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Hoy joins Columbia Tristar UK as distribution chief
Columbia Tristar UK has appointed Paul Hoy as director ofsales and distribution for the UK. He joins from UIP where he served assales manager.Hoy will take up his post at Columbia Tristar UK in the NewYear and replaces Peter Taylor who earlier this month was named as the newmanaging director ...
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Omagh wins best film prize at Irish awards
There was no clear runaway winner at the Irish Film andTelevision Awards (IFTAs) hosted by James Nesbitt in Dublin on Saturday night.Fourteen major categories of award for Irish filmmakingtalent were divided out among eleven different films before an audience of overfive hundred luminaries of the Irish film and television industry.Omagh, ...
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Eight films shortlisted for France's Prix Louis Delluc
Eight films have beenshortlisted for France's Prix Louis Delluc, considered one ofFrance's most prestigious cinema awards. Six other features have been shortlisted for the Prix LouisDelluc for a first feature effort.The jury is headed up by Cannes president Gilles Jacob. Theprizes will be handed out in mid December.The eight films ...
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ContentFilm takes on Water Giant rights
ContentFilm haspicked up international sales rights outside the US to Jim Henson partanimation Mee-Shee The Water Giant.Jamie Carmichael,head of the UK-based sales operation, announced he would be selling the $23mproduction in time for this week's AFM. Now in post, the film is producedby Rainer Mockert's MBP Medien and Barry Films, ...
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Sonet recruits Wallhem as head of distribution
Swedish distribution and production company Sonet Film hasrecruited Staffan Wallhem of Sandrew Metronome as vice president and head ofsales and distribution.Currently managing director of Sandrew Metronome'sdistribution branch, Staffan Wallhem has resigned after 19 years with thecompany.The appointment of Wallhem will give Peter Possne, founderand managing director of Sonet film, more ...
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White Chicks raises international total by $2.6m in 24 markets
Revolution Studios' comedy White Chicks raised its international running totalby $2.6m on 1,500 screens in 24 markets to $24.2m at the weekend throughColumbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI). The picture hasgrossed $25.3m to date through all distributors.Mystery The Forgotten added $1.8m on 718 in eight markets for $6.5m through CTFDI ...
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UIP local pickup Seven Dwarfs a smash with $12.5m opening
UIP's German pick-up and family comedy Seven Dwarfs dominated the German market at theweekend, opening top on a superb estimated $11.3m on 752 screens for 53% marketshare.UIP executives said yesterday (31) this was the third biggestopening weekend of the year in Germany behind (T)Raumschiff Surprise's $15.4m and Harry Potter And ...
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Silver creates low-budget Zinc division
Joel Silver's production outfit Silver Pictures is launching a new low-budget production division Zinc Pictures which will bow with the $5m thriller Proximity directed by Scott Ziehl, whose critically acclaimed first film Broken Vessels premiered at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival two years ago. The company emerged out of ...
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Theroux joins Delpy in The Legend Of Lucy Keyes
Justin Theroux (pictured) has joined the cast of John Stimpson's TheLegend Of Lucy Keyes,which begins principal photography in early November in central Massachusetts.Theroux, best known for his roles in American Psycho,Mulholland Drive, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and a recurring role on Six FeetUnder, will staropposite Julie Delpy.Theroux and Delpy portray ...
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Jeunet's Engagement dominates French box office with $8.7m
Following its mighty opening day last Wednesday (27), A VeryLong Engagement remainedtop throughout the French holiday weekend as it grossed an estimated $8.7m(Euros6.8m) through Warner Bros Pictures International and drew 1.1millionadmissions.The film, co-produced by Warner Bros France, TapiocaFilms and TF1 Films Production, went out on roughly 700 prints.The wartime epic ...
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Ray, Saw open big but they can't budge The Grudge
Senator/Ghost House Pictures' Japanese horror remake The Grudge, released through Columbia Pictures inthe US, stayed top in its second weekend as it added an estimated $22.4m for a$71.3m running total.The picture fell 43% in its second weekend, less than thepredicted 50%, and is expected to pass $90m at the domestic ...
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The Grudge holds sway at US box office over Ray, Saw
Senator/Ghost House Pictures' Japanese horror remake The Grudge, released through Columbia Pictures inthe US, stayed top in its second weekend as it added an estimated $22.4m for a$71.3m running total.The picture fell 43% in its second weekend, less than thepredicted 50%, and is expected to pass $90m at the domestic ...
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Telefilm extends Montreal film festival deadline
Telefilm Canada and itsQuebec counterpart SODEC have granted a one-month extension to the four partieswho submitted proposals for a new film festival in Montreal.While declaring the call forproposals officially closed, Telefilm chairman Charles Belanger and SODEC chairJean G Chaput said in a tele-conference that the four proposals tabled wereclose to ...
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HONG KONG 1 November
Local actionromance, Yesterday Once More, held onto the top spot at the Hong Kong box office in its second week, grossingUS$660,172 from 48 screens.Featuring thelucrative combination of director Johnnie To and stars Andy Lau and SammiCheng, the film revolves around a gentleman thief and a cat burglar who try tooutwit ...
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AUSTRALIA 1 November
BVI's Shall We Dance'had no trouble holding on to the top spot in the chart in its second weekend,taking A$1,724,248 from 268 screens, or 18% less than the corresponding fourdays a week ago. It again registered the highest screen average, it being A$6,433.Two UIP films fought it out for the ...
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Tokyo toasts Whisky
Uruguay jointdirectors Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll's Whisky - a low-budget drama- won the Grand Prix at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival,which wrapped Sunday. Mirella Pascual was awarded the Best Actress prize forher performance in WhiskyIm Chan-sang's President's Barber won both BestDirector and the Audience Award, while and ...
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Storm clouds ahead for Canada's production sector
The "perfect storm" metaphor has beenflying around Canada's service production industry of late. There's nothinglike a handful of negative coincidences to put the fear into people.Item One: Mel Brooks decides to shoot theadaptation of his hit musical TheProducers in New York.Item Two: the state of New York and NewYork City ...
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Blethyn vehicle wins Oz funding
Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) is to backdirector Cherie Nowlan's comedy drama Clubland, starring Brenda Blethyn.Blethynplays a raunchy Sydney club performer whose shy 20-year-old son is forced to make a decision between her and his feisty new girlfriend.The RB Films project has the backing of MovieHouseEntertainment in the UK and ...
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Allen, DreamWorks seal three-pic deal
Woody Allen has signed a domestic distribution deal with DreamWorks SKG for his next three untitled comedies. DreamWorks, whose film Antz featured Allen's voice, is already distributing the next Woody Allen picture Small Time Crooks in the US. The agreement comes in the wake of the ending of Allen's association ...
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Jeunet linked to Harry Potter 5
AVery Long Engagement director Jean-Pierre Jeunet says he has beenapproached as a possible director for the fifth Harry Potter movie.Askedin an interview with Empire magazine whether he had been approached,Jeunet said: "They proposed me something like this, yes."Potter producer David Heyman told ScreenDaily.com that "nodecision had yet been made" about ...