All articles by Andreas Wiseman – Page 142
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NewsLena Headey to play lead in Gary Sinyor thriller The Unseen
David Frost and Michael Rosenberg are executive producers on thriller which will shoot in the Balearics.
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NewsK5 boards Groundswell’s Very Good Girls starring Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen
EXCLUSIVE: K5 boards Naomi Foner directorial debut starring Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen [pictured].
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NewseOne inks output deal with Steven Schneider and Adi Shankar
Producers of Paranormal Activity and The Grey to deliver two micro-budget genre titles annually.
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NewsRussian producers head to Berlin with new projects from Seidler and Lungin, Bondarchuk and Bekmambetov
EXCLUSIVE: The King’s Speech writer David Seidler working on adaptation of Alexander Pushkin’s Queen of Spades with Pavel Lungin attached to direct.
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NewsJinga adds horror Rites of Spring to EFM slate
US horror already sold to IFC for US and Mongrel for Canada.
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NewsWestEnd picks up thriller Bethlehem ahead of EFM
EXCLUSIVE: WestEnd picks up debut about a complex relationship between an Israeli secret services agent and a Palestinian teenager.
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NewsAspect Film acquires Danielle Harris’ debut Among Friends
Aspect will be shopping scream queen Harris’ debut at the EFM.
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NewsJuno Temple to play Princess Margaret in Ecosse’s Girls' Night Out
Temple to star opposite Alexandra Roach who will play the young Queen Elizabeth in Michael Hoffman’s VE-day story inspired by true events.
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NewsJim Sheridan writing US update of Into The West
EXCLUSIVE: Sheridan to direct reimagining of his 1992 Irish Traveller story.
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FeaturesHope on home front
Overall home-entertainment spend was down in the US last year - but digital distribution and Blu-ray were among the bright spots as the market goes through a period of re-invention. And a look at the UK’s home entertainment sector.
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FeaturesA special place
At the Les Arcs European Film Festival in December, This Must Be The Place associate producer Carlotta Calori took part in an on-stage case study about the piecing together of the $28m European production. Andreas Wiseman reports from the presentation
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NewsBerlinale Competition rounds out with Wang Quan’an epic White Deer Plain
Berlin favourite Wang returns to Competition with sweeping epic starring Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Yuqi and Wu Gang.
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NewsDavid Stead joins HanWay as finance director
Former 19 Entertainment exec heads to HanWay in move to bolster the company’s film-financing operations.
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NewsMiramax inks on-demand deal with BT Vision
Chicago, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, The English Patient included in deal.
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FeaturesThe UK's high five
Buoyed by local hits, the UK box office rose 5% last year. Andreas Wiseman analyses the numbers.
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FeaturesWelcome To The Punch
How did the UK film-makers behind Welcome To The Punch attract an A-list cast, top financiers and Ridley Scott?
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NewsSundance Channel locks new Euro and Asia deals
Sundance Channel locks deals with Virgin in France, Veetime in Taiwan after busy 2011.
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NewsK5 launches LA division with Kevin Frakes as CEO
PalmStar CEO heads new K5 division in LA which starts out with a $30m investment pot.
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NewsBerlin's Panorama rounds out with world premieres for Cherry, Iron Sky
Cherry - starring Heather Graham, James Franco and Dev Patel - and my Brother the Devil among final Panorama titles.
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NewsOdeon sees increased attendance for British films in 2011
New reward scheme may have helped boost attendance to British films.