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Genre house New Arc launches
Live action and animationgenre production house New Arc Entertainment launches at AFM with a slate ofpictures including an anthology of 13 one-hour titles from horror veteransincluding John Carpenter and George Romero.John W Hyde is named chiefexecutive officer of New Arc. Hyde is also chief operating officer of IDTEntertainment, which will ...
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HanWay adds Morgen, Pepe, Fulton titles to slate
HanWay Films has acquired Addiction,Inc, a nicotine docu-drama from TheKid Stays In The Picture's BrettMorgen, and Brothers Of The Head, by Lost In La Mancha's Louis Pepe and Keith Fulton.Addiction, Inc usesreal-life footage and re-constructions to tell the story of Victor DeNoble, whodeveloped a cigarette with far less health risks ...
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Stiles cast opposite Butler in Content International's Burns
Julia Stiles is to playRobert Burns' muse in Burns,ContentFilm International's story of the legendary Scottish poet.The US actress, whosecredits include The Bourne Supremacy and Mona Lisa Smile, willplay Jean Armour, the woman that the roistering 18th century bardeventually married.The cast includes GerardButler as Burns and Brian Cox, John Hannah, James ...
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Myriad takes worldwide rights to true-life drama Dark Matter
Myriad Pictures has picked up worldwide rights in all mediato the true-life drama Dark Matter starring Meryl Streep,Greg Kinnear and Chinese star Liu Ye, who stars in Chen Kaige's ThePromise .Filming is scheduled to begin in spring 2005 in Utah andChinese opera director Chen Shi-Zheng will make his feature directorial ...
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Moviehouse debuts four new titles led by Blinded
Blinded, a thriller starring acclaimed UK actor PeterMullan, heads a quartet of new titles that London-based MoviehouseEntertainment is screening as market premieres at the AFM.Blinded, which played in the British Gala section of theEdinburgh International Film Festival, is billed as exploring the darker sideof jealousy, passion and sexual desire. It ...
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Oz commission attacks broadcasting legislation
One of the Australian government's advisory bodies, the Productivity Commission, has warned that Australia's digital conversion plan faces "serious risk of failure".The warning is a slap in the face for both the government that formulated the plan and the influential existing free-to-air television networks which it clearly favours. The commission ...
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AFM: New Films turns producer on The Mermaids Singing
LosAngeles-based distributor New Films International is moving into productionwith the announcement that it is co-producing an adaptation of Lisa CareyC;sromantic novel The Mermaids Singing starring Jessica Lange,Neve Campbell and Evan Rachel Wood.New FilmsInternational will retain all worldwide distribution rights to the $10mproject, which is due to begin filming in Eastern ...
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AFM: Emperor to handle own sales slate
Hong Kong's Emperor MotionPictures (EMP) is making its debut at the AFM as a fully-fledged sales outfit,handling world sales on a busy slate of product headed by Jackie Chan actionadventure The Myth.Since rebranding last year,the production and distribution outfit has worked with Sydney-based sales agentArclight Films on select titles, typically ...
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New Films turns producer on The Mermaids Singing
LosAngeles-based distributor New Films International is moving into productionwith the announcement that it is co-producing an adaptation of Lisa CareyC;sromantic novel The Mermaids Singing starring Jessica Lange,Neve Campbell and Evan Rachel Wood.New FilmsInternational will retain all worldwide distribution rights to the $10mproject, which is due to begin filming in Eastern ...
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Red Dust
Dir: TomHooper. UK-S Africa. 2004. 100mins.While itssubject matter is almost identical to John Boorman's Country Of My Skull,the feature debut from UK TV director Tom Hooper proves far superior to thebigger budgeted Berlin competition entry, delivering a tighter and better-actedthriller drama. Itproves neither controversial nor edgy, but rather plays everything ...
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ITALY 3 November
The November 1st holiday weekend in Italy saw Buena VistaInternational's The Village open at number one, as it registered a 3-daygross of $3,293,899 for a massive screen average of $8,014.Hot on its heels in dance-loving Italy was Jennifer Lopezand Richard Gere vehicle Shall We Dance',which grossed $2,989,347 for 01 Distribuzione.The ...
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GERMANY 3 November
UIP's release of 7Dwarves (7 Zwerge - Maenner Allein Im Wald) blasted into the German Top 15at No. 1 taking over $ 11.7m with a tremendous $ 15,076 screen average from its777 screens.Starring the creme de la creme of German comic talent suchas Otto Waalkes, Atze Schroeder, Christian Tramitz and ...
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Yes
Dir/scr: Sally Potter.UK-US. 2004. 99mins.Sally Potter can never beaccused of avoiding risks. From the magnificent Orlando on down, she hassought to push back the borders of 'acceptable' film practice, allthe while engaging herself autobiographically in the most contentious socialand political issues of the day.That noteworthy and welcometradition continues with the ...
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Dutch distribs press ahead with Van Gogh release plans
The Dutch distributors ofmurdered director Theo van Gogh's latest film, 06/05, are pressing aheadwith plans to release it in the next two months.06/05, which deals with the assassination on Dutchpolitician Pim Fortuyn in 2002, was finished just before van Gogh was shot andstabbed yesterday by a 26-year old Moroccan with ...
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Rotterdam wins cash injection for Hubert Bals Fund
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs will is to investEuros 2.5m in the Hubert Bals Fund, part of the International Film Festival ofRotterdam (IFFR).Between 2005 to 2008, the money will be shared betweenprojects from film-makers in developing countries.In its autumn round of funding, the fund says it will back22 film ...
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German comedy tops international box office chart
For the first time since its launch in April, Screen'sexclusive international box office chart is headed by a non-US producedfilm.Germancomedy 7 Dwarfs topped the chart, led by its $11.7m (Euro 9.2m) openingon its home turf. It also receivednumber ones in Austria and Switzerland.Itwas the third highest opening of the year ...
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MIP-TV: Hallmark signs output deal with M6
French broadcaster M6 has signed a two-year output deal with US-based TV drama producer Hallmark Entertainment.The deal gives M6 exclusive free TV rights to Hallmark's television movies and mini-series, starting immediately. M6 will also co-finance a number of mini-series with Hallmark each year for the duration of the deal.This is ...
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Media Asia shares begin trading in Singapore
Hong Kong's Media Asia,producer of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, began trading on the SESDAQ ofthe Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday (Nov 3). The IPO attracted strong interest from both institutions and small private investors. The retail tranche was eventually 23 times subscribed.After the first day of trading the shares were ...
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Night People, GAMERz win Scottish funding
Ensemble drama Night People and comic fantasy GAMERzare the latest features to be funded under the New Found Films scheme runby Scottish Screen, Scottish Television and Grampian Television.Each feature will have a budget of £300,000 and both areexpected to go into production in the first months of 2005.Written by Adrian ...
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Six suitors seek sales on sexy Shanghai Lady
At least half a dozen of the world's top sales companies havejoined the frenzied chase for the next Wong Kar-wai film The LadyFromShanghai, which stars Nicole Kidman and Gong Li.The sellers range from Studiocanal, TF1, Wild Bunch, Pathe andWong's regular sales and finance house Fortissimo Film Sales to US powerhouseSummit ...