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David Thewlis, Tilda Swinton join The Zero Theorem
Lucas Hedges and Melanie Thierry are also on board Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi project. Voltage Pictures handles worldwide sales.
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Cargo to commence sales at AFM on The Late Bloomer
Elijah Wood to star in comedy for Dignity Film Finance (DFF).
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Elijah Wood launches production company The Woodshed
The actor-producer teams up with Daniel Noah and Josh C Waller for a stable of projects that will explore the horror genre and include Curse The Darkness.
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Daron Keet, Pete Villani among young cinematographer winners
The 16th annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards evening in Los Angeles on Sunday (Sept 30) awarded prizes to several young talents.
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Singapore's MDA appoints Koh Lin-net as CEO
Koh Lin-net has been appointed CEO of Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA), replacing Aubeck Kam who leaves the post on October 31.
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European Parliament drafts 197 amendments to EC's Creative Europe programme
EXCLUSIVE: Italian MEP Silvia Costa’s [pictured] report will be presented at the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education in Brussels next week.
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Man Booker shortlist set for live cinema broadcast
Authors competing for the Man Booker Prize are to feature in a live broadcast to Picturehouse, Cineworld and independent cinemas around the UK.
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Shooting begins on John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary
McDonagh’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Guard stars Brendan Gleeson [pictured], Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly and Aidan Gillen, among others.
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Wayne Borg
Bill Gates will be among speakers discussing the future of the ‘digital frontier’ at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Media Summit. Wendy Mitchell talks to Wayne Borg of organiser Twofour54
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Breillat shooting adaptation of her novel Abus De Faiblesse
Catherine Breillat is now shooting her fourteenth feature, Abus De Faiblesse.
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Asterix and Obelix: in Britain 3D -- Catherine Deneuve massacres the French language, à l’anglaise
The high-profile cast of Laurent Tirard’s highly anticipated Asterix and Obelix: in Britain 3D — led by Gérard Depardieu, Edouard Baer and Catherine Deneuve — were out in force on Sunday afternoon for a packed, first public preview of the film at Paris’ iconic, 2,800-seat Grand Rex cinema.
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BFI Future Plan to invest £500m over next five years
Three areas of concentration are education and audiences, filmmaking and film heritage; Film Fund will rise to £24m annually by 2017.
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EuropaCorp, Relativity sign Kevin Costner for McG thriller
The untitled project centres on a dying secret serviceman who undertakes a volatile drug trial that could extend his life and allow him to reconnect with his estranged family in exchange for one final mission.
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Unified Pictures, Savage Bunny, Bron Studios get Trust Me
William H Macy, Felicity Huffman, Sam Rockwell and Amanda Peet to star in dark comedy alongside writer-director Clark Gregg. UTA Independent Film Group represents domestic rights and Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International is handling foreign sales.
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SPC acquires North America on Fill The Void
Rama Burshtein’s directorial debut earned seven Israeli Ophir Awards including best picture and screened in Venice and Toronto. It will receive its US premiere at the New York Film Festival.
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Ethan Goldman joins Warrior Poets as evp of development
Morgan Spurlock’s New York-based production company made the announcement on Tuesday (Oct 2).
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Jake Gyllenhaal joins Alcon Entertainment’s Prisoners
Hot on the heels of the promising box office debut of End Of Watch, the actor is set to reunite with his An Enemy director Denis Villeneuve.
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US-China Summit scheduled for Nov 1 in Los Angeles
Sponsored by East West Bank and Loeb & Loeb, the half-day event is being hosted by the Asia Society Southern California’s Entertainment & Media/Asia Initiative (EMAsia).
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DCMS opens tax relief consultation for high-end TV drama
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is nailing down the criteria used to decide which programmes are eligible for the proposed drama tax relief for high-end TV.