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Searchlight confirms Brooklyn deal
SUNDANCE: Distributor snaps up John Crowley’s Park City hit
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Creative England backs Burn Burn Burn
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy stars Downton Abbey’s Laura Carmichael and Chloe Pirrie
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Backstreet Boys: Backstreet’s back
FEATURE: On the eve of its much-anticipated US opening, director Stephen Kijak and producer Mia Bays reveal why an ambitious event theatrical release is the right strategy for their Backstreet Boys documentary.
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LATEST FILM NEWS HEADLINES
Lionsgate, Hunan TV in partnership talks
Lionsgate and China’s Hunan TV are in advanced talks to strike a three-year film-making pact.
Soda to distribute Slow West in Canada
EXCLUSIVE: Soda Pictures has picked up from HanWay Films Canadian rights to the Western following its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the weekend.
Jason Flemyng directorial debut on Evolution slate
EXCLUSIVE: Vampire action film written by Danny King (Wild Bill).
Saint Laurent leads Cesar nominees
Designer biopic leads the pack with 10 nominations; Kristen Stewart, Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche in the running for actress awards.
SPC acquires Paul Weitz’s Grandma
SUNDANCE: Sony Pictures Classics acquires worldwide rights to comedy starring Lily Tomlin.
BBC Films to receive BAFTA honour
BBC Films to receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the BAFTA Awards next week.
Catchplay co-finances New Regency trio
Taiwanese distributor Catchplay has signed a deal to co-finance and co-distribute three New Regency productions: The Revenant, Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell.
Frozen helps Japan box office rise 6.6%
Japan’s box office gross rose 6.6% to hit JPY207bn ($1.75bn) last year.
Parc Media unveils 3D co-productions
Start-up UK and Beijing-based production company Parc Media has unveiled a slate of three China-UK co-productions, two of which will use Douglas Trumbull’s new MAGI 3D process.
Scottish Film Talent initiatives unveiled
Major new initiatives for Scottish Film Talent announced; 14 projects selected for New Talent Shorts programme.
Foresight to launch One Night Stan at EFM
Mark Damon returns to Berlin with a marquee title in the form of the Bobby Farrelly comedy and along with Tamara Birkemoe will commence pre-sales next week.
Magnolia takes world on Tangerine
A banner year in Park City continued to deliver the goods as Magnolia Pictures acquired world rights to Sean Baker’s comedy. Separately, Fox Searchlight closed a major deal for Brooklyn, while Alchemy, SPC and Lionsgate confirmed previously reported buys on Strangerland, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl and Knock Knock.
Colin Firth, James Marsh set sail for StudioCanal
EFM: StudioCanal has injected what is sure to become one of the hottest titles at the market, setting the Oscar winner to play amateur yachtsman Donald Crowhurst in James Marsh’s follow-up to Academy Award nominee The Theory Of Everything.
Tom Barman planning Alcoholics feature
Antwerp musician Tom Barman, founding member of cult rock band dEUS, is setting aside time to devote to his film work and has three film projects at early stages.
Content to spread Pandemic at EFM
Content Media will commence international sales in Berlin next week on John Suits’ sci-fi action-thriller starring Rachel Nichols, Mekhi Phifer and Missi Pyle.
Universal starts Steve Jobs shoot
Danny Boyle has begun principal photography in San Francisco on Universal’s Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender.
Force Majeure wins top Swedish film prize
Ruben Östlund’s family drama leads the pack with six Guldbagge Awards.
Berlinale director: no plans for German MIP
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick.
The Exchange boards Seacole for EFM
Octavia Spencer is attached to star and will reunite with The Help producer Brunson Green on the biopic, which The Exchange will introduce to buyers next week.
Five Armies ousts Miss Granny in China
CHINA BOX OFFICE: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies grossed $49.84m on its opening weekend in China, pushing record-breaking remake Miss Granny into second place.
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Fantastic Four trailer Video
Fox has dropped the first teaser for its summer superhero reboot.
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Self-distributing Beyond Clueless in the UK Video
Producer Catherine Bray on the Beyond Clueless team’s strategy for self-distributing the crowd-funded doc, which has taken more than $25,000 (£17,000) to date.
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IFFR Live: from Rotterdam to the world
I’m not sure what it felt like in Ljubljana or Dundee, but from Rotterdam the first IFFR Live screening of Jan-Willem van Ewijk’s drama Atlantic. was quite exciting.
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Rotterdam: Meet and Greet
“Meet And Greet” is IFFR’s new initiative to allow the public and industry visitors to encounter filmmakers in an informal setting.
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Frozen helps Japan box office rise 6.6%
Japan’s box office gross rose 6.6% to hit JPY207bn ($1.75bn) last year.
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (Jan 22-Feb 1)
Sundance 2015: Meet The Brits Brunch
Pretty much everybody who was anybody in the UK film business and in Park City attended the casual gathering at High West Distillery.
Sundance 2015: going wild
Sundance Film Festival’s John Cooper and Trevor Groth talk to Jeremy Kay about the ‘exhilarating’ selections in the 2015 edition (Jan 22-Feb 1)
ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL (Jan 21-Feb 1)
Rotterdam 2015: artful vision
Rutger Wolfson, festival director of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), tells Wendy Mitchell how the event stays true to its cinephile roots while also having an openness to changing forms and digital models
CineMart Rotterdam: all change
Only projects with 25% of their financing in place have been selected for Rotterdam’s CineMart.
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Weta Digital: Maximum effect
Weta Digital has grown from one computer to a global VFX powerhouse employing 1,000 people. John Hazelton talks to key executives Richard Taylor and Joe Letteri
The Theory of Everything, the making of...
The Theory Of Everything is far more than a Stephen Hawking biopic - it’s a ‘triple helix’ of scientific breakthrough, debilitating disease and a one-of-a-kind love story. Wendy Mitchell talks to the team behind the film
Bafta takes the spotlight
The biggest challenge for the organisers of the Bafta Film Awards is to never become complacent. Louise Tutt reports on the ever-evolving plans for the 2015 event.
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice director Paul Thomas Anderson talks to Andreas Wiseman about ego, fear and the real Joaquin Phoenix.
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Writer-director Richard Linklater was surprised by how emotional he found shooting Boyhood, his ballad of family life. Jeremy Kay reports.
INTERVIEWS
Berlinale director: no plans for German MIP
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick.
Tiger directors: Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Vanishing Point
The Thai director talks about his feature inspired by his parents car accident, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Carlos M. Quintela, The Project of the Century
The Cuban director talks about his inter-generational drama, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Lukas Valenta Rinner, Parabellum
The Austrian director talks about survivalist feature, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Tiger directors: Laura Citarella and Verónica Llinás, Dog Lady (La Mujer de los Perros)
The Argentine director and actress both talk about a woman who lives with a pack of dogs, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
RKSS Collective, Turbo Kid
Quebecois co-directors Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell tell Jeremy Kay about their Sundance entry, a retro-fuelled, post-apocalyptic romantic action-adventure complete with classic 1980s 3D toy the View-Master.
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, Mississippi Grind
The veteran Sundance co-writer-directors tell Tiffany Pritchard about their return to Park City with the Premieres selection about gambling pals on a trip to a high-stakes poker game in New Orleans.
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