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Robinov promoted at Warner Bros to oversee marketing, distribution
Jeff Robinov has been named president of the newly formed Warner Bros Pictures Group, a streamlined production operation that encompasses the studio's worldwide production, marketing and distribution units as well as Warner Independent Pictures.Robinov will assume his new post in January 2008 following the announcement by Warner Bros president and ...
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Piche begins principal photography on Nothing Really Matters
Jean-Marc Piche has begun principal photography on his entirely self-financed film Nothing Really Matters, a black comedy starring Yannick Bisson, Pascale Bussieres, Kenneth Welsh and Canadian musician Gord Downie, lead singer and composer of The Tragically Hip. Written by Piche and Catlin Stothers, the film shoots in Toronto through December ...
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Leomax buys North American rights to Norway's Cold Prey
Leomax Entertainment has picked up North American rights from Sweden's AB Svensk Filmindustri to the Norwegian psychological horror title Cold Prey.Leomax' first acquisition will be released in the US and Canada through Anchor Bay Entertainment via Leomax's genre label Indigomotion.Roar Uthaug makes his feature directorial debut on the tale of ...
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Some Enchanted opening for Disney with $50m in five days
Buena Vista's fairy tale Enchanted stormed to the top of the charts over Thanksgiving weekend on an estimated $35.3m from three days and $50m from five.Amy Adams stars as a fairy tale princess who is thrust into that also stars Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden and Susan Sarandon.This was the second ...
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Warner's Beowulf rules the roost at international box office
Once again Beowulf ruled the waves as the animated ancient English adventure story grossed an estimated $26m through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) from more than 5,400 prints in 43 markets for $48.5m.The film ranked number one in approximately 20 of its new 23 markets this weekend, fired up by ...
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Jellyfish wins top prize at Argentina's San Luis festival
Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret's Jellyfish won the Golden Puntano prize for best film at San Luis International Film Festival first edition, which closed on Sunday in the small and prosperous city located 800 km far from Buenos Aires.The Israeli-French co-production, which won the Camera d'Or at this year's Cannes ...
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Sundance Documentary Programme gives $750,000 in grants
Thirty feature projects will receive a record number of financial grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program amounting to almost $750,000.Sundance Institute Documentary Fund administrators scrutinsed 300 applications from more than 25 countries and announced the chosen titles on November 21.The line-up, which programme director Cara Mertes described an ...
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Look
Dir: Adam Rifkin. US. 2007. 102 mins.Shot to give the impression its action was entirely captured by the surveillance cameras that are becoming ever present in modern life, Look is a cleverly made curio that's as entertainingly watchable as the soaps and tabloid TV shows it often resembles. Whether its ...
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Beowulf to reign over international box office for second weekend
Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) Beowulf ruled the roost last weekend and should do the same this weekend as it goes out in France and Belgium on November 21, Russia and Holland on November 22 and Spain on November 23. It has so far taken $17.3mLatest figures put The Brave ...
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Hitman
Dir: Xavier Gens. US. 2007. 100mins.In the annals of renowned cinematic assassins, Jason Bourne needn't fear any challenge to his legacy from Agent 47, the bald-headed killing machine of Hitman. Though stylish shot and occasionally exciting in its frenetically-edited action sequences, this adaptation of the popular video game can only ...
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Central Partnership sells Revenge, Wolfhound to Weinstein Company
Russian sales company Central Partnership has struck a number of deals in the wake of the American Film Market earlier this month. Titles that have lured buyers include thrillers Revenge and fantasy epic Wolfhound, already a substantial box-office hit in Russia. Revenge has been sold to North America/UK/Australia/New Zealand and ...
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High Point sells Storm Force to MTI for North America
High Point Television, a division of UK-based sales company High Point Media Group, has sold the North American TV and video rights for Storm Force to MTI.The Belgian helicopter-rescue action film, starring Kevin Janssen, is produced by Peter Bouckaert of MMG Film & Television. High Point also sold the film ...
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Warner Bros takes worldwide rights to Jeunet's Micmacs A Tire-Larigot
Warner Bros France will distribute Tapioca Films and Epithete Films' Micmacs A Tire-Larigot to be directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.The film will take a satirical look at the world of arms dealers and will be co-written by Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant, with whom Jeunet collaborated on Amelie and A Very Long ...
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Montreal's Delphis picks up sales rights to Christmas Story
Montreal-based sales company Deplhis Films has picked up world rights on Juha Wuolijoki's recent Finnish hit Christmas Story. The film opened in Finland November 16 through Sandrew Metronome with nearly 22,000 admissions on 60 prints to knock Ratatouille from the top position at the local box office. Delphis will introduce ...
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Medusa makes strides with Bahamas and Come Tu Mi Vuoi
Italian distributor Medusa Film made a solid imprint on the international top 40 this weekend with two films - Matrimonio Alle Bahamas and Come Tu Mi Vuoi - generating more than $7m and accounting for 5.2% of the chart's total revenue. For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, ...
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Sony Classics to distribute Menzel's King Of England in North America
Sony Pictures Classics will distribute Jiri Menzel's I Served The King Of England in North America. The deal was signed at AFM, according to the film's Czech producer AQS. The film is the Czech Republic's submission for foreign-language Oscar consideration. 'We are very proud to have as our American distributors ...
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Robin Hardy plans March 2008 shoot for Cowboys For Christ
Los Angeles-based Fantastic Films International has come on board for worldwide sales for Cowboys For Christ, written and directed by Robin Hardy. Hardy, known for directing 1973's The Wicker Man, also wrote the book of the same name. Cowboys For Christ will start shooting in March 2008 around Dumfries, Scotland. ...
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Corsan starts Canadian shoot for Breuls' directorial debut
Director Paul Breuls has started production on The Hessen Affair, a WWII-era thriller starring Billy Zane, Lyne Renee, Michael Bowen and Noah Segan.Corsan, the Belgian company Breuls runs, is producing with Phyllis Laing's Buffalo Gal Pictures co-producing. Corsan is also handling international sales.Nicholas Meyer and Ronald Roose wrote the screenplay, ...
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Focus Features International scores big in Japan at AFM
Focus Features International chief Alison Thompson hailed a resurgent Japanese buying contingent at AFM as she announced key sales following the market earlier this month.'As far as we're concerned Japan is back in action,' Thompson said. 'We really did have an extremely good AFM. It was substantially better than last ...