All articles by Andreas Wiseman – Page 112
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NewsSC Films boards animation Wish
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Crowe’s SC Films takes international and joint North American rights to family feature from Prana Studios.
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FeaturesPowder Room
UK production Powder Room, starring Sheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone and singer Kate Nash, marks a number of exciting firsts, including the directorial debut of MJ Delaney, famous for her YouTube sensation spoof Newport State of Mind.
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NewsDogwoof Reincarnated with Snoop Dogg
Dogwoof has picked up UK rights to Snoop Dogg documentary Reincarnated.
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NewsWalak to leave Alliance in eOne UK reshuffle
eOne announces part of UK film team; Alliance’s Robert Walak, eOne’s Jon Bourdillon leave the company to pursue other ventures.
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NewsEmbankment boards Wyatt's Birdsong, Serkis' Animal Farm; Gillian Anderson on sci-fi
X Files star attached to Our Robot Overlords as UK sales outfit Embankment Films builds on prestige slate ahead of the EFM.
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NewsAltitude boards Shane Meadows Stone Roses doc
Revolver to release Stone Roses doc in spring; StudioCanal take UK on Kill Your Friends; eOne buys multi-territories on Outpost 37.
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NewsNorbury warns of “creaking infrastructure” as Pinewood looks to double capacity
Industry execs discuss UK infrastructure at London event as Pinewood finalises new planning application.
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NewsMetrodome strikes for Luke Treadaway action Get Lucky
EXCLUSIVE: Distributor inks UK theatrical deal for action film starring Luke Treadaway, Universal Pictures (UK) handles home ent.
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NewsHigh Point secures Anna Friel, Romola Garai comedy Having You
EXCLUSIVE: Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group has taken world rights to bittersweet comedy.
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NewsMusic Box in tune with Roger Michell’s Le Weekend
Embankment Films closes US deal for drama starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum.
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NewsCascade backs Seidler, Unwin’s The Lady Who Went Too Far
Fledgling UK-based film and TV finance company gives development backing to drama about ‘the female Lawrence of Arabia’, which reunites two of the team behind The King’s Speech.
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NewsBeta Cinema unveils Berlin slate
Beta reveals busy Berlin slate, including Oh Boy, Turkish for Beginners and Bernd Eichinger doc Der Bernd.
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NewsSundance Channel takes five at festival
AMC/Sundance Channel has picked up five indie titles from this year’s festival and locked fresh distribution agreements around the world.
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NewsExclusive Releasing nabs US, UK, CIS on Two Mothers
The Naomi Watts-Robin Wright Sundance drama will get a day-and-date release; marks Exclusive Releasing’s first acquisition.
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NewsTina Gharavi: the BAFTA nominee with the Argo-esque story
BAFTA nominee Tina Gharavi, whose provocative first feature I am Nasrine has garnered interest from TWC and Fox Searchlight, talks to Screen about the film’s hazardous journey, signing with Independent Talent and her next feature projects.
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NewsSimon Cowell, Vertigo to produce Pudsey: The Movie
EXCLUSIVE: Syco Entertainment and Vertigo Films are to co-produce a film about Britain’s Got Talent winners Pudsey and Ashleigh.
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NewsConsumer spending on film up $1.3bn in 2012
Growth in 2012 generated by Asia-Pacific region but North Americans remains by far the biggest spenders on films at about $80 per capita per year, according to a new report from IHS Screen Digest.
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NewsBFI launches revamped £4m Distribution Fund
New-look fund introduces new application criteria and strands.