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Connelly to join Winslet in Little Children
Jennifer Connelly is in final negotiations to star opposite KateWinslet in the New Line Cinema drama Little Children, which Todd Field will direct. The story centres on a dull suburban world where parentsgroom their children for Ivy League colleges and alleviate their boredomthrough affairs and internet porn.Things take a turn ...
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Kids TV classic Land Of The Lost gets Will Ferrell treatment
Will Ferrell is attached to star for Universal in comedyadaptation of the hit 1970s sci-fi television series Land Of The Lost to be directed by Adam McKay.Chris Henchy and DennisMcNicholas have signed on to adapt the screenplay, based on the 1973-77 NBCseries about a forest ranger and his children who ...
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South Korea's The Road gets best feature prize at Philadelphia
Bae Chang-ho's South Korean picture The Road won best feature and Peter Raymont'sRwandan story Shake Hands With The Devil won best documentary honours at the 2005 Philadelphia FilmFestival, which closed on Apr 20.Audience awards went to Andres Wood's Chilean political drama Machuca for best feature and Marilyn Agrelo'sSlamdance sensation Mad ...
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ContentFilm picks up Transamerica for international
ContentFilm International has picked up all international rightsto Duncan Tucker's road movie Transamerica, which had its North American premiere at Tribeca FilmFestival over the weekend.Transamerica received its world premiere at the Berlin International FilmFestival. ContentFilm International will represent the picture at the Cannesmarket next month where it will also be ...
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Interpreter assassinates the competition at US box office
A strong rally by theover-35 crowd powered Universal's The Interpreter to the top of the North American charts at theweekend on an estimated $22.8m, while Touchstone's A Lot Like Love opened fourth on a disappointing $7.7m.Meanwhile Sony PicturesClassics' martial arts romp Kung Fu Hustle demonstrated its box office chops in ...
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The Interpreter debuts at number one in North America
A strong rally by theover-35 crowd powered Universal's The Interpreter to the top of the North American charts at theweekend on an estimated $22.8m, while Touchstone's A Lot Like Love opened fourth on a disappointing $7.7m.Meanwhile Sony PicturesClassics' martial arts romp Kung Fu Hustle demonstrated its box office chops in ...
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...and remains international number one with $11.9m weekend
Universal's The Interpreter remained the top international picture at the weekend,grossing an estimated $11.9m through UIP on 2,340 screens in 31 territories toraise its international running total to $25m.The UN-set thriller, which opened top in North America on $22.8m,thrived with number one debuts in many territories, strong holds and smalldrops ...
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TIFFG launches year-round support programme for Canadian film-makers
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival Group has launched a year-round industry-oriented supportprogramme for Canadian filmmakers and their films. Designed to further themission of the festival's OMDC Sales Office, the new department, dubbed theIndustry Initiatives Office and headed by long-time Sales Office directorKelley Alexander, will provide programmes and services in marketing, artisticdevelopment ...
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The Game Of Their Lives
Dir:David Anspaugh. US. 2005. 101 mins. This stunningly pedestrian sports movie tells the story ofthe rank outsider US football team and its surprise victory over England at the1950 World Cup in Brazil. Directed by sports movie veteran David Anspaugh (Hoosiers,Rudy) and boasting an impressive all-male cast, the film doesn't take ...
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Disney looking to renew Pixar relationship
The chairmanof the Walt Disney Studios, Dick Cook, has said that Disney wants to renew thestudio's deal with animation powerhouse Pixar.Just over a year after thetwo film studios announced an end to their partnership, which has produced sixconsecutive global blockbusters and box office receipts of $2.7 billion (£1.4billion), a new ...
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Sony sets release date for Bond's Casino Royale
The search for a new 007 continues to drag on, but adate has already been set for the release of the next Bond film.Bond's new distributor Sony (which has just completedits acquisition of former Bond studio MGM) has earmarked November 17, 2006, forthe release Casino Royale in North America and ...
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Herrero readies Los Aires Dificiles
DirectorGerardo Herrero, competing this week in the Spanish Film Festival of Malaga(April 22-30) with Heroine, is set to begin shooting on his nextfeature, Los Aires Dificiles, on June 6.The Euros 3m film is a co-production between Herrero'sown Tornasol Films, Heroine partner Continental Films and Seville-basedMaestranza Films, producer of this year's ...
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European 'Producers on the Move' named
Nineteen Europeanproducers have been selected to be presented at the forthcoming Cannes FilmFestival as "Producers on the Move" by the member organisations ofthe pan-European promotional body European Film Promotion (EFP).The producers will be able to discuss theirprojects at a Co-Production Lunch with 100 producers from all over Europe andat a ...
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Hong Kong veteran steps in as new Barber director
Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Ng See Yuen has stepped in todirect mainland Chinese production The Barber following the death ofShanghai-based director Chen Yifei.Thefilm, which is backed by Century Hero Film Investment Co and the China FilmGroup, has had a troubled production history. It started shooting in 2002 withChen at the ...
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Pipeline wins top prize at Nyon documentary fest
Nino Kirtadze's The Pipeline Next Doorwas the winner of this year's Grand Prix Visions du Reel at this year'sinternational documentary festival in Switzerland's Nyon (April 18-24).Kirtadze's drama of asmall Georgian village facing the dragon of globalisation in a BP oil pipelinepassing over the villagers' land also received the John Templeton ...
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Black Friday wins top jury prize at Indian LA fest
Anurag Kashyap'sBlack Friday won thedramatic feature competition grand jury prize and Theresa Thanjan's WhoseChildren Are These'claimed documentary honours at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, whichclosed on Apr 24.In the audienceawards, Bhartbala's Hari Om won best feature, Carl Byker and Mitch Wilson's The NewHeroes: India won forbest documentary, and ...
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Canada's Equinoxe begins production on Rwandan genocide pic
Montreal-based EquinoxeProductions begins principal photography May 27 on A Sunday In Kigali, a romantic drama set against the backdrop of theRwandan genocide. Directed by Robert Favreau and produced by Lyse Lafontaineand Michael Mosca, the $5.6m (C$7m) film shoots in Kigali and in surroundinglocations for 37 days. Equinoxe Films will handle ...
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Brad Weston confirmed at Paramount
In a widelypredicted move, Brad Weston is leaving his post as co-president of DimensionFilms and joining Paramount Pictures as co-president of production.Reporting toincoming Paramount president Gail Berman, Weston will oversee the day-to-daydevelopment and production of the studio's annual slate of films and literaryacquisitions along with fellow co-president Alli Shearmur, who ...
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Scaturro is key note speaker at Large Screen Format conference in LA
AdventurerPasquale Scaturro will be the keynote speaker at this year's 9th Annual LargeFormat Cinema Association Conference, which kicks off in Los Angeles today[Tuesday] and runs until Apr 29. Theindustry forum will explore issues affecting the large format business, andincludes panel discussions, revenue generating ideas, and technicaldemonstrations. Ninelarge format 70mm screenings ...
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Star-studded World Cup doc kicks off for Film Sales Co
Production has begun on Bob Potter And Paul Doyle's footballdocumentary World Cup 2006: Dreams Of Glory, which Andrew Herwitz 's New York-basedFilm Sales Company will be representing for worldwide sales at the Cannesmarket.Herwitz has already sold UK rights to Revolver and is close toannouncing other key sales on the project, ...