ANDREW Z. DAVIS NAMED PRESIDENT, PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION, COLUMBIA PICTURES
CULVER CITY, Calif., June 12, 2013 - Andrew Z. Davis has been named President of Production Administration for Columbia Pictures, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, President of Columbia Pictures.A respected industry veteran, Davis, in his new role, will supervise all aspects of physical production including post production and visual effects for all Columbia Pictures films as well as live-action portions of films from Sony Pictures Animation. He will work closely with President of Worldwide Business Affairs and Operations Andrew Gumpert, President of Production Hannah Minghella and Sony Pictures Digital Productions...
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Miramax and Screen Gems are collaborating on a currently UNTITLED comedy that will star Kevin Hart (Think Like a Man, Let Me Explain and Ride Along) and Josh Gad (Love & Other Drugs and 21). Jeremy Garelick will direct the film, which was also written by Garelick (The Break-Up, Police Academy and An Ex to Grind) together with Jay Lavender (The Break-Up) and wasdeveloped at Miramax.
In the film, Jimmy (Hart) provides best man services for socially challenged guys, who – for whatever reason – have no one close enough to agree to stand by them on the day of...
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Bona Film Group Secures RMB200 Million Credit Facility From China Minsheng Bank
BEIJING - June 7, 2013 -- Bona Film Group Limited ("Bona" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BONA), a leading film distributor and vertically integrated film company in China, today announced that Bona Film Group Co., Ltd. (PRC) has entered into a master credit line agreement with China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. ("China Minsheng Bank"). Pursuant to this agreement, China Minsheng Bank has agreed to provide a cyclical revolving credit line in the amount of RMB200 million (approximately US$34.2 million) for a term of three years. The...
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ENJOY 20% OFF AN AFI TWO-STAR MEMBERSHIP
If your dad was the one who always took the family to the movies, bought the three tubs of popcorn, the large soda and the Red Vines®, AFI can help you say, "Thanks, Dad" this Father's Day with a gift membership to the American Film Institute.
AFI Star memberships include a pair of passes to America's connoisseur movie theaters (Pacific Theatres, Landmark Theatres, ArcLight Cinemas and AFI Silver Theatre), a subscription to American Film™, AFI voting privileges, the AFI annual calendar and more. Two-Star memberships include FOUR movie passes. And when you...
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It has been 38 years since At Long Last Love was released and this week it finally got the blu-ray treatment it deserves.
Special attention was paid by director Peter Bogdanovich throughout its blu-ray production. Today, in a blog post, he explains why: http://bit.ly/18Rn4EK
At Long Last: The Definitive Version of "At Long Last Love"
by Peter Bogdanovich June 6, 2013 10:00 AM
Way back in 1975, 20th Century-Fox released a musical comedy I had written and directed, which was suggested by, and consisted of, numerous songs by Cole Porter. Like the recent Les Miserables, all the singing was performed live---as opposed...
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SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS ENGLISH-LANGUAGE RIGHTS TO “A PROPHET”
CULVER CITY, Calif., June 5, 2013 – Sony Pictures Entertainment has optioned the rights to remake A Prophet, the French hit released in the US in 2010, into an English language film to be produced by Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe through the Original Film banner, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.
Directed by Jacques Audiard, the film tells the story of a young man’s rise to power in a criminal syndicate after he...
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Carmike Royal Palm 20 is proud to announce
Helen Mirren
in The National Theatre Live production of
The Audience from London's West End
The Audience at the Carmike Royal Palm 20 on Thursday, June 13 at 7 pm and Tuesday, June 18 at 7 pm (recorded live on June 13, 2013) ($23.00) A new play by Peter Morgan (Skyfall (co-writer), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Damned United, Frost/Nixon, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Last King of Scotland, The Queen. Directed by Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Reader (Academy Award nominee; BAFTA nominee– Best Director), The Hours (Academy...
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Have difficulty finding a gift for Father's Day? Why not get him the critically acclaimed Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment "One Hour Photo" starring Robin Williams. All Entries Must be complete by June 12 to ensure delivery before June 16, Fathers Day.
