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NewsHigh Fliers gets the point of Needle for UK as Lightning closes sales
Lightning Entertainment has sold John V Soto’s Australian horror film Needle to a raft of territories including the UK where High Fliers will distribute.
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IMAX Corp names Takaya general manager Japan
IMAX Corporation has appointed Kiyoto Takaya to the newly created position of general manager of Japan, effective from November 1.
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Art Pictures will start pre-sales in Berlin for Stalingrad
Increasingly ambitious Russian production and distribution outfit Art Pictures has revealed further details of its upcoming projects.
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NewsBRITDOC and National Trust launch production scheme
Documentary film-makers are being invited to submit feature docs which explore the importance of nature in our society; the chosen project will receive production funding.
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FeaturesAmanda Palmer
Amanda Palmer, executive director of the Doha Film Institute (DFI), talks about the second edition of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and how the DFI is supporting Arab filmmaking.
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NewsBeyond wins top prize at Nordic Film Days, Lubeck
Swedish actress Pernilla August’s feature directorial debut, Beyond (Svinalängorna), won the NDR top prize at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck – the largest festival of Scandinavian films outside the Nordic countries - which ended yesterday (Nov 7).
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NewsCast announced for Suicide Kids
N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos joins cast of film about a group of depressed teenagers who create a suicide pact; Adam Deacon and Jack Doolan will also star.
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NewsWarner Bros unveils $160m Leavesden expansion
Warner Bros. will announce on Wednesday [10 Nov] the completion of its purchase of UK-based Leavesden studios and unveil plans for a $160m (£100m) re-building and expansion programme.
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NewsNew Austrian incentive FISA backs 5 films with €1m
Peter Payer’s Where Is Little Manuela is one of five projects to be supported by Austria’s new film financing incentive Film Location Austria.
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NewsDavid Barron to develop feature version of Bulldog Drummond
The Harry Potter producer is teaming up with Australian company Fork Films to develop a feature based around fictional character Bulldog Drummond who apppeared in the novels by Herman Cyril McNeile.
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CommentThe Horror, The Horror
The American Film Market (AFM) highlighted the increasing diversity and creative richness of the horror genre, as buyers snapped up original and ingenious movies from around the world.
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NewsTron: Legacy to close Dubai Film Festival
Disney’s 3D adventure film will round off the festival, which runs from 12-19 December.
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NewsTim Firth to write screenplay for Working Title's Eurovision project
The Calendar Girls writer has replaced Dan Mazer on the project, which is being produced with Damian Jones.
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NewsHartnett to star for Joffe in Corsan's Singularity
Josh Hartnett has been set to star in Roland Joffe’s epic romantic adventure Singularity for Corsan as the film kicks off production today [8] in Australia.
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NewsVanguard strikes deal with Kung Fu Panda's John Stevenson
Vanguard Films CEO John Williams has closed an overall producing-directing deal with Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson.
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NewsSunrise to bring Turgenev play Fortune's Fool to big screen
Sergei Bespalov’s production, financing, worldwide sales and distribution company Sunrise Entertainment will adapt Ivan Turgenev’s play Fortune’s Fool into a feature.
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NewseOne acquires UK rights for Harlin's 5 Days Of August
eOne has won a bidding war at AFM for UK rights to Renny Harlin’s political drama and action film 5 Days Of August.
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Anchor Bays sinks claws into The Howling reboot for English-language territories
Fast-rising distributor Anchor Bay Films has acquired all rights for English-speaking territories to The Howling: Reborn.
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NewsLionsgate and Icahn set shareholder battle for Dec 14
If all that has taken place between Lionsgate and Carl Icahn were made into a film, this would be the nerve-shredding finale. After nearly two years of broadsides, intrigue and bitter reprisals, the corporate foes have set the annual shareholders meeting for December 14.
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NewsVue cinema chain sold to Doughty Hanson
The third largest UK cinema chain has been bought for a reported $750m.