The World Business Forum (www.wbfny.com) is proud to announce that George Lucas, legendary producer, director and screenwriter, has joined an already impressive assembly of global leaders to speak at the 2009 World Business Forum being held on October 6-7, 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Image Entertainment, Inc., a independent licensee, producer and distributor of entertainment programming in North America, announced today that Werner Herzog’s “Encounters at the End of the World” was one of 15 documentaries selected by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences to advance in the voting process for consideration as a nominee for “Best Documentary Feature” for the upcoming 81st Academy Awards presentation.
ITV announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Granada Germany has acquired a 51.2% stake in Imago TV Film-und Fernsehproduktion GmbH (”Imago”), the Berlin based TV production business.
The deal represents further progress towards ITV’s strategic objective of growing its production, format creation and distribution businesses in key international territories in order to increase Global Content revenues to £1 billion by 2012.
On Sunday, September 21 at 8:00 pm (ET/PT) the telecast awarding Primetime Emmys in 29 categories will be presented before a black-tie audience and televised by the ABC Television Network from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. This year’s Emmy telecast will be executive-produced by Ken Ehrlich and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. The Television Academy’s Governors Ball will follow the telecast at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
More star presenters for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards were confirmed, including Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, David Boreanaz, Wayne Brady, Lauren Conrad, Jimmy Kimmel and Kiefer Sutherland. The telecast will broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 21 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on ABC.
The Venezia 65 Jury, chaired by Wim Wenders and comprised of Juriy Arabov, Valeria Golino, Douglas Gordon, Lucrecia Martel, John Landis, and Johnnie To, having viewed all twenty-one films in competition, has decided as follows:
The world’s most well known secret agent is even hotter in high definition when six, must-have, electrifying James Bond films debut on Blu-ray Disc from MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
STATEMENT FROM METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC.
LOS ANGELES, CA August 25, 2008
Contrary to recent media reports, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) is not for sale. There is no “asking price” for the company. MGM’s existing financing arrangements are sufficient to meet its needs. Goldman, Sachs has been retained to explore enhancements to MGM’s long-term capital structure. All of the MGM shareholders, including Providence Equity Partners, TPG, Sony Corp. Of America and Comcast Corp, are pleased with the Company’s current momentum and are committed to the future growth of the studio.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) has signed Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) to direct POLTERGEIST. Cale Boyter, Executive Vice President, Production and Luke Ryan, Vice President, Production, are overseeing the project for MGM.
Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, announced today that it will release Quantum of Solace on November 14th in North America. The strategic move places the highly-anticipated James Bond adventure one week closer to the prime movie-going holiday window and takes advantage of last week’s decision to move the release date of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
