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NewsApichatpong to produce Concrete Clouds
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of best film at Monday’s Asian Film Awards, has boarded Lee Chatametikool’s Concrete Clouds as a producer.
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NewsJia Zhangke urges China to revise technical requirements
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has called for the Chinese government to abolish the country’s technical qualification requirements which mean that only films of a certain technical quality can be submitted for the censorship process.
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NewsGold Harbour to produce Give Me Five in 3D
Hong Kong’s Gold Harbour International Films is to produce $1.92m (HK$15m) Give Me Five to be shot in stereoscopic 3D, with a cast led by Josie Ho (The Courier), Taiwan’s Jiro Wang and mainland actors Siqin Gaowa and Sun Li.
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NewsFilming begins on Red Tie’s Lost And Found In Armenia
The bilingual feature is the first production by Gor Kirakosian, Valerie McCaffrey and Maral Djerejian’s LA-based Red Tie Films and the partners claim it is the first film fully financed by Armenian private investors to shoot in the US.
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NewsMutual market intelligence is key, says ACE seminar
Producers in China and Europe need to reach a deeper understanding of each other’s markets before they can work together successfully, said panellists at a Sino-European co-production seminar at Filmart on Tuesday.
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NewsTom Hughes, Ophelia Lovibond star in Eight Minutes Idle
The iFeatures backed project is being directed by Mark Simon Hewis; Shooting is underway in Bristol.
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NewsChina's Henan teams with Branko Lustig on Holocaust drama
Chinese Henan Film & Television Production Group Corporation (Henan Film Group) is ramping up two big budget film productions - $30m US-China co-production Melanie’s Violin and $22.5m (RMB150m) historic epic Generals Of The Yang Family.
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NewsMedia Asia backs next Johnnie To/Wai Ka-fai romantic comedy
Hong Kong studio Media Asia has unveiled Hong Kong-China co-production Romancing in Thin Air, to be directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, and star Sammi Cheng, Louis Koo and Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan.
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NewsConvergence has Nuptials with Astro Shaw
LA-based production company Convergence Entertainment is set to co-produce supernatural horror feature Nuptials Of The Dead with Malaysian film conglomerate Astro Shaw.
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NewsMei Ah Entertainment gears up for Windseeker
Hong Kong’s Mei Ah Entertainment is gearing up produce 1950s-set spy thriller Windseeker, to be directed by Alan Mak and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
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NewsPrime Focus Productions signs TV deal for Terry Pratchett Discworld spinoff
Terry Jones, Gavin Scott on board to write episodes of the fantasy series The Watch.
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NewsEuropean Commission supporting film in the Mediterranean with $15m
The European Commission is supporting the film industry in the Mediterranean region through a third edition of its Euromed Audiovisual Programme with $15m (€11m) between 2011-2013.
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NewsJulian Fellowes sets sail for TV's Titanic
US network ABC has boarded a forthcoming ITV1 drama about the Titanic, written by Gosford Park Oscar winner Julian Fellowes.
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Choi Dong-hoon assembles stars for Macao heist pic
South Korean director Choi Dong-hoon is putting together a top flight cast for his upcoming The Professionals, led by Kim Yun-seok from The Yellow Sea, Gianna Jun from Blood The Last Vampire, Kim Hye-su from Tazza: The High Rollers and Lee Jung-jae from TheHousemaid.
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Emperor conjures up slate led by The Great Magician
Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) has unveiled a new slate of productions, headed by Derek Yee’s period mystery The Great Magician starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
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Perfect World starts 33 Days Out Of Love
Perfect World Culture, the entertainment branch of Chinese online game operator Perfect World, has begun production on romantic comedy 33 Days Out of Love (working title) with Teng Huatao (The Matrimony) directing and Wen Zhang (Ocean Heaven) in the lead role.
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NewsAbu Dhabi to host Priyadarshan’s Athar And Madhavan Naayar
Indian filmmaker Priyadarshan is gearing up to shoot Malayalam-language project Athar And Madhavan Naayar in Abu Dhabi, with logistical support from Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC).
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NewsSND takes on Iglesia’s As Luck Would Have It for France
French distributor SND has picked up theatrical distribution rights to Alex De La Iglesia’s new Spanish-language dark comedy As Luck Would Have It, starring Salma Hayek, from the film’s producers.
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NewsSamuel Jackson to star in noir thriller The Samaritan
Andras Hamori of H2O Motion Pictures is producing and filming is set to begin in Toronto on Mar 20 and will continue in Rio de Janeiro through Apr 30.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
A biopic retracing the life of the singer Claude François is currently shooting in France, while Matthias Hoene [pictured] will unleash zombies across London from Monday.