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Intermedia, Pacifica unveil merger plans
An imminent merger between Guy East and Nigel Sinclair's Intermedia Film and Los Angeles-based Pacifica Entertainment is set to create a division within Intermedia armed with a new $100m production fund.Under the anticipated deal, production, distribution and financing outfit Pacifica will bring a fund backed by German tax money to ...
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Turner Laing named BSkyB's head of film and acquisitions
BSkyB has appointed Sophie Turner Laing, the BBC's controller of acquisitions, to head the UK satellite broadcaster's film and acquisitions activities. Turner Laing, who secured Band Of Brothers and 24 for the BBC, effectively replaces Paul Taylor as director of film channels and acquisitions. Taylor is leaving the company after ...
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Richard Crudo named president of ASC
Richard Crudo,whose credits include American Pie and Down To Earth, has been elected president of the American Society ofCinematographers (ASC). Crudo is among the vanguard of a younger generation ofcinematographers and said his election was 'humbling', adding thathe was committed to the ASC's mission to 'inspire and recogniseinnovation and artistic ...
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Doc-maker Alexandra Pelosi signs output deal with HBO
HBO has signed JourneysWith George directorAlexandra Pelosi and her company Purple Monkey Productions to an exclusivetwo-year output deal, it was announced today (Jan 13). Pelosi will produce anddirect documentary specials for HBO that will focus on the American politicalprocess following her acclaimed production Journeys with George, which debuted on the ...
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MAC Releasing gets P&A financing from Nazarian's Samy Boy Films
Samy Boy Filmsis to provide prints and advertising co-financing for independent USdistributor MAC Releasing's next 10 theatrical releases, under a newfinancing deal announced by the fledgling companies today (Jan 13).'I amhappy to be partnered with MAC. My strategy for Samy Boy Films is to team withstrong niche players, and MAC's ...
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John McMahon promoted to senior evp at Sony TV Europe
John McMahon has beenpromoted to senior executive vice president, managing director for SonyPictures Television International's (SPTI) European operations, it wasannounced today (Jan 13). McMahon will be chiefly responsible for developingand overseeing a growing confluence between SPTI and other Sony'sinternational divisions like Sony Electronics and Sony Playstation. Prior tohis promotion, McMahon, ...
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Sundance NHK Filmmakers Award winners named
Yesim Ustaoglu,Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, Michael Kang and Mai Tominaga have beennamed as the winners of the 2003 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards,the annual honour launched in 1996 to recognise emerging internationaldirectors. The four, who were each chosen from a separate global region, willreceive a $10,000 cash award to ...
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Starz renews US pay TV output deal with Warren Miller
US pay TV channeloperator Starz Encore Group has extended its exclusive output deal with WarrenMiller Entertainment, the film and TV production company that specialises inskiing and snowboarding documentaries, to include two recently releasedtheatrical pictures and two projects still in production. The released titlesare: Cold Fusion (2001)which came out last year ...
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007 glides past $200m for Fox and MGM
Die AnotherDay passed $200m ininternational ticket sales today (Jan 13) after another storming weekend thatyielded $8.62m and another batch of records for distributor Fox International.Opening in Holland, the picture shunted The Lord Of The Rings: The TwoTowers off top spot witha tremendous $1.45m bow that included previews ($110,000). It was ...
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Yoji Ikushima is ShoWest International Exhibitor of the Year.
Yoji Ikushima,managing director of leading Japanese exhibitor Warner Mycal Corporation, hasbeen named ShoWest 2003's International Exhibitor of the Year, it wasannounced today (Jan 14) by Robert Sunshine, chairman of ShoWest operatorSunshine Group Worldwide. Ikushima will receive his award at the InternationalDay Luncheon on Mar 3, the opening day of ShoWest ...
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Gangs opens big in UK, France, continues big in Japan
Gangs Of New York opened in five international markets over theweekend, including a strong three-day $4.2m bow on 385 screens in the UKthrough Entertainment Film Distributors (£2.6m in local currency), rankingsecond nationwide and first in London's West End and in Ireland. MartinScorsese's three-hour epic opened at number one in France ...
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Alchymie cools on BBC's Romantic
Alchymie, the European production and distribution operation for which British financier Flashpoint has pledged $250m, has pulled out of financing what was expected to be its debut project, Born Romantic.But a spokesperson for Flashpoint, which launched Alchymie in October under UK producer Simon Channing-Williams, dismissed rumours that Flashpoint is beset ...
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War (Vojna)
Dir. Aleksei Balabanov. Russia 2002. 120mins. The takeover of a Moscow theatre by Chechen rebels last year, and that incident's bloody outcome, can only emphasise the impact of Alekesi Balabanov's War. The gang wars of Balabanov's previous action-packed hits Brat and Brat 2 are replaced here by real conflict, between ...
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Bolivar, That's Me (Bolivar Soy Yo)
Dir: Jorge Ali Triana. Colombia/France. 2002. 93 mins. Since taking the top prize at Mar del Plata last year, Bolivar, That's Me, an offbeat satire about an actor who starts to over-identity with the character he is playing, has been a regular guest on the international festival circuit, playing at ...
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Soft Money - Luxembourg
LuxembourgShooting in this tiny country can shave 15% from budgets as tax relief is available on everything spent there. Patrick Frater reportsIt may have interesting locations, two studio complexes and a pool of government cash, but it is Luxembourg's tax breaks that are making it such a magnet for foreign ...
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Inward investment in UK production sees slender rise
UK production levels from inward investment and local films limped to $696.6m (£433.1m) last year, only slightly up on 2001's disastrous tally of $660.4m, according to figures from support body the Film Council.Inward investment from overseas films and TV productions shooting in the UK such as Lara Croft And The ...
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UK bucks downward trend of European cinema admissions
While cinema admissions fell last year in France, Germany, Spain and Italy, the UK was the only major European market to see growth in ticket sales - and by a hefty 10%-plus.Although official figures are yet to be released for the territory, the UK is likely to register at least ...
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StudioCanal faces crippling staff losses
France's StudioCanal, which once boasted ambitions of being Europe's biggest film production outfit, looks to be heading towards total meltdown.It had recently been rumoured that hefty job cuts lay ahead at the company as parent Vivendi Universal sought cost cutting measures - and reported figures placed that number at around ...
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Warner Bros Italia's first local co-production scores at home
Warner Bros. Italia's first local co-production, It Can't Be All Our Fault (Ma Che Colpa Abbiamo Noi), has shot into the number one slot at the Italian box office.Italian director Carlo Verdone's new comedy, Ma Che Colpa Abbiamo Noi (It Can't Be All Our Fault) (pictured) powered into the number ...
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Exception adds co-production to sales activities
Exception, the company minted out of former StudioCanal boutique Wild Bunch, has announced it is adding co-production to its activities. The outfit, started by former Wild Bunch and StudioCanal executives Vincent Maraval, Alain de la Mata, Vincent Grimond and Brahim Chioua will now provide an international co-producing service alongside its ...