All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 87

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    Alliance Atlantis picks up international to Milwaukee

    2003-05-16T04:00:00Z

    Alliance Atlantis has acquired international rights to Cannes Critics Week entry Milwaukee, Minnesota which was the closing night film of the Slamdance Film Festival. The film, which stars Troy Garity, Alison Folland, Bruce Dern, Hank Harris, Debra Monk and Randy Quaid, is about a man who can hear fish talking ...

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    UA pulled in by Green's Undertow

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    United Artists has acquired rights in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and South Africa to David Gordon Green's next film The Undertow which is being sold here by Content International. Gordon Green is the acclaimed young film-maker behind George Washington and All The Real Girls.UA president Bingham Ray ...

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    UA pulled in by Green's Undertow

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    United Artists has acquired rights in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and South Africa to David Gordon Green's next film The Undertow which is being sold here by Content International. Gordon Green is the acclaimed young film-maker behind George Washington and All The Real Girls.UA president Bingham Ray ...

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    Curb involved in Merchant Ivory threesome

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Curb Entertainment has taken on international sales excluding France, Italy and the UK to Merci Docteur Rey, a completed production from Merchant Ivory Productions in association with Eat Your Soup Productions. The film, which screened recently at the Festival du Film de Paris, was written and directed by Andrew Litvack.Dianne ...

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    Miner tapped by Davis for $15m horror

    2003-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Steve Miner has been set as the director for Black Sky, the $15m horror movie available here from Chris Davis International. Miner's many credits include Halloween H20, Lake Placid and two Friday The 13th movies. The effects-heavy picture, which starts production in California and Canada in late summer, tells the ...

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    Idle spoofs Merchant Ivory with Remains Of The Piano

    2003-05-15T04:05:00Z

    The prolific Stratus Film Co is to fully finance Remains Of The Piano, a spoof of Merchant Ivory costume dramas which has been written and will be directed by Eric Idle, his first film as director since The Ruttles in 1978. Capitol Films is selling the film in Cannes, with ...

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    Idle spoofs Merchant Ivory with Remains Of The Piano

    2003-05-15T04:05:00Z

    The prolific Stratus Film Co is to fully finance Remains Of The Piano, a spoof of Merchant Ivory costume dramas which has been written and will be directed by Eric Idle, his first film as director since The Ruttles in 1978. Capitol Films is selling the film in Cannes, with ...

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    Intermedia benefits from cost-cutting, eyes T4

    2003-05-15T04:05:00Z

    IM Internationalmedia AG, the corporate parent of Intermedia, has announced its second consecutive positive quarterly result - scoring EBITA of Euros 4.3m for the first quarter 2003 as compared to a negative Euros 5.4m in the first quarter of 2002. The results come just as Intermedia prepares to launch its ...

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    Intermedia benefits from cost-cutting, eyes T4

    2003-05-15T04:05:00Z

    IM Internationalmedia AG, the corporate parent of Intermedia, has announced its second consecutive positive quarterly result - scoring EBITA of Euros 4.3m for the first quarter 2003 as compared to a negative Euros 5.4m in the first quarter of 2002. The results come just as Intermedia prepares to launch its ...

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    Travolta joins The Punisher

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    John Travolta has joined Thomas Jane in the cast of The Punisher, the latest actioner from a Marvel Comics character which is being produced by Artisan Pictures and Marvel Studios and sold here by Summit Entertainment.Travolta will play the lead villain in the film Howard Saint, a man involved in ...

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    Travolta joins The Punisher

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    John Travolta has joined Thomas Jane in the cast of The Punisher, the latest actioner from a Marvel Comics character which is being produced by Artisan Pictures and Marvel Studios and sold here by Summit Entertainment.Travolta will play the lead villain in the film Howard Saint, a man involved in ...

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    First Look Thais up Tesseract

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    First Look Media has acquired worldwide rights excluding Japan and Thailand to Oxide Pang's The Tesseract, an English-language thriller based on Alex (The Beach) Garland's bestselling novel starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Saskia Reeves and Thai child actor Alexander Rendel.First Look has also acquired worldwide rights to Simon De Selva's Lethal ...

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    IEG wed to Thurman comedy

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) has agreed to fully finance The Accidental Husband which IEG's Graham King will produce with the film's star Uma Thurman and Jason Blum. Thurman is joined by Brendan Fraser in the romantic comedy which will be directed by Hugh Wilson (The First Wives Club).IEG is handling ...

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    Cold War drama defects to Lions Gate

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Lions Gate Films has bought US rights to Marek Kanievska's A Different Loyalty starring Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett which began shooting last month in Montreal. The film which is sold here by Arclight Films will move to locations in London, Malta and Moscow during its shoot.The film is set ...

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    Summit severs Artisan ties

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Summit Entertainment has reclaimed the 5% stake it sold to Artisan Entertainment in 1998 as part of the two companies' initial international distribution agreement. The companies last month renewed their five year agreement from 2003 to 2005 kicking off with Marvel Studios' actioner The Punisher starring Thomas Jane and John ...

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    Menemsha flies to Argentinian Moon

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has boarded Avellaneda's Moon, the next film from Son Of The Bride team of Juan Jose Campanella and star Ricardo Darin. Menemsha is pre-selling the Argentinian film in Cannes, the first time that it has done so, based on the film-maker's pedigree.Son Of The Bride has ...

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    Menemsha flies to Argentinian Moon

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has boarded Avellaneda's Moon, the next film from Son Of The Bride team of Juan Jose Campanella and star Ricardo Darin. Menemsha is pre-selling the Argentinian film in Cannes, the first time that it has done so, based on the film-maker's pedigree.Son Of The Bride has ...

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    Poirier, Rashid boost Alliance Atlantis slate

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Alliance Atlantis has acquired international rights to two new films - That Touch Of Pink, which is the feature directorial debut of Ian Iqbal Rashid, and Chemins de Traverse which is the latest from acclaimed French director Manuel Poirier (Western).Both films were picked up by Charlotte Mickie, Alliance Atlantis' international ...

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    Poirier, Rashid boost Alliance Atlantis slate

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Alliance Atlantis has acquired international rights to two new films - That Touch Of Pink, which is the feature directorial debut of Ian Iqbal Rashid, and Chemins de Traverse which is the latest from acclaimed French director Manuel Poirier (Western).Both films were picked up by Charlotte Mickie, Alliance Atlantis' international ...

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    Shoreline launches Riptide horror division

    2003-05-14T04:05:00Z

    Shoreline Entertainment CEO Morris Ruskin has teamed up with former advertising executive Steve Chicorel to form Riptide Entertainment, a new division of horror and action films for worldwide sales.The first two films from Riptide are based on the Judge Dredd comic book series about law enforcement in an apocalyptic future ...