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Hilltop takes world on TF1 comedy
LA-based sales and production outfit Hilltop Entertainment has cut a deal with French broadcaster and film backer TF1 to represent worldwide rights on French language comedy Jet Set starring Lambert Wilson, Ornella Muti, Ariadna Gil and Samuel Le Bihan.The deal is unusual in that not only does it bypass TF1's ...
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IMAX enters Turkey in deal with AFM Cinemas
IMAX Corporationand leading Turkish exhibitor AFM Cinemas have struck a deal to open the firstIMAX theatre in Istanbul. An IMAX MPXtheatre system will be retrofitted at the eight-screen AFM Maltepe multiplexlater this month and is expected to open in early July. The launch ispart of a previously announced deal with ...
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Mr & Mrs Smith land in UK, Australia, Mexico, Brazil
Star Wars: Episode III has dominated the international landscape for thepast month but does it have the clout to see off a concerted challenge from Mr& Mrs Smith'Either way Fox Internationalexecutives won't mind - the company handles Episode III and handles some international rights for Mr& Mrs Smith for New ...
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Searchlight, DNA, BBC Films team on History
Fox Searchlight Pictures,DNA Films and BBC Films are partnering up on an adaptation of Alan Bennett'sOlivier Award winning coming-of-age play The History Boys.The project is set to beginfilming in the UK in July and will reunite the play's director Nicholas Hytnerwith key cast members including Richard Griffiths, Clive Merrison, Frances ...
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Meyer takes sole control of Lions Gate International, hires Denton
In a major restructure, Lions Gate International president NicolasMeyer has assumed sole control of the division and created two key executivepositions.Stephanie Denton has been named president of film sales for LionsGate Films International and will head up theatrical sales, while CraigCegielski oversees the expanding television slate as vice president ofprogramming ...
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Digital cinema dominates Oz indie exhibitor conference
Digital cinema dominated this week's IndependentCinemas Association of Australia (ICCA) conference and, with digital advocateDenis Parkes as new president, the topic will stay on the table.Like many members, Parkes exhibits in regional Australia, inhis case in picturesque Merimbula south of Sydney. He recently invested in twodigital projectors and has been ...
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Cameras roll in Uganda on Last King Of Scotland
Principal photography starts in Uganda tomorrow (June 11) on The Last King OfScotland starring Forest Whitaker as Ugandandictator Idi Amin. The project was developed by FilmFour, is financed by bothFilmFour and DNA, and will be distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures andTwentieth Century Fox International.James McAvoy will appear opposite Whitaker as ...
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The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl In 3D
Dir. Robert Rodriguez.US. 2005. 94mins.A mildly engaging children's morality tale, RobertRodriguez's The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl In 3D is the kind offilm that parents should be happy to let their kids see but which likely provetoo undemanding for anyone beyond its target age group.While the digital specialeffects are inventive ...
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Event Horizon (L'Orizzonte Degli Eventi)
Dir:Daniele Vicari. Italy. 2005. 114mins.It's a nice idea for a film: take Italy's highest mountainoutside the Alps - the Gran Sasso - and come up with a storyline that links thehi-tech world below the mountain (which hosts the Gran Sasso National Laboratory,the world's largest underground laboratory for research into particle ...
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Marshall, Pathe eye autumn shoot for Outpost
Writer-director Neil Marshall, one of the leading figuresbehind the new wave of British horror films, is at work on another horror filmfor Pathe Pictures. Outpost is a sci-fihorror film about a genetic experiment which goes horribly wrong. Marshall is currentlyat third draft script stage and may be ready to shoot ...
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Mr. Lazarescu triumphs at inaugural Hungarian fest
The First Alba Regia International Film Festival (ARIFF),claiming to be the first competitive event of its kind in Hungary, wrapped overthe weekend in the city of Szekesfehervar, an hour's ride away from Budapest.The Best Film award went to The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu, still fresh from its ...
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CanWest's Aaronson acquires Simon Magus
Bob Aaaronson, the new acquisition chief for CanWest Films, has made his first purchase for the fledgling US distribution company, picking up North American rights to Ben Hopkins' debut feature Simon Magus.Aaronson, who was previously an acquisitions executive for both New Line/Fine Line and 20th Century Fox before becoming an ...
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Veer Zaara wins at Indian film industry Oscars
Veer Zaara, a Romeoand Juliet story about a romance between an Indian pilot and his Pakistanisweetheart, triumphed on Sunday at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)awards ceremony held in Amsterdam. Veer Zaara, which wonthe best film prize and earned Yash Chopra a best director's award, is a timelytale of cross-cultural ...
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Mr And Mrs Smith soundly win domestic box office shootout
The allure of Brad Pitt andAngelina Jolie proved irresistible to North American audiences over the weekendas the comedy thriller Mr And Mrs Smith opened top on an estimated $51.1m.Doug Liman's spy romp abouttwo married assassins who rekindle their romance when they discover each other's identities opened togenerally good reviews and ...
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Mr And Mrs Smith tear up domestic box office with $51.1m
The allure of Brad Pitt andAngelina Jolie proved irresistible to North American audiences over the weekendas the comedy thriller Mr And Mrs Smith opened top on an estimated $51.1m.Doug Liman's spy romp abouttwo married assassins who rekindle their romance when they discover each other's identities opened togenerally good reviews and ...
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...while the power couple dominate international with estimated $35m take
It was all about Hollywood's hottest pairing this weekend as MrAnd Mrs Smith starringBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie launched on an estimated $31.2m on 3,635 screensin more than 35 territories through Fox International.The comedy thriller scored a raft of impressive number one debuts,led by a $7.1m opening in the UK ...
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Top Seattle Film Festival prizes go to 4, Swimmers
The Seattle InternationalFilm Festival closed its 31st annual edition last night with theNorth American premiere of Gus Van Sant's Last Days, a film of local relevance since it was inspired bythe 1994 suicide of rock star Kurt Cobain.The 25-day festival, thelongest in North America, also announced its award-winners yesterday morning. ...
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Video Island raises extra£5m in backing
Online DVD rental outfit Video Island has raised a further£5m in backing from EVP, Europe's leading venture debt provider.The funding takes the total amount raised by Video Island toover £15m.EVP joins current equity investors BenchmarkCapital, Cazenove Private Equity and Index Ventures.The funding will be used to expand Video Island's DVD ...
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Joseph's Four Last Songs tunes up in Mallorca
Principal photography beginstoday (June 13), on the Spanish island of Mallorca, on Francesca Joseph's new feature Four Last Songs .Written and directed byFrancesca Joseph (Tomorrow la Scala!), Four Last Songs isproduced by Christopher Collins, Ruth Caleb and Mate Cantero, with David M.Thompson, Duncan Reid and Paula Jalfon as executive producers.Four ...
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Top Russian festival digs Lungin's Roots
PavelLungin's latest feature film Roots swept the board at the"Kinotavr" Open Russian Film Festival in the Black Sea resort ofSochi, winning four awards and one special mention.Thetragicomedy, which was produced as a Russian-French co-production, received theKrasnodar Territory Government's Prize, the Jury's Grand Prix and the BestScreenplay Award for Gennady Ostrovsky. ...