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If producers look for the quickest way to expand their businesses, the usual first step is to move into sales.But Chris Coen, who has produced Wristcutters: A Love Story, Deepwater and Michael Haneke s recent US remake of Funny Games, has taken a different sideways step, into distribution.His London-based Halcyon Pictures has now formed Halcyon Releasing, which moves into its first major solo release on July 4 with Tom McCarthy s The Visitor. I thought getting into distribution was the right thing for my business. Yes, there are arguably enough UK distribut
stanley usa ors already but there s always room for a new business if you are smart about it, Coen explains. We want to keep it small and grow it slowly - and not try to release 12-15 films per year. Halcyon bought The Visitor at November 2007 s AFM from K5 International. I thought it was a must-have, Coen says of the acclaimed drama about a grumpy professor whose life
stanley cup is changed when he meets an immigrant family in New York. It was the right kind of film to position the company. After a very healthy performance at the US box office and a warm reception at the recent Edinburgh International Film Festival, the film seems poised for UK the
stanley cup atrical success as well, with star Richard Jenkins hotly tipped for awards recognition.Halcyon will release The Visitor on around 21 screens, expanding to about 33 cinemas in its first four weeks. Other releases later in 2008 are Jonas Cuaron s Year Of The Nail Ano Una in September, Eran Riklis Acfs IndieVest launches production/distribution arm with Burton, Wall
London-based firm to employ at least 200 at new Canadian office.Quebec premier Pauline Marois has announced that Cinesite, the London-based VFX and animations production company, is to open a Montreal subsidiary that will oversee the companys North American operations. The new studio will employ at least 200 people, with the potential to reach 250 employees by 2018. The project will involve a capital investment of $6.7m and a payroll investment of $42.4m. The Quebec government is granting Cinesite a $1.2m interest-free loan to assist with the finance of the initiative.Cinesite VFX has worked on around 150 films and TV productions including Iron Man 3 and upcoming features such as The Monuments Men and 300: Rise of an Empire. It has worked with studios including Disney, Paramount, Fox and Warner Bros as well as HBO Films and the BBC.Cinesite also plans to produce animated films and carry out RD on its proprietary p
stanley cup roduction tools. Im delighted that Cinesite has chosen Quebec to be its key partner in North America, said Marois. The creation of lasting employment in Quebec is the priority of my governments economic policy. To attain our objective of creating 43,000 quality jobs by 2017, we are supporting the realization of major econom
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