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Quantum leads international pack, but Twilight draws blood in four markets
Sony Pictures Releasing International's Quantum Of Solace remained the number one overseas title as an estimated $40.6m from 10,400 screens in 72 markets raised the running total to $309m.Combined with the $109m running total in North America the James Bond saga stands at $418m worldwide. Key international drivers were number ...
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SAG call for strike authorisation even as economic crisis deepens
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) said on Saturday [Nov 22] that it will ask its 120,000 membership to authorise a strike after negotiations with the studios collapsed despite the assistance of a federal mediator.The vote would take more than a month and require more than 75% approval to pass. The ...
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Hallyday, Testud to star in To's HK-French Vengeance
French actors Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Testud have been cast in Johnnie To's upcoming thriller Vengeance which is being made as a co-production between France's ARP, To's Milkway Image and Hong Kong-based Media Asia Group. Scripted by regular To collaborator Wai Ka-fai, the story follows a former assassin, now a ...
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Taiwanese hit Cape No.7 tops Hong Kong box office
Following its historical success at home, Taiwanese hit Cape No. 7 topped the Hong Kong box office last weekend, grossing $259,000 (HK$2.01m) in four days (Nov 20-23), with a mid-sized release of 23 screens. Besides Hong Kong, where the film was released by Lighten Distribution, Cape No. 7 is scheduled ...
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Downtown buys Pandaemonium, Circle
UK indie distributor Downtown Pictures has finalised its acquisition of Julien Temple's Pandaemonium.Downtown struck the deal with BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK broadcaster which funded the film alongside features department BBC Films. Pandaemonium is scheduled for release spring next year.The film, which stars John Hannah, Linus Roache, ...
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Koreainvests $271m in manga, animation, character-merchandising
South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism is planning to invest $271m (KW410bn) in the manga, animation and character-merchandisingindustries to develop 'one-source, multi-use (OSMU)killer content' by 2013. Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Yu In-chon today announced a plan to invest $33m in manga, $66m in animation, $39.6m in ...
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Italian distribution of Oliver Stone's W. secured by Dall'Angelo Pictures
W., Oliver Stone's biopic of outgoing US president George W. Bush has been picked up by independent Italian distributor Dall'Angelo Pictures. The deal was agreed immediately following the film's Italian premiere on opening night of the 26th Turin Film Festival.It was brokered between QED International's executive vice-president of international distribution, ...
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Tribeca Film Festival Doha to be launched November 2009
Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) and New York's Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) are to launch a new international film festival, Tribeca Film Festival Doha. The first festival will take place November 10 - 14, 2009 and be presented at Doha's Museum of Islamic Art and in cinemas across Doha.The announcement was ...
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Shooting of Serge Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique) to start in France in January
Principal photography of Serge Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique) is due to start on January 19, 2009 and will continue for 13 weeks on location in Paris. The film will be the directorial feature debut of Joann Sfar, the award-winning French graphic artist. Sfar also wrote the screenplay.Serge Gainbourg (Vie Heroique) is ...
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Aan Ja (Over There) receives the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki
Aan Ja (Over There) by Iranian director Abdolreza Kahani received the Golden Alexander and $47,000 (Euros 37,000) at the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.Romanian production Pescuit Sportiv (Hooked) by Adrian Sitaru was awarded the Special Jury Prize, the Silver Alexander and $28,000 (Euros 22,000).Argentinian Celina Murga was named best director ...
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Mikhail Kalatozishvili's Wild Field wins best film at Estoril film festival
Russian director Mikhail Kalatozishvili's drama Wild Field has taken the best film award at the Estoril film festival in Portugal. The Studio Barmalei production Wild Field focuses on the life of a doctor struggling to care for a small farming community, which is trying to fight off some outlaws, set ...
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Four Christmases
Dir: Seth Gordon. US. 2008. 88 mins Four rounds of family festivities produce very little merriment for either its protagonists or audiences as holiday season romantic comedy Four Christmases slogs its way through a sub-90 minute running time. The pairing of Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon and the presence of ...
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AtomFilms, Schibsted sign wireless pact
AtomFilms has partnered with Scandinavian media company Schibsted to distribute almost 100 short films and animation titles on mobile and wireless devices.The content syndicated to Schibsted will be available for download to pocket PC's and Palm devices, as well as viewable on the internet. Distribution will take place over the ...
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Norway opens first all-digital multiplex in the Nordic countries
The first all-digital multiplex in the Nordic countries has been opened in Norway by Oslo Municipal Cinemas.The multiplex is called the Ringen, and is situated in the Grunerlokka borough of Oslo.'The new theatre is a milestone on the way into a new technological era, and a considerable addition to the ...
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Kalatozishvili's Wild Field takes top prize at Marrakech
Mikhail Kalatozishvili's Wild Field won the top prize, l'Etoile d'Or, at the 8th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival. The Shaft , from China's Zhang Chi, earned the Jury Prize.Melissa Leo, the star of Courtney Hunt's Sundance grand jury prize winner Frozen River, took the Best Actress prize: and ...
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UK -based Illuminated Films to produce Not The End Of The World
The Illuminated Film Company (Illuminated Films) is to produce adventure story Not The End Of The World. Piet Kroon (Shrek 2, Christmas Carol - The Movie) will direct the film which he adapted from Geraldine McCaughrean's novel of the same name. Currently at the pre-production stage, the film is set ...
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UK and Denmark claim top prizes at Encounters Short Film Festival
The 14th Encounters Short Film Festival drew to a close last night as Danish film-maker Mads Matthiesen took the International Jury Award, for his short film Dennis, while Danish film Office Noise won the Children's Jury Award.UK and Danish short films dominated the awards at the festival, which took place ...
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Twilight's international numbers bigger than first thought
Twilight grossed $9.6m from 1,275 venues in five international territories in a significant rise from initial estimates released by Summit International over the weekend.The vampire romance stormed to number one in Italy in the sixth biggest launch of the year on $5.8m from 601 prints and topped the charts in ...
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du Toit named director of programming at Palm Springs
Helen du Toit will serve as director of programming at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), set to run from January 8-19.Du Toit recently served as co-director with Carl Spence, who has segued into the role of lead programmer.She served in the festival's programming department in 1991 for ...