works, which extend the distribution ofits Shaw Brothers library to 56 countries. Century 21 VMC will presentmore than 100 Shaw Brothers titles on home video and television, in a dealwhich marks ...
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Kapakas starts shooting Uranya in Crete
Writer-director CostasKapakas has started shooting his second feature Uranya in Crete.Kapakas is shooting in the village of Fres.The comedy is set in a small mountaintown in 1969, when US Vice President Spiro Agnew visits, the town gets itsfirst TV, the village eccentric searches for treasure, and teenage boys flockto an ...
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Transylvania
France. 2006. 103mins. Director, screenplay Tony GatlifIn Transylvania cult diva Asia Argentotakes to the agitated universe of Romany film-maker Tony Gatliflike a duck to water. The latestof French-based Gatlif's ventures into the world ofGypsy and Eastern European culture, Transylvania is at once romance,road movie, ethnological celebration, and vehicle for the ...
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Christmas comes early for mdc
mdc Internationalhas taken on the international distribution for the Bulgarian-Germanco-production Christmas Tree Upside Down,which will have its world premiere in official competition at the forthcoming Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.Directed by Ivan Cherkelov and Vassil Zhivkov, thefilm consisting of seven episodes aboutthe elementary things of life and their relation to ...
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Bertolucci readies adaptation of Bel Canto
BernardoBertolucci is lining up a new drama inspired by thereal events surrounding the hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru in 1996.Bertolucci's first film since 2003's The Dreamers is an adaptation of Ann Patchett'snovel, Bel Canto. It is set in an unnamed SouthAmerican country where an elaborate birthday ...
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Cucinotta plans Indian-Italian film Bollywood Cop
Il Postino star Maria Grazia Cucinotta is to co-produceand star in a new Indian-Italian film entitled Bollywood Cop.Writtenand directed by Aditya Bhattacharya (Senso Unico), the $2.5m(Euros 2m) project is an action movie-noir set in Mumbai, about a rogue cop whobecomes obsessed with the actress he is protecting.Rome's IstitutoLuce is backing ...
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The Lake House
Dir: Alejandro Agresti. US.2006. 108mins.Cateringfaithfully to its core audience, The Lake House is a grownup romantic drama withhigh-gloss production values and a reliably tear-jerking storyline. Itssophisticated air and fairy-tale manner will play perfectly with adult womenwho won't quibble about the mediocre performances and glaring logic problems.This remake ofthe 2000 South ...
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Tong developing rival Mulan project
Hong Kong-born director StanleyTong has announced that he plans to start shooting $25m period drama, The Legend Of Mulan, in October withbacking from Beijing-based Starlight Media. The news follows theannouncement that Harvey and Bob Weinstein are in negotiations with Zhang Ziyito star in a Mulan project that is being developed ...
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Production wraps on Aussie thriller The Tumbler
Shooting has just wrapped onAustralian thriller The Tumbler whichgives Stacey Testro, executive producer on the Saw horror franchise, her first credit as a producer.Testro and Marc Gracie, whoalso directed the Chris Thompson script, are producing the low-budget pictureunder the Stacey Testro International and Mondayitis banners."It harks back to the US ...
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Rampling takes charge of Paris festival
Actress Charlotte Rampling will take over fromdirector Costa-Gavras as president of the next Paris Cinema festival which runsfrom June 27 - July 11 in the capital city.Inaugurated four years ago, the event issponsored by the city and includes a feature competition, retrospectives,tributes and has added a new short film competition ...
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Sweden's Tosh gets animated with Happy Life, EM.TV
Swedish animation outfit Happy Life is teaming up with Germany's EM.TV and Irish production company Magma to produce a full-length animated feature based on popular Swedish children's character Tosh. The feature, titled The World Of Tosh, will be supported by a 26-episode animated TV series. Pre-production on the project has ...
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The Violin
Mexico. 2006. 98 mins. Director Francisco VargasQuevedoDirector Francisco Vargas Quevedo's film was upgradedfrom last year's Cinefondation at Cannes to a slot in the 2006 Un CertainRegard, but his theme, now fleshed out to full feature length, was kickedupstairs as well. The short version of The Violin contained most of the ...
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Meurtrieres
France 2006 97 mins. Director Patrick GrandperretWhile it's an engaging enough diversion, especiallygiven its fetching female leads, Meurtrieres offers little that hasn't already been seen incountless other French films, from at least as far back as Agnes Varda's 1985drama Vagabond. This true-lifetale of two innocent and well-meaning 19-year old women ...
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Fox's The Omen hit by World Cup, scorching weather
Fox International's The Omen ruled the weekend but it packed less of a punch thanexpected due to the World Cup and scorching weather in Europe.The satanic tale grossed an estimated $31.1m on 4,783 screens forthe Tuesday to Sunday period, approximately $13m of that coming frompre-weekend figures.The launch in more than ...
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Cars roars out of the gates for Disney and Pixar
Pixar's latest creation Cars destroyed the competition at the weekend as it roared tothe top on an estimated $62.8m through Buena Vista. Box office for the top 12pictures combined for $148.8m, up 8% against the same weekend last year.The result, while slightly below expectations, maintained Pixar'sperfect record of number one ...