WGA Nominations
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced its nominees for the 2010 Awards. Winners will be announced at twin ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on Saturday, 20 February.
District 9 nominated for editors’ awards
District 9 was one of the films nominated on Tuesday 12 January for the American Cinema Editors' 60th annual ACE Eddie Awards. Also nominated were Avatar, Star Trek, The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air.
Cape Town Film Studios fully operational in 2010
Cape Town Film Studios’ CEO Nico Dekker announced in his end of year newsletter that the studios would be fully operational in 2010.
Apple set to revolutionise online TV services
Apple, which revolutionized the music industry with iTunes, is now turning its attention to online TV services and ABC and CBS are among the networks that are considering joining the Apple venture.
Avatar 3rd highest grossing film in history
James Cameron’s mega-budget 3D epic, Avatar, has currently made $1.1bn worldwide, placing it in third spot in the list of the world’s highest ever grossing films.
Record year for Dutch box office
Proving again that the entertainment business thrives in recessionary times, cinema ticket sales in the Netherlands in 2009 were up by 15.25% compared to the previous year. Cineuropa reports that a total of 27.2m tickets were sold during 2009.
TVIEC’s open letter to the new SABC Board
The TVIEC (Television Industry Emergency Coalition), consisting of: IPO (Independent Producers Organisation)...
Calling all student and amateur filmmakers
The 39th International Student Film Festival sehsuechte in Potsdam-Babelsberg (Germany) is calling for films for its next edition which takes place from 20 to 25 April.
Hollywood’s most popular
Sandra Bullock was voted Favourite Movie Actress and Johnny Depp Actor of the Decade at the 2010 People’s Choice Awards, which were announced on 5 January at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre.
District 9 gets PGA nom
Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame has been nominated for the 2010 Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards for having produced the South African blockbuster District 9.
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