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What Just Happening. Trade Roughage 06/11/08

June 11, 2008 – 9:04 am

It’s been all-but-confirmed for awhile, but thisVariety story nails it: Magnolia will self-distribute What Just Happened?, Barry Levinson’s Hollywood satire which the studio produced through 2929 Entertainment but were hoping to unload at either Sundance or Cannes. “There were offers,” Eamonn Bowles told Anne Thompson, “But we can make more money doing it ourselves.” They’re [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Hollywood, Technology & Web | Comments (0)

Cannes Deals Straggle In: Trade Roughage 5/27/08

May 27, 2008 – 9:27 am

Not content to let IFC walk off the Croisette as the big buying ballers of Cannes 2008, Sony Pictures Classics set a number of deals in the last days of the fest, including distribution pacts for the Israeli animated doc Waltz With Bashir, Lorna’s Silence by the Dardenne brothers, and James Toback’s Tyson.
Meanwhile, the people [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Hollywood, cannes 2008 | Comments (0)

Cannes Bookends: Trade Roughage 08/29/08

April 30, 2008 – 9:06 am

Confirmation came yesterday afternoon that the films long expected to open and close the Cannes Film Festival, Fernando Meirelles’ Blindness and Barry Levinson’s What Just Happened?, will in fact do so, despite recent rumors that the latter film had been nixed due to its post-Sundance loser taint.
Magnolia has purchased Wayne Wang’s A Thousand Years [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals | Comments (0)

Tom Cruise Steals Tropic Thunder

April 3, 2008 – 11:14 am

It could be the actor’s best performance ever.

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Hollywood, Stars | Comments (0)

Bigger, Stronger, Faster: to Magnolia, At True/False

February 28, 2008 – 10:35 am

I’m typing this from Columbia, MO, where the True/False Film Festival is just getting underway. Shortly before I flew in yesterday, I found out that Christopher Bell’s surprisingly strong Sundance entry Bigger, Stronger, Faster had been added to the True/False program. Shortly after arriving, I found out that the film has been acquired by Magnolia, [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film festivals, True/False 2008 | Comments (0)

Magnet Gets SPECIAL

February 15, 2008 – 9:45 am

An overlooked gem from Sundance 2006 finally gets distribution. But why now?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution | Comments (2)

Tom Cruise Plays Himself…? Clip of the Day.

January 29, 2008 – 2:17 pm

Did MAGNOLIA anticipate Tom Cruise’s future weirdness, or has Tom Cruise become a parody of a character that was intended as a departure?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Clip of the Day, Video | Comments (1)

FilmCouch #45

November 9, 2007 – 6:00 am

Tom “sprint-till-it-hurts” Cruise, beyond the tabloids.

 
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By Kevin Buist | Posted in FilmCouch, Hollywood, Politics | Comments (2)

Mark Cuban No Longer Dancing With the Stars

October 25, 2007 – 8:56 am

Magnolia Pictures and Landmark Theaters Owner Mark Cuban was voted off ABC’s Dancing With the Stars last night. Above, watch his final performance; below the jump, in his ABC-mandated exit interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Cuban talks about wearing a onesie, buying the Cubs, and baring his “unshaved” hip replacement scar on national television. Throughout this [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution, Indies, Stars | Comments (0)

DePalma Gives Up

October 11, 2007 – 9:00 am

DePalma is apparently resigned to defeat in the battle over REDACTED.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, NYFF 2007 | Comments (0)