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Maximum, Seville strike co-distribution deal with Magnolia and HDNet
Canadian distribution startup Maximum Films and Entertainment One'srecently acquired Seville Entertainment have signed a multi-pictureco-distribution deal with Magnolia Pictures and HDNet films. The slate pick-up, which covers all of Canada in all media, includes Michael Radford's period heist picture Flawless, starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore; Brian De Palma's Iraq ...
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The Sun Also Rises (Taiyang zhaochang shengqi)
Dir. Jiang Wen. China , 2007. 116 min . Five years in preparation and three years in the making, Jiang Wen's explosively energetic third feature film is a feast for the eyes and a delight for the ears. But at the same time this may prove a perplexing, often infuriating ...
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McGuckian starts shoot for A.R.T In Las Vegas
Mary McGuckian has started a five-week shoot this week in London for A.R.T. In Las Vegas, a drama set in the world of fertility treatment. The shoot will move to Las Vegas for two weeks in mid September. The fly-on-the-wall fertility clinic story is the final film in McGuckian's amorality ...
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Slingshot strikes 12-film development deal with BBC Films
The UK's new low-budget digital studio Slingshot Studios is workingwith BBC Films to co-develop and co-finance four projects in 2007 and afurther eight projects in 2008.The projects will be shot using Slingshot's micro-budget model, with UK theatrical release through Slingshot and a TV platform on the BBC.BBC Films and Slingshot ...
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Cirrus dives into Surfing In Newfoundland
Fresh from its latest Quebec smash Nitro, Montreal-based Cirrus Communications is setting up its next film, Surfing In Newfoundland.Quebecois filmmaker Eric Tessier (Sur Le Seuil) will make his English-language debut, directing the screenplay by Newfoundland writer Andrew Youngblood based on his own experiences surfing the frigid north Atlantic waters. With ...
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Oz exhibs slash ticket prices to counter Olympics
Australia's three major exhibitors are dropping their ticket prices by more than 60% during September in anticipation of a downturn in business as a result of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.The move was lead by Hoyts, which also took into consideration the extended school holidays in some parts of ...
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Canada's Triptych readies High Life with Garry Yates
Toronto-based Triptych Media, co-producers of TIFF Closing Night title Emotional Arithmetic, is readying its next feature, High Life, with director Garry Yates (Seven Times Lucky).Triptych's Robin Cass is setting the project up as an Ontario-Manitoba coproduction with plans to begin principal photography later this autumn. Based on the darkly comic ...
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Tom Green, Crispin Glover chill out with comedy Freezer Burn
Tom Green and Crispin Glover have joined Film Bridge International and Panacea Entertainment's action comedy Freezer Burn.Principal photography is set to begin in October in Alberta, Canada, with Grant Harvey directing and Film Bridge's Ellen Wander producing alongside Panacea president and executive producer Josh Miller.Santa Monica-based Film Bridge is overseeing ...
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Graham King takes on pitch from Brave One writer Mort
Graham King's GK Films has acquired a murder mystery pitch from Cynthia Mort, one of the screenwriters on the Jodie Foster crime drama The Brave One that gets its world premiere today.King will produce the project, which is styled as a fast paced morality tale 'in keeping with what was ...
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Charlotte Van Weede joins HanWay sales team
HanWay Films has announced several new appointments to its sales team.Charlotte van Weede (formerly Arnold) has joined as a joint Director of Sales with Thorsten Schumacher, a four-year HanWay veteran who has been promoted. They will share worldwide sales responsibilities and both report to HanWay CEO Tim Haslam.Van Weede had ...
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Jim Harvey takes Media 8 VP post after leaving Element
Jim Harvey has joined Los Angeles-based production, financing and sales company Media 8 as vice president of worldwide distribution after exiting the now defunct Element Films International (EFI).Harvey will be in Toronto to oversee all sales, licensing and distribution on a slate that includes the historical drama Eichmann starring Thomas ...
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Picturehouse promotes Crain to VP of acquisitions
Lindsay Crain has been promoted to vice president of acquisitions at Picturehouse.Crain will continue to report to senior vice president of acquisitions Sara Rose and will work closely with her and president Bob Berney on all acquisitions and developments.'Lindsay has been an instrumental part of our team for close to ...
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Mad Detective screens as Venice's surprise competition entry
The Venice Film festival unveiled Hong Kong crime film Mad Detective as this year's competition surprise film entry on Wednesday night.Co-directed by Hong Kong action film specialist Johnnie To and producer/director Wai Ka Fai, the film was presented Wednesday night at a press screening with no official pre-announcement but widespread ...
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Summit takes North American rights to Penelope
Summit Entertainment has taken North American rights to Mark Palansky's fantasy drama Penelope starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy and Reese Witherspoon.The film slots into Summit's nascent domestic distribution pipeline and looks likely to be a 2008 release. The first film to go is expected to be the thriller P2 in ...
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Loach's Free World lands more buyers in Venice
In advance of its Toronto screening, Ken Loach's It's A Free World has closed several more deals for Pathe Pictures International in Venice.The immigration-themed film has gone to Japan (Cinequanon), Portugal (Lusomundo), and Greece (Audiovisuel).Pathe's Mike Runagall is also reporting strong US interest in the film. 'Venice was very positive ...
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THINKFilm takes North America for My Brother Is An Only Child
THINKFilm has acquired North American rights to Daniele Luchetti's Italian-French hit My Brother Is An Only Child (Mio Fratello E Figlio Unico).The comedy caper is playing in the festival here after screening in Cannes last May and will open in North America in March 2008.THINKFilm International's head of sales Eve ...
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Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish join the fight for Viking epic
Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish and Sean Bean have come on board Menno Meyjes' next film Last Battle Dreamer.The $20m Viking epic adventure will shoot starting Nov 19 for eight weeks in the UK and Germany, backed by Future Films with Handmade Films International handling international sales.Phillippe stars as Thorfinn, a ...
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MegaStar Media opens more Vietnam multiplexes
MegaStar Media, the joint venture between Ted Shugrue's Envoy Media Partners and Vietnamese publisher Phuong Nam Corporation, has opened its third and fourth multiplexes in Vietnam. The MegaStar Cineplex Hung Voung Plaza 8 and MegaStar Cineplex Saigon Co-op Plaza 6 are situated in Ho Chi Minh City and raise ...
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Bartkowiak signs to direct Hyde Park's Street Fighter
Andrzej Bartkowiak has signed to direct the live action feature film of video game Street Fighter for Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and games publisher Capcom Co Ltd. The film based on Capcom's Street Fighter game property will begin production pre-strike in early 2008 in Asia and North America, and ...
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Maximum and Fortissimo strike Canadian-Asian partnership
Robert Lantos' new Toronto-based distribution and sales company Maximum Films has created an unusual partnership with Hong Kong-based Fortissimo Films whereby Maximum will distribute Fortissimo's films in Canada and Fortissimo will represent the sale of Maximum's projects in Asia. The deal, for an initial term of two years, was unveiled ...