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Heartbreak Kid leads UK box office; Control opens strongly
Ben Stiller comedy The Heartbreak Kid took the top slot in the UK chart this weekend as it opened to $2.5m (£1.2m) from 409 sites for a healthy $6,171 (£3,043) site average. Click her to see chart.The Farrelly Bros' ninth collaboration for the big screen managed to kick David Schwimmer's ...
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Match Factory seals raft of deals for Wang'sThousand Years
The Match Factory has sealed a number of deals for Wayne Wang's San Sebastian Golden Shell winner A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and the companion piece The Princess Of Nebraska with rights going to France (Diaphana), Spain (Karma Films), Switzerland (Cineworx), and Argentina (Primer Plano).A Thousand Years Of Good ...
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UK's Cineworld plans to install 30 Real D 3D systems
UK exhibitor Cineworld Group has signed a deal with Real D for 3D projection. Real D systems will initially be installed in 30 of Cineworld's 72 digital screns. The roll-out will coincide with the release of 3D project Beowulf in Nov 16. After that, Cineworld will work with the studios ...
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Huard takes top post at Universal Pictures in France
Stephane Huard has been appointed Managing Director of Universal Pictures International's new operating company in France. David Kosse, president of Universal Pictures International, made the announcement today. Huard joins UPI from Stage Entertainment France, where he was MD since January 2006. From 2001 to 2006, he was also MD of ...
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UK government pledges more funding for culture and media
The UK's Department of Culture Media & Sport fared well in today's Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review from Chancellor Alistair Darling today. The Chancellor did pledge an increase in the resource budget for DCMS from $3.25bn (£1.6bn) in 2007-2008 to $3.66bn (£1.8bn) by 2010-11. John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer ...
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Wagner offers upbeat vision of mutimedia, multicultural future
Film has a great multimedia, multicultural future, United Artists CEO Paula Wagner told Mipcom in Cannes.But success must be built on embracing international markets and other forms of media, she suggestedTom Cruise's UA partner contended: 'The international marketplace is vital. Hollywood has become just a territory - maybe still the ...
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881
Dir. Royston Tan. Singapore / Japan, 2007. 105 min.Oozing sweet smiles and made-up grimaces, a myriad of glittering colours, low-brow humour and an endless string of easily hummed tunes, 881 is already a major hit in Singapore. Despite the lack of any plot to speak of, Royston Tan's film is ...
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Festivals feel impact of global releasing
Global releasing is only now being adopted by Hollywood studios, but it is already having an impact on the timing and programming of festivals. Felice Laudadio this week announced that he will move next year's Taormina festival by a couple of weeks - from mid July to the last week ...
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Argentina's San Luis festival announces inaugural lineup
The San Luis International Film Festival has announced the line-up of its first edition (Nov 16-25). The $ 0.7m Argentinian festival will open with veteran Sidney Lumet's new thriller Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and will close with Bille August's Goodbye Bafana, both to be shown out of competition.Among ...
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Academy relaxes documentary rules for 2009 Oscars
The Academy is changing its qualifying rules governing the submission of feature-length and short documentaries for the 81st Oscars in 2009.The move eliminates the multi-city theatrical rollout requirements and was recommended to the board by the Documentary Branch executive committee chaired by Michael Apted. To qualify for the 81st Awards, ...
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Weinstock named president of marketing for Screen Gems
Marc Weinstock has been named president of marketing for Screen Gems and continues to report to Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group's chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution Jeff Blake.Weinstock joined Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in 2000 as senior vice president of marketing for TriStar Pictures. He served in a similar ...
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Gone With The Woman will open Hollywood Film Festival
The US premieres of Petter Naess's Norwegian romantic comedy Gone With The Woman and Uwe Boll's video game adaptation Postal bookend the 11th Annual Hollywood Film Festival, set to take place in Los Angeles from Oct 17-22.Barry Gray's Bloodsucking Cinema, Steven Sawalich's Music Within, James Franco's Good Time Max, Charles ...
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Big screen version of Land Of The Lost will start in March 2008
Universal Pictures has set a March 2008 start date on its adaptation of the TV series Land Of The Lost.As previously announced Will Ferrell will star in the family adventure as a disgraced paleontologist stranded in a prehistoric world after embarking on an expedition with his assistant and a guide.Brad ...
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PUSAN: Hong Kong heats up as shooting destination
Hong Kong has been picked as the shooting location for a further three international productions, as it is gearing up for the latest film in the Batman franchise, The Dark Knight, early next month. According to the Hong Kong Film Services Office, which is attending Pusan 's BIFCOM locations showcase, ...
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PUSAN: Mendoza titles score salesto UK, France
Foster Child and Slingshot, two films by Filipino director Brillante 'Dante' Mendoza which are currently playing at the Pusan International Film Festival, have been sold to the UK and France respectively. Pecadillo Pictures has taken on the UK rights to Foster Child in a deal concluded by the company's Tom ...
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PUSAN: Nikkatsu sellsMegane to Korea's Sponge
Seoul-based distributor Sponge Entertainment has acquired all rights to Japanese studio Nikkatsu's indie hit Megane. The sale was closed during Pusan 's Asian Film Market by Shinako Matsuda of Nikkatsu's film business division and Sponge international business manager Eugene Song. A drama set at a remote island inn, Megane reunites ...
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PUSAN: Germany's Splendid snaps up Japanese duo
Germany 's Splendid Film is continuing its splurge on Asian titles at Pusan AFM by acquiring two Japanese titles - TBS' Crows: Episode 0 and Toei's X-Cross. The Crows deal was closed today by TBS International Content Business division's Miyuki Takamatsu and Splendid's Marko Moellers. Splendid acquired all German and ...
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Chouga
Dir. Darezhan Omirbaev. Kazakhstan / France, 2007. 88 Min.Darezhan Omirbayev's minimalist film takes Tolstoy's Anna Karenina from St. Petersburg and Moscow to Almaty and Astana, and from 1877 to 2007. It is an adaptation that will surprise many by the economy of means applied to one of the most effusive ...
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Pop.com closes shop after merger talks fail
Entertainment web-site Pop.com - fronted by Imagine Entertainment and DreamWorks - is shutting down following the collapse last week of merger discussions with LA-based film portal Ifilm.com (Screendaily, September 4).The site, backed by $50m from Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, never went live despite being scheduled for a spring 2000 launch. ...
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AAM adds Pathe titles for digital rentals and downloads
Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has struck a content deal with Pathe, making titles such as Talk To Her, Memento and The Queen available for customers to rent online. The deal also covers future Pathe titles. Pathe content will also be available for download through AAM 's Vizumi platform and its ...