All Screen articles in 21 Apr 2011 – Page 9
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Content Film to handle sales on SXSW hit 96 Minutes
Aimee Lagos wrote and directed the film, based on true events involving a day in the life of four people caught up in a carjacking.
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Thailand approves tax breaks for actors but not VAT reduction
Thailand has agreed to exempt foreign actors who are shooting in the country from paying tax, but has not approved a raft of other potential incentives including reduction of VAT.
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Sony, MGM reach Bond 23 co-fi, marketing and distribution deal
The studios announced the agreement last night [13] and will explore co-financing opportunities on future features produced by each studio over the next five years.
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Andrew Adamson to direct Hugh Laurie in Mr Pip
The creative force behind the Shrek and Chronicles Of Narnia franchises will direct his first indie feature based on the bestseller by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones.
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Shooting underway on Aaron Eckhart thriller The Expatriate
Philipp Stolzl is directing the film in Montreal before production relocates to Brussels in May.
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Denis Bieber, Wayne Duband to produce The Chinese General
The $45m project centres on the gun-runner Morris Abraham Cohen (aka Two-Gun Cohen) and his role as aide-de-camp to China’s first modern president, Sun Yat-Sen.
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Tom Ortenberg staffs up at new venture Open Road
The CEO of the new distributor announced today [13] that Jason Cassidy becomes president of marketing, Elliott Kleinberg general counsel and evp of operations and business affairs, Steven Andriuzzo CFO and Ben Cotner svp of acquisitions.
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Sally Field joins DreamWorks' Abraham Lincoln project
The two-time Academy Award winner will play Mary Todd Lincoln, wife to the 16th US President, opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in the starring role.
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British Film Institute to partner with the British Library
The two UK public bodies will look at ways of increasing access to their collections through the partnership.
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Weekly international box office April 8-10
Fox’s animated-comedy Rio pummelled its international opposition, grossing $47m more than its nearest rival.
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UK independent distributors form new alliance
Twelve UK distributors have formed the Independent Film Distributors’ Association (IFDA)
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James McAvoy to star in Welcome To The Punch
Eran Creevy’s London-set action thriller is set to start production this summer and follows the unlikely union between an ex-con and the detective who has pursued him for years as they uncover a conspiracy.
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FFI, Hanks join Wachowskis, Tykwer on Cloud Atlas
Focus Features International has come on board to commence pre-sales in Cannes on the white-hot David Mitchell adaptation to star Tom Hanks. Andy and Lana Wachowski are confirmed to jointly write and direct with Tom Tykwer.
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Perfect Family among Tribeca trio for Film Sales Company
Andrew Herwitz has announced three films on his sales slate ahead of the festival launch on Apr 20 in lower Manhattan.
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Iron Sky to seek funding through Interactor
Timo Vuorensola is going the crowd-sourcing route for his long-gestating dark comedy about Nazis on the Moon and plans to raise $70,000.
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Classic film Royal Wedding All-Nighter
Supernatural and horror programme provides the perfect movie treat for Royal Wedding loving film fans
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Sonoma applauds Absentia, Michael Rockerfeller
Mike Flanagan’s horror film Absentia earned best narrative feature honours as the 14th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival came to a close at the weekend.
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Location, Location, Location
Screen gets the low down on the life of a location manager, at a special event hosted at BAFTA.
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Larry Crowne to screen at closing night gala of ScreenSingapore
Larry Crowne, directed by and starring Tom Hanks, will screen at the closing night gala of ScreenSingapore on June 11.
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Rio injects a little samba into listless UK box office
Fox’s animation grosses $2.5m (£1.5m) to lead the pack in one of the year’s weakest frames