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Beijing box office expected to drop 50% during Olympics
The Olympic Gamesare drawing attention away from Chinese cinemas, especially in the host city of Beijing, where exhibitors estimate that box office sales dropped by 50% over the three-day weekend (August 8-10). China's public services and private companies all had the day off on Friday (Aug 8), the opening day ...
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Red Cliff becomes highest-grossing local film in China
John Woo's war epic Red Cliff has become the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Chinese film history. The film's mainland China distributor, China Film Group, said it had surpassed the RMB300m benchmark on Monday with a haul of $44.08m (RMB302.4m). The figure broke the RMB290m record set by Zhang Yimou's Curse ...
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MGM takes on Kaufman and Agosto's action comedy
MGM has acquired Ken Kaufman and David Agosto's untitled action comedy pitch with Get Smart director Peter Segal attached to direct.Segal will also produce with his longtime producing partner Michael Ewing and Andrew Lazar. Kaufman wrote The Missing and Space Cowboys while Agosto was his uncredited co-writer on Curious George.Callahan ...
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Warner comes on board for Simon Verhoeven's Maennerherzen
The Lives Of Others producer Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion is collaborating for the second time with the German outpost of Warner Bros. for Simon Verhoeven's Maennerherzen which begins shooting in Berlin today.A year ago, the Munich-based company produced U-900, a comedy about a submarine on the run in 1944 Germany, ...
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Macquarie strikes distribution pact with UIP
Australian private investment vehicle Macquarie Film Corp (MFC) has signed a two-year distribution pact with UIP. Under the terms of the deal, UIP will have first option to handle the Australian theatrical release of all titles backed by MFC. The two partners will jointly devise marketing strategies and share p&a ...
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Thessaloniki announces first half of competition
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival has announced the first seven titles for its International Competition.The 14-film competition for first and second features is programmed by festival director Despina Mouzaki.The titles unveiled so far are:Cell (Selda) by Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna (Philippines) Story of friendship and romantic love between two ...
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Natalie Portman makes directorial debut with Venice short Eve
American actress Natalie Portman's directorial short film debut Eve will open The Venice Film Festival's Corto Cortissimo section dedicated to short films.Portman will preside over opening events for that section onSept 1. She was featured in Venice last year in her cameo in Wes Anderson's Darjeeling Unlimited.Portman's debut, entitled Eve, ...
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San Sebastian announcessix more Spanish titles
The San Sebastian film festival has added anothersix Spanish titles to its line-up, including Gabriel Velazquez's Amateurs, Daniel Hernandez's Ordinary Boys and Santiago Zannou's El Truco Del Mano, which will all compete in the Zabaltegi New Directors section.In addition, Juan Vicente Cordoba's documentary Night Flowers (Flores De Luna) will compete ...
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ReviewsParis 36 (Faubourg 36)
Dir. Christophe Barratier. 2008. Fr/Ger/Czech Republic. 120 min.The proud sentimentality that made Christophe Barratier’s first film, Les Choristes, a runaway hit in France is back with a vengeance in Paris 36 (Fabourg 36) a retro musical with all the period trappings of 1936 France, from accordion ...
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Swiss television increases its support for film industry by $2.3m
Swiss public television is to increase its support for independent Swiss production in gradual steps from the current annual $18.2m (CHF 19.8m) to $20.5m (CHF 22.3m) from 2011.The Audiovisual Pact (Pacte de l'audiovisuel) between the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR and six film industry associations will see an increase in ...
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All Eyes On Locarno
As the 61st Locarno film festival continues through Aug 16, Screen keeps track of all the latest news and critical response to the films debuting in the Piazza Grande. Stay tuned for the latest updates.Locarno 2008 headlinesLocarno deals: Finecut goes Drinking, Autre Homme sells to India Max & Co producers ...
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Traitor
Dir: Jeffrey Nachmanoff. US. 2008. 113 mins.Just as the war on terror has forced lumbering, outdated government agencies to adapt, sometimes awkwardly, to a new kind of enemy, so too does the old-fashioned Hollywood thriller Traitor strain to confront a newfangled action-suspense vehicle with conventional storytelling techniques. A solid lead ...
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Eastern Promises, Fugitive Pieces lead DGC awards nominations
David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises and Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces led the pack as the Directors Guild of Canada announced the nominees for its 2008 awards. Both films had nods for Best Director, Best Picture Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Production Design and Outstanding Team Achievement, an award presented to all ...
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Eastwood's Changeling unveiled as Centerpiece film at New York Film Festival
The North American premiere of Clint Eastwood's Changeling starring Angelina Jolie has been unveiled as the centerpiece screening of the 46th New York Film Festival, set to run from September 26-October 12.Darren Aronofsky's drama The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke, which gets its world premiere at Venice later this month, will ...
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David O'Connor promoted to brand management SVP at Universal
David O'Connor has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president of brand management and marketing services at Universal Pictures. O'Connor, an 11-year Universal veteran who previously served as vice president of marketing services and brand management, continues to report to marketing and distribution president Adam ...
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Info Avenue finances latest Imamura project
Japanese ecommerce outfit Info Avenue Corp has raised finance for a second production - Shohei Imamura's Lukewarm Water Under The Red Bridge (Akai Hashi No Shita No Nurui Mizu) - through its on-line financing scheme.Info Avenue recruits film fans through a web-site as paying members of "support groups" for individual ...
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Ghent to honour producers Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will receive the Joseph Plateau Award for career achievement in film-making at the upcoming 35th Ghent International Film Festival in Belgium. Parkes and MacDonald served as the inaugural co-heads of DreamWorks until 2005 and have produced more than 30 films together including Gladiator, ...
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Gyeonggito supportUS-Korea ventures with $100m fund
South Korea's Gyeonggi province has launched an entertainment initiative to promote co-ventures with Hollywood, which includes a $100m fund for films, animation and games projects with global appeal. 'Gyeonggi Province will be putting in $20m seed money and we are currently bringing in other international investors,' said Yoonsik Choi, department ...
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Pusan's Asian Cinema Fund awards funding to 27 projects
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) Committee has announced the 27 films selected to receive backing from the Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) this year. For the Independent Feature Script and Project Development Fund category, three Korean projects, including Seaside by Kim Jong-kwan, and four Asian projects, including Woman On Fire ...
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Showbox pre-sells Rough Cut to Japan's Pony Canyon
Korean sales agent Showbox has pre-sold action film Rough Cut to Pony Canyon for Japan. Directed by Kim Ki-duk protege Jang Hun, the $1.5m film wrapped principal photography last month.The film stars Kang Ji-hwan and So Ji-sub - well-known in both Japan and Korea for their TV drama performances. Kang ...