All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 88
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Young Hannibal Lecter joins Dino-sized slate
The grandfather of international sales Dino De Laurentiis arrives in Cannes next Tuesday (May 19) with seven major territories to sell on his $150m Alexander The Great epic as well as a brand new Hannibal Lecter project currently being plotted by Lecter's creator Thomas Harris.The Lecter Variation, which is being ...
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Young Hannibal Lecter joins Dino-sized slate
The grandfather of international sales Dino De Laurentiis arrives in Cannes next Tuesday (May 19) with seven major territories to sell on his $150m Alexander The Great epic as well as a brand new Hannibal Lecter project currently being plotted by Lecter's creator Thomas Harris.The Lecter Variation, which is being ...
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Senator closes Grudge sales
Senator International has closed a slew of deals leading into Cannes on The Grudge, the English-language remake of the hit Japanese film Ju-on. The film has been sold to Nippon Herald for Japan, Planeta for Spain, I Vision for South Korea and A Film for Benelux.Takashi Shimizu, who directed the ...
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Senator closes Grudge sales
Senator International has closed a slew of deals leading into Cannes on The Grudge, the English-language remake of the hit Japanese film Ju-on. The film has been sold to Nippon Herald for Japan, Planeta for Spain, I Vision for South Korea and A Film for Benelux.Takashi Shimizu, who directed the ...
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Vapor rises with Bullock, Fiennes
Buyers are abuzz at the casting attachments of Sandra Bullock and Ralph Fiennes to Renaissance Films' romantic fable Vapor which has been written and will be directed by Neil LaBute. Set to start production in the second half of the year, the film is the story of a struggling actress ...
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Vapor rises with Bullock, Feinnes
Buyers are abuzz at the casting attachments of Sandra Bullock and Ralph Fiennes to Renaissance Films' romantic fable Vapor which has been written and will be directed by Neil LaBute. Set to start production in the second half of the year, the film is the story of a struggling actress ...
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Sundance in Bed with Lions Gate comedy
Lions Gate Films International has sold US rights to Spanish comedy The Other Side Of The Bed to The Sundance Channel for theatrical release as part of its Sundance Film Series. The film, which marks the first ever US deal for Lions Gate International outside its domestic sister operation, rounds ...
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Shochiku flies with Scorsese's Aviator
Japan's Shochiku has stepped in as the first distributor to buy Martin Scorsese's The Aviator from Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group (IEG). IEG is producing as well as handling international sales on the film which is set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Barry Pepper. Nicole Kidman, who was attached to ...
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Shochiku flies with Scorsese's Aviator
Japan's Shockiku has stepped in as the first distributor to buy Martin Scorsese's The Aviator from Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group (IEG). IEG is producing as well as handling international sales on the film which is set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Barry Pepper. Nicole Kidman, who was attached to ...
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Shochiku flies with Scorsese's Aviator
Japan's Shochiku has stepped in as the first distributor to buy Martin Scorsese's The Aviator from Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group (IEG). IEG is producing as well as handling international sales on the film which is set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Barry Pepper. Nicole Kidman, who was attached to ...
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The Matrix Reloaded
Dir: The Wachowski Brothers. US. 2003. 138 mins.If The Matrix (1999) remains memorable for its elegant visuals, ingenious story and cool humour, its sequel Reloaded is a case of system overload. Faced with the challenge of crafting back-to-back sequels (part III Revolutions is due in November), the mysterious and ...
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New Line takes domestic on romantic comedy Laws
New Line Cinemahas acquired North American distribution rights to the romantic comedy LawsOf Attraction starringPierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore which is scheduled to go into production inDublin and New York on June 16, 2003.The studio beatout other studios including MGM, Paramount and Disney to the film which isproduced by Deep ...
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Malaysian censors change their minds on Iraq
The MalaysianCensor Board, Censorship Film Malaysia, has overturned its previous ruling toban Bahman Ghobadi's Marooned In Iraq. The board originally informeddistributor Sureya Film at the end of March that the film promoted the image ofSaddam Hussein as "inhumane" and would be damaging to relationsbetween Malaysia and Iraq and Iran.The ruling ...
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Lot 47's Williams partners up with Vanco at Cowboy
Greg Williams, CEO of Lot 47Films, is to join John Vanco as a partner in Cowboy Pictures. He brings VickiLoughery and Rick Thiedig with him from Lot 47. Williams will retain thelabel of Lot 47 Films and continue to exploit its library's ancillary rights.Williams and his team are in the ...
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Renaissance takes on We Don't Live Here Anymore
London-based RenaissanceFilms is to handle international sales on We Don't Live Here Anymore, an intense drama currently shooting in Vancouverstarring Naomi Watts, Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern and Peter Krause.The film, formerly known as Anymore, is based on short stories by Andre Dubus, whoseshort story Killings was filmedas hit independent In ...
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Pathe steps up for Oliver Stone's Alexander
France's Pathe hasboarded Oliver Stone's historical epic Alexander as a co-production partner and will handledistribution rights in France and Benelux. The film, which is beingfinanced by Intermedia and stars Colin Farrell, is scheduled to start shootingin the summer and is being structured as a UK-France-Germany co-production.Warner Bros has domesticrights to ...
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Chris Davis International takes on ACG library
American Cinema Group (ACG)has appointed Chris Davis International (CDI) the exclusive worldwidedistributor in all media for the ACG library which includes Go Tell TheSpartans and A Force Of One.CDI will be licensing video,DVD and internet rights to the titles at Cannes next month and ACG'ssenior vice president, worldwide marketing, Eric ...
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X2: X-Men United
X2: X-MEN UNITEDMike Goodridge in Los AngelesDir: Bryan Singer. US. 2003. 135mins.Bryan Singer lifts the X-Men franchise out of the formulaic superhero realm in his rip-roaring sequel which, having had the scene set for it so efficiently by the 2000 smash original, is as subversive and sophisticated as any summer ...
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Warner, Pandora team to distribute A Home At The End Of The World
Warner Bros Pictures willhandle domestic rights and Pandora will handle international sales on A HomeAt The End Of The World, the secondfilm to be made from a novel by Michael Cunningham (The Hours) which is currently in production in Toronto, NewYork and Arizona. The film, which stars ColinFarrell, Robin Wright ...
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Menemsha takes world rights to Czech hit Pupendo
Neil Friedman'sLA-based sales agency Menemsha Films has picked up Pupendo, the latest film from Jan Hrebejk who directedMenemsha's previous Oscar-nominated hit Divided We Fall. Pupendois a huge hit in the Czech Republic and is on course to surpass previouschampions Kolya and Dark BlueWorld from Jan Sverak.The film won the best ...