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Sundance Cinemas names first US arthouse multiplex site
Sundance Cinemas, the specialized theatre chain concept which wasfirst abandoned by Robert Redford's Sundance Group in 2001, then revivedearlier this year, has set its first Sundance Cinema Centre multiplex forMadison, Wisconsin in autumn 2006.The six-screen theatre will be located in the Hilldale Mall andinitial stage of renovation is due to ...
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Betafilm sells Genghis Khan project to Hopscotch, LNK, Lumiere
Early on in the AFM, Germansales outfit Beta is doing a roaring trade with Mongol - Part One, Sergei Bodrov's new feature about the hirsute andbloodthirsty warrior leader Genghiz Khan. The film, which has juststarted shooting with Tadanobu Asano in the central role, has now gone to Hopscotch in Australia/NewZealand, ...
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TLA picks up US rights to James Franco's The Ape
US independent TLA Releasing has picked up James Franco'sfilmmaking debut The Ape and will release the title on DVD in spring 2006.The company plans to place the surreal dark comedy in NorthAmerican festivals, and also holds broadcast and streaming rights to the storyof a frustrated writer who shares an apartment ...
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Weinstein Co snatches SPL
The Weinstein Company hasacquired rights for North America, the UK and Ireland to Hong Kong actionthriller SPL.Arclight Films is sellingthe film which stars action veterans Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen and Simon Yam alongwith up-and-coming wushu star Wu Jing. Directed by Wilson Yip (Bullets OverSummer), the film premiered at thisyear's Toronto ...
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Core Studio unveils Yoichi Sai gangster thriller
Start-up South Koreanproduction and sales outfit Core Studio has unveiled its slate for 2006, whichincludes the first Korean production from Japanese-Korean director Yoichi Sai (Quill, Blood And Bones).The project, which has theworking title Double Casting, isbased on a popular manga about a gang boss who poses as his dead twin ...
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Baldwin named CEO of UK production outfit Storitel
Bob Baldwin (pictured) has been named CEO of UK-basedproduction company Storitel, which also announced that it has established afeature film development fund to provide initial capital for UK and foreignprojects. Storitel is now in pre-production on twothrillers: Fragile Edge and Leona's Revenge.Fragile Edge, written by mountaineering expert Matt Dickinson, is ...
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Goldview sells Camus to North America
Japan's Gold View has soldNorth American rights to Who's Camus Anyway', directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi, to LarryMeistrich's Film Movement. The film, which screened inthe Director's Fortnight section at Cannes this year, follows a group ofstudents in Tokyo making their first movie. The director's first film in morethan a decade, it ...
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Gladiator retains pole position at UK box office
Gladiator's rule in the UK box office arena continued for the third weekend running as the film's cumulative reached over $20m. Taking a three-day gross of $4.4m over the UK's bank holiday weekend, box office revenues dropped just 14% from last weekend and the site average remained strong at $10,580. ...
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GreeneStreet kicks off sales on comedy Pleasure
GreeneStreetFilms International (GSFI) has reported steady business on the Jason Biggs comedy The Pleasure Of Your Company, which begins production tomorrow in New York.Territories have gone to Video Filmes in Brazil, RCV in Benelux, Nordisk in Scandinavia, Castelo Lopes in Portugal, and Forum in Israel. Deals with the UK, Germany ...
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Warner Japan buys Korean weepie My Girl And I
Warner Bros Japan hasacquired Korean romantic drama My Girl And I from start-up Korean sales company iHQ. The film, which is a remakeof Japanese hit Crying Out Love In The Centre Of The World, stars Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl) and Song Hye-gyo. It was also sold to Hong Kong'sCelestial ...
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Film Messenger beams Pusan winner to Lighthouse
Singapore's LighthousePictures has acquired its first Korean film by snapping up Pusan winner TheUnforgiven from Korea's FilmMessenger.The debut feature of YoonJong-bin who also has a role in the film, The Unforgiven examines the dehumanising effect of Korea'smandatory two-year military service. The independent productionpicked up three major awards at the Pusan ...
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Content sells Mee Shee to VCL/Warner and others
Content Film has closed adeal with VCL/Warner for German rights to its new family adventure, $25 millionMee-Shee The Water Giant. Thedeal was the first major territory closed on the film, which features specialeffects from Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Deals with Senafor Iceland, Lusomundo for Portugal, WEG India for India, Intersonic ...
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New teams with Woo, Chang for Bloody Numbers
BeverlyHills-based New Films International will co-produce the supernatural thriller BloodyNumbers with John Wooand Terence Chang's Lion Rock Productions.The productionis set to be one of the first to return to the French Quarter in New Orleans inthe wake of Hurricane Katrina and will get underway in the first half of 2006.Woo's ...
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Gold Circle to remake Breaking News
Gold Circle Films hasacquired remake rights to Johnnie To action movie Breaking News from Hong Kong's Media Asia. The film, about a policestakeout that turns into a live televised event, screened in anout-of-competition slot at the Cannes film festival in 2004. Gold Circle president PaulBrooks will produce the project. Executive ...
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Von Trier plans documentary about Dreyer's Gertrud
Lars Von Trieris hatching a documentary about one of his favourite films - legendary movie auteur Carl TheodorDreyer's 1964 feature Gertrud.Von Trier'sproducer Vibeke Vindelow said here that Von Trier will write, direct andconduct all the interviews for the documentary which will feature the cast andcrew from the film who are ...
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Kilmer joins Silverstone, Gallo in Luna's Moscow Zero
Val Kilmer has beenconfirmed as the third major lead in Moscow Zero, the psychological horror picture from cult directorLuna. Appearing alongside Vincent Gallo and Alicia Silverstone, he will play anunderground dweller fighting demons in the Moscow subway. Shooting begins nextmonth in Russia and Spain.The project, sold byValentia at the AFM, ...
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IAC, Sequence Film pick up worldwide sales on Teresa
UK-based sales company IAC Films and its sisterproduction company Sequence Film have taken on worldwide sales and distribution(outside Spain) for Ray Loriga's Teresa.The Lolafilms production, produced by Andres VicenteGomez, stars Paz Vega, Geraldine Chaplin and Leonor Watling in the story of St.Teresa of Avila.IAC is also selling Lolafilm's The Feast ...
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Sevigny joins Malone, Sobieski in cast of Lying
Chloe Sevigny has joined the ensemble cast of Lying for PCHFilm/Catfish Productions and Periscope Entertainment's psychodrama Lying.As previously announced Jena Malone, Leelee Sobieski, HalleyWegryn Gross, Maya Goldsmith and Henry Gummer star in the project, which iscurrently filming in upstate New York.M Blash's directorial debut centres on a group of New ...
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MK2 rings up sales on Chabrol's Chocolat
France's MK2 has secured several sales on Claude Chabrol's upcoming film Merci Pour Le Chocolat. Among distributors that have recently taken the film are Italy's Mikado, Canada's Remstar, Spain's Wanda, Greece's Robebud and Belgium's Les Films de L'Elysees.Concorde/Telemuenchen had already bagged German rights to the title - which stars Isabelle ...
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Bauer Martinez lines up McTiernan for Crash Bandits
Bauer Martinezchief Philippe Martinez has revealed that John McTiernan is preparing to shootthe action adventure Crash Bandits for the company with Hayden Christensen set to star.Martinezconfirmed that production is set to begin on Feb 15 in Thailand on the story oftreasure seekers who target wrecked airplanes containing riches.The title makesit ...