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NewsWarner Bros confirm Costner casting on Superman
The studio and its partner Legendary Pictures said last night [17] that Kevin Costner will play the Man of Steel’s adoptive father Jonathan Kent.
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NewsHuayi Brothers invests in Wu and Feng's Diversion Pictures
Projects in pipeline include Stephen Fung’s Tai Chi to star Jet Li.
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India’s Yash Raj Films launches youth-oriented label
Mumbai-based Yash Raj Films has launched a production banner, Y-Films, to produce films catering to India’s youth audience.
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NewsWimbledon Film and Television Studios launched
Formerly known as Merton Studios, the newest addition to the UK studio sector is to be officially launched today by London mayor Boris Johnson.
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NewsUlrich Thomsen, Sonja Richter to star in Ireland-set Flowers of Desire
Danish-language co-production will shoot this summer for director Simon Staho.
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NewsUK's Prime Focus to move into production
UK post production company Prime Focus is launching its own production division, Prime Focus Productions, specialising in TV dramas.
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NewsMat Whitecross, Paul Viragh re-team for Coldplay-backed film noir
Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess and Lesley Manville head the cast of the CinemaNX backed project which is being co-financed by UK rock band Coldplay.
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NewsScott Free UK plans TV co-pro adaptation of Mosse’s Labyrinth
Four-hour TV series being made with Germany’s Tandem Communications.
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NewsContentFilm, Black Camel start Scottish shoot for Barker's Outpost sequel
Black Camel’s development slate also includes feature version of short Zombie Musical, and a bigger-budget Barker thriller.
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NewsOptimum takes UK-Irish rights to animated Song of the Sea
Film in development now with Cartoon Saloon and director Tomm Moore, who worked on Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells.
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NewsZhang joins online media LeTV’s feature film division
Beijing-based online media LeTV.com has hired former CEO of Enlight Pictures Zhang Zhao as the head of the company’s subsidiary working on feature film production and distribution.
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NewsJulia’s Eyes director to make English-language horror Venom
The Orphanage producers Rodar Y Rodar have revealed a new slate of projects to Screen, including Julia’s Eyes director Guillem Morales’ $17m English-language horror-thriller Venom.
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Columbia to adapt Moonwalking With Einstein
Science correspondent Joshua Foer’s book chronicles his participation in the US Memory Championship.
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NewsHarry Treadaway, Honor Blackman to star in Optimum's Cockneys Vs Zombies
Principal photography will begin in London next week.
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Shengshi Huarui boards Unison Co’s $30m Song Of Justice
Start-up Chinese production outfit The Unison Company is teaming with Beijing Shengshi Huarui to produce $30m epic action movie Song Of Justice.
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NewsSam Worthington to star in one of two new Screen Australia films
New Australian action surf drama Drift is to be filmed in south-west Western Australia and is a passion project for actor Sam Worthington (Avatar) and producers Tim Duffy and Myles Pollard, all of whom are originally from there.
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NewsLionsgate partners with Janet Jackson’s jdj Entertainment
In her first outing as a film producer, Jackson has signed a deal with the studio to select, develop and produce a feature project.
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NewsMitchell, Bean, Unger return to Silent Hill
The franchise’s original stars Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger are returning to the horror property and will star alongside previously announced Adelaide Clemens and Kit Harington.
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NewsEuropean Commission earmarks $19.5m for African, Caribbean and Pacific films
The European Commission is to support filmmakers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) with a total of $19.5m (€14m) as part of its new ACP-EU Support Programme to the ACP Cultural Sectors running between 2011 and 2016.
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NewsArgentina and Chile dominate the Toulouse Films In Progress titles
The Latin American Film Screenings of Toulouse has announced its six projects which will compete in the 19th Films In Progress programme, all of which are either Chilean or Argentinian co-productions.