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Archives for: October 20085
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Studios prep major film production
Thursday October 09th 2008After mostly sitting on the sidelines since the June 30 expiration of the SAG contract, studios are preparing to put 40 or more films into production between spring and summer. Hundreds of millions of dollars in production financing will be committed to fill slates for 2010 and 2011, signaling the[…]
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Academy to allow film ads on Oscars
Thursday October 09th 2008For the first time since the Oscars moved to TV in the early 1950s, studios will be able to advertise movies during the telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences had long banned movie advertising out of concern that it might look as if studios were influencing the outcome of the awards, but the board of governors voted Tuesday night, after listening to the recommendations of a committee charged with studying the issue, to open up the show to movie ads — albeit with plenty of restrictions.
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Canadians yank tax bill
Thursday October 09th 2008Less than a week before the federal election, the Canadian government has dropped a controversial bill that would have allowed it to pull tax credits from films and TV shows it felt were not in the public interest. Filmmakers, actors and producers have been ferociously battling the proposed law, which they described as censorship, since it was announced at the beginning of the year. They upped the ante during the election campaign, taking their protests to the streets.
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Canadian actors agree to new commercials pact
Wednesday October 08th 2008Canada’s actors union on Tuesday reached a tentative deal with domestic advertisers after 17 months of bargaining, averting a threatened strike. ACTRA, which represents about 21,000 domestic performers, said it agreed to terms on a new three-year National Commercial Agreement with the Institute of Communications Agencies and the Association of[…]
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David Cronenberg circling ‘Matarese’
Wednesday October 08th 2008The veteran writer-director is negotiating to helm “The Matarese Circle,” a political thriller and potential franchise generator for MGM. “Circle” would be Cronenberg’s first foray into the big-budget action arena and working with the A-list crowd. The Canadian helmer transmogrified himself as a master of the horror genre in the 1980s to an outre indie auteur in the 1990s.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: October 20085
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Studios prep major film production
Thursday October 09th 2008After mostly sitting on the sidelines since the June 30 expiration of the SAG contract, studios are preparing to put 40 or more films into production between spring and summer. Hundreds of millions of dollars in production financing will be committed to fill slates for 2010 and 2011, signaling the[…]
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Academy to allow film ads on Oscars
Thursday October 09th 2008For the first time since the Oscars moved to TV in the early 1950s, studios will be able to advertise movies during the telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences had long banned movie advertising out of concern that it might look as if studios were influencing the outcome of the awards, but the board of governors voted Tuesday night, after listening to the recommendations of a committee charged with studying the issue, to open up the show to movie ads — albeit with plenty of restrictions.
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Canadians yank tax bill
Thursday October 09th 2008Less than a week before the federal election, the Canadian government has dropped a controversial bill that would have allowed it to pull tax credits from films and TV shows it felt were not in the public interest. Filmmakers, actors and producers have been ferociously battling the proposed law, which they described as censorship, since it was announced at the beginning of the year. They upped the ante during the election campaign, taking their protests to the streets.
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Canadian actors agree to new commercials pact
Wednesday October 08th 2008Canada’s actors union on Tuesday reached a tentative deal with domestic advertisers after 17 months of bargaining, averting a threatened strike. ACTRA, which represents about 21,000 domestic performers, said it agreed to terms on a new three-year National Commercial Agreement with the Institute of Communications Agencies and the Association of[…]
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David Cronenberg circling ‘Matarese’
Wednesday October 08th 2008The veteran writer-director is negotiating to helm “The Matarese Circle,” a political thriller and potential franchise generator for MGM. “Circle” would be Cronenberg’s first foray into the big-budget action arena and working with the A-list crowd. The Canadian helmer transmogrified himself as a master of the horror genre in the 1980s to an outre indie auteur in the 1990s.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: October 20085
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Studios prep major film production
Thursday October 09th 2008After mostly sitting on the sidelines since the June 30 expiration of the SAG contract, studios are preparing to put 40 or more films into production between spring and summer. Hundreds of millions of dollars in production financing will be committed to fill slates for 2010 and 2011, signaling the[…]
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Academy to allow film ads on Oscars
Thursday October 09th 2008For the first time since the Oscars moved to TV in the early 1950s, studios will be able to advertise movies during the telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences had long banned movie advertising out of concern that it might look as if studios were influencing the outcome of the awards, but the board of governors voted Tuesday night, after listening to the recommendations of a committee charged with studying the issue, to open up the show to movie ads — albeit with plenty of restrictions.
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Canadians yank tax bill
Thursday October 09th 2008Less than a week before the federal election, the Canadian government has dropped a controversial bill that would have allowed it to pull tax credits from films and TV shows it felt were not in the public interest. Filmmakers, actors and producers have been ferociously battling the proposed law, which they described as censorship, since it was announced at the beginning of the year. They upped the ante during the election campaign, taking their protests to the streets.
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Canadian actors agree to new commercials pact
Wednesday October 08th 2008Canada’s actors union on Tuesday reached a tentative deal with domestic advertisers after 17 months of bargaining, averting a threatened strike. ACTRA, which represents about 21,000 domestic performers, said it agreed to terms on a new three-year National Commercial Agreement with the Institute of Communications Agencies and the Association of[…]
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David Cronenberg circling ‘Matarese’
Wednesday October 08th 2008The veteran writer-director is negotiating to helm “The Matarese Circle,” a political thriller and potential franchise generator for MGM. “Circle” would be Cronenberg’s first foray into the big-budget action arena and working with the A-list crowd. The Canadian helmer transmogrified himself as a master of the horror genre in the 1980s to an outre indie auteur in the 1990s.
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