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Archives for: July 20085
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No longer at the movies with Ebert & Roeper
Tuesday July 22nd 2008Film critic Roger Ebert says he’s cutting ties with the television show that he and the late Gene Siskel made famous. In an e-mail on Monday, Ebert said Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show “in a new direction” and he won’t be associated with it. His announcement came a day after his fellow Chicago Sun-Times writer Richard Roeper said he was leaving the nationally syndicated “At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper.”
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Seville grabs Christal titles
Tuesday July 22nd 2008Canadian distributor Seville Pictures has received court permission to acquire the domestic rights to 27 films from a reorganizing Christal Films. The Quebec Superior Court on Friday approved a bid from Montreal-based Seville to take over the distribution contracts to the Christal titles. In May, Christal Films secured court protection from its creditors after losing a sublicensing deal for the Quebec market with Maple Pictures and Lionsgate.
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Studio ad touts contract offer to actors guild
Tuesday July 22nd 2008A newspaper ad placed by Hollywood studios touts their contract offer to the Screen Actors Guild as a groundbreaking deal that mirrors those already accepted by other industry unions. Meanwhile, guild leaders pressed their case at a weekend SAG meeting attended by an estimated 700 people and got an enthusiastic reception, Daily Variety reported on its Web site Sunday.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 07/18/2008 to 07/20/2008
Monday July 21st 2008FilmTotalThe Dark Knight, WARNER BROS.$158,411,483Mamma Mia!, UNIVERSAL$27,751,240Hancock, SONY$14,040,178Journey to the Center of the Earth, NEW LINE$12,340,435Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Universal$10,117,815Wall-E, BUENA VISTA$10,117,815Space Chimps, FOX$7,181,374Wanted, UNIVERSAL$5,072,805Get Smart, WARNER BROS.$4,125,021Kung Fu Panda, PARAMOUNT$1,860,854
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SAG, studio apply extra pressure
Monday July 21st 2008With no signs of a break in the three-week stalemate between the Screen Actors Guild and the majors, both sides are keeping up the pressure. SAG leaders maintained a defiant tone over the weekend, insisting the guild could still go on strike and that negotiations are continuing — in spite[…]
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Archives for: July 20085
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No longer at the movies with Ebert & Roeper
Tuesday July 22nd 2008Film critic Roger Ebert says he’s cutting ties with the television show that he and the late Gene Siskel made famous. In an e-mail on Monday, Ebert said Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show “in a new direction” and he won’t be associated with it. His announcement came a day after his fellow Chicago Sun-Times writer Richard Roeper said he was leaving the nationally syndicated “At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper.”
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Seville grabs Christal titles
Tuesday July 22nd 2008Canadian distributor Seville Pictures has received court permission to acquire the domestic rights to 27 films from a reorganizing Christal Films. The Quebec Superior Court on Friday approved a bid from Montreal-based Seville to take over the distribution contracts to the Christal titles. In May, Christal Films secured court protection from its creditors after losing a sublicensing deal for the Quebec market with Maple Pictures and Lionsgate.
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Studio ad touts contract offer to actors guild
Tuesday July 22nd 2008A newspaper ad placed by Hollywood studios touts their contract offer to the Screen Actors Guild as a groundbreaking deal that mirrors those already accepted by other industry unions. Meanwhile, guild leaders pressed their case at a weekend SAG meeting attended by an estimated 700 people and got an enthusiastic reception, Daily Variety reported on its Web site Sunday.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 07/18/2008 to 07/20/2008
Monday July 21st 2008FilmTotalThe Dark Knight, WARNER BROS.$158,411,483Mamma Mia!, UNIVERSAL$27,751,240Hancock, SONY$14,040,178Journey to the Center of the Earth, NEW LINE$12,340,435Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Universal$10,117,815Wall-E, BUENA VISTA$10,117,815Space Chimps, FOX$7,181,374Wanted, UNIVERSAL$5,072,805Get Smart, WARNER BROS.$4,125,021Kung Fu Panda, PARAMOUNT$1,860,854
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SAG, studio apply extra pressure
Monday July 21st 2008With no signs of a break in the three-week stalemate between the Screen Actors Guild and the majors, both sides are keeping up the pressure. SAG leaders maintained a defiant tone over the weekend, insisting the guild could still go on strike and that negotiations are continuing — in spite[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: July 20085
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No longer at the movies with Ebert & Roeper
Tuesday July 22nd 2008Film critic Roger Ebert says he’s cutting ties with the television show that he and the late Gene Siskel made famous. In an e-mail on Monday, Ebert said Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show “in a new direction” and he won’t be associated with it. His announcement came a day after his fellow Chicago Sun-Times writer Richard Roeper said he was leaving the nationally syndicated “At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper.”
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Seville grabs Christal titles
Tuesday July 22nd 2008Canadian distributor Seville Pictures has received court permission to acquire the domestic rights to 27 films from a reorganizing Christal Films. The Quebec Superior Court on Friday approved a bid from Montreal-based Seville to take over the distribution contracts to the Christal titles. In May, Christal Films secured court protection from its creditors after losing a sublicensing deal for the Quebec market with Maple Pictures and Lionsgate.
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Studio ad touts contract offer to actors guild
Tuesday July 22nd 2008A newspaper ad placed by Hollywood studios touts their contract offer to the Screen Actors Guild as a groundbreaking deal that mirrors those already accepted by other industry unions. Meanwhile, guild leaders pressed their case at a weekend SAG meeting attended by an estimated 700 people and got an enthusiastic reception, Daily Variety reported on its Web site Sunday.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 07/18/2008 to 07/20/2008
Monday July 21st 2008FilmTotalThe Dark Knight, WARNER BROS.$158,411,483Mamma Mia!, UNIVERSAL$27,751,240Hancock, SONY$14,040,178Journey to the Center of the Earth, NEW LINE$12,340,435Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Universal$10,117,815Wall-E, BUENA VISTA$10,117,815Space Chimps, FOX$7,181,374Wanted, UNIVERSAL$5,072,805Get Smart, WARNER BROS.$4,125,021Kung Fu Panda, PARAMOUNT$1,860,854
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SAG, studio apply extra pressure
Monday July 21st 2008With no signs of a break in the three-week stalemate between the Screen Actors Guild and the majors, both sides are keeping up the pressure. SAG leaders maintained a defiant tone over the weekend, insisting the guild could still go on strike and that negotiations are continuing — in spite[…]
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