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Marvel Studios casts villain in Captain America: The First Avenger
Marvel Studios has found Captain America’s nemesis in its summer 2011 tentpole, Captain America: The FirstAvenger.
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World Soundtrack Awards plan 10th anniversary concert
Howard Shore, Elliot Goldenthal, Gabriel Yared, Gustavo Santaolalla and Stephen Warbeck will participate.
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NewsNew Aruba festival to honour Bernardo Bertolucci
The festival runs June 4-11 and Bertolucci will attend for a special tribute and an on-stage conversation.
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NewsFilm 4's annual production budget pushed back up to $15m
The 20% boost to Film 4’s budget returns the company’s investment capacity to its 2008 pre economic downturn level.
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Cannes Cinema de la Plage to show The 2 Escobars, Women Are Heroes
Lineup announced for nightly public outdoor screenings in Cannes.
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NewsFox sets Vaughn to direct X-Men origins story for superhero summer 2011
It will be elbow-room only for superheroes next summer after Fox confirmed that Matthew Vaughn would direct the prequel saga X-Men: First Class and set the release for June 3, 2011.
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Screen Media licenses Formosa Betrayed to Taiwan
Screen Media has licensed Tawaianese rights to Sky Digital Entertainment for Formosa Betrayed.
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Film Movement takes North America on Bomber
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to British film-maker Paul Cotter’s bittersweet road movie Bomber.
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Eleonora Granata-Jenkinson to head FilmMaster US office
Italian production company FilmMaster has opened a US office in Los Angeles under the stewardship of Eleonora Granata-Jenkinson.
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D Films ventures into US distribution with Max Manus
Toronto-based distribution boutique D Films is entering the US market following its first acquisition of US rights.
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Gosling to narrate youth apathy doc ReGeneration
Ryan Gosling has signed on to narrate Phillip Montgomery’s ReGeneration, a documentary that explores the widespread cynicism and apathy among today’s youth and young adults.
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NewsBleiberg heads to Cannes with Jacob Tierney’s The Trotsky
Bleiberg Entertainment has picked up international rights heading into Cannes to Jacob Tierney’s The Trotsky and will launch sales on the Croisette.
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NewsSydney Film Festival to open with the world premiere of South Solitary
Selections include Solondz’s Life During Wartime, Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me, and Lucas’ Wasted on the Young.
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NewsIron Man 2 shows mettle at the UK box office
PPI’s Iron Man 2 number one opening benefits from poor weather in the UK.
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NewsWild Bunch lines up new films from Kusturica, Dardennes
Wild Bunch to handle Kusturica’s Cool Water and an as-yet-untitled project project from the Dardenne brothers, both to shoot this summer.
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FeaturesWays To Live Forever
UK-Spain production Ways To Live Forever, aims to be a life-affirming and funny story…about two kids with leukemia. The film is now in post with an eye on Toronto.
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NewsFincher prepares to direct US remake of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
David Fincher has arrived in Stockholm, where his production designer has already spent three weeks location scouting.
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NewsCentral Partnership to handle international sales on Konchalovsky’s The Nutcracker in 3D
The $90m epic will be launched on 1000 screens in Russia in December.
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South Eastern European countries expand joint pavilion in Cannes Marche
Following the initiative from last year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Serbia the Pavilion will add Marche first-timers Albania, Cyprus and Macedonia.
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NewsAustralia's Michael and Peter Spierig to direct Dark Crystal sequel
Power Of The Dark Crystal — sequel to Jim Henson/Frank Oz 1982 project — will be made in stereoscopic 3D.