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Estonia's Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma plan historical drama
Estonian filmmaker/producer duo Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma are going back in time to the eve of the First World War for their next feature film project The Hoppers (Hüppajad) which won the Screen International Best Pitch Award at Tallinn’s Baltic Event in December.
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NewsSC Films boards animation Wish
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Crowe’s SC Films takes international and joint North American rights to family feature from Prana Studios.
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NewsNick Taussig, Paul Van Carter set up UK production company
EXCLUSIVE: The pair, which had been at Revolver/Gunslinger, kick off Salon Pictures with slate including James Nunn LA-set thriller, Churchill project, teen thriller and bare-knuckle fighting biopic.
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NewsIM Global sinks teeth into Blood Sisters
Mark Waters will direct the first in an anticipated franchise based on the Vampire Academy young adult books [pictured]. Reliance and IM Global jointly finance the project and Stuart Ford and Jonathan Deckter will kick off sales in Berlin this week.
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Arclight to start sales in Berlin on Cavegirl The Movie
The film’s UK film producer Andy Bell of Metropolis Films announced the deal on Friday [Feb 1].
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NewsPinewood submits new £200m expansion plan
Pinewood Shepperton today submitted another planning application for the extension of its Buckinghamshire site.
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NewsProduction gets underway in Indonesia on The Raid 2
PT Merantau Films and XYZ Films announced on Thursday [31] that shooting had begun on the sequel to the cult smash.
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NewsJeremy Renner attached to play journalist in Kill The Messenger
CAA and WME will introduce what is likely to become a hot property at next week’s EFM in Berlin at a time when US sales agents continue to scramble for new projects.
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NewsRelativity Media acquires world rights to Loomis Fargo
Jared Hess will direct the heist action comedy starring Jim Carrey.
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NewsJulia Stiles joins Poverty Row’s Mary Pickford biopic
Stiles, currently starring in awards contender Silver Linings Playbok, will play Frances Marion, the winner of the best adapted screenplay Academy Award in 1930 who collaborated with Pickford on Rebecca From Sunnybrook Farm and Poor Little Rich Girl, among others.
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NewseOne, 1984 Private Defense Contractors sign first-look deal
Under the terms of the multi-year arrangement eOne gets first look to finance and distribute all 1984 films. LA-based Spencer Silna and Adi Shankar’s slate includes Corsica ’72 from Skyfall writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and the untitled Female Expendables project.
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NewsDuncan Jones to direct Warcraft
The director of Moon and Source Code has signed a deal with Legendary Pictures to direct a live-action adaptation of hit videogame Warcraft.
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NewsSam Worthington to star in For The Dogs
Sierra/ Affinity will introduce to international buyers in Berlin next week and Paradigm handles US rights. Phillip Noyce will direct from a screenplay by Oren Moverman.
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NewsDig Two Graves producers announce cast
Hunter Adams’ thriller has commenced shooting in and around the Shawnee National Forest area of Southern Illinois.
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NewsThe Exchange, Grand Peaks launch film fund
The LA-based sales and financing company run by Brian O’Shea has partnered with the Denver-based entertainment company on Exchange Peaks Film Capital. The first beneficiary is previously announced The Last 5 Years.
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NewsEdell Productions wraps Life Saver shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Teri Polo, Chazz Palminteri, Tia Carrere and Luke Eberl star in the thriller, producers Elaine Hastings Edell and Jeffrey Edell announced on Tuesday night [29].
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NewsEmbankment boards Wyatt's Birdsong, Serkis' Animal Farm; Gillian Anderson on sci-fi
X Files star attached to Our Robot Overlords as UK sales outfit Embankment Films builds on prestige slate ahead of the EFM.
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NewsSotomayor, Klimiewicz pact for short film
Dominga Sotomayor [pictured], one of last year’s Rotterdam Tiger winners for Thursday Till Sunday, is co-writing and co-directing a new short film, The Time Before, with European Film Award winner Katarzyna Klimiewicz.
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NewsProduction: Black Nativity kicks off, Eva Green joins Sin City 2
Fox Searchlight top brass announced on Tuesday [29] that shooting has begun on Black Nativity. Separately, Dimension Films has cast Eva Green in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, which Aldamisa International is selling outside North America.
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NewsProduction: New Regency goes to Pyongyang, MGM acquires Me
New Regency and Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink are joining forces on Pyongyang. Separately MGM has secured feature rights to Jojo Moyes’ bestseller Me Before You.