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Heute Vormittag war in einigen Foren zu lesen, dass man mit einer Shortattacke rechnen würde, da der Kursanstieg binnen 3 Tagen vulminant waren. Es wurde tatsächlich versucht, den Kurs zu drücken. Am Nachmittag wurde dann vom grossen Gegenspieler jedoch Gegenmassnahmen eingeleitet und binnen Sekunden das Ask leergefegt. Die ersten Shorties dürften sich schon verbrannt haben und müssen sich wohl noch eindecken.
Ich glaube, dass vermutlich mit Unterstützung Octagons, der Kurs relativ schnell hochgezogen wird, damit eine Kapitalmassnahme erleichtert wird. Der Kurs wird sich daher aus meiner Sicht jenseits des Euros etablieren.
Was erwarte ich weiter?
Am Donnerstag, also Übermorgen werden die endgültigen Quartalszahlen vermeldet. Vermutlich noch einen kleinen Tick besser als die Vorabzahlen.
Was die Lockupfrist von M.Bormann angeht, erwarte ich ebenso eine Veröffentlichung schon in den nächsten Tagen. Vermutlich wird die Lockupfrist zwischen 6 und 18 Monaten liegen, wobei ich mir auch eine Staffelung vorstellen kann. Egal wie die Fristen vereinbart werden ist das in jedem Fall ein positives Zeichen für den Markt, zumal M.Bormann seine Aktien bisher zu jedem Zeitpunk hätte verkaufen können, ohne ein Frist zu beachten. Lediglich die anschliessende Vermeldung wäre seine Pflicht als VV gewesen. Es wird also freiwillig eine Sperrfrist seitens Bormanns eingeräumt. Und er wird wissen, warum.
Aufgrund der wohl angestrebten Kapitalmassnahme dürfte es mit dem Termin für die geplante HV im Juli wohl etwas eng werden können, zumal die Tagesordnung 1 Monat vorab veröffentlicht werden muss. Daher rechne ich entweder mit einer Terminverschiebung oder mit einer a.o. HV ein paar Wochen später. Aus meiner Sicht wäre die Verschiebung natürlich ratsamer, da auch preiswerter.
Ich denke, dass es durchaus möglich ist, wenn diese Meldungen kommen sollten, dass der Euro schon in dieser Woche kommen kann. Aber warten wir es ab. Ich bleibe auf jeden Fall long.
May 13 Estimates
Updated Thursday afternoonsRank LW Title Distributor Theater Count / Change Week #
1 - Kicking and Screaming Universal 3,300+ - 1
2 14 Monster-in-Law New Line 3,100 +2,184 1
3 - Unleashed Focus 1,750 - 1
4 - Mindhunters Dimension 1,000 - 1
5 - Layer Cake Sony Classics 16 (LA, NYC) - 1
6 - Modigliani Freestyle Releasing 8 - 1
7 - Tell Them Who You Are ThinkFilm 1 (LA) - 1
May 09, 2005
Mindhunters
By Michael Rechtshaffen
Plucked from those famous Miramax/Dimension deep shelves at the eleventh hour, "Mindhunters" arrives in North American theaters a couple of years after its initial planned release date.
Having already played in a number of overseas territories, the British/Dutch/Finnish-American co-production can't help but carry a certain DVD-ready stigma, and that's probably where it will be doing its greatest business in this neck of the woods.
While the premise is intriguing -- a group of young FBI profilers is being systematically and gruesomely eliminated during what is supposed to be an elaborate training exercise -- director Renny Harlin's take on Agatha Christie's versatile "Ten Little Indians" is total B-movie swagger in all its unsubtle glory.
Taken for what it is, along with the clunky dialogue, cardboard-cutout characterizations and eardrum-pounding orchestral blasts, the picture is not without its occasional cheap thrills, which should prove to be more cost-effective in the form of a video store rental.
After an audience-tease of a prologue, "Mindhunters" gets down to the business of plopping its group of FBI Investigative Support Unit would-be profilers in the middle of a remote island that looks like a Main Street USA studio backlot that has seriously gone to seed (it actually was filmed in the Netherlands).
It is there that leader Rafe Perry (Val Kilmer) has orchestrated a murder scene simulation of a final exam designed to weed out the weaker links, but it quickly becomes apparent that the theoretical serial killer they're attempting to profile is the real thing, and, with each subsequent murder, it's looking more and more like the perpetrator is among them.
