All Screen articles in 05 May 2011
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CommentKicking around for a Dreams cast
Some lucky kid will get a big break with Theatre of Dreams.
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NewsFilmmakers have Niki Lauda’s near fatal crash of 1976 in their sights
Former Formula One racing champion Niki Lauda’s near fatal crash on the Nürburgring in August 1976 is at the heart of two rival film projects.
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NewsTil Schweiger box-office hit among four Beta market premieres
Beta’s Cannes Market titles also include family film The Tigerduck Gang.
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NewsSlew of deals signed for titles at Hot Docs festival
A number of deals have been signed for feature documentaries showing at Hot Docs, now underway in Toronto.
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NewsK5 takes two more Zanuck productions to Cannes Market
After working together on the Robert Duvall hit Get Low, sales company K5 is again working with producer Dean Zanuck and his company Zanuck Independent on two new titles headed to Cannes Market.
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FeaturesCannes 2011 Market Buzz
Screen previews some of the new market titles expected to create a stir at the Cannes Marche from US sellers, from Paul WS Anderson’s Pompeii to Paul Weitz’s Robert De Niro-starring project, to a Gotti crime saga.
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FeaturesCannes 2011 Market Buzz: UK and international sellers
Hot projects from UK and international sales companies include two Kevin Macdonald films, Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, and Margaret Thatcher story The Iron Lady.
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NewsHugh Grant to lead voice cast of Aardman/Sony's The Pirates!
Other voice cast members include Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Salma Hayek.
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NewsSC Films takes on sales for Bad Ass starring Danny Trejo
Simon Crowe’s UK-based SC Films has snapped up sales rights to all-action film Bad Ass, starring Danny Trejo (Machete), and will be introducing the project to buyers in Cannes.
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NewsUK premiere of Red Dog to kick off London Australian Film Festival
AFI winners Animal Kingdom and Tomorrow, When The War Began also screening at 17th edition of festival (May 5-12) at the Barbican
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NewsGK Films hires Fergus, Ostby to write Tomb Raider reboot
Mark Fergus [pictured] and Hawk Ostby wrote the upcoming Cowboys & Aliens as well as Iron Man and earned an Academy Award nomination for Children Of Men.
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NewsHarbour, Tideway to produce sibling rivalry story Blood Over Water
Film is about brothers rowing on opposite teams at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race of 2003.
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NewsGalli, Ulfsather take leads in Lackberg adaptations
The Fjallbacka Murders project will star Claudia Galli (pictured) and Richard Ulfsather.
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NewsFilm4 to hire new executive to spearhead digital initiatives
New banner Film4.0 being created for making, marketing and distributing films digitally.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
This week’s new features on our brand new, re-designed Screenbase site include Pusher , Lay The Favorite, as well as Cities.
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NewsContent Film takes on Hick starring Moretz, Lively
Derick Martini’s coming-of-age story has nearly finished shooting; Content will show first teaser in Cannes.
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NewsBavaria to begin presales on Eddie – The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Bavaria Film International will begin presales on its latest acquisition of writer-director Boris Rodriguez’s Eddie – The Sleepwalking Cannibal at the Marché du Film in Cannes.
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News50 Cent to attend Aruba premiere of Things Fall Apart
50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) will be attending the second annual Aruba International Film Festival to attend the red carpet premiere on June 14 of his new film Things Fall Apart.
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NewsAmeur-Zaimeche wins France's Prix Jean Vigo
Costume drama Les Chants de Mandrin, sold by MK2, was produced by Sarrazink Productions.
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NewsFilm France members have record 25 features in Cannes
Film France, the national film commission which groups together a network of 40 regional commissions, has announced that a record number of films in this year’s Cannes selection have been aided by its members throughout the country.