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Newcomer Heughan to star as Alexander in Salkind's rival epic
21-year-old newcomer Sam Heughan has signed to play the title rolein Jalal Merhi's Macedonia's Alexander The Great, the first of a trilogy that isscheduled to start filming in Greece and Egypt on Feb 7 for release in October.Heughan was discovered afterproducer Ilya Salkind and UK producing partner Jeffrey Taylor tested ...
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Mexico's Imcine is granted $14m budget, the highest total in six years
Not only has Mexican film institute Imcine survived plans to axeit but it has also won the biggest budget allotment from the government in sixyears, according to Imcine director Alfredo Joskowicz.The state-backed film financing entity was granted a 2004 budgetof nearly $14m (150m pesos), more than double last year's budget ...
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And the reactions are...
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The KingProducer Barrie Osborne partnered with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh on the entire Lord Of The Rings trilogy and has been nominated for all three episodes. As part of a select band that includes Jackson, he wears a tattoo bearing the ...
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American Beauty dominates SAG, DGA Awards
Hollywood's final round of awards ceremonies before the Oscars took place over the weekend, and they were almost totally dominated by American Beauty. The DreamWorks film now looks set for a sweep at the Academy Awards on March 26.The film's British director Sam Mendes continued his winning streak, taking top ...
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DENMARK
Though no match for The Return Of The King's still massive 103 prints, the new release of Annette K. Olesen's In Your Hands (Forbrydelser) saw a solid opening on its 33 prints attracting 15,046 admissions.The drama about faith and forgiveness set in a woman's prison, which screens in the main ...
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GERMANY
Julia Roberts' lasting appeal in Germany was underscored by its No. 1 position on the opening weekend for Columbia TriStar's Mona Lisa Smile with Euros 2.8m from 600 screens, while the Eddie Murphy-starrer The Haunted Mansion topped the Euros 2m mark at No. 3.Lost In Translation may have slipped down ...
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Italy confesses to highest level of piracy in western world
Italy has the highest level of piracy in the western world, according to the latest data released by national anti-piracy watchdog FAPAV.While legal DVD and video sales netted Euros 417m in Italy last year, the black market was estimated at more than Euros 250m - around 30% of the total ...
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Amenabar, Medem shepherd Spanish short film-makers
Alejandro Amenabar and Julio Medem are two of five established Spanish directors godfathering an up-and-coming filmmaker each in new short film initiative 50 Minutes.Sponsored by Nescafe as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the initiative matches five established directors with five newcomers to make five ten-minute short films.The other big-name ...
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US and UK outfits partner for British DVD label
A new independent home video and DVD label is being launched in the UK by 3DD Entertainment, Lorber Media and Red Productions.Called inD, its initial releases are scheduled for Spring 2004. It aims to release new and classic films, TV drama, documentaries and music specials.The first releases will include the ...
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Timbuktu premiere to open Dublin festival
The Dublin International Film Festival is marrying strong local and international fare for its second edition with 97 features and numerous shorts being shown over ten days at three city centre cinemas.The festival opens on February 12 with the world premiere of Alan Gilsenan's Timbuktu with Eva Birthistle and closes ...
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Restaurant owner named chairman of UK's Channel 4
Luke Johnson, owner of London's famous Ivy restaurant, has been appointed as the new chairman of broadcaster Channel 4 - parent company of FilmFour.Media regulator Ofcom appointed Johnson as Channel 4's new chairman. He replaces Vanni Treves.Johnson, 42, whose Ivy restaurant is a favourite among celebrities, will work alongside Channel ...
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Kinowelt expands local production slate
Kinowelt Filmproduktion has added another three local titles - Playa Del Futuro, Antikoerper and Max & Moritz - to its production line-up.The company has previously made commitments to co-produce an adaptation of Wladimir Kaminer's Russendisko with Christoph Meyer-Wiel's CMW Films and Joachim von Vietinghoff's Von Viettinghoff Filmproduktion (see ScreenDaily.com, October ...
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Mission To Mars takes off with $23m
Marking the first mega-budget blockbuster in the marketplace since Christmas, Buena Vista's $75m space epic Mission To Mars opened with a mighty $23.1m despite uniformly negative reviews across North America. Directed by Brian DePalma, the film, which is the story of a rescue mission to the red planet, beat a ...
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Aaltra
Directors: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern. Belgium. 2004. 90 mins.Tell people that a festival's hot ticket is a black-and-white Belgian road comedy, and you're liable to be greeted with scepticism, especially when the protagonists are two middle-aged men in wheelchairs. Nevertheless, Aaltra is this year's surprise delight at Rotterdam (where it ...
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Davis, Ginsburg & Morris join BAFTA/LA board
Periscopepresident J Alan Davis, Passport Entertainment president David R Ginsburg andwriter-producer Peter Morris have been elected to the board of BAFTA/LA.Theboard has re-elected Gary Dartnall as chairman, Antony Root as deputy chair,Rebecca Segal as secretary and Pamela Godfrey as treasurer."It'sbeen gratifying for all of us to watch BAFTA/LA become one ...
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Senator takes on worldwide rights to 3D CGI Moebius movie
SenatorInternational has picked up worldwide sales rights from digital contentproducer GDC Holdings to celebrated French artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud'ssci-fi fantasy adventure Thru The Moebius Strip.Themove marks the first foray into animation for both companies and is also thefirst full-length CGI feature for GDC Holdings subsidiary GDC Productions andthe first 3D ...
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Intermedia's epic to be named Alexander
Intermedia'sAlexander The Great project currently coming to the end of its epic shoot underdirector Oliver Stone will be titled Alexander, a title which has been cleared and approved by theMPAA.IlyaSalkind's film about the great emperor is titled Macedonia's Alexander TheGreat.Alexander is set to open at the end of the year ...
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Aaltra
Directors: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern. Belgium. 2004. 90 mins.Tell people that a festival's hot ticket is a black-and-white Belgian road comedy, and you're liable to be greeted with scepticism, especially when the protagonists are two middle-aged men in wheelchairs. Nevertheless, Aaltra is this year's surprise delight at Rotterdam (where it ...
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Asshak, Tales From The Sahara (Asshak, Geschichte Aus Der Sahara)
Dir: Ulrike Koch. Switzerland/Germany/Netherlands 2004. 110mins.Effectively an ethnographic documentary reinforced with a slender strand of narrative, Asshak is a generally engrossing portrait of the customs and beliefs of the Tuareg nomads of the Sahara. Given the current favour for films with an ethnographic and environmental slant, notably The Story Of ...
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CZECH REPUBLIC
ScreenDaily.com's latest territory chart addition, Czech Republic, enjoyed strong local input last weekend as two new home-made comedies claimed the second and third chart positions behind Return Of The King - in its second week in the territory.Both released on 25 screens, Falcon's Jak Basnici Neztraceji Nadeji played best in ...