All articles by Adam Minns – Page 6
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AV Pictures takes on The Other Half sales
Angad Paul and Vic Bateman'sAV Pictures has picked up international sales rights on British romantic comedyThe Other Half.The film is centred aroundthe Euro 2004 football tournament and the attempts of a newly-married man tospend his honeymoon watching the matches without his wife finding out. DannyDyer, Gillian Kearney and Vinnie Jones ...
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O'Donnell readies Noir as Dancing follow-up
Damien O'Donnell is readyingthe tentatively-titled Noir as his next project after Working TitleFilms' Inside I'm Dancing, which opened this week through MomentumPictures.O'Donnell is to startshooting next year on the quirky, dark romantic comedy for producer DavidParfitt, whose credits include Shakespeare In Love, and his TrademarkFilms.Inside I'm Dancing opened with a ...
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Miramax springs for Roundabout rights
Miramax Films has acquiredNorth and South American rights to Pathe's animated feature Sprung!The Magic Roundabout.The announcement was made byFrancois Ivernel, managing director of Pathe UK, and Harvey Weinstein,co-chairman of Miramax Films. Weinstein met with the animators and workedclosely with Agnes Mentre, executive vice presidentof acquisitions and co-productions, and Maeva Gatineau, ...
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Ealing moves closer to buying Bulgarian studio
Britain's Ealing Studios hastaken a step towards buying leading Bulgarian film studio Boyana Film.The home of the EalingComedies has become the first candidate to be approved by the country'sprivatization agency to enter the preliminary round of bidding. Up for grabs isa 95 per cent stake in the state-owned company.Crucially, the ...
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Mrs Henderson Presents begins London shoot
Christopher Guest has joinedJudi Dench, Bob Hoskins and Pop Idol winner Will Young in the cast of StephenFrears' Mrs Henderson Presents.The Heyman-Hoskinsproduction has just started shooting in London for Pathe Pictures and BBCFilms. Set in pre-World War II London, the true-life story tells how Soho'sWindmill Theatre takes advantage of a ...
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Focus strikes first-look deal with UK's Priority Pictures
Focus Features has struck atwo-year first-look deal with Marion Pilowsky and Colin Leventhal's UKproduction company Priority Pictures.The deal also calls forLeventhal, who continues to act as a consultant for tax financier GrosvenorPark, and Trea Hoving, the former Miramax buyer who is now a Priorityconsultant, to act as advisors on acquisitions ...
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Kinsella named Moonstone managing director
Writers and directorstraining body Moonstone International has appointed Fiona Kinsella as managingdirector.Kinsella, who replaces TaraHalloran, was most recently a project advisor at the Irish national filmtraining body FAS Screen Training Ireland and has 10 years experience in thefilm sector. She takes up the position at Moonstone this month.Jonathan Olsberg,Moonstone's chairman, ...
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BBC Films chief warns of UK cash flow crisis
BBC Films chief David Thompson has warned that the UK film industry isfacing a cash flow crisis during pre-production.Thompson this week called for an emergency meeting with producers andfinanciers which would be open to the British industry to discuss the problem.He warned that the failure of financiers to underwrite the ...
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Bidders jockey for UK development cash
Patrick Wachsberger's SummitEntertainment, French major Pathe and US distributor Newmarket Films areamongst the indie players who ended a frantic round of marriages today, thedeadline day for the UK Film Council's slate deals.The roll call of consortiaaiming to win long-term development cash from the Government-backed supportbody is understood to run to ...
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BBC Films sprinkles comic talent on Confetti
A host of leading newcomedic talent has lined up for Confetti,a mockumentary-style comedy that started shooting this month for BBC Films.Directed by Debbie Isitt,best known for hit TV series NastyNeighbours, the cast is headed by Martin Freeman from TV show The Office and Jessica Stevenson, whosecredits include Shaun Of The ...
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Top UK theatre director signs for feature debut
Leading UK theatre directorLaurence Boswell, best known for the starry production of This Is Our Youth, has signed up for his feature debut, tentativelytitled D.The Gruber Films productionis a modern re-telling of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac, set in a south London comprehensive school. Thescreenplay by Royal Court playwright Amit ...
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UK talent agencies join forces
The Rod Hall Agency, thetalent agency of Simon Beaufoy, Jeremy Brock and Simon Nye, is to form a jointventure with fellow agency Alan Brodie Representation. The team-up follows thedeath of the company's founder, Rod Hall.The new-look operation willincorporate Hall's name as well bring in clients mainly from the TV world, ...
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Boorman's Skull drives Civilian Content into profit
Buoyed by revenues from JohnBoorman's Country Of My Skull, media concern Civilian Content hasreported its first interim pre-tax profits.Civilian was forced topostpone reporting revenues from County Of My Skull last year whenproduction was delayed, a key factor in the company's £1.1 million pre-tax lossfor last year. But the AIM-listed outfitposted ...
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'Son of Section 48' details announced by UK Treasury
The UK government hasfinally launched its 20% tax credit for UK qualifying films.The Treasury, which was dueto unveil details as far back as July, aims to give filmmakers 20% of theirbudgets via a tax credit even if films fail at the box-office.But commercially successful filmmakers may be able to claim ...
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Mobius Pictures to sell Styler trio
Mobius Pictures, the sales operation of Elie Samaha'sformer partner, David Bergstein, has partnered with Trudie Styler'sUK-based production company Xingu Films for three pictures.Mobius is bankrolling A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, theadaptation of model-singer Dito Montiel's autobiography starring Robert DowneyJr. Montiel, who will direct from his own script, is to ...
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UK set to unveil new tax support system
The UK is set to unveil anew tax support system,according to reports over the weekend.The replacement to existingsupport under Section 48 is expected to be unveiled today (Tuesday, Sept 21). It is anticipated that it will be a basic 20% tax credit for production costs on films budgeted under£20m.The credit ...
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UK government to unveil new tax support system
The UK government has movedto clamp down on excessive producer fees on British films.Under revamped co-productionguidelines published this month, the Department for Culture, Media & Sporthas targeted producer fees over 10% of production expenditure.Although producer fees over10% are not necessarily barred, the DCMS will automatically ask for additionalproof that they ...
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UK government clamps down on producer fees
The UK government has movedto clamp down on excessive producer fees on British films.Under revamped co-productionguidelines published this month, the Department for Culture, Media & Sporthas targeted producer fees over 10% of production expenditure.Although producer fees over10% are not necessarily barred, the DCMS will automatically ask for additionalproof that they ...
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Gleeson, Rea join Jordan's Breakfast On Pluto
Brendan Gleeson and StephenRea have joined the cast of Neil Jordan's Breakfast On Pluto, which started shooting last week for PathePictures.The two actors join LiamNeeson and star Cillian Murphy in the tale of a young transvestite from ruralIreland on the make in London. Shooting is taking place in the Republic ...
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Irvine Welsh adaptation joins Fast Forward shortlist
An Irvine Welsh adaptationof a book by Morvern Callarauthor Alan Warner, a moon expedition comedy, and a Scottish Deliverance are amongst the projects shortlisted for the FastForward initiative run by Scottish Screen, the BBC and ContentFilm.The partners will developthe ten projects into treatment, when six will go forward to first ...