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Academy changes rules to allow for more than three producers
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has adjusted the rules for the best picture Oscar in advance of next year's 80th annual ceremony. Following the controversy of Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa being removed from the nomination list of last year's Little Miss Sunshine, the Academy has now ...
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Mumbai's Yashraj pacts with Walt Disney Animation
Leading Mumbai-based movie studio, Yashraj Films, has announced a 50-50 alliance with Walt Disney Animation.'We've tied up with Walt Disney to make exclusive animation films. The first, Roadside Romeo, would be released in summer 2008 and will have its share of music, dance, songs and romance,' said producer-director Yash Chopra, ...
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Cast lines up for Cattaneo's Rocker at Fox Atomic
Christina Applegate has joined Rainn Wilson and Josh Gad on the cast of Peter Cattaneo's comedy The Rocker for Fox Atomic.Jeff Garlin, Emma Stone, musician and actor Teddy Geiger, Jane Lynch and Demetri Martin have also boarded the project, which is set to begin principal photography on Jun 18 in ...
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First Run acquires North American rights to For The Bible Tells Me So
First Run Features has acquired North American rights to Daniel Karslake's documentary For The Bible Tells Me So, which received its world premiere at Sundance.First Run Features plans an October theatrical release on the film, which reconciles homosexuality with the traditional reading of scripture through the personal stories of the ...
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Abaunza, Schwarz join Participant in social action campaign department
Bonnie Abaunza and Liana Schwarz have joined Participant Productions as vice presidents of social action campaign development and operations.Abaunza and Schwarz will be responsible for the conception, development and execution of individual social action campaigns for each Participant film.They will source non-governmental organisations and non-profit partners for specific campaigns, and ...
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Tribeca prize winner We Are Together partners with ONE Campaign
Documentary We Are Together (Thina Simunye), which won prizes at IDFA and Tribeca, is working with the ONE Campaign to promote the film in the US. The film is already partnered with Alicia Keys' charity Keep A Child Alive and now is also working with Bono's ONE organisation, which fights ...
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Joost adds short film channel Movieola to line-up
Internet television service Joost has added Canadian short film channel Movieola to its content mix. A unit of Toronto-based Channel Zero, a specialty digital broadcaster, Movieola currently has over 1m subscribers in Canada. The Joost platform uses secure P2P streaming technology to deliver more than 150 channels via broadband. Joost ...
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London Film School to celebrate 50th anniversary in LA
The London Film School (LFS) is celebrating 50th anniversary with a screening and reception at Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles on Jun 22.The London Film School is calling on all US-based alumni to attend and is asking former graduates who have not received an invitation to email their contact ...
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Justine Gibbs dies in Los Angeles after long battle with cancer
Justine Gibbs, who worked in the entertainment industry for nearly 50 years, died at her Los Angeles home on Jun 6 following a lengthy battle against breast cancer.Gibbs was known for her wit and generosity, traits that burned bright throughout a career that began at Rank Leisure Organisation in 1958.She ...
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Connelly, Bettany reunite on screen for horror film Born
Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany will star in the psychological horror film Born, their first on-screen coupling since 2001's A Beautiful Mind.Guillermo del Toro will produce the ClearVision Media Production Group (CMPG) and Chiodo Brothers Productions project, which is set to begin shooting in mid-August in the UK.Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd ...
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Gen Art Chicago Film Festival launches with Broken
The inaugural Gen Art Chicago Film Festival will take place from Jun 26-30 and will open with Alan White's psychodrama Broken starring Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto and Linda Hamilton, and close with the drama Numb starring Matthew Perry and Lynn Collins.Screenings include the Sundance hit Joshua starring Sam Rockwell, Vera ...
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Langella, Gould to start shooting On The Hook next week
Principal photography will begin next week in New York on the noir thriller On The Hook starring Frank Langella, Elliott Gould and Laura Harring.Richard Ledes is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Alan Didier-Weill, with Belladonna Productions' Linda Moran and Rene Bastian serving as producers.Langella, hot off a Tony ...
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10 films selected for IFP Narrative Rough Cut Lab
IFP has selected the 10 films for its third annual Narrative Rough Cut Lab, a national programme connecting mentors and projects by first-time feature film-makers before they are submitted to festivals.This year's slightly longer lab has moved up the calendar by three months and takes place in New York City ...
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Film music agency Gorfaine/Schwartz, IMG Artists team up
Film and television music agency The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency andperforming arts management and booking company IMG Artists are teamingup to create a broader platform for their artists.The partners will explore multimedia live events and collaborationsbetween clients culled from a combined roster that includes JohnWilliams, The Bolshoi Ballet, Hans Zimmer, James Galway, ...
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Roadside Attractions buys worldwide rights to Starting Out
Roadside Attractions has acquired worldwide rights to Starting Out In The Evening starring Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor and Adrian Lester.Andrew Wagner directed from a screenplay he adapted with Fred Parness from Brian Morton's novel about a former literary giant whose life of solitude is shaken up by a ...
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Russian action star Nevsky launches LA production outfit
Russian action star and producer Alexander Nevsky is opening his own production outfit Hollywood Storm in Los Angeles. The move is directly inspired by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to boost film production in the state.Nevsky's previous films Moscow Heat and Treasure Raiders were both produced entirely in Russia in ...
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Bill Murray joins the cast of City Of Ember
Bill Murray has joined the cast of Walden Media and Playtone Productions' City Of Ember and will play the larger-than-life Mayor of Ember in the adaptation of Jeanne Duprau's children's fantasy novel.Toby Jones, who appeared in Walden's first quarter release Amazing Grace, has been cast as the Mayor's right-hand man, ...
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Sony begins production on second local production in Mexico
Sony's local language production venture, Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico, is commencing production on its second feature, the comedy Casi Divas (Road To Fame).Issa Lopez who previously directed Efectos Secundarios and wrote the screenplay for the company's first production Ninas Mal (Charm School), will direct.The story is based on an idea ...
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Ocean's, Shrek sequels raise stakes at international box office
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End remained the undisputed box office champion for the third consecutive weekend as an estimated $51.3m raised the tally to $493.5m.The high seas adventure is now Buena Vista International's third biggest release behind Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Finding Nemo, and ...
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GFI gives completion funding grants to six projects
The Global Film Initiative (GFI) has awarded completion funding grants to six film-makers to help with post-production and editing costs.The six projects were selected from 34 applications from 21 countries. Since its inception in 2002, GFI has awarded more than 50 grants to emerging and established film-makers from Africa, Asia, ...