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Chengtian completes takeover of Golden Harvest
Beijing-based Chengtian, also know by its English name of Orange Sky, has completed its takeover of Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest, with some name changes and the ramping up of the combined group’s production activities.
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CommentCurse of the time bandits
As Harry Potter racks up its 15th hour of celluloid adventure and the Transformers battle it out for two-and-a-half hours, Mike Goodridge is watching the clock.
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CommentA tale of two industries
The British industry has been reported to be doing well, but is it a fair assessment?
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CommentWhere's the profit in online distribution?
People have been saying for years that the future of film distribution is online. John Flahive, managing director of Wavelength Pictures, is still waiting for a viable business model.
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NewsHigh Point seals a number of deals on Satellites & Meteorites
UK-based High Point Media Group has sold Irish rom-com Satellites & Meteorites to a number of territories including Japan (AMG), Middle East (Prime Pictures), Russia (First Film) and China (DDDream).
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NewsKaleidoscope signs first look deal with Instinctive Film
London-based Kaleidoscope Entertainment has struck a deal with Berlin-based Instinctive Film for the UK distributor to release a slate of genre projects to be produced by Instinctive out of a new studio set up in Eastern Europe.
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NewsFocus teams up with Quad on French rom-com Heartbreaker
Focus Features International and Quad will co-produce French-language romantic comedy Heartbreaker
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NewsNolan's Inception starts shoot across five countries
Warner Bros has started production on Christopher Nolan’s Inception, which started shooting in the UK on July 13.
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FeaturesThe strength of independent ties
Metrodome and Palisades Tartan are the latest to strike a deal, as distributors are forced to make alliances in a changing market.
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FeaturesIndia digs for box-office gold
A surge in multiplex construction is expected in the still under-screened Indian market now the producers’ strike is over. But can air-conditioning and plush seats alone finally prise open the box office for foreign films?
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FeaturesPerry gears up for fight
As the Irish government considers scrapping the Irish Film Board, Simon Perry tells Geoffrey Macnab why the board is vital to Irish film culture.
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FeaturesPaths of glory
The historical thriller Glorious 39 is Stephen Poliakoff’s first film for 10 years and will have its world premiere at Toronto.
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FeaturesFrom conception to Womb
Could his contemporary fairy tale about cloning, starring Eva Green and Matt Smith, push Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf into the mainstream? Martin Blaney visits the German set of Womb.
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NewsSony extends De Luca's first-look deal through 2011
Sony Pictures Entertainment has extended its first-look deal with producer Michael De Luca through 2011.
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NewsHanif Kureishi to adapt The White Tiger for Smuggler, Ascension
New York-based Smuggler Films has signed famed UK screenwriter Hanif Kureishi to adapt Man Booker Prize-winning novel The White Tiger for the big screen.
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NewsPicturePlay to launch with Levinson's City Of Angels
US producers Janet Harrison and Scott Rosenfelt have launched bi-coastal production company PicturePlay Films to make films with budgets ranging from $5m-$20m.
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NewsWarner set for second weekend of Potter magic as Universal expands Public Enemies
New moves internationally are largely quiet this week as Harry Potter continues his worldwide domination for Warner Bros International - building on the record international opening weekend of $236m.
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Macrograph, Entourage line up Korea’s first 3D horror
Korean visual effects house Macrograph and production company Entourage are joining forces on Korea’s first 3D horror film, Soul Mate, to be directed by Kim Ji-hwan.
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FeaturesSpanish financiers tune in to Lope
Spain is hoping to tap into the revival of the swashbuckler with Lope, the story of 16th playwright Lope De Vega, directed by Brazil’s Andrucha Waddington and shot in Morocco.
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NewsBeeban Kidron skips out on Hippie Hippie Shake
Hippie Hippie Shake director Beeban Kidron has left the project, now in post-production, because of ‘creative differences’ in editing with the production company, Working Title.