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Relativity Media completes acquisition of Rogue from Universal
Relativity Media has completed its purchase of Rogue Pictures from Universal Pictures, Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh announced on Sunday [January 4].Relativity acquired Rogue's entire library, more than 30 projects in development and ownership of Rogue's producing deals, which encompasses relationships with Wes Craven and Intrepid.The first picture set for release ...
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Kawase, Taiwan's Wei among HAF line-up of 27 projects
Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase and Wei Te-sheng, director of Taiwanese blockbuster Cape No. 7, are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for the seventh edition of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). Kawase, who was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2007 for Mourning Forest, ...
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SCREEN REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2008
In the first of a three-part review of the year. Screen looks at some of the key issues for the international film industry in 2008. Click to see full story.CRUNCH TIME: harsh economic conditions push online distribution and D-cinema to centre stage, says Michael GubbinsREALITY BITES:A bleak year for the ...
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China's box office up by 27% to $617m in 2008
China's overall box office reached $617.13m (RMB4.22bn) in 2008, a 26.7% increase on the previous year, according to figures from the Film Bureau under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT). The figures mark the sixth year in a row that box office has grown at a rate ...
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Toho, Kadokawa join forces on digital delivery
Japan's Toho and Kadokawa Holdings will partner with telecommunications giant NTT to implement digital distribution of feature films to their cinemas beginning this spring. Toho will upgrade 31 of its sites with servers and digital projectors while Kadokawa Cineplex will upgrade all 14 of its sites. After installations are complete, ...
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Dir: Jia Zhang-ke. Hong Kong-Japan-France. 2000. 192mins.Prod co: Hu Tong Communications (HK). Int'l sales: Flach Pyramide International, tel: (33) 1 42 96 02 20. Prods: Li Kit-ming, Shozo Ichiyama. Scr: Jia Zhang-ke. DoP: Yu Lik-wai. Ed: Kong jing-lei. Prod des: Qui Sheng. Music: Joshihiro Hanno. Main cast: Wang Hong-wei, Zhao ...
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UK Blu-ray sales reach record levels
The home entertainment market, including Blu-ray, remains healthy despite difficult trading conditions across the retail sector according to figures released by the British Video Association.The figures show that 1.5 million Blu-ray discs were sold in December alone, up almost 400% against the same period in 2007. In total 3.7 million ...
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Departures finds US home with Regent Releasing
Regent Releasing has picked up Yojiro Takita's Japanese foreign language Oscar submission Departures for North American distribution.Regent's West Coast general manager and executive vice president distribution and acquisitions Mark Reinhart negotiated the deal with Satoko Ishida of Shochiku. The company plans a limited release this summer.Departures earned 13 Japanese Academy ...
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Carl Clifton takes up key roles at The Works
Former HandMade COO and head of sales Carl Clifton has started work in his new role as executive director of UK-based international film company The Works Media Group. He is also managing director of the company's sales agency, The Works International, whose current slate includes James Marsh's Man On Wire ...
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Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Dark Knight among PGA nominees
The Curious Case Of Benjamin, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Milk and Slumdog Millionaire will contest the Producers Guild Of America's The Darryl F Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award.Man On Wire, Standard Operating Procedure and Trouble The Water are the documentary nominees while Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E will ...
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Herwitz takes on world sales to Sundance competition entry Adam
The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has signed on to represent worldwide rights toMax Mayer’s Sundance dramatic competition entry Adam.
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Visit Films takes worldwide rights to The Missing Person
Ryan Kampe and Sylvain Tron's Visit Films has boarded worldwide rights to Noah Buschel's The Missing Person, set to premiere at Sundance and receive its market premiere in Berlin.Michael Shannon, red hot following his stand-out turn in Revolutionary Road, stars alongside Amy Ryan, and Tony Award winner Frank Wood as ...
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Hong Kong box office up by 8% despite downturn
Hong Kong's box office grew by around 8% to $140.26m (HK$1.09bn) in 2008 according to figures from local film industry body, the Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA). The growth compares to anuptick of 11.5% in 2007 after several years of flat revenues in Hong Kong. MPIA chief executive Brian Chung ...
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US domestic box office revenues static but admissions down for 2008
Domestic box office picked up just enough steam in the latter half of December to finish the calendar year with a tally of $9.68bn - just $2m up on 2007. *To see top grossing films, click here The more worrying news is that admissions continued to decline with early ...
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Hong Kong's Celestial strikes pay-TV deal with Viasat
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has sealed an exclusive pay-TV deal with Viasat to broadcast Shaw Brothers movies in 15 territories across Russia, the CIS and the Baltic states. Classic titles such as Come Drink With Me, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Blood Brothers will be available on Viasat's TV1000 ...
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Hungarian Film Week announces main competition line up
Eighteen new feature films will compete for the Golden Reel Award at the 40th Hungarian Film Week (January 27-February 3) Budapest. The competition titles were selected by a committee of Hungarian film professionals from among 26 features completed in the last 12 months. The competition features 13 world premieres, including ...
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StudioCanal, Classic board Angelopoulos trilogy
France's StudioCanal and Italian production outfit Classic Films will co-produce Theo Angelopoulos' $20m epic trilogy about Greek exiles, the first of which, The Weeping Field, is set to star Harvey Keitel.The Weeping Field, which is based on a short story by Italian scriptwriter Tonino Guerra, is scheduled to shoot in ...
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More than 90 first-time exhibitors as Berlin's EFM sells out
The Berlinale's European Film Market (EFM) has sold out with 386 companies and organisations from 55 countries booking, including more than 50 first time exhibitors. To date EFM has announced that 309 companies will be in the Martin Gropius Bau building with 77 based in the EFM Marriot offices. Of ...
