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1. Golden Harvest reaps as it sells

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Jonathan Landreth

   Beijing-based talent agency and production house Chengtian Entertainment said Thursday that it has bought a 24.78% stake in Golden Harvest Entertainment, one of Asia's leading exhibitor-distributors.Read more

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2. ACC 'Wild' out of the gate

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Jonathan Landreth

   Upstart Tokyo-based film and TV producers Asian Contents Center unveiled its first projects Thursday, announcing committments from Japanese and Chinese pubcasters NHK and CCTV to air the three-part series "Wild Life," based on a popular manga about renegade veterinarians.Read more

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3. Dialogue: Andrew Lau

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Empty

   DIALOGUE: Filmmaker Andrew Lau is internationally renowned for his boxoffice hit "Infernal Affairs, and his recent film "Initial D" was also a hit across Asia. Lau soon will be making his Hollywood directorial debut with "The Flock."Read more

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4. Panelists lead 'Grail' search on indie side

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Leslie SImmons

   "Know the distribution company as well as you know your film," Lionsgate's president of acquisitions and co-productions Peter Block told a packed conference room at the Le Merigot Hotel on Thursday.Read more

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5. Lipsky to head SenArt unit

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Gregg Goldstein

   Producer SenArt Films is creating a distribution division, SenArt Films Releasing, and hiring New York indie film veteran Jeff Lipsky as its director of marketing distribution.Read more

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6. Arquette, Lillard, Jones in medieval 'Times'

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Gregg Goldstein

   David Arquette, Matthew Lillard and Orlando Jones are attached to star opposite Justin Chatwin and Jack Black in "Ye Old Times," a wild comedy about romance at a Renaissance fair.Read more

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7. Babelgum, Encounters team for shorts

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Stuart Kemp

   Global Internet TV network Babelgum on Thursday said that it has partnered with the U.K.'s Encounters Short Film Festival to broadcast short films via its Internet site.Read more

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8. U.K.'s Ipso Facto: They have Moxie

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Stuart Kemp

   Brit production banner Ipso Facto Films is partnering with a host of outfits in setting up a U.K.-based talent development company based on the U.S. micro-studio system, the outfit said Thursday.Read more

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9. Depardieu on the case for 'Kalach'

   5:00 am 11/2/2007

   • by Stuart Kemp

   Gerard Depardieu has joined the cast of "Kalach," a French-language movie directed by Yves Renier that is being touted at the American Film Market by Pascal Diot's Onoma International.Read more

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10. Dialogue: Director Andrew Lau

    5:00 am 11/2/2007

    • by Empty

    Andrew Lau is internationally renowned for his boxoffice hit "Infernal Affairs," which, when remade as "The Departed," earned Martin Scorsese his first Oscar.Read more

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