All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 78
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Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright goes with his gut for next films
Several weeks before Hot Fuzz's now-successful launch, Edgar Wright seemedremarkably relaxed for someone on the verge of unleashing the much-anticipated follow-up to 2004's Shaun Of The Dead. It is not only fans, but also the industry waiting to see if the new film can match the runaway success of the ...
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The Works books Venus into more territories
UK-based sales company The Works International has started the EFM with several new sales on Roger Michell's Bafta- and Oscar-nominated Venus starring Leslie Phillips and Peter O'Toole.The latest deals are to Hexagon for Japan, Ecofilmes for Portugal, Ster-Kinekor for South Africa, Cine Video y TV for Mexico, MC Films for ...
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ContentFilm on board for William H Macy's directorial debut
William H Macy will make his directorial debut with Keep Coming Back, to star Salma Hayek, Mos Def, Steve Buscemi and Macy himself. ContentFilm International has international sales rights, with CAA handling North America. Rachel Rothman, Tucker Tooley and Dan Keston are producing. The coming-of-age story, written by Will Aldis, ...
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Optimum picks up Rocket Science
Optimum has taken UK rights to Jeffrey Blitz's Rocket Science, which won the Directing Award - Dramatic at Sundance 2007.Charles Schreger, president of programming sales for HBO Enterprises, struck the deal for the HBO Films project with Optimum's managing director Will Clarke.Spellbound director Blitz makes his fictional debut with the ...
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Ealing strikes European deals for Carmen Electra project
Ealing Studios International, the new sales arm of Ealing Studios, has licensed UK comedy I Want Candy in three key territories prior to the film's market premiere at the EFM. Square One Entertainment took German theatrical rights, while Revolutionary Releasing has taken rights for Eastern Europe excluding the CIS. Buena ...
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Schoukroun leaves Capitol for sister company THINKFilm
Eve Schoukroun will leave her post as head of sales at Capitol Films to become head of international for sister company THINKFilm International. Los Angeles-based entrepreneur David Bergstein acquired London-based Capitol in January 2006 and New York-based THINKFilm in October 2006, but the two companies have announced that they will ...
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Pan's Labyrinth takes top honours at new UK regional critics awards
Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth continues its winning streak as it won top honours of Film of the Year from the new UK Regional Critics Film Awards. Del Toro was also honoured as the group's Filmmaker of the Year. ''I'm delighted that Pan's Labyrinth has won Film of the Year ...
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Orange plans BAFTA red-carpet event hosted by Myleene Klass
BAFTA title sponsor Orange has announced plans for new red-carpet coverage to be broadcast to the Orange website and Orange mobile TV. Myleene Klass will host the red-carpet coverage starting at 4:30 pm on awards night, Feb 11. The one-hour special will be available at orange.co.uk/redcarpet and through Orange 3G ...
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InFrame on board for The Riddle starring Vinnie Jones
UK and US sales company InFrame, a division of Hollywood Classics, has picked up worldwide rights to the $5m thriller The Riddle and will start sales at Berlin's European Film Market. Brendan Foley wrote and directed the story of a journalist, a police press officer and a tramp who who ...
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Sky To Sponsor BAFTA party after Burberry pulls out
Sky has come on board as the sponsor of the first BAFTA Film Nominees Party, replacing Burberry which has withdrawn its sponsorship. Burberry pulled out to 'avoid embroiling BAFTA and its guests in threatened disruptive behaviour as part of campaigning against Burberry following its closure of its polo shirt factory ...
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Pirate DVD sellers arrested in East London
The UK's Federation Against Copyright Theft has announced that seven people have been arrested in Hackney, East London by police working with FACT, Hackney Council and the Immigration Service. The raid was conducted at a Tesco carpark, where five men and two women, all of Chinese origin, were arrested. More ...
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UK Film Council to handle Cultural Test applications as of April 1
As expected, the UK government has announced that the administration of the new cultural test to qualify for the new UK film fax relief will move from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to the UK Film Council. As of April 1, all Cultural Test applications will be assessed ...
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United Kingdom - Who's the daddy'
Eight months ago, Anand Tucker had every reason to be disillusioned with the movie business. He had been preparing New Line's fantasy epic The Golden Compass for 18 months and then left the project abruptly due to "creative differences".Producer Stephen Woolley immediately called to entice him on board And When ...
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United Kingdom - Banking on sales
Like many producers, Phil Hunt of Head Gear Films had ambitions to expand into other areas of the business. "I knew in-house sales was a good idea, it was just a question of finding the right people to partner with," Hunt says. "There aren't that many good sales agents out ...
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Walak promoted to head Momentum's acquisitions team
Following the sudden suspension of Xavier Marchand in January, Momentum Pictures has also announced changes to its acquisitions team ahead of Berlin. Richard Napper, the company's acting managing director, has promoted Robert Walak as the new head of acquisitions, with Louis Tisne serving as acquisitions manager and Nadia Ward named ...
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HanWay, Ecosse working with Jarrold for new Brideshead Revisited
HanWay Films has announced plans for a big-screen adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, to start shooting this spring. Kinky Boots and Becoming Jane director Julian Jarrold will direct from Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock's screenplay adapted from the Evelyn Waugh classic novel. Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae of Ecosse Films, who ...
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CineMart awards go to projects from Sweden, France and Philippines
As Rotterdam CineMart closed yesterday, the two Arte France Cinema Awards went to CineMart projects A Rational Solution, which Jorgen Bergmark is developing with Sweden 's Hepp Film, and Les Pieds Nus Sur Les Limaces, which Fabienne Berthaud is developing with France 's Agat Films & Cie. Each producer got ...
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RBS signs $350m financing pact with New Line
The Royal Bank of Scotland has closed a $350m film financing deal with New Line Cinema. The pact will provide co-financing for an estimated 20 New Line films during an approximately two-year period. The deal will include 2007 releases such as Hairspray, Rush Hour 3, and The Golden Compass as ...
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London Film Festival sets 2007 dates
The Times BFI London Film Festival has announced the dates for its 51st event, Oct 17- Nov 1, 2007. 'Whilst the Festival will present quality films which otherwise would not be seen in the UK, our autumn dates make us ideally positioned to premiere high profile quality titles due for ...
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Fox promotes key production and animation executives
Fox Filmed Entertainment has announced a number of promotions of key production executives, with Hutch Parker appointed vice chairman, to also oversee Fox Animation in addition to Twentieth Century Fox (TCF) Film Group. He had been president of Twentieth Century Fox since 2005 and joined Fox in 1995. Emma Watts ...