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65th annual Golden Globes set for Jan 13, 2008
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the timetable for the 65th Golden Globe Awards.The presentation of the awards will take place on Sunday Jan 13, moving back to Sunday after two years in a new Monday slot.The timetable is as follows:Oct 18, 2007 Final screening date for television entriesOct ...
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IFC First Take, Red Envelope buy domestic on This Is England
IFC First Take has partnered with Red Envelope Entertainment to take North American rights to Shane Meadows' This Is England from The Works International.The acquisition was negotiated by IFC's Arianna Bocco and Liesl Copland at Red Envelope with Joy Wong, Head of The Works International.The film, which had its world ...
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Genius Products takes on digital rights for TWC
LA-based US DVD distributor Genius Products has expanded its relationship with The Weinstein Company (TWC), whereby Genius will now handle digital rights distribution for TWC's film library and direct-to-video content.Under the terms of the new multi-year digital rights agreement, Genius will distribute TWC feature films and direct-to-video content, maintaining both ...
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Owen takes the lead in Tykwer-directed thriller for Sony
Clive Owen has signed on to star in Columbia Pictures' action thriller The International which will be directed by Tom Tykwer.Eric Singer wrote the screenplay for the film which is being produced by Mosaic Media Group's Charles Roven and Richard Suckle alongside Lloyd Phillips.Owen will star as an obsessive Intepol ...
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First LA Greek Film Festival set for June
The first ever Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, a new initiative to promote Greek cinema and celebrate Greek film-makers, will take place in Beverly Hills from June 14-17.The event, which plans to screen over 20 films from Greek film-makers, will also present the first Orpheus Awards named after the musician ...
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Bender signs two year deal with Overture Films
Overture Films has signed Lawrence Bender Productions to a two-year, first look deal, continuing the new company's efforts to source product for its fledgling distribution operation.Bender will work closely on productions with Overture CEO Chris McGurk and COO Danny Rosett as well as head of worldwide marketing, distribution and new ...
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Bruno Merle film to open Cannes Critics Week
Bruno Merle's Heros will be the opening film for this year's Critics Week.The French film stars Michael Youn, Patrick Chesnais, Elodie Bouchez and Jackie Berroyer.The film sees Youn, best known for his comedic work, as the warm-up guy for a TV show who loses the plot and kidnaps the show's ...
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Chow Yun-fat climbs down from Woo's Red Cliff
Three days after shooting started, Chinese star Chow Yun-fat has dropped out of John Woo's $70m epic drama Red Cliff. According to producer Terence Chang, the reason for the sudden withdrawal was that completion bond company CineFinance would not approve the terms raised by Chow. It is the second time ...
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dotcom report: MPAA fights Napsterisation
To the music industry, the enemy's name is Napster; to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the current scourge is Scour.com.Last week, Napster won an eleventh hour reprieve from an injunction that would have shut it down - the case will be heard in late September - but two ...
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Fox signs letter of intent to invest in Showbox films
Leading Korean investor and distributor Showbox Mediaplex announced on the KOSDAQ today (April 17) that major US studio 20th Century Fox has signed a letter of intent (LOI) regarding co-financing and international distribution of Korean films. According to the LOI, Fox would invest in Showbox films, which would then be ...
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Intermedia plans new international sales company with Ford at helm
Intermedia Films unveiled a new international sales and distribution venture yesterday with former First Look International (FLI) president Stuart Ford installed as president and managing director. Ford arrives at the unnamed Los Angeles- and London-based company with the bulk of the core team he assembled over the past year at ...
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Optimum strikes UK deal for Waititi's Eagle Vs Shark
Distributor Optimum Releasing has acquired the UK rights to Taika Waititi's debut feature Eagle Vs Shark. Separately, Capelight Films has taken the German rights. The New Zealand feature, a comedy about two misfits starring Loren Horsley and Jemaine Clement, premiered at Sundance before playing in Rotterdam and Berlin. Ainsley Gardiner ...
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Koreasigns first film industry labour agreement
The Korean Motion Picture Producers' Association and the Federation of Korean Movie Workers' Union have announced they will sign Korea's first film industry labour agreement tomorrow (April 18) in a ceremony at the Korean Film Council's headquarters. According to the deal, workers will be paid on a bi-weekly basis instead ...
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New Asia Pacific Screen Awards land backing from CNN, UNESCO
The Queensland Government today launched the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, which will get global coverage from CNN, giving filmmakers from 70 countries an opportunity to showcase their work. The first awards presentation ceremony will be held Nov 13, the first night of the annual conference of Screen Producers Association of ...
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Focus starts UK shoot for Miss Pettigrew starring McDormand
Production starts this week on location in the UK for the Focus Features comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, starring Frances McDormand. The seven-week shoot will be held in and around London for five weeks with two weeks at Ealing Studios. Bharat Nalluri, whose most recent credit is the ...
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Directors Fortnight to include Morel's Apres Lui
Although the official selection will not be unveiled for a few days, Cannes Directors Fortnight has announced that Gael Morel's Apres Lui has secured a berth. The film will be a world premiere on May 21 and stars Catherine Deneuve, Thomas Dumerchez, Guy Marchand, Elodie Bouchez, Elli Medeiros and Luis ...
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Colleen Woodcock to replace Celine Haddad at Pathe UK
Pathe UK has appointed Colleen Woodcock as head of creative affairs. Woodcock worked in development in production in Los Angeles for a decade, involved in projects including The Usual Suspects and Con Air, and she returned to the UK in 2001 to join Michael Kuhn's Qwerty Films as head of ...
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Karlovy Vary includes Sverak's Empties in early competition titles
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced the first competition films for its 42nd edition this summer, including titles from three recent Crystal Globe winners. From the Czech Republic comes Empties, the latest film from Jan Sverak. The director won the Crystal Globe in 1995 for The Ride and ...
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UKFC P&A Fund gives $600,000 to Curse Of The Golden Flower
The UK Film Council's Prints & Advertising Fund has announced its latest funding round to support distribution of specialised films: The Curse of the Golden Flower, $601,6695 (£300,000) to Universal Pictures International My Best Friend, $300,738 (£150,000) to Optimum Releasing This Is England, $180,433 (£90,000) to Optimum Releasing Guys and ...
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Madrid plans to launch new film festival in March 2008
The Spanish capital is planning a 2008 launch for its first international film festival, Filma Madrid, backed by a private foundation of Spanish actors, directors and other industry professionals. The $1.76m (Euros 1.3m) event, which will run from March 28 to April 5, 2008, will limit its programme to 20 ...