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Paramount renews German fund ties
US studio Paramount Pictures is once again set to tap into German private equity to bankroll its films.German fund specialist Alcas has launched the MMDP Munich Movie Development & Production fund - which is expected to raise at least Euros 75m - to back two Paramount films.Alcas has worked with ...
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Spain's BocaBoca restructures with Lekhal appointment
Spanish production house BocaBoca has appointed Waheb Lekhal its new general manager to work alongside president Cesar Benitez.Also as part of the company's restructuring, former international sales chief Mercedes Borruel will leave her post while BocaBoca product, with exceptions, will now be pumped through sales consortium Grupo PI. That includes ...
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Lions Gate swallows Artisan to create indie giant
Lions GateEntertainment has agreed to buy Artisan Entertainment for $160m plus assumptionof Artisan debt believed to be up to $85m, bringing to an end an auctionprocess that has lasted five months.The deal - whichis subject to anti-trust regulatory approval and is expected to be completed bythe end of the year ...
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UK film industry exports slip back
UK film product's net surplus fell 23% last year to £187m, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics.Exports fell from £700 million in 2001 to £657 million, while imports rose slightly from £456 million in 2001 to £470 million.But the figures still left the film industry with ...
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France, Germany mull closer co-operation
Closer co-operation between Germany and France in the fields of film financing, production and distribution will be on the agenda of the first German-French Film Rendezvous to be held in France's Lyons from November 3-4.Among key players from the two countries set to speak in a series of roundtable discussions ...
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Moviehouse takes on ivans xtc sales
London-based sales company Moviehouse Entertainment has picked up international rights to ivans xtc, the edgy tale of a fast-rising Hollywood agent from Candyman director Bernard Rose.Moviehouse will launch the film at MIFED, where it will also screen recently completed Blind Flight following its world premiere at the London Film Festival. ...
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Oz cinemagoing habits revealed by new research
New research indicates that 70% of all Australians aged 18 years and over, or about 12.8m people, go to the cinema at least once a year. Over a half (56%) go more than five times and almost a quarter (23%) go more than 10 times.The research is part of a ...
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Bad Boys 2 steals another $6m for CTFDI over weekend
Bad Boys 2 grossed $6m over the weekend to raiseits international running total to $109.8m.The actionsequel, which was released by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International(CTFDI), added $1.9m from 646 screens in its third weekend in France, dropping33% for $10.1m and second place.In Germany inits fourth weekend it added $1.2m from ...
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Disney signs Brother Bear film-makers to their next film
The threefilm-makers behind Buena Vista's animated feature Brother Bear, which grossed $18.5m at the weekend(Oct 31-Nov 2), have signed a deal to make their next feature for Walt DisneyFeature Animation.Directors AaronBlaise and Robert Walker and producer Chuck Williams will reprise their roleson an unspecified project for the studio. All three ...
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UGC to invest $300m in European cinema expansion
France's UGC Cinemas, the new owner of Virgin's UK cinema circuit, has pledged $300m to expand its cinema network across Europe.The French exhibition giant, which spent $343m (£215m) to acquire Virgin's 36 UK sites last October, plans to invest more than $80m (£50m) to build eight new UK cinemas - ...
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Scary Movie 3 takes crown for second weekend
Dimension's ScaryMovie 3 used theHalloween weekend to shore up some more good business as it added an estimated$21.1m in its second weekend to raise its running total to $78.6m.The horror spoofwas too much for the competition, although Buena Vista's Brother Bear came close on $18.5m after expandingfrom two to 3,030 ...
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Boll buys film rights to Dungeon Siege game
Germanproduction company Boll KG has acquired theatrical and related merchandiserights to the fantasy video game Dungeon Siege from Gas Powered Games.Executiveproducer and director Uwe Boll expects to begin filming toward the end of 2004and said the budget will be in the $50m range. Dan Sales' Interactive FilmSales International owns foreign ...
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here! gets domestic rights to Dutch camp classic Yes Nurse, No Nurse!
here! Films hasacquired North American rights to Peter Kramer's Dutch musical comedy Yes,Nurse No Nurse!Executive vice president of distribution and acquisitionsMark Reinhart acquired the rights from Fortissimo Films.Based on a Dutch1960s television show, the story centres on a group of eccentric residents atan Amsterdam rest home and the miserly landlord ...
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International rights to Prey go to Dream
LosAngeles-based production and international sales company Dream Entertainmenthas acquired all international rights to Alex Steyermark's directorial debut PreyFor Rock N Roll and willpremiere the drama at MIFED.Nadine de Barros, Dream's vice president of sales andacquisitions, negotiated the rights deal with Cinetic Media's Matt Littinrepresenting the film's producers Donovan Mannato, Gina ...
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Beatty, De Laurentiis, Cameron get honours at 2003 PGA Awards
Warren Beatty will receive the Milestone Award, Dino De Laurentiisthe David O Selznick Achievement Award Theatrical Motion Pictures and JamesCameron the Vanguard Award at the upcoming 15th Annual Producers Guild ofAmerica (PGA) Awards in Los Angeles on Jan 15 2004.Previous recipients of the Milestone Award - the PGA's mostprestigious honour ...
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Arclight takes on hot ensemble pic for MIFED
Sydney- andLA-based Arclight Films has acquired international rights to ensemble crimedrama Crash featuringHeath Ledger, Brendan Fraser, Eva Mendes, DonCheadle, Forest Whitaker and Thandie Newton.The film isbeing produced by Cathy Schulman and Bob Yari's Bull's Eye Entertainment andfinanced by Yari's Stratus Film Company. Shooting is set to start on Dec 9 ...
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Arclight takes on hot ensemble pic from Bull's Eye
Sydney- andLA-based Arclight Films has acquired international rights to ensemble crimedrama Crash featuringHeath Ledger, Brendan Fraser, Eva Mendes, DonCheadle, Forest Whitaker and Thandie Newton.The film isbeing produced by Cathy Schulman and Bob Yari's Bull's Eye Entertainment andfinanced by Yari's Stratus Film Company. Shooting is set to start on Dec 9 ...
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Moviehouse takes on ivans xtc sales ahead of Mifed
London-based sales company Moviehouse Entertainment has picked up international rights to ivans xtc, the edgy tale of a fast-rising Hollywood agent from Candyman director Bernard Rose.Moviehouse will launch the film at MIFED, where it will also screen recently completed Blind Flight following its world premiere at the London Film Festival. ...
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International rights to Prey go to Dream Entertainment
LosAngeles-based production and international sales company Dream Entertainmenthas acquired all international rights to Alex Steyermark's directorial debut PreyFor Rock N Roll and willpremiere the drama at MIFED.Nadine de Barros, Dream's vice president of sales andacquisitions, negotiated the rights deal with Cinetic Media's Matt Littinrepresenting the film's producers Donovan Mannato, Gina ...
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Ripley performs but Wog Boy claims top spot
The Talented Mr Ripley gave a strong performance in its opening four days to February 27, taking A$1,850,546 from 190 screens. However, it was not good enough to beat homegrown comedy The Wog Boy, which claimed the top spot by earning about A$180,000 more from 198 screens. "I know Ripley ...