All Screen articles in 22 Dec 2011

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    Brad Pitt and Bennett Miller

    3 January 2012

    Brad Pitt and Bennett Miller tell Jeremy Kay how Moneyball withstood several curveballs in development before leaving the dugout as an awards contender.

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    International hits of 2011

    3 January 2012

    What are the highest-grossing films of 2011 in the worldwide market? And which titles have fared better internationally than in North America? Louise Tutt crunches the numbers

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    2011's hits and rising stars

    3 January 2012

    Screen highlights some of the new actors and directors from around the world who shone in 2011, while a selection of industry figures describe their stand-out films for the year.

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    Arthur Christmas dominates UK box office on Christmas weekend

    29 December 2011

    Sony’s animation continues to impress on £2m, seeing off holdovers Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks

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    Kenneth Branagh

    23 December 2011

    The actor-director tells Leon Forde about recreating Laurence Olivier’s on-set relationship with Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn.

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    Steve McQueen

    23 December 2011

    The Shame director tells Screen why he made a film about one of society’s biggest taboos.

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    Christopher Plummer

    23 December 2011

    Christopher Plummer tells Screen about playing the septuagenarian widower who comes out of the closet in Beginners and why casting is the key for a good director.

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    Thomas Langmann

    23 December 2011

    Thomas Langmann, the French producer of The Artist, War Of The Buttons and Patrice Leconte’s upcoming 3D animation The Suicide Shop, tells Melanie Goodfellow about arriving as a complete unknown to shoot his tribute to classic cinema in Los Angeles

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    Russia primed to embrace world

    22 December 2011

    Can Russia become a significant co-production partner now it has entered Eurimages and established a production fund with international projects higher up the agenda?

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    Zentropa, TV2 to produce Jussi Adler-Olsen detective series

    21 December 2011

    Danish director Mikkel Nørgaard will direct the first part of the franchise, The Woman In The Cage.

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    There and back again

    21 December 2011

    Screen goes all fanboy with the arrival of The Hobbit trailer.

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    Omnilab Media loses Federal Court appeal in VPF case

    21 December 2011

    Australian judges unanimously rule against ex-DCN director Michael Smith

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    Nicolas Winding Refn

    20 December 2011

    The director tells Screen how a ride home turned into the award-winning Drive.

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    Serving The Help

    20 December 2011

    When Kathryn Stockett’s novel started rocketing up the book charts, the film-makers working on an adaptation decided to take their project down the studio route.

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    Ralph Fiennes

    20 December 2011

    It is more than a year since he locked his directorial debut Coriolanus, and Ralph Fiennes is keen for it to be in front of audiences, he tells Mike Goodridge

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    Charlize Theron

    20 December 2011

    The actress tells Screen about staying true to the complex, self-absorbed woman at the heart of Young Adult.

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    The future in site

    20 December 2011

    Advances in technology may transform the way the industry does business, as a new generation of websites tries to lure producers, distributors, sales companies, financiers and film-makers online. But can an industry built on personal contacts and face-to-face time change that much?

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    Online funding draws a crowd

    20 December 2011

    How much impact can crowdfunding sites have on the $22bn global investment business? Colin Brown taps into the key sites

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    Restoring faith in Xmas

    20 December 2011

    Marketing Christmas releases in international territories can prove a challenge for the US studios.

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    Sherlock Holmes outwits rivals at UK box office

    20 December 2011

    Warner Bros’ second instalment in the Holmes franchise takes $5.9m (£3.8m) to land ahead of newcomer Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked