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Bruckheimer finalises Paramount production deal

6-Dec-2013 | By Michael Rosser

Paramount Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer have reached a three-year, first-look agreement for theatrical films that will begin in April 2014. 

De Luca earns Columbia stripes

6-Dec-2013 | By Jeremy Kay

Captain Phillips producer Michael De Luca has been named president of production at Columbia Pictures, formalising a successful union spanning a number of years.

Sheridan Smith, Pippa Harris among WFTV honorees

6-Dec-2013 | By Wendy Mitchell

Actress Sheridan Smith, producer Pippa Harris, and director Penny Woolcock are among the honorees at the 23rd annual Sky Women in Film and TV awards in London.

Serkis to shoot Animal Farm in 2014

6-Dec-2013 | By Melanie Goodfellow

Performance capture pioneer Andy Serkis has revealed he plans to shoot his directorial debut, an adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, in the second half of 2014.

Australia India fund to offer $4.5m+

6-Dec-2013 | By Sandy George

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.

Iraq’s Children Of The Future debut at DIFF

DIFF has added a new section, Iraqi Legacy: Children of the Future, which will screen six short films from Iraq’s new generation of filmmakers.

DreamWorks: bright future for directors

6-Dec-2013

DreamWorks Animation producer Jane Hartwell and senior VFX supervisor Markus Manninen explained how new production processes are empowering the vision of the director, in a session on ‘The Future of Animation’ at the Cinematic Innovation Summit (CIS) in Dubai yesterday.

CIS plots path as industry grapples with digital reality

6-Dec-2013

Technological changes are challenging traditional funding models but also opening up new ways to make, finance and distribute features, said Hollywood veterans at the Cinematic Innovation Summit (CIS) in Dubai yesterday.

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. 

Walden Media restructures

Walden Media has announced a restructure as it emerged that David Weil, current CEO of parent company Anschutz Film Group (AFG), will leave the company at the end of the year.