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Archives for: April 20115
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Blue Ant Media to acquire GlassBox Television
Tuesday April 12th 2011A company led by the former head of Alliance Atlantis is buying into GlassBox Television Inc. and plans to acquire control of the company. Michael MacMillan’s Blue Ant Media Inc. will initially buy 29.9 per cent of GlassBox, the co-CEOs of GlassBox announced Monday. There’s also an agreement for Blue Ant to increase its ownership to at least 75 per cent, subject to regulatory approval.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 04/08/11 to 04/10/11
Monday April 11th 2011FilmTotalHop, Uni.$21,298,240Hanna, Focus$12,370,549Arthur (2011), WB$12,222,756Soul Surfer, TriS$10,601,862Insidious, FD$9,371,769Your Highness, Uni.$9,360,020Source Code, Sum.$8,650,238Limitless, Rela.$5,461,378Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Fox$4,770,987The Lincoln Lawyer, LGF$4,281,598
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Extension of film tax credit program unanimously passed by Alaska Senate
Thursday April 07th 2011State senators have unanimously approved an extension for a film tax credit program in Alaska. The tax credit program will offer $200 million in additional credits and extend for another 10 years past its 2013 expiration date. Sen. Johnny Ellis, the Democratic sponsor of the bill, says the measure will put Alaskans to work while ensuring that credits are handed out in an accountable manner. A reality show starring former Gov. Sarah Palin received $1.2 million in tax credits under the existing tax credit scheme.
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SAG, AFTRA move forward on merger
Thursday April 07th 2011Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have been courting each other for months. They are now ready to ask for permission to marry. In a message sent to members of both unions Wednesday night, SAG and AFTRA announced that a joint body of union leaders had unanimously approved “draft resolutions for consideration by the unions’ respective National Boards of Directors” to advance the process of merging the two organizations.
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Vancouver school project turns into action flick ‘Hanna’
Thursday April 07th 2011An assignment for a Vancouver Film School student has exploded into a multimillion-dollar action movie opening in theatres across North America this weekend. Twenty-nine-year-old Seth Lockhead says he wrote the script for the thriller, “Hanna,” as his final project in 2005, imagining Cate Blanchett in one of the lead roles. And roughly six years later, he says he’s blown away to see his adventure tale turned into a star-packed film featuring Blanchett, as well as Saoirse Ronan and Eric Bana.
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Archives for: April 20115
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Blue Ant Media to acquire GlassBox Television
Tuesday April 12th 2011A company led by the former head of Alliance Atlantis is buying into GlassBox Television Inc. and plans to acquire control of the company. Michael MacMillan’s Blue Ant Media Inc. will initially buy 29.9 per cent of GlassBox, the co-CEOs of GlassBox announced Monday. There’s also an agreement for Blue Ant to increase its ownership to at least 75 per cent, subject to regulatory approval.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 04/08/11 to 04/10/11
Monday April 11th 2011FilmTotalHop, Uni.$21,298,240Hanna, Focus$12,370,549Arthur (2011), WB$12,222,756Soul Surfer, TriS$10,601,862Insidious, FD$9,371,769Your Highness, Uni.$9,360,020Source Code, Sum.$8,650,238Limitless, Rela.$5,461,378Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Fox$4,770,987The Lincoln Lawyer, LGF$4,281,598
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Extension of film tax credit program unanimously passed by Alaska Senate
Thursday April 07th 2011State senators have unanimously approved an extension for a film tax credit program in Alaska. The tax credit program will offer $200 million in additional credits and extend for another 10 years past its 2013 expiration date. Sen. Johnny Ellis, the Democratic sponsor of the bill, says the measure will put Alaskans to work while ensuring that credits are handed out in an accountable manner. A reality show starring former Gov. Sarah Palin received $1.2 million in tax credits under the existing tax credit scheme.
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SAG, AFTRA move forward on merger
Thursday April 07th 2011Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have been courting each other for months. They are now ready to ask for permission to marry. In a message sent to members of both unions Wednesday night, SAG and AFTRA announced that a joint body of union leaders had unanimously approved “draft resolutions for consideration by the unions’ respective National Boards of Directors” to advance the process of merging the two organizations.
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Vancouver school project turns into action flick ‘Hanna’
Thursday April 07th 2011An assignment for a Vancouver Film School student has exploded into a multimillion-dollar action movie opening in theatres across North America this weekend. Twenty-nine-year-old Seth Lockhead says he wrote the script for the thriller, “Hanna,” as his final project in 2005, imagining Cate Blanchett in one of the lead roles. And roughly six years later, he says he’s blown away to see his adventure tale turned into a star-packed film featuring Blanchett, as well as Saoirse Ronan and Eric Bana.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: April 20115
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Blue Ant Media to acquire GlassBox Television
Tuesday April 12th 2011A company led by the former head of Alliance Atlantis is buying into GlassBox Television Inc. and plans to acquire control of the company. Michael MacMillan’s Blue Ant Media Inc. will initially buy 29.9 per cent of GlassBox, the co-CEOs of GlassBox announced Monday. There’s also an agreement for Blue Ant to increase its ownership to at least 75 per cent, subject to regulatory approval.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 04/08/11 to 04/10/11
Monday April 11th 2011FilmTotalHop, Uni.$21,298,240Hanna, Focus$12,370,549Arthur (2011), WB$12,222,756Soul Surfer, TriS$10,601,862Insidious, FD$9,371,769Your Highness, Uni.$9,360,020Source Code, Sum.$8,650,238Limitless, Rela.$5,461,378Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Fox$4,770,987The Lincoln Lawyer, LGF$4,281,598
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Extension of film tax credit program unanimously passed by Alaska Senate
Thursday April 07th 2011State senators have unanimously approved an extension for a film tax credit program in Alaska. The tax credit program will offer $200 million in additional credits and extend for another 10 years past its 2013 expiration date. Sen. Johnny Ellis, the Democratic sponsor of the bill, says the measure will put Alaskans to work while ensuring that credits are handed out in an accountable manner. A reality show starring former Gov. Sarah Palin received $1.2 million in tax credits under the existing tax credit scheme.
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SAG, AFTRA move forward on merger
Thursday April 07th 2011Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have been courting each other for months. They are now ready to ask for permission to marry. In a message sent to members of both unions Wednesday night, SAG and AFTRA announced that a joint body of union leaders had unanimously approved “draft resolutions for consideration by the unions’ respective National Boards of Directors” to advance the process of merging the two organizations.
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Vancouver school project turns into action flick ‘Hanna’
Thursday April 07th 2011An assignment for a Vancouver Film School student has exploded into a multimillion-dollar action movie opening in theatres across North America this weekend. Twenty-nine-year-old Seth Lockhead says he wrote the script for the thriller, “Hanna,” as his final project in 2005, imagining Cate Blanchett in one of the lead roles. And roughly six years later, he says he’s blown away to see his adventure tale turned into a star-packed film featuring Blanchett, as well as Saoirse Ronan and Eric Bana.
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