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Woo to direct remake of Nikkatsu’s Beast

16-May-2012 | By

John Woo is set to direct and produce gangster drama Day Of The Beast, an English-language remake of Seijin Suzuki’s 1963 classic Youth Of The Beast.

Corsan teams with Haggis on Third Person

16-May-2012 | By Andreas Wiseman

Corsan is to produce and finance new project Third Person from writer-director Paul Haggis; Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde in talks.

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Weinsteins closing on US rights to Code Name Geronimo

16-May-2012 | By

Harvey Weinstein is within grasp of his own version of the Navy SEAL raid that resulted in the death of Osama Bin Laden after his company was poised to acquire US rights to the Cam Gigandet and William Fichtner starrer on Wednesday night (16).

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Future Leaders

11-May-2012

On the eve of Cannes 2012, Screen presents our Future Leaders of Sales and Acquisitions: 50 of the hottest rising buyers and sellers.

Cannes Champion

By Mike Goodridge

Ken Loach has made Cannes history with his 11th film in competition this year, so why don’t the UK media and industry revere him as they should?

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Clifford Werber of Fluent Entertainment talks about the company’s studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films, and its new deal with Sony. Jeremy Kay reports.

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Rufus Norris

By Sarah Cooper

Acclaimed UK theatre director Rufus Norris’ directorial debut Broken has been chosen as tomorrow’s opening film of Critics’ Week.

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Sally Potter untitled project

By Andreas Wiseman

Screen talks to director Sally Potter and producer Christopher Sheppard about their as yet untitled period drama, which shot in and around London earlier this year.

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The Invisible Woman

By Sarah Cooper

Ralph Fiennes’ second directing project following Coriolanus tells the story of Charles Dickens’ secret love affair with a young actress. Who better to play the iconic author than Fiennes himself. Sarah Cooper reports.

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Mamma Mia

16-May-2012 | By Sarah Cooper

Pregnancy + Cannes = torture!

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Entering The Zone

7-May-2012 | By Wendy Mitchell

Geoff Dyer talks Stalker.

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Celebrating 65 years of the CNC

By Melanie Goodfellow

The Cannes Film Festival is not the only French cultural institution feting its 65th anniversary this year. Melanie Goodfellow talks to CNC president Eric Garandeau.

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Hot projects on Screenbase

By Maria Sell

William Moseley will star in Of Corset’s Mine, while Roman Polanski is preparing the shoot of his next film, D.

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All the hottest films, at all stages of production, coming to market at Cannes 2012.

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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

16-May-2012 | By Mark Adams, chief film critic

Dir: Laurent Bouzereau. UK. 2011. 90mins

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Woody Allen: A Documentary

16-May-2012 | By Mark Adams, chief film critic

Dir/scr: Robert Weide. US. 2011. 109mins

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