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Former Miramax Internationalpresident Ian Jessel has joined the board of directors on Alan Goda s ambitiousLos Angeles
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stanley cup ational strategic alliances as FilmMates ramps up activities, and isbusily setting up meetings with potential filmmaking partners.FilmMates debut slate includes the action adventure Tent HillRoad starring Jeremy Irons and Simon Baker, comedy-drama GoodSharma with Susan Sarandon, and theromantic comedy Finders Keepersstarring Jennifer Love Hewitt.The company has threecompleted titles: the New York-set screwball comedy Aunt Agatha s Apartment starring Carmen Electra; thriller Young Sherlock starring James D Arcy, Vincent D Onofrio andGabrielle Anwar; and Living Lifeby 17-year old writer-director Jesse Harris. No comments No comments yet You re not signed in. Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article. Sign in Register Arme Territory Focus: Spain
Buena VistaInternational BVI passed $1bn in annual tickets sales yesterday [Tuesday],marking the 11th consecutive year the distributor has achieved the distinction. We re thrilledto be able to keep this going, BVI president Mark Zoradi said. Theinteresting thing about the theatrical business is that the shelf is emptyevery year. Through good product years and lean product years we have be
stanley cup en ableto pull out this $1bn. 2005 has turnedout to be one of the distributor s leaner years since the remarkable run beganin 1995, however Disney has saved the best until last and top brass expect amighty finale with the December launch of T
stanley cup he Chronicles Of Narnia: TheLion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.So far two BVItitles have grossed more than $100m this calendar year - National Treasure on $108.2m, which climbs to $173mincluding 2004 ticket sales, and The Incredibles on $107.4m, which rises to $370mincluding 2004.Other key performershave been BVI s 2005 sleeper hit The Pacifier on $85.4m, Herbie: Fully Loaded on $78m, The Hitchhiker s Guide ToThe Galaxy on $53m, and$52m in BVI markets for Sin City.BVI s annualreport card has been buoyed in recent weeks by the strong performances of Flightplan, currently on more than $61m, and ChickenLittle, which has rackedup more than $16m in a little over two weeks. Zoradi and his team expect boththese titles to amass more than $100m this year alone, along with Narnia.Narnia, which Disney co-financed with PhilipAn
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