All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 153
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NewsIntandem takes on Evie's Apple with Kurylenko
London-based film finance and international sales company Intandem Films has picked up worldwide rights to $8m romantic comedy Evie’sApple starring former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko.
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NewsBarnes headlines Bono's Doppelganger for Salt
Finance has closed and pre-production begun on I Was Bono’s Doppelgänger, Nick Hamm’s Irish comedy based on Neil McCormick’s autobiography. The film is being sold at the AFM by London-based Salt.
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NewsAmphibious 3D heats up with Celsius
London-based Celsius has taken international rights on Dutch-Belgian-Indonesian coproduction, Amphibious 3D. A promo of the film, which has just entered post-production, will be screening here at the AFM.
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NewsRevolver to handle Sacha Bennett’s Bonded By Blood
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment is to distribute Sacha Bennett’s gangland feature Bonded By Blood, which begins shooting next month.
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NewsHigh Point Films closes further sales on Koolhoven's Winter In Wartime
London-based High Point Films has closed further deals on Martin Koolhoven’s Winter In Wartime.
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NewsRevolver takes Adrift and The Limits Of Control for UK
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment has picked up two new Focus Features to be distributed in the UK - Heitor Dhalia’s Adrift and Jim Jarmursh’s The Limits of Control.
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NewsBankside Films acquires This Beautiful Fantastic ahead of AFM
London-based sales outfit Bankside Films has announced its acquisition of This Beautiful Fantastic ahead of next week’s American Film Market.
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NewsLarge UK cast lines up alongside Giamatti, Purefoy in Ironclad
Jonathan English’s Ironclad has completed its casting and has now begun principal photography on location and at Dragon International Film Studios.
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NewsSchamus attacks US security agencies in provocative LFF speech
In a provocative speech at the London Film Festival last night (October 27), Focus Features CEO James Schamus launched an outspoken attack on what he referred to as “America’s vast homeland security bureaucracies”.
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NewsBelgian distributors bid to end box office dispute
The ten-month dispute over Belgian box office figures is close to being resolved after the Belgian Society of Film Distributors proposed a new scheme that could be introduced early next year.
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NewsXavier Gens to direct action thriller The Fallout for ContentFilm
On the eve of the AFM, ContentFilm International has taken worldwide sales rights to action thriller The Fallout to be directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman). The film is due is due to start principal photography in Feb 2010 in Eastern Europe.
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NewsHandmade launches kids' production division
The UK’s Handmade PLC today announced it is going into partnership with the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, as it trains its focus increasingly on the children’s market.
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NewsMomentum, PPI strike up UK distribution alliance on six-film slate
UK independent distributor Momentum Pictures and Paramount Pictures International have struck a six-picture deal whereby Paramount will book the films and Momentum will handle marketing and publicity, as on their traditional releases.
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FeaturesCan the writers change the script?
On paper, these cash-conscious times look particularly tough for screenwriters. But, as Geoffrey Macnab reports, the sector is also developing a powerful sense of collective identity which may help to redefine the writers’ role in the film-making process
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FeaturesInternational Screenwriters' Festival
“Each time I’ve been, I’ve been really astonished at how rewarding it is. It makes you realise how isolated writers are on the whole,” says screenwriter Olivia Hetreed of the International Screenwriters’ Festival in Cheltenham, UK.The fourth edition of the festival runs from October 26-29 this ...
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NewsProtagonist takes international rights to Wild Target
London-based sales company Protagonist Pictures has taken international rights to Magic Light Pictures’ feature comedy Wild Target, directed by Jonathan Lynn. It will have it first marketing screening at AFM.
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NewsDutch film body merger confirmed
Plans to create a single nation film agency for the Dutch industry have been confirmed by Ronald Plasterk, the Dutch minister for Education, Culture and Sport.
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NewsIndependent picks up international rights to Barafundle Bay
London-based sales and production outfit Independent has picked up international rights to award-winning director Hattie Dalton’s first feature Barafundle Bay.
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NewsAna Kokkinos' Blessed added to LFF programme
San Sebastian-winner Blessed, directed by Ana Kokkinos, has been added to the programme at The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival, which opened last week.
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FeaturesWhere to find the serious money
Heavyweight international financiers will be in London this week to discover the best UK and European projects in search of investment at this year’s Production Finance Market (Oct 21-22). Geoffrey Macnab looks at what’s on offer.