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Academy Award® Winner Nicole Kidman*, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode star in this “darkly wicked, beautifully executed mystery” (Los Angeles Times) by critically acclaimed filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Oldboy).Following the tragic death of her father on her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker (Wasikowska) meets Charlie (Goode), her charismatic uncle, whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with India and her unstable mother (Kidman), both are drawn to his charming and calming demeanor. But it soon becomes clear that Charlie’s arrival was no coincidence, and that the shocking secrets of his past could affect India’s future...or shatter it completely.*Actress,...
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PETER BOGDANOVICH’S AT LONG LAST LOVE COMES TO BLU-RAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN A DIRECTOR’S DEFINITIVE EDITION
“It’s impossible not to feel affection for At Long Last Love… Bogdanovich is good at keeping it floating some few inches above the ground.” - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“A neat parody of ‘30s musicals… the brittle, clipped world of Porter’s songs is perfectly evoked.” - Time Out London
NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CUT OF THE 1975 MUSICAL FEATURING THE MUSIC OF COLE PORTER TAKES A BOW ON BLU-RAY JUNE 4TH FROM TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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Writer-director Peter...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment upcoming release of "The Wedding Band: Season One" arriving on DVD on June 11.
The show stars Brian Austin Green as a wedding singer for a band called Mother of the Bride. In honor of the show's DVD release, we've written some useful advice for picking wedding music. In all fairness, brides and grooms (but mostly brides) are diligent about picking party music but as a guest, you appreciate a good party regardless
We hope you'll post our features - feel free to tweak to your liking! Click on the link to download the files:
Top 10 Party songs!
If...
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We are right in the middle of our AFI DOCS presented by Audi sweepstakes! The Grand Prize includes a pair passes to our Opening Night Gala, LETTERS TO JACKIE. Support AFI by becoming a member or making a donation by May 31 and you're entered for a chance to win!
Directed by Bill Couturié, AFI DOCS will present the first exhibition of LETTERS TO JACKIE. The film features letters from the public written to Mrs. Kennedy in the dark shadow of the assassination of her husband and president, John F. Kennedy. The letters are read by 22 of today's top...
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CINIPIX HITS “LONG SHOT”
Company Acquires US Distribution Rights to Sports Documentary
“Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story”
Los Angeles, CA – May 29, 2013 – Cinipix, a vertically integrated production, acquisition and distribution company announced today that it has acquired US distribution rights to Franklin Martin’s inspirational sports documentary “Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story” and will release the film theatrically this fall.
The deal marks the first film acquisition for Cinipix since the infusion of capital in March from prominent Wall Street financiers Howard Silverman and Neil Grossman, who created a specialized holding company (Toast & Jam...
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MACBETH starringKenneth Branagh and Alex Kingstonto be broadcast from Manchester International Festivalas part of National Theatre Live
UK live broadcast: Saturday 20 July 2013
Manchester International Festival’s production of MACBETH, with Kenneth Branagh in the title role and Alex Kingston as Lady Macbeth, will be broadcast to cinemas in the UK as part of National Theatre Live on Saturday 20 July (international dates to be confirmed). Directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, this tragic tale of ambition and treachery unfolds within the walls of an intimate deconsecrated Manchester Church.
Macbeth from Manchester International Festivalmarks National Theatre Live’s first...
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BASED ON THE #1 BEST-SELLING BOOK BY BILL O’REILLY & MARTIN DUGARD
KILLING LINCOLN
The Suspenseful Thriller that Will Take You Behind the Bullet that Killed America's Greatest President Debuts on Digital HD May 21 and
Blu-ray and DVD June 11
Narrated by Oscar winner Tom Hanks* and produced by Tony Scott (Unstoppable, The A-Team) & Ridley Scott (Prometheus, American Gangster), KILLING LINCOLN delivers a thrilling perspective into the criminal mind of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators. Watch the conspiracy unfold on Digital HD May 21 and Blu-ray and DVD June 11 from Twentieth Century Fox...
