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NewsWeinsteins' Marilyn is among hot fare tempting TIFF buyers
The Weinstein Company is stirring up interest here on two titles new to the international marketplace as buyers mill around Toronto’s hotels and screening venues eager to fill slots in 2011 and beyond.
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NewsKing's Speech duo set to travel with The Lady Who Went Too Far
Gareth Unwin, one of the producers of Telluride and Toronto hit The King’s Speech, is now at work developing another period drama, about Lady Hester Stanhope, for his UK-based Bedlam Productions.
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Martin Landau in talks for Canada black comedy Born Into This
Oscar-winner Martin Landau (Ed Wood) and actor Devon Bostick (Adoration) are in negotiations with Canadian producers David Miller and newcomer Darren Portelli to star in the heartbreaking comedy, Born Into This, by first-time feature director Emmanuel Shirinian.
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Canada opens co-production talks with India
Canada’s Heritage Minister James Moore announced that Canada is launching co-production talks with India.
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NewsDenise Robert wins CMPