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Macbean to exit Itel for drama school
Andrew Macbean, CEO of UK-based TV programming distributor Itel, is resigning from the company. It is understood that he plans to go to drama school. His exit appears to have been prompted by the proposed merger between Itel's parent company United News & Media and Carlton Communications, which has its ...
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French court breaks off Engagement
A Paris court yesterdayruled that the company 2003 Productions falls outside regulations that wouldhave qualified it as French. The decision means that the Jean-PierreJeunet-directed film A Very LongEngagement(Un Long Dimanche De Fiancailles) no longer qualifies underFrench nationality rules.The ruling came after nearlya year of wrangling and a courtroom challenge by ...
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Wayne Clarkson gets top job at Telefilm Canada
S Wayne Clarkson has beenappointed executive director of Telefilm Canada, the nation's leading source ofpublic subsidy for the film and television industry.The announcement, madeThursday by Heritage Minister Liza Frulla, is seen as good news for the beleagueredEnglish-language film production sector. Hotly tipped for the top post, hereplaces Richard Stursberg, who ...
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Treasury accuses UK film-makers of abusing aid
The Inland Revenue has accused the British film industry ofabusing government aid, with every production of recent years deliberatelyover-claiming tax relief - according to a report in today's FinancialTimes.Revenue officials called in about 20 members of the filmindustry and warned them of severe consequences if the'exploitation' of tax-relief schemes did ...
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Top Korean director in talks to sign with CAA
South Korean director Kang Je-gyu is inthe final stage of negotiations to sign on with Creative Artists Agency (CAA),which would make him the first Korean filmmaker to work through one of themajor Hollywood talent agencies.According to production/sales company MKB, Kang isalso fielding multiple offers from major Hollywood studios regarding his ...
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Beautiful Boxer director readies martial arts epic
Thai director Ekachai Uekrongtham, whose debut Beautiful Boxer won the Grand Prix 2004Award at the Brussels International Film Festival, is readying two new projects for Thai studio GMM Grammy.First up is Swords andSpirits, a martial arts adventure set in both Thailand and Japan in thelate 16th century as well as ...
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HONG KONG 26 November
Director Danny Pangtook over from his twin brother Oxide at the top of the Hong Kong chart thisweek with action drama Leave Me Alone.The UniverseEntertainment release, in which Ekin Cheng plays twins who exchange identities,grossed US$461,541 from 39 screens. Meanwhile Oxide Pang's Abnormal Beauty, which held the top spot for ...
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Silver City
Dir/scr/ed: John Sayles.US. 2004. 128minsWith his political satireslash noir murder mystery Silver City, American maverick John Saylesmight just have made his most commercial movie to date. While much of the film'stopicality, especially in the US, might have rested on last month's USelection, the return of George W Bush to power ...
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Norwegian-Pakistani Goodfellas gets greenlight
With a substantial $1.2m (NOK 7.5m) backing, the NorwegianFilm Fund has put the first Norwegian-Pakistani action movie on the fast trackfor veteran producer John M. Jacobsen's Filmkameratene.Izzat is the featuredebut of Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, who wrote the script with Leon Bashir. The Goodfellas-like story follows Wasim and his youth gang ...
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The Moon shines at IDFA
Despite the cloud cast over proceedings by the murder offilmmaker Theo Van Gogh earlier this month, the mood as the 17th InternationalAmsterdam Documentary Festival (IDFA) drew to an end at the weekend was upbeat.Audience figures were up to 120,000 (from 116,000 last year) and moreinternational visitors (2300) were in town ...
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Filmax wraps up Shroud rights
Spanish mini-studio Filmax has acquired the rights toSpanish novel The Brotherhood Of The Holy Shroud as part of a new push to adapt local best-sellers as English-languagefeature films for the international market.According to Filmax chief Julio Fernandez, the project willbe developed next year to follow in the vein of its ...
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UPC joins Disney, Sony in Benelux movie channel
Netherlands-based cable operator UPC has confirmed that it has boarded a joint venture between Disney and Sony to launch a 24-hour premium movie channel for Belgium and the Netherlands (Screendaily, February 4).Dubbed CineNova, the channel is scheduled to launch May 18 in the Netherlands and in Belgium in September. It ...
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Bridget adds $14.6m in international weekend, passes $50m in UK
Universal/Working Title's BridgetJones: The Edge Of Reason passed$50m in the UK at the weekend, grossing an estimated $14.6m overall on 1,887screens in 24 territories through UIP to raise its international cumulativetotal to $84m.The romantic comedy sequeladded $5.6m (£3m) on 484 in its third weekend in the UK to raise its ...
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China creates international media advisory board
The Chinese government has invited a group of domestic and foreign media companies to form a board to advise on how capital markets can help modernise the mainlands burgeoning media industry, according to the South China Morning Post.The board, which will include Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone and the heads of ...
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Polar has $8.2m weekend for Warner Bros after major territory openings
Fuelled by estimated $2m launch in Germany at the weekend, ThePolar Express grossed$8.2m through Warner Bros Pictures International at the weekend.The German debut generated $2m with 302,000 admissions on 737prints, and $1.8m on 369 screens in Mexico and roughly the same amount on 413 inJapan.The PolarExpress opened in anunconfirmed first ...
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Kranks disappoints in German-speaking openings for Sony
Sony's mystery The Forgotten grossed an estimated $3m on 1,525 screens in 27 marketsthrough Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) at the weekend, openingthird in the UK on $1.1m on 300 and fourth in Holland on $230,000 on 30.Holdovers raised the picture to$3.9m in Germany for seventh place in its third ...
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Treasure, Incredibles bring incredible treasure to Disney
Buena Vista basked in a rare one-two over Thanksgiving holidayweekend as National Treasure retained top spot with an estimated $46.2m haul and TheIncredibles climbed oneplace to second to comfortably pass $200m in its fourth weekend.National Treasure now stands on $87.9m after its second weekend, while Pixar's TheIncredibles added $33.2mfor $214.7m ...
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Alexander disappoints for Warner Bros, Intermedia with $21.6m
Buena Vista basked in a rare one-two over Thanksgiving holidayweekend as National Treasure retained top spot with an estimated $46.2m haul and TheIncredibles climbed oneplace to second to comfortably pass $200m in its fourth weekend.National Treasure now stands on $87.9m after its second weekend, while Pixar's TheIncredibles added $33.2mfor $214.7m ...
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Silver City
Dir/scr/ed: John Sayles.US. 2004. 128minsWith his political satireslash noir murder mystery Silver City, American maverick John Saylesmight just have made his most commercial movie to date. While much of the film'stopicality, especially in the US, might have rested on last month's USelection, the return of George W Bush to power ...
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Innocence takes top Stockholm prize
Innocence by French director LucileHadzihalilovic won the award for best film at the 15th edition of the StockholmInternational Film Festival, which wrapped on Sunday night.Hadzihalilovic's firstfull-length feature tells the story of six-year-old Iris who arrives at theboarding school inside of a coffin. She has no idea of how or why ...