All Screen articles in 26 July 2012 – Page 3
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UK Trade & Investment partnership to boost British Film Commission with £400k over two years
Goal is to grow inward investment in film and also to boost high end TV work in the UK.
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Cockneys Vs. Zombies, Dredd, Tower Block among first wave of Fantastic Fest programming
Eighth edition of Texas-based genre festival runs Sept 20-27.
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Hyde Park takes international rights to Kirk Wong’s SIX
Hyde Park International has boarded Kirk Wong’s upcoming action thriller SIX as executive producer and will handle worldwide sales excluding Greater China.
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Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch join The Grand Seduction
Don McKellar will direct the $12.7m project from a screenplay by Michael Dowse and Ken Scott who wrote the original French film, Le Grande Seduction. Alliance Films holds Canadian rights and Voltage Pictures is the international sales agent.
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DKR reaches $252m for Warner Bros Pictures Int’l
UPDATE: The distributor confirmed on Monday morning (30) that The Dark Knight Rises added $126.2m over the weekend and drew approximately 18m admissions from 17,200 screens in 57 markets.
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Sony Pictures Classics acquires The Gatekeepers
Dror Moreh’s documentary premiered at the recent Jerusalem International Film Festival.
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Swiss culture minister ignites controversy over policy remarks
On the eve of the Locarno Film Festival Switzerland’s daily newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) has reported that Alain Berset wants the government to champion more “innovative” fare, sparking concern over the future of local mainstream product.
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Peter Jackson confirms third Hobbit film in Facebook post
The New Zealand director hinted at it during Comic-Con and now the news is official – the two-part JRR Tolkien adaptation will become a trilogy.
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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax fails to uproot The Dark Knight Rises at the UK box office
Warner Bros.’ epic retains top spot and crosses the £30m mark, while Universal’s animation opens in second; Searching For Sugar Man takes $108,000 on debut.
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Blanc Biehn, Valladares Films to remake Hidden In The Woods
The news follows hot on the heels of the recent premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival of Blanc Biehn’s thriller The Victim.
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All The Wrong Reasons starts production in Halifax
Myriad Pictures handles international sales outside Canada on the drama about the aftermath of traumatic stress on four intersecting lives.
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Filmmaker Chris Marker dies, aged 91
Marker worked with the likes of Alain Resnais and Yves Montand.
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Venice Days to open with d'Alo's Pinocchio
Venice Days has announced that the opening film for 2012 will be Pinocchio directed by Enzo d’Alo and scripted by Umberto Marino.For full production details visitPinocchioThe new film is said to be as faithful to Carlo Collodi’s original text as possible, and it features illustrations by Lorenzo Mattotti and music ...
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Revolver goes exclusive with Empire Cinemas for UK release of Flowers of War
Revolver Entertainment will launch Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers of War, starring Christian Bale, exclusively at Empire Cinemas in five UK cities, starting Friday Aug 3.
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Record-breaking 3D screening at the Pula Film Festival, Croatia
Screening of the first 3D Croatian film at the Pula Film Festival in Croatia (Jul 21-28) sets record for 3D attendance and projection distance.
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UK creative industries have 'soup kitchen mentality,' says Lord Puttnam
Lord Puttnam had some home truths for the UK creative industries last week during a speech about entrepreneurship. Should the film industry be concerned?
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New Horizons awards go to Thursday Till Sunday, Donoma, Punk Syndrome
Festival presents 469 films over 11 days; Fipresci prize goes to Neighbouring Sounds by Brazil’s Kleber Mendonca. Polish-Indian co-production talks becomes reality.
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Wolfe Video takes worldwide DVD and VoD onThe Wise Kids
The distributor plans a November VoD launch followed by DVD in January.