Although the script, credited to Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin, works overtime attempting to evoke early John Carpenter, some of the nasty demises, no matter how illogical, have their seriously twisted allure, and while Harlin amps everything up to the extreme, the results are at least livelier than his version of "Exorcist: The Beginning," which he took on after "Mindhunters."
The cast -- also including Christian Slater (sharing the name J.D. with his "Heathers" character), LL Cool J, Kathryn Morris, Jonny Lee Miller, Eion Bailey and Clifton Collins Jr. -- do what they can with the hokey dialogue until visual effects supervisor Brian M. Jennings gets around to creatively putting them out of their misery.
Mindhunters
Dimension Films
Dimension Films and Intermedia present an Outlaw production An Avenue Pictures production in association with Weed Road Pictures
Credits:
Director: Renny Harlin
Screenwriters: Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin
Story by: Wayne Kramer
Producers: Jeffrey Silver, Bobby Newmyer, Cary Brokaw, Rebecca Spikings
Executive producers: Moritz Borman, Guy East, Nigel Sinclair, Renny Harlin
Director of photography: Robert Gantz
Production designer: Charles Wood
Editors: Paul Martin Smith, Neil Farrell
Costume designer: Louise Frogley
Music: Tuomas Kantelinen
Cast:
Gabe Jensen: James Todd Smith a k a LL Cool J
Lucas Harper: Jonny Lee Miller
Sara Moore: Kathryn Morris
Nicole Willis: Patricia Velasquez
Vince Sherman: Clifton Collins Jr
Bobby Whitman: Eion Bailey
Rafe Perry: Will Kemp
Jake Harris: Val Kilmer
J.D. Reston: Christian Slater
MPAA rating R
Running time -- 106 minutes
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May 06, 2005
The A-list
Titles generating the strongest buzz as buyers and sellers prepare for the Marche du Film.
By Stephen Galloway
Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction
(C2 Pictures)
A sequel to the 1992 Sharon Stone-Michael Douglas sexual thriller has been under discussion for years, but the picture now has become a reality for Intermedia, with Stone starring opposite British actor David Morrissey (Miramax's "Derailed") for director Michael Caton-Jones (1995's "Rob Roy"). Shooting began in London last month, with Stone reprising her role as Catherine Tramell for a tale that sees her once again in trouble with the law. Morrissey plays a psychiatrist assigned to evaluate the mystery woman, who then becomes entangled with her in unintended ways. Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar produce.
The Breed
(First Look Media)
Horror maestro Wes Craven produces this latest entry in the genre, which stars Michelle Rodriguez (2000's "Girlfight") as a young woman who travels with her friends to a private island in the Puget Sound for a quiet vacation, only to encounter trouble when the island's wild dogs turn out to be a collection of mutants with preternatural intelligence and an appetite to match. The picture is one of three horror films that Craven has pacted to produce for First Look. "Breed" started shooting in South Africa in April, with Craven protege Nicholas Mastandrea making his directorial debut.
Copying Beethoven
(Myriad Pictures)
Ed Harris plays Ludwig van Beethoven in this drama set in 1820s Vienna, which follows an aspiring young female composer, played by Diane Kruger (2004's "Troy"), who lands a job as a copyist helping the master as he completes his "Ninth Symphony." Their relationship becomes more complicated as Beethoven turns to her for inspiration while working on his brilliant string quartets. Agnieszka Holland (1991's "Europa Europa") directs the picture from a script by Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson (1995's "Nixon"). The movie began shooting in April.
Hard Candy
(Lions Gate International)
First-time feature director David Slade drew strong reviews at January's Sundance Film Festival for this psychological drama about a cat-and-mouse game between a teenage girl (Ellen Page) and a fashion photographer (Patrick Wilson, 2004's "The Phantom of the Opera") whom she encounters on the Internet. Events soon escalate when the photographer finds himself tied down by the teen as she demands to know the truth about a missing teenage friend. The film also stars Sandra Oh (2004's "Sideways").
The Illusionist
(Syndicate Films International)
Based on the 1989 short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist," published in Esquire magazine and written by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Millhauser, this drama is set in turn-of-the-century Vienna and features Edward Norton as a stage magician who uses his magic to win back the love of his life from a powerful rival who just so happens to be the crown prince of Austria. Neil Burger (2002's "Interview with the Assassin") directs from his own script. The movie also stars Paul Giamatti, who reteams with his "Sideways" producer Michael London.
In the Land of Women
(Kathy Morgan International)
Meg Ryan stars in this joint venture from Castle Rock Entertainment and Warner Independent, a romantic comedy about a young man (Adam Brody) who leaves Los Angeles following a devastating breakup with his girlfriend and moves in with his eccentric grandmother in her suburban Detroit home. There, he befriends a single mother who lives across the street -- and his real problems begin. Jonathan Kasdan (son of director Lawrence Kasdan) directs from his own script. Kathy Morgan is handling international sales for the film.
Isolation
(Lions Gate International)
Lions Gate's latest horror film, following the success of 2004's "Saw," is a new Anglo-Irish co-production from director Billy O'Brien, starring British actors John Lynch, Ruth Negga and Sean Harris. It tells the story of five people who end up on a bleak farm during an Irish winter to take part in an experiment that goes horribly wrong. The film marks O'Brien's feature debut on the heels of his 1999 prize-winning short "The Tale of the Rat That Wrote."
First Snow
(Syndicate Films International)
One of the first pictures to be released after being made with seed money from real estate mogul Bob Yari, "Snow" stars Guy Pearce in a "Memento"-esque tale about a man who is told by a fortune teller that he will die when the next snows come -- and how the man tries desperately to change his life to avoid that fate. Mark Fergus (who previously co-wrote the 2003 movie "Consequence") makes his directing debut from a script he co-wrote with Hawk Ostby.
Killshot
(Weinstein Co)
Harvey and Bob Weinstein's new company -- Weinstein Co -- makes its Cannes debut with this adaptation of a novel by Elmore Leonard. Based on a screenplay by Hossein Amini (1997's "The Wings of the Dove") and directed by Weinstein favorite John Madden (1998's "Shakespeare in Love"), this thriller centers on an innocent couple who becomes the target of two killers, a hit man and a sociopath, after the couple stumbles upon an extortion scheme. Casting is underway on the film, which will start shooting later this year.
Little Fish
(Myriad Pictures)
Fresh off her Oscar win for best supporting actress for 2004's "The Aviator," Cate Blanchett returns to her native Australia for this thriller about a down-and-out former drug addict who agrees to get involved in a crime in order to obtain the money to start an Internet cafe -- only to wind up on the wrong side of a gun when she arrives at the expected victim's home. Directed by Rowan Woods (1999's "The Boys"), the film also stars Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving and Martin Henderson.
Lonely Hearts
(Millennium Films)
John Travolta and James Gandolfini team as investigators on the trail of the "Lonely Hearts Killers" -- Raymond Martinez and Martha Beck, a couple who trapped their victims by answering the personals -- in this drama set in New York during the 1940s. The movie, which started shooting in Florida in March, features Salma Hayek as Beck and is based on a true story in which writer-director Todd Robinson's father, Detective Elmer Robinson, was involved; he was the original detective who now is played by Travolta.
The Tiger and the Snow
(Focus Features)
After putting his stamp on the Holocaust experience in 1998's "Life Is Beautiful," Italian superstar Roberto Benigni makes an even bolder leap in "Tiger," a comedy-drama in which he plays a love-struck poet who finds himself in Iraq at the outset of the American-led invasion. The film, which also stars Benigni's wife and regular collaborator, Nicoletta Braschi, as well as French actor Jean Reno, is being released domestically by Focus Features, which also is handling all rights outside of Italy. The film marks Benigni's first directorial effort since 2002's "Pinocchio" and is due to open in Europe in October.
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(Arclight Films)
This drama, based on the true story behind author Truman Capote's investigation into the 1959 murders of a rich Kansas family -- which would eventually become the subject of his best-seller "In Cold Blood" -- stars Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig and introduces Toby Jones as the young Capote. Written and directed by Douglas McGrath (1996's "Emma"), the movie is based in part on George Plimpton's 1997 biography "Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career." The film also features a host of big-name actors in supporting roles, including Sigourney Weaver, Isabella Rossellini, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis and Juliet Stevenson. Christine Vachon and John Wells are two of the producers, with Arclight handling sales in Cannes and Warner Independent releasing the film domestically.
The Wicker Man
(Millennium Films)
Oscar winner Nicolas Cage teams with writer-director Neil LaBute for the first time in this Avi Lerner remake of the 1973 thriller of the same name. The movie, which starts shooting in Vancouver in July, tells the story of a sheriff who stumbles upon pagan rituals while looking into the disappearance of a young woman on an isolated island off the coast of Maine. (The original film -- widely considered a cult classic -- starred Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee and took place off the coast of Scotland.)
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Positives Gesamtergebnis im ersten Quartal 2005
München/Los Angeles, 12. Mai 2005 – Die IM Internationalmedia AG hat im ersten Quartal 2005 bei einem Umsatz von 8,1 Mio. Euro ein deutlich positives Gesamtergebnis (Ergebnis nach Steuern) in Höhe von 1,5 Mio. Euro (Vorjahreszeitraum -4,6 Mio. Euro) erzielt. Nachdem bereits das vergangene Geschäftsjahr mit einem positiven Quartal bei einem Ergebnis in Höhe von 0,4 Mio. Euro abgeschlossen werden konnte, hat die IM Internationalmedia AG den positiven Trend im ersten Quartal 2005 fortgesetzt. Das operative Ergebnis (EBIT) weist gegenüber dem Vorjahresquartal einen Anstieg von 6,3 Mio. Euro auf 1,3 Mio. Euro auf (Vorjahreszeitraum: -5,0 Mio. Euro). Das Ergebnis je Aktie beträgt 0,05 Euro (Vorjahreszeitraum: -0,14 Euro).
Das deutlich positive Gesamtergebnis bei vergleichsweise moderaten Umsätzen liegt in der Produktionsfreigabe neuer Filme und damit vereinnahmten Finanzierungsentgelten begründet, womit sich wiederum zeigt, dass die Umsatzentwicklung der Internationalmedia Gruppe nur eine sehr beschränkte Aussagekraft für die Ertragsentwicklung oder den Cash Flow der Gesellschaft hat.
Die Aufwendungen für die allgemeine Verwaltung konnten nochmals auf 2,7 Mio. Euro (Vorjahreszeitraum: 3,4 Mio. Euro) reduziert werden. Die Aufwendungen für Abschreibungen auf die Filmstoffentwicklung betrugen 1,6 Mio. Euro gegenüber 4,4 Mio. Euro im Vorjahreszeitraum. Damit wird deutlich, dass die große Belastung vergangener Jahre durch derartige Wertberichtigungen ab dem Geschäftsjahr 2005 entfällt.
Die Eigenkapitalquote hat sich gegenüber dem Jahresende 2004 von 16,0% auf 17,4% verbessert. Dies liegt hauptsächlich in der Reduzierung von Verbindlichkeiten gegenüber Kreditinstituten begründet. Trotz dieser Rückzahlungen in Höhe von 6,5 Mio. Euro hat die Gesellschaft im ersten Quartal 2005 einen positiven Cash Flow in Höhe von 1,3 Mio. Euro erwirtschaftet. Der Free Cash Flow beträgt demnach 7,8 Mio. Euro.
Der aktuelle Kassenbestand per Ende März beträgt 33,9 Mio. Euro, wobei der weitaus überwiegende Teil davon für eine neue Produktion reserviert ist. Die freie Liquidität liegt Ende März leicht über dem Niveau des Vorquartals.
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Aufgrund der nun angepassen Kostenstruktur und der Umstrukturierung des Managements sehen wir auch dem verbleibenen Geschäftsjahr 2005 und den noch anstehenden Maßnahmen zuversichtlich entgegen.
He will be replaced by Martin Schuermann, who on May 1 becomes chairman of the board of Internationalmedia.
Borman will switch his focus from running Intermedia to producing a number of big-ticket projects he developed there as an exec. Borman, who holds 13.5% of company shares, remains the largest single stockholder.
Rather than sell as do most exiting toppers, Borman said he will try to build up the value of his shares by boosting the company portfolio of global hit movies. Among the films he will either produce or exec produce is " Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction," " Terminator 4" and the Steve Zaillian-scripted " Tom Mix and Pancho Villa," long a passion project for director Tony Scott.
Borman added the CEO slot when Nigel Sinclairand Guy East left the company. He maintains the decision to hand the reins to Schuermann was his.
" I'd made it perfectly clear when I took over as chairman two years ago that I would only do these dual jobs for a finite amount of time," Borman said. " My commitment to this company remains as strong as ever. This is apparent to anyone who knows me and the fact that I have agreed not to sell my shares is testament to this. The restructuring will enable me to focus on films only, which is what Intermedia needs. Martin will lead (the company) into a new and stronger phase."
Schuermann is a German-born exec who came to the U.S. in 1990. A former managing director of the L.A.-based CLT-UFA (a Bertelsmann TV and movie subsidiary), Schuermann most recently focused on strategic acquisitions between German and American companies. He is bilingual and knows Intermedia well, having put in several years on the supervisory board of the parent company before leaving when the company downsized and halved its board as well.
Liquidity problems
Borman, who joined the company when his production company Pacifica merged with Intermedia in 2000, acknowledged that the company has endured a rough patch for reasons aside from the underperformance of its films in theaters. Its original focus, foreign sales, became a low-profit business. The collapse of the Neuer Markt made it difficult to find more financing and created liquidity problems.
Shares first publicly sold on the German stock exchange at $32 five years ago are now worth between 60¢ cents and $1.20 each.
Borman said there have been positive developments that put the company in position to rebound.
" For one thing, we have tremendously cut overhead and costs, by about 70%," he said. " The company was a huge hemorrhaging behemoth that didn't fit the marketplace two years ago, and we had about 20 producing deals that didn't result in many films. We have about one deal left."
Intermedia produced two of the highest-budgeted " indie" pics ever in " Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" " Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines" and " Alexander" (both eventually picked up by Warner Bros. for domestic distribution.)
Borman said he can fix a major problem in his new role.
" We just didn't make enough movies, and how could we, when I spent 70% of my time on administrative work and running a bicontinental public company. I will do for the company what I do best, which is produce."
Borman said he will work closely with Intermedia prexyprexy of production Scott KroopfScott Kroopf on the company's arsenal of development projects. Given the volume of shares he plans to keep, Borman said he has perhaps as much to gain by an Intermedia turnaroundturnaround as anyone.
" With my shares locked up, it is directly in my interest to get the share price up by making great films and helping Martin and existing management be successful," Borman said. " Only if I help the company to get the stock price up can I some day cash out."
Date in print: Thurs., Apr. 14, 2005, Los Angeles
Quelle: Variety
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denke so wie die letzten 2 jahre gehts nicht mehr weiter,
news bestätigen die ideen der letzten monate, wie auch
mit euch bei iem-invest erörtert.
dabei ist dies nur der beginn einer interessanten story, aber,
der mount everest wird auch nur schritt für schritt bestiegen.
time will tell.
ciao honi a presto
Gruß Flex
Grundsätzlich bin ich Deiner Meinung. Glaube auch, dass es ohne große Rücksetzer bis über 0,90 geht, auch sogar bis 1€. Könnte mir aber bei der Euro-Marke einen "psychologischen" Widerstand vorstellen, an dem wir uns einige Male die Hörner stoßen.
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Hauptversammlung Ende August
München/Los Angeles, 17. Mai 2005 – Wie geplant hat Herr Martin Schürmann Anfang Mai 2005 sein Amt als Vorstandsvorsitzender angetreten. Der Vorstand wird in den nächsten Wochen die bestehenden Strukturen und Abläufe der Unternehmensgruppe umfassend analysieren.
Dabei steht die eingehende Überprüfung möglicher Alternativen bezüglich einer weiteren internen Prozessoptimierung sowie der potenziellen strategischen Maßnahmen zur Verbreiterung des Geschäftsmodells im Vordergrund. Durch die gesetzlichen Einladungsfristen wäre es für die am 6. Juli 2005 angesetzte Hauptversammlung nicht mehr möglich, in diesem Zusammenhang gefasste Beschlüsse von Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat in die Tagesordnung aufzunehmen.
Um eine zur Umsetzung dieser Maßnahmen eventuell notwendige außerordentliche Hauptversammlung zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt und damit einhergehende signifikante Zusatzkosten zu vermeiden, haben Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat der IM Internationalmedia AG beschlossen, die ordentliche Hauptversammlung der IM Internationalmedia AG auf den 23. August 2005 zu verlegen.
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