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New Line International boasts 10 new films to presell
New Line International has unveiled a powerful new slate for itsdistribution partners and Cannes buyers which boasts directors as varied as JanDe Bont, Todd Field and Shekhar Kapur and stars ranging from Bruce Willis, JackBlack and Samuel L Jackson to Kate Winslet and John Cusack.The studio's president of worldwide distribution ...
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Spyglass seals four year free-TV deal in Italy with RTI
SpyglassEntertainment has signed a four-year free-TV output deal with RTI, thetelevision arm of Italian communications giant Mediaset, that will include theupcoming Memoirs of A Geisha and The Legend Of Zorro.It's another direct relationship engineered by Spyglass followingthree existing long-term TV output deals in Europe with Canal Plus in France,with ...
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Levinson, Golchan team to acquire Peau remake rights
Barry Levinson and FredericGolchan have acquired the English-language remake rights to Daniel Roby's LaPeau Blanche (White Skin), the winner of the first Canadian feature prize atthe 2004 Toronto International Film Festival.Golchan told Screen Daily thepair are planning to produce the picture and are shopping the project to USstudios. He said ...
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George, Duhamel to star in 2929's Turistas
RisingAustralian actress Melissa George, who stars in the current North Americanremake of The Amityville Horror, has signed on to play the female lead in John Stockwell'sthriller Turistas.2929 Productionsand Stone Village are teaming up on the project, which is due to beginprincipal photography in Brazil on May 25, and are currently ...
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Bishop charged with integrating MGM assets into Sony
David Bishop has been named president of worldwide brandintegration strategy for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), effectiveimmediately. He comes to Sony from MGM where he spent 15 years, most recentlyas president and chief operating officer of MGM Home Entertainment Group. In his new post Bishop, who will be located at SPE'sheadquarters ...
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Devils On The Doorstep (Guizi Lai Le)
Dir: Jiang Wen. China. 2000. 162 mins.Prod Co: Asian Union Film & Entertainment Ltd. Int'l Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales. Prod: Jiang Wen. Exec prods: Dong Ping, Zheng Quangang. Scr: You Fengwei, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Shi Jianquan, inspired by the novella Shengcun by You Fengwei. DoP: Gu Chengwei. Prod des: ...
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Depp, Initial, Heyday team on Hornby adaptation for Warner
Johnny Depp, Graham King and David Heyman are to produce NickHornby's latest novel A Long Way Down for Warner Bros, the studio announced yesterday [2].King will produce for InitialEntertainment Group, Depp for his production company Infinitum Nihil, andHeyman for Heyday Films. Kevin McCormick is overseeing the project for WarnerBros.Initial, which ...
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International filmmakers triumph at Tribeca
International filmmakers and co-productionsdominated the prizes as the fourth annual Tribeca Film Festival wrapped onSaturday night. Chinese filmmaker Li Shaoshong's Stolen Life (Sheng Si Jie) won the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature,with Italian Pietro Reggiani receiving a Special Mention for My Brother's Summer. Netherlands-Hungaryco-production El Perro Negro: StoriesFrom The ...
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The Joy Of Tax
ScreenInternational presents its at-a-glance worldwide guide to tax based filmproduction incentives.Click onthe links below for full PDF versions of the guide.Introduction: The Joy Of Tax Tax Incentives: Europe, Australasia andSouth Africa (Part One) Tax Incentives: Europe, Australasiaand South Africa (Part Two) Tax Incentives: North America (PartOne)Tax Incentives: North America (PartTwo)Note: ...
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Hewitt's Love grips South Korea
UK film The Truth About Love, starring Jennifer LoveHewitt, has scored a number one opening in South Korea in its worldwide debut. Bought by Ivision and released by Tube Entertainment, thefilm earned $1.04m over a quiet weekend to outpace the launch of internationalhit The Interpreter, which took $890,000. The film ...
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Eurimages doles out Euros 3.8m in funding
New feature projects by Otar Iosseliani (Jardins enAutomne) and Gianni Amelio (La Stella Che Non C'e) are among 12European co-productions supported with Euros 3.8m by the Council of Europe'sEurimages at its latest funding session. Amelio's La Stella Che Non C'e is an Euros 8mdrama about the dismantlement of an Italian ...
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Cannes adds Hong's Cinema to competition line-up
The Cannes Film Festival hasannounced the addition of Hong Sang-soo's A Tale Of The Cinema (Geuk-Jang-Jeon) to its official selection. The film will compete forthe Palme D'Or along with the films originally announced on April 19.The latest film from the South Korean director is the storyof a man who sees ...
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Cannes launch for European production initiative
A new Europeaninitiative - Capital Regions for Cinema (CRC) - is to be launched at nextweek's Cannes Film Festival to promote and support closer cooperation andco-production between European producers.CRC's founding members are Commission du Filmd'Ile de France, Rome's Lazio Film Commission, the Madrid Film Commission andMedienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH. They will ...
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Wide takes on sales for Critics' Week opener Invisibles
French sales and production outfit Wide Managementhas acquired international rights to Thierry Jousse's Critics' Week opener LesInvisibles. The film stars Laurent Lucas, Michael Lonsdale and MargotAbascal in a story of fleeting romance set in the world of electronic music.Wide will alsohandle market title Three Couples In A Storm by director ...
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Goblet Of Fire set for simultaneous Imax release
Warner Bros' Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire will be released on Imaxscreens simultaneous with the picture's conventional release on November 18,2005. It is the second film in the$2.6bn-grossing franchise to be released day-and-date with the 35mm version; Harry Potter AndThe Prisoner Of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience,released in June ...
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Skoll's Participant finds corporate and community affairs executive
Former eBaypresident Jeff Skoll's Los Angeles-based production company ParticipantProductions has named Meredith Blake senior vice president of corporate andcommunity affairs.Blake, whopreviously served as chief executive officer of the domestic violence nonprofitorganisation Break The Cycle, will help define the company's social sectoraction campaigns around the company's projects."Integral to ourmandate to make ...
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In The Mood For Love
Dir: Wong Kar-Wai. Hong Kong. 2000. 90 mins.Prod Co: Block 2 Pictures Inc/Paradis-Orly Films. Int'l Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales. Prod/Scr: Wong Kar-Wai. DoPs: Christopher Doyle, Mark Li Ping Bing. Prod des/Ed: William Chang Suk-Ping. Mus: Michael Galasso. Main cast: Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Rebecca Pan, Lai Chen, Siu ...
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Former Wellspring executives form new sales outfit
Former Wellspring Mediaexecutives Michael Thornton and Sheri Levine will launch their worldwide salesand distribution company Forward Entertainment at Cannes and will be offeringthe documentary Unknown White Maleto international buyers.Rupert Murray's picturepremiered at Sundance and tells the remarkable story of a Briton in New Yorkwho during the course of several hours ...
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IFP/Los Angeles to rebrand as Film Independent
IFP/Los Angeleshas broken off from the IFP umbrella group and has relaunched as FilmIndependent [FIND], in a move that executive director Dawn Hudson said wouldallow the group to better serve its booming Southern California membership.FIND willcontinue to produce both the Independent Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles FilmFestival, and work ...
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Keaton, Armstrong to reteam on Gold Circle comedy
Diane Keaton anddirector Gillian Armstrong are attached to team up on Gold Circle Films'romantic comedy Because I Said So, marking the first time the pair will have collaborated on filmsince the 1984 drama Mrs Soffel.Joe Drake'sMandate Pictures will begin selling international rights at Cannes under itssales arrangement with Gold Circle. ...