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Disney, Miramax announce divorce
Following protractednegotiations, Disney and Miramax top brass announced yesterday [29] that Harveyand Bob Weinstein will leave the Disney fold when their contracts expire onSept 30 to set up a fully integrated media company, tentatively titled The WeinsteinCompany.In a conference call with reporters that revealed little by way of newdevelopments, Disney ...
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Disney and Weinsteins reach agreement on divorce
After months of publicnegotiations and anguish, Disney and Miramax topbrass announced yesterday [29] that Harvey and Bob Weinstein will leave theDisney fold when their contracts expire on Sept 30 to set up an integrated media company, tentatively titled TheWeinstein Company.In a conference call with reporters that revealed littleby way of ...
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Weinstein Company names first 13 movies on domestic distribution slate
As Harvey and Bob Weinsteinride out their contractual term as Miramax co-chairmen under the Disneyumbrella, they have already finalised at least 13 films to be released undertheir new venture The Weinstein Company.While the brothers areobliged to oversee all the unreleased Miramax titles in the pipeline untiltheir departure on Sept 30, ...
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Weinstein Co reveals debut slate
As Harvey andBob Weinstein ride out their contractual term as Miramax co-chairmen under the Disney umbrella, their main focus must now surely lie with the inauguralslate for their new venture, temporarily called The Weinstein Company.While the brothers are obliged to oversee all the unreleased Miramax titles inthe pipeline until their ...
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Showtime lines up first six films in Masters Of Horror series
ShowtimeNetworks, IDT Entertainment's New Arc Entertainment, Industry Entertainment andNice Guy Productions have announced the first six titles in their Masters OfHorror series by acclaimedgenre filmmakers, set to begin production in Vancouver in April.John Landis (AnAmerican Werewolf In London) will direct Deer Woman starring BrianBenben, which Landis co-wrote with his son ...
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Films Distribution picks up De L'Histoire Ancienne
In the run-up to Cannes, French international sales company Films Distribution has acquired Critics' Week title De L'Histoire Ancienne, directed by Orso Miret.The deal follows Films Distribution's acquisition of Un Certain Regard title Wild Blue, directed by Belgian film-maker Thierry Knauff, last week (Screendaily, April 26).De L'Histoire Ancienne - about ...
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European indie players move into profit
Three European independentfilm outfits - Germany's Constantin and the UK's Civilian Content and Metrodome- unveiled positive financial results for 2004 this morning (March 30).Leading German producer anddistributor Constantin Film announced 2004 net profits of $9.1m (Euros 7m) onrevenues of $319.8m (Euros 246.9m). This compared with a net loss of $12.8m(Euros ...
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Fortissimo takes on sales for Berlin winner U-Carmen
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide distribution rights (outsideof South Africa) to U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, Mark Dornford-May's adaptation of the Carmen opera, which won the Golden Bear at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.Nelleke Driessen, Fortissimo co-managing director, and NicoleMackey, senior vice president international sales, saw the film in Berlin. Mackey said, ...
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Live And Become (Va, Vis Et Deviens)
Dir.Radu Mihaileanu. Fr-Is-It-Bel. 2005. 153mins.Highlyemotional but massively overlong, director Radu Mihaileanu's Live And Becometackles a burning issue of our time, the search for identity. Here he follows ablack Ethiopian Christian over the course of 20 years, from when, aged nine, heescapes amid a convoy of Falasha Jews being flown to ...
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Me And You And Everyone We Know
Dir/scr: Miranda July.US. 2005. 95mins.Performance/video artistMiranda July takes a captivating jump into the almost-mainstream with Me AndYou And Everyone We Know, a neighbourhood character study set in LosAngeles. Her sparse approach to drama puts the film squarely in theexperimental category, but she follows a traditional linear narrative withconverging storylines which ...
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Duck Season flies off with Mexican Oscars
FernandoEimbcke's Duck Season (Temporada de Patos) has won 11 Ariel awards atMexico's Oscar-equivalent ceremony. Eimbcke, who made his directorial debut with the work, wentinto the night with 12 nominations and took home best film, director, actor andactress along with best screenplay (for Eimbcke himself), cinematography,music, sound, art design, best first ...
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Freeman jumps from Galaxy to indie British comedy
The All Together, an independently financed British comedy starringMartin Freeman (The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Office),finished shooting on March 21. Freeman plays a TV presenterdesperately seeking a new start. Hislife soon takes a turn for the worse when he is taken hostage by an Americangangster (Corey Johnson, Hellboy, ...
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UK's Warp Films moves into distribution
WarpFilms, the film division of music label Warp Records, has launched adistribution arm.The distribution label will be DVD driven, although it aims for mostfilms to have a theatrical life. Mixing in-house films and acquisitions, itwill sub-distribute to companies in other European markets as its sistercompany does with music. Warp's Luke ...
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Family titles win international audiences over Easter
Family titles enjoyed strongturnouts internationally over the Easter weekend, led by 20th CenturyFox's Robots, which opened in 12 new territories to hold onto secondplace.Robots enjoyed new number one launches in Australia, taking$1.9m (A$2.5m), and Argentina, where over 140,000 bought tickets over theweekend for a $0.33m (pesos 0.95m) gross. It also ...
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Jordan readies Our Lady for FilmFour
FilmFour,the film division of broadcaster Channel 4, and production company Wild Child Films haveacquired the rights to the novel Our LadyOf The Forest, with Neil Jordan to direct.ConorMcPherson, best known for the acclaimed play The Weir, wrote the screenplay, based on David Guterson's novelabout a troubled teenage girl who claims ...
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EU approval paves the way for imminent closure of Sony/MGM deal
The European Commission (EU)has unconditionally approved the MGM acquisition by the Sony-led LOCAcquisition Company.EU officers declared theproposed acquisition to be compatible with Common Market guidelines, followingrecent US antitrust regulatory approval.The deal is expected toclose before mid-April, subject to the completion of the acquisition's complexfinancing jigsaw.
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Toronto to premiere Egoyan, Cronenberg shorts
As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will feature the premieres of 10 short films by leading Canadian directors including Atom Egoyan, David Cronenberg and Jeremy Podeswa.Also participating in the initiative are Mike Jones, Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Guy Maddin, Don McKellar, Patricia Rozema, Michael ...
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Dream takes international on horror doc about HH Holmes
Los Angeles-based productionand international sales outfit Dream Entertainment has acquired internationalrights to Waterfront Productions' horror documentary HH Holmes: America'sFirst Serial Killer from filmmakerJohn Borowski.The first feature-lengthdocumentary about Herman Mudgett, also known as HH Holmes or the TortureDoctor, chronicles the serial killer's life and the torture chambers he set upin the ...
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Heysel stadium doc gets its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto
Lode Desmet's Heysel'85 - Requiem For A Cup Final willclose the 12th annual Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival inToronto. The Belgian production, which chronicles the Heysel Stadium disasterof 1985, is among 100 films screening at the festival, billed as the largestevent of its kind in North America. The festival ...
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Gail Berman named president of Paramount Studios
GailBerman was officially named as president of Paramount Studios yesterday, makinga move to movies from television which has stunned the Hollywood industry.Currentpresident Donald De Line will likely step down, although his exact exit has yetto be determined. Berman will make the move to Paramount in May and join newstudio chief ...