All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 89
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Pandora takes international Sayles rights from IFC
Pandora, the internationalsales arm of Gaylord Films, has acquired international sales rights to JohnSayles' latest film Casa De Los Babys from IFC Productions.Pandora's executivevice president of worldwide sales Shebnem Askin will show footage of the filmto buyers at Cannes next month; the film is being positioned for theVenice/Toronto festival season.Casa ...
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Holes
Dir: Andrew Davis. US. 2003. 118 mins. The second delivered film from Cary Granat's Anschutz-backed production outfit Walden Media (this time co-produced with Phoenix Pictures), Holes is that rare thing - a family film which treats its target young audience with respect and intelligence. Walden was formed in 2001 to ...
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Vajna and Kassar prepare fantasy trilogy for Sony Pictures
Andy Vajna andMario Kassar's C-2 Pictures, which produced one of the summer's mostanticipated pictures in Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, is preparing an epic fantasy trilogycalled Evermere whichhas landed at Sony Pictures. Describing the project as "Lord of The Rings meets Harry Potter," Vajna told Screen that he thought ...
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What A Girl Wants
Dir: Dennie Gordon. US. 2003. 95mins. Although the trailers made it look like another trashy teen flick, What A Girl Wants surprisingly possesses a degree of class. The fairy-tale story of a Brooklyn teenager who runs away to England to discover her aristocratic dad recalls Disney smash The Princess Diaries ...
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Lorie, Vasquez get promotions in international publicity at New Line
New Line Cinemahas promoted Tracy Lorie to senior vice president, international publicity, andTrish Vasquez to director, international publicity, at the company. Inaddition, Kristi Foreman has joined the international publicity team asmanager, international publicity.The promotions come in thewake of New Line's biggest ever year in international markets with a gross ofover ...
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Neal Block leaves IDP for theatrical distribution at Palm
Neal Block hasjoined Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures as manager of theatrical distribution toserve the company's newly busy domestic theatrical department.Block will beresponsible for all theatrical sales and exhibitor relations for upcoming Palmreleases. Reporting directly to Ryan Werner, head of theatrical distribution,he will also work with the film team on an ...
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Miami Lesbian & Gay Fest showcases best of queer international cinema
Mark Rucker'sSundance competition entry Die Mommie Die has been named the opening night film of the fifth annualMiami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival which takes place from April 25 to May 4.Richard Day's GirlsWill Be Girls, whichalso played in the Sundance Film Festival, will the centerpiece gala screening,while Brad Fraser's ...
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Cannes Market adds shorts programme, video library, digital facilities
The CannesMarket has introduced three new initiatives for this year's event being heldconcurrent with the film festival May 14 to 24.- A videolibrary will be launched for buyers to view recent films on VHS and DVD to beopen from 9am to 10pm. Located in the Palais des Festivals, level 01, ...
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Anger Management
Dir: Peter Segal. US. 2003. There are some films in which the teaming of two stars is so enticing that critical appraisal of the film which goes on around them is almost moot. Anger Management - which brings Adam Sandler together with Jack Nicholson - is one such film. Critical ...
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ICM to open new UK literary division in London
International CreativeManagement (ICM), the LA talent agency is opening a new London office calledICM Books to be based in Soho Square. Not to be confused with the UK agency runby Duncan Heath, the new division of the Hollywood agency is designed to buildon its reach in the New York book ...
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The Core
Dir: Jon Amiel. US. 2003. 136 mins. This end-of-the-world action opus is an efficiently executed but unexceptional popcorn flick, which will fail by a long way to produce the big box office numbers its studio maker Paramount Pictures designed it to. The Core's biggest problem is that it falls squarely ...
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Franchise, Warner land Monkeyface
ElieSamaha's Franchise Pictures has signed on to finance the $52m heistthriller Monkeyfaceto star Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones and to be directed by StephenFrears. Laura Bickford and Mark Shorrock are producing the film which will be distributedin North America by Warner Bros per its distribution agreement with Franchise.The deal comesjust ...
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Film-maker partners with HBO, Magnolia on US release of Friedmans
Capturing TheFriedmans, AndrewJarecki's galvanizing documentary which was the talk of this year'sSundance Film Festival and winner of its documentary grand jury prize, will bereleased in US theatres in a three-way partnership between Jarecki himself,Eamonn Bowles' Magnolia Pictures and HBO Documentary Films. The team hasopted for an exclusive run in New ...
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Momentum, Bac lead charge for The Statement
Summit Entertainment hasconcluded a host of sales deals on Norman Jewison's The Statement which started principal photography on Monday inParis and Marseilles. Momentum Pictures acquiredUK rights, Bac Films took France, Gussi bought the film for Latin America,Filmax for Spain, Nordisk for Scandinavia, Columbia TriStar for Australia,Video Vision for South Africa, ...
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View From The Top
Dir: Bruno Barreto. US. 2003. 87mins.Not the absolute disaster many had anticipated, this long-delayed star-studded comedy should overcome its numerous artistic failings and produce some decent numbers on theatrical release around the world. Certainly its $7m opening from 2,508 sites in North America was nothing to be ashamed of, and ...
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Malaysia bans Ghobadi's Marooned In Iraq
The Malaysian censorshipboard, Censorship Film Malaysia, has banned the local release of Marooned InIraq, Bahman Ghobadi'sacclaimed drama which details the impact of Saddam Hussein's devastatingchemical attacks on the Iraqi Kurds.A personal film retitledfrom Cannes 2002 where it played in Un Certain Regard as Songs From MyHomeland, Marooned In Iraq follows ...
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Former Catch 23 president Barber joins UTA
Jeremy Barber,the former president of Catch 23 Entertainment, has joined United Talent Agencyas an agent in the motion picture department.Barber, awell-known face on the international festival circuit, will focus onrepresenting film-makers as well as packaging and financing in the independentfilm area. He will work with Howard Cohen, head of UTA's ...
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French film festival in Los Angeles opens with 24 Hours
The annual CityOf Lights, City Of Angels Film Festival in Los Angeles has unveiled its lineupof 11 new French films which will screen from April 8 to 12. The festival,which is supported by L'ARP, Directors Guild Of America, Film & TVDepartment of the French Embassy, SACEM, Unifrance and Writers Guild ...
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Wolf and Bosch join HBO as co-heads of London film sales outfit
US cable giantHBO and its film production arm HBO Films have formed a new London-basedinternational sales and distribution outfit HBO Films London under theatricalsales veterans Penny Wolf and Rosa Bosch. Wolf and Bosch will be co-managingdirectors of the new division which will continue a theatrical sales push intoall territories for ...
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Dans Ma Peau gets into the US via Wellspring
New York-based independentWellspring has acquired US rights to Dans Ma Peau, the controversial directorial debut of Marina deVan which world premiered at last year's San Sebastian Film Festival.De Van, who co-wrote 8Women and Under The Sand with Francois Ozon and starred in his films Sitcom and See The Sea, also ...