All articles by Adam Minns – Page 60
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Woolley, Jordan set first Dreamworks project
Stephen Woolley and Neil Jordan's production house Company Of Wolves has set a comedy to be directed by acclaimed playwright Conor McPherson as the first film to go through its housekeeping deal with DreamWorks SKG.As yet untitled, the project is set in Dublin and is to shoot this spring. "It's ...
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Madden plays Mandolin
John Madden, director of the Academy Award-winning Shakespeare In Love, has boarded Working Title Films' Captain Corelli's Mandolin, arguably the most keenly anticipated British film this year.Working Title also confirmed that Miramax Films, which has two pictures left in a three picture deal with Madden following Shakespeare, will take 'some ...
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Lions Gate grabs $32m
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation has secured a welcome $32m investment from a group led by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures Inc, Scandinavia's SBS Broadcasting and Germany's Tele-Munchen Group.The move sees the investment group receive warrants and convertible shares that could amount to a 37% stake in Lions Gate. Amongst other companies ...
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Grosvenor boards Winterbottom's Kingdom
Canadian-UK financier Grosvenor Park is backing Michael Winterbottom’s $15m Kingdom Come, the company’s largest-scale UK-originated feature since launching a London office two years ago.Grosvenor chief Don Starr said that Grosvenor will arrange 25% of the project’s budget through sale and leaseback financing in the UK and Canadian tax credits.Grosvenor will ...
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Channel X moves into film
UK TV production house Channel X has appointed Stacy Herbert as head of script development as the company readies a debut feature slate including the first film from comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. Herbert, formerly a script consultant for UK-based sales, financing and production house Capitol Films, will work ...
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RFD to gain from UPI exodus
The bulk of top flight theatrical distribution executives at Universal Pictures International, including distribution head Chris Bailey, are expected to move en masse to ambitious UK distributor Redbus Film Distribution (RFD).Additionally, the company is understood to be finalising high-profile acquisitions including David Mamet's State And Main following its high-profile pick ...