All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 128
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NewsEaling Metro, Prescience team for Winterbottom’s Jack Black comedy
Bailout expected to start shooting in August
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NewsSola Media takes on sales for When Santa Fell To Earth
Family Christmas adventure currently in post
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NewsVon Trier, Scorsese confirm plans to work on another Obstructions
In a long rumoured collaboration, it has now been officially confirmed that Martin Scorsese is to join forces with Danish maverick Lars Von Trier on a follow-up to The Five Obstructions (2003), Von Trier’s collaboration with Jorgen Leth.
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NewsOptimum, Kinowelt drive off with K5's Vehicle 19
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Walker stars in the action thriller directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil.
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NewsWestEnd chomps on Andy de Emmony's Love Bite
EXCLUSIVE: Ecosse Films is producing the story of a werewolf in a British seaside town.
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NewsThe Works rocks with Good Vibrations
Cast will feature Richard Dormer, Michael Fassbender [pictured], Steve Coogan, Robert Sheehan and Bronagh Gallagher.
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NewsMoviehouse builds slate, strikes US deal for Dead Cert
EXCLUSIVE: UK vampire film has sold to several territories
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NewsIntandem gets Bright with Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots project
EXCLUSIVE: UK outfit Intandem Films has snapped up international rights to Comes A Bright Day, the new British love story/thriller starring Craig Roberts [pictured] and Imogen Poots.
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NewsZentropa launches VOD platform
Danish powerhouse Zentropa is launching its own VOD platform, zentropaondemand.com, available internationally. Prices start at 3 Euros per film.
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NewsBeta takes on four new films including Huntgeburth’s Tom Sawyer
On the eve of this year’s Cannes Festival, German sales outfit Beta Cinema has snapped up international sales rights to four new projects.
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NewsCineart, Lumiere kickstart Belgian deals
Continuing its longstanding relationship with Ken Loach, Belgian distributor Cineart has confirmed that it will release Loach’s latest The Angels’ Share (currently shooting in Glasgow).
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NewsTrinity X label starts with Red, White and Blue
UK independent distributor Trinity Entertainment has announced a X-rated label, Trinity X.
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Features
The new European studios
What has happened to the dream of a European studio? Screen looks at the new model for pan-regional buying partnerships and discovers the challenges in releasing independent films across multiple territories
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Features
Something to defend
As the British Film Institute takes over the distribution of public film funds to UK producers, Screen asks what makes a good national film fund and how can success be measured?
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NewsSC Films takes on sales for Bad Ass starring Danny Trejo
Simon Crowe’s UK-based SC Films has snapped up sales rights to all-action film Bad Ass, starring Danny Trejo (Machete), and will be introducing the project to buyers in Cannes.
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FeaturesCannes 2011 Market Buzz: UK and international sellers
Hot projects from UK and international sales companies include two Kevin Macdonald films, Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, and Margaret Thatcher story The Iron Lady.
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Frans J Afman, pioneer of indie financing, dies at 77
Afman, the executive credited with revolutionising independent film financing during his time as an executive at Credit Lyonnais Bank in Holland in the 1980s, has died after a long illness. He was 77.
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NewsFu Works, Samson team for coming of age film Milo
Dutch-Irish coming of age film Milo is about to go into production this week in Ireland.