Press Releases Archive for October, 2010
LONGTIME COLUMBIA PICTURES CHIEFS MATT TOLMACH AND DOUG BELGRAD TRANSITION INTO NEW ROLES
Tolmach Launches New Production Company and Joins Spider-Man Team As Belgrad Promoted to Sole President of Columbia Pictures — Hannah Minghella Named President of Production for Historic Banner– (Culver City, Calif. – October 29, 2010) – Matt Tolmach has launched a new production company and will become a producer on the next installment of Spider-Man,…
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Award-winning films from around the globe will be screened at this unique festival in the heart of the Amazonian rainforest MANAUS, BRAZIL (October 28, 2010) – The seventh annual Amazonas Film Festival today announced its 2010 line-up, which features award-winning films from around the globe, and its jury of international stars and filmmakers. The festival…
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For Immediate Release Features acclaimed documentary A LETTER TO ELIA by Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones as well as 15 of Kazan’s most noteworthy and popular films in a collectible DVD gift set. Los Angeles (October 28, 2010) — On November 9th, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release the Elia Kazan Film Collection, an…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXCLUSIVE FILMS INTERNATIONAL TO LAUNCH FILM AT AFM Los Angeles, CA (October 27, 2010) – Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media Group (“Exclusive”), and Brian Oliver, President of Cross Creek Pictures, announced today that that they will be financing and co-producing The Ides of March with George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smoke House Pictures, along…
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IDA Members to Select Winners in Feature and Short Categories LOS ANGELES, October 27, 2010 – The International Documentary Association, one of the leading organizations in the world of documentary film and filmmaking, announced the nominees for the 2010 edition of it’s prestigious IDA Documentary Awards today, with many of the year’s most buzzed about…
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IFC MIDNIGHT AND FORTISSIMO FILMS SEAL NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION DEAL FOR AWARD-WINNING HONG KONG SLASHER ‘DREAM HOME’ New York, NY (October 27, 2010) – IFC Midnight, the genre label of IFC Films, announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to the thriller DREAM HOME. Directed by Pang Ho-Cheung (ISABELLA – Silver Bear Winner,…
Read the full article »JAMES CAMERON’S NEXT FILMS ARE AVATAR 2 & 3
Oscar®-winning Filmmaker to Follow his History-Making and Revolutionary Motion Picture Event with Two Films that Continue the Mythology of the World He Created LOS ANGELES (October 27, 2010) Moving forward with the most anticipated films of the next decade, Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman announced today that Academy Award®-winning filmmaker James…
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Los Angeles, CA, October 25, 2010 – FRANKIE & ALICE, starring Academy Award ®-winning actress Halle Berry, will have an awards season qualifying run on December 17, 2010, in New York and Los Angeles before its regular theatrical release, which is set for February 4, 2011, it was announced today by Freestyle Releasing. FRANKIE &…
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October 25, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that, following a two-month-long cordial exchange of correspondence with Academy president Tom Sherak, Jean-Luc Godard has regretfully notified Sherak that he will not be able to attend the November 13th Governors Awards and receive his…
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Feature film TRUST and documentary LOUDER THAN A BOMB share 2010 Audience Choice Award CHICAGO, October 22, 2010 – The 46th Chicago International Film Festival proudly announces the Audience Choice Awards, presented by Buick Regal, and the juried Chicago Award. Audiences received ballots at every public screening during the two-week Festival to rank films on a five-point…
Read the full article »A “BRIGADE” OF ENTERTAINMENT PUBLICITY AND DIGITAL MARKETING EXECUTIVES FORM NEXT GENERATION AGENCY
New York, NY – October 21, 2010 – BRIGADE, a next-generation publicity, digital marketing & creative agency, is excited to announce its official launch. The BRIGADE founders are comprised of digital marketing executive Tom Cunha, veteran publicist Adam Kersh, and social media strategist Jean McDowell, who collectively bring more than three decades of studio and…
Read the full article »STEVEN SPIELBERG TO DIRECT “ROBOPOCALYPSE”
Los Angeles, CA (October 22, 2010) – Steven Spielberg is set to direct “Robopocalypse,” it was announced today by Mark Sourian and Holly Bario, Co-Presidents of Production for DreamWorks Studios. Based on the novel of the same name by Daniel H. Wilson, Spielberg will begin principal photography on the futuristic tale in January 2012. Disney’s…
Read the full article » 1 Comment »Why You Can’t Rent The New Harmony Korine DVD from Netflix
Drag City is seriously considering going into the movie rental business! Why not? We’ve just about done everything else in the entertainment business, putting out music for twenty-plus (and a few minus) years on whichever format the people fancied, and eventually branching into booking live entertainment (music and comedy so far), radio (wherever they’ll let…
Read the full article »ACADEMY ANNOUNCES NICHOLL SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP WINNERS FOR 2010
October 20, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – Five writers have been selected as winners of the 25th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer will receive a $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at a…
Read the full article »BANKSY’S HIT DOCUMENTARY “EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP” COMING TO DVD
BANKSY’S HIT DOCUMENTARY “EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP” COMING TO DVD AND VOD THIS HOLIDAY SEASON THRU OSCILLOSCOPE LABORATORIES AND FILMBUFF New York, NY (October 20th, 2010) Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it has acquired the U.S. DVD rights to the critically acclaimed hit documentary, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP. Oscilloscope joins FilmBuff in an innovative home video release strategy that…
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Deluxe is now the Worldwide Provider of 35mm release printing services for Universal HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 20 — Deluxe Entertainment Services Group today announced the signing of a multi-year, exclusive worldwide 35mm film print services agreement with Universal Studios that includes Focus Features.”We are thrilled to have concluded this agreement with Universal,” said Cyril Drabinsky,…
Read the full article »BILLY JOEL’S THE LAST PLAY AT SHEA TO PREMIERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON OCTOBER 21 IN EXCLUSIVE ONE NIGHT ONLY SHOWS
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL HIT WILL ALSO HAVE FULL THEATRICAL RUNS IN SELECT CITIES INNOVATIVE RELEASE STRATEGY COURTESY OF NEWMARKET FILMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH WREKIN HILL Los Angeles, CA (October 14, 2010) – Nigel Sinclair, CEO and Co-Chairman of Exclusive Media Group (“Exclusive”) and Newmarket Films (“Newmarket”), Chris Ball, CEO and President of Wrekin Hill Entertainment…
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THE 2010 ANAHEIM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS “COLONY” AND “EIGHTEEN” SHARE THE JURY PRIZE FOR BEST FEATURE “THE GOD OF LOVE” IS NAMED BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM “THE LOST THING” TAKES BEST ANIMATION SHORT HONORS AUDIENCE AWARDS GO TO “THE YANKLES” FOR BEST LIVE ACTION FEATURE, “UNDER THE BOARDWALK: THE MONOPOLY STORY”…
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For Immediate Release Debra Granik’s Winters Bone Receives Three Nominations including Best Feature, Breakthrough Actor and Best Ensemble Performance; The Kids Are All Right and Tiny Furniture both receive two nominations New York, NY (October 18, 2010) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers announced today the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RUSSIA, MEXICO, NORWAY, GERMANY AND THE USA WIN TOP AWARDS IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, October 16, 2010 – Michael Kutza, Founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago International Film Festival, Mimi Plauché, Head of Programming, and Associate Programmers Joel Hoglund and Penny Bartlett proudly announce the winners of the 46th Chicago International Film…
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