FILM PRODUCTION NEWS
UK govt boosts co-pro opportunities
UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement has several pieces of good news for the film industry, such as ‘modernising’ the film tax credit, boosting the VFX sector and allocating £5m for the NFTS’ digital village.
UK PRODUCTION NEWS
StudioCanal buys Red stake
French film producer and distributor StudioCanal has acquired a majority stake in Red Production Company as part of its drive to move into UK TV production.
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UK industry cheers tax break changes
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Keating joins Postman Pat
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Jeremy Irons joins biopic Infinity
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BAC joins Makhmalbaf’s President
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Sally Caplan to join Screen Australia as head of production
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UK funders: Projects better than 10 years ago
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BBC making Laurel and Hardy biopic
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Sky Movies: Netflix not a competitor
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UK close to China co-pro treaty
US PRODUCTION NEWS
Bruckheimer finalises Paramount production deal
Paramount Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer have reached a three-year, first-look agreement for theatrical films that will begin in April 2014.
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Hoffman joins Frears' Armstrong biopic
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David Magee to adapt The Silver Chair
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The Veil to star William Levy
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Shoot begins on Dynamite
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Dominic Cooper in talks for Warcraft
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Jeremy Irons joins biopic Infinity
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Weinsteins board Veronica’s Room
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Halle Berry producing History miniseries
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Metan targets China transmedia
EUROPE PRODUCTION NEWS
Hoffman joins Frears' Armstrong biopic
Dustin Hoffman has joined the cast of Stephen Frears’ untitled Lance Armstrong film, which is moving from Europe to the US for its final stages of shoot.
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EU targets production, audience growth
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StudioCanal buys Red stake
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BAC joins Makhmalbaf’s President
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Denward named Nordic Head of Production at Svensk
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Baltic Event hands out five awards
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Euro producers get €4m Creative Europe boost
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Jerzy Skolimowski preparing 'catastrophic thriller'
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Screen Flanders backs Becker, Windfeld
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Estonia, Korea sign co-pro memo
ASIA-PACIFIC PRODUCTION NEWS
Australia India fund to offer $4.5m+
Sydney-based Anupam Sharma has been appointed head of film for the Australia India Film Fund (AIFF) and expects to be able to name the first film to be financed by the new fund by the end of February.
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SE Asian producers launch association
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Panel: SE Asia should think locally
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Doyle to shoot Goei's Yellow Flowers
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Sally Caplan to join Screen Australia as head of production
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Singapore’s Infinite and Indonesia’s Screenplay sign six-picture deal
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Ford, Silver partner for East-meets-West filmmaking
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UK close to China co-pro treaty
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Huace pacts with Tiny Times creator
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Okuyama to produce Fukada’s Sayonara
