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FeaturesXavier Marchand and Victor Loewy
Momentum president Xavier Marchand and Alliance Films CEO Victor Loewy discuss the success of The King’s Speech, the pay TV market and the virtual print fee.
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NewsGK Films hires Fergus, Ostby to write Tomb Raider reboot
Mark Fergus [pictured] and Hawk Ostby wrote the upcoming Cowboys & Aliens as well as Iron Man and earned an Academy Award nomination for Children Of Men.
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NewsTil Schweiger box-office hit among four Beta market premieres
Beta’s Cannes Market titles also include family film The Tigerduck Gang.
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NewsK5 takes two more Zanuck productions to Cannes Market
After working together on the Robert Duvall hit Get Low, sales company K5 is again working with producer Dean Zanuck and his company Zanuck Independent on two new titles headed to Cannes Market.
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NewsFilm4 to hire new executive to spearhead digital initiatives
New banner Film4.0 being created for making, marketing and distributing films digitally.
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NewsOdeon/UCI acquires 9 multiplexes in Spain and Italy
European cinema chain acquires nine multiplexes with a total of 92 screens
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FeaturesCannes 2011 Market Buzz
Screen previews some of the new market titles expected to create a stir at the Cannes Marche from US sellers, from Paul WS Anderson’s Pompeii to Paul Weitz’s Robert De Niro-starring project, to a Gotti crime saga.
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FeaturesCannes 2011 Market Buzz: UK and international sellers
Hot projects from UK and international sales companies include two Kevin Macdonald films, Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, and Margaret Thatcher story The Iron Lady.
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NewsHugh Grant to lead voice cast of Aardman/Sony's The Pirates!
Other voice cast members include Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Salma Hayek.
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NewsSC Films takes on sales for Bad Ass starring Danny Trejo
Simon Crowe’s UK-based SC Films has snapped up sales rights to all-action film Bad Ass, starring Danny Trejo (Machete), and will be introducing the project to buyers in Cannes.
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CommentD-day in the developing world
Despite the growth of DCI-compliant D-cinema, there’s still huge potential for lower resolution e-cinema in India and other emerging markets.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office April 29-May 1
Thor lays siege to a buoyant international market, taking $89.2m at an average of $10,613 in 54 territories.
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FeaturesRunar Runarsson
Cannes Meet The Debutants: Screen talks to the Volcano director about sunken ships and his elderly coming-of-age story.
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NewsGalli, Ulfsather take leads in Lackberg adaptations
The Fjallbacka Murders project will star Claudia Galli (pictured) and Richard Ulfsather.
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NewsHarbour, Tideway to produce sibling rivalry story Blood Over Water
Film is about brothers rowing on opposite teams at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race of 2003.
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Fortissimo jumps on Fortnight title Sur La Planche
Fortissimo Films has acquired international rights to Moroccan director Leila Kilani’s Sur La Planche which is screening in the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes this year.
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India’s NFDC to promote six filmmakers at Cannes
India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) will be promoting six local filmmakers at this year’s Cannes, part of a range of activities designed to increase collaboration between Indian and overseas film industries.
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FeaturesNYFEST, Hudson River Park, New York
Celebrities battle it out during the 1st annual NY Film & Entertainment soccer tournament, run in conjunction with Tribeca Film Festival.
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NewsFIP dives into thriller business with Mortensen on Plan
Fox International Productions (FIP) has brokered a deal for the worldwide rights to Everybody Has A Plan starring Viggo Mortensen and Soledad Villamil from the 2010 foreign language Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes.
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NewsThe Film Department to shut down on May 27
Company co-heads Mark Gill (pictured) and Neil Sacker took the decision after they were unable to raise $200m in recapitalisation.