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Fox Searchlight
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Trance on Blu-ray, DVD & DigitalHD™
Synopsis
From ACADEMY AWARD®-Winning director Danny Boyle* (Slumdog Millionaire) comes an “exhilarating brain-twister” (New York Post)! After a blow to the head during his attempted robbery of a $27 million Goya painting, Simon (James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class), a fine-art auctioneer, awakens to find that the painting – and his memory – are missing. Forced by his ruthless crime partner Franck (Vincent Cassel, Black Swan) to undergo hypnosis, Simon enters into a deadly love triangle with his seductive hypnotist (Rosario Dawson, Sin City). As the plot twists, the line between reality...
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JON VITTI TAKES FLIGHT WITH ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE SCREENPLAY
--Catherine Winder Joins Team As Producer of Upcoming Animated Feature --
Espoo, Finland, May 20, 2013 – Rovio Entertainment announced today that comedy writer Jon Vitti, a veteran of The Simpsons, King of the Hill, The Office, and The Larry Sanders Show, will write the screenplay for Angry Birds – the upcoming animated 3D film based on Rovio’s bestselling app. Additionally, veteran producer Catherine Winder is joining the production team that includes producer John Cohen (Despicable Me) and executive producer David Maisel (Iron Man) . The movie is slated for...
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Bona Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
BEIJING - May 16, 2013 -- Bona Film Group Limited ("Bona" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BONA), a leading film distributor and vertically integrated film company in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.
"I am pleased with our financial and operational performance in the first quarter, which has set the stage for what I believe will be an exciting and successful year for Bona as we build upon some of the development milestones reached in 2012," said Bona founder, Chairman and CEO Mr....
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ROVIO’S ANGRY BIRDS FEATURE FILM NESTS AT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Animated 3D Comedy Slated For July 1, 2016
CULVER CITY, Calif., May 15, 2013 – Sony Pictures Entertainment has won the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the eagerly anticipated Angry Birds animated film, making it one of the most high-profile deals of the year. The 3D film is being developed, produced, and financed by Rovio Entertainment and will be released worldwide by Sony Pictures on July 1, 2016. Several major studios pursued the global film rights in recent weeks, with Sony Pictures Entertainment emerging as the winner.
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SnagFilm's
HONOR FLIGHT
Honor Flight is a heartwarming documentary about four living World War II veterans and a Midwest community coming together to give them the trip of a lifetime. Volunteers race against the clock to fly thousands of WWII veterans to Washington, DC to see the memorial constructed for them in 2004, nearly 60 years after their epic struggle.
Featuring WWII Veterans:
Joe Demler | "The Human Skeleton," as depicted by LIFE Magazine Harvey Kurz | Saw the iconic flag go up at Iwo Jima
Julian Plaster | 89-year-old poet who has survived almost all of his friends and family
Available on...
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COMEDY LEGEND BILLY CRYSTAL AND FRANK OZJOIN “WINTER’S DISCONTENT” FOR ATLAS ENTERTAINMENT AND SIERRA PICTURES
-SONY PICTURES PICKS UP DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTION AND KEY TERRITORIES WHILE
SIERRA/AFFINITY SELLS REMAINDER OF WORLD MARKETS IN CANNES-
Culver City, CA (May 13, 2013) – Billy Crystal is attached to star in Winter’s Discontent as a widower who moves into a reputed active adult community in hopes of reinvigorating his sex life. Frank Oz will direct the comedy. Sony Pictures will distribute the film domestically and has also acquired rights in select international territories. Sierra Pictures will finance the film and Sierra/Affinity will handle...
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VIRGIN PRODUCED AND OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT JOIN FORCES ON NON-EXCLUSIVE PACT BEGINNING WITH “AFTER EARTH” CULVER CITY, Calif., May 10, 2013 – Virgin Produced, the film and television arm of the Virgin Group, has teamed up with Overbrook Entertainment on a non-exclusive pact, which will support the After Earth franchise, starting with the upcoming May 31st release, it was announced today by Jason Felts, CEO of Virgin Produced, and James Lassiter of Overbrook Entertainment. This pact allows Virgin Produced the option to co-produce, co-finance and co-market a sequel to After Earth. The two companies will look to develop film and television properties...
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Blood and Sand on Blu-ray July 9, 2013
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The 300 Spartans on Blu-ray July 23, 2013
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Niagara: 60th Anniversary on Blu-ray July 30, 2013
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Bus Stop on Blu-ray July 30, 2013
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Love Me Tender on Blu-ray July 30, 2013
Blood and Sand:
Tyrone Power and Rita Hayworth lead a star-studded cast in this Academy Award®-winning* classic. Juan Gallardo (Power) returns home to claim the hand of his childhood love and continue his rise toward becoming Spain’s greatest matador. But when he catches the eye of a beautiful...
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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX AND BULGARI CELEBRATE ONE OF THE GRANDEST CINEMATIC SPECTACLES OF ALL TIME
CLEOPATRA
GLOBAL CELEBRATION INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH BULGARI, PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN JEWELER, COLLECTED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND RICHARD BURTON
Meticulously Restored Film to Premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Limited Engagement In More Than 200 Theaters Beginning May 22
Bulgari to Unveil Exclusive Jewelry Piece To Benefit The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation
Cleopatra 50th Anniversary Edition Arrives on Blu-ray May 28
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 6, 2013) – Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, in partnership with Bulgari, is...
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WRITER/DIRECTOR SHANE BLACK TO MAKE DOC SAVAGE FOR SONY PICTURES AND ORIGINAL FILM CULVER CITY, Calif., May 7, 2013 –Sony Pictures Entertainment has closed its deal with Shane Black to co-write and direct Doc Savage, and Black is eyeing it as his next film, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio. Black co-wrote the screenplay with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, based on the hero of pulp novels, films, and comic books. Neal H. Moritz is producing the project with Ori Marmur through his Original Film banner....
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WWE® SUPERSTAR RANDY ORTON® FACES A DEADLY CHALLENGE IN THE EXPLOSIVE THRILLER
12 ROUNDS 2: RELOADED
Arriving Just in Time for Father’s Day, The Action-Packed Sequel Comes to Digital HD™ May 21 and Blu-ray and DVD June 4
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 29, 2013) – A twisted genius and a good man are going head-to-head in the ultimate game of cat and mouse! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and WWE Studios unveil a brand new chapter in its thrilling action franchise with 12 ROUNDS 2: RELOADED. The second installment, starring WWE Superstar Randy Orton, debuts on Digital HD...
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THE 18th ANNUAL NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OPENING NIGHT, OPENING DAY, CENTERPIECE, CLOSING NIGHT FILMS AND FULL FILM SLATE
TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM; MONSTERS UNIVERSITY; IN A WORLD…; and
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS
DAVID O. RUSSELL TO RECEIVE SCREENWRITERS TRIBUTE
MARIEL HEMINGWAY TO PRESENT BARBARA KOPPLE WITH THE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING AWARD; LAKE BELL TO RECEIVE NEW VOICES IN SCREENWRITING AWARD
New York, NY (April 22, 2013) – The Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) is proud to announce that the festival will open with the documentary TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM. The film tells the untold true...
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"TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM"
A film by Morgan Neville
Darlene Love Merry Clayton Lisa Fischer
Judith Hill Tata Vega
Stevie Wonder Bruce Springsteen Sting
Bette Midler Mick Jagger Chris Botti
Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. In his compelling new film TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM, award-winning director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, the film is both a tribute to the unsung voices who brought...
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CELEBRATE THE LEGEND OF HANK WILLIAMS
“This is a really good movie.”
- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton
THE LAST RIDE
“I loved the film. It should be required viewing by those who dream of stardom and for those who make and break that dream for them.”
- Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
The Intimate Look at the Final Days of One of the Greatest Singer-Songwriters in American History Debuts on Blu-ray and DVD June 4
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 16, 2013) – Ride off into the sunset with the most legendary country artist of all-time...
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SFF 2013
7 MUST SEE MOVIES: 4/14 Sarasota Film Festival
If a film is marked "Artist in Attendance" that means you are in for an incredible experience. One or more of the filmmakers (director/producer/writer/etc.) will be in the theater to do a Q&A with the audience after the movie. Actors sometimes appear as well.
NEXT YEAR JERUSALEM
Artist in Attendance
NEXT YEAR JERUSALEM is director David Gaynes’ touching portrait of a group of senior citizens who together embark on a journey of discovery and reflection as they visit the land of Israel. Eight nursing home residents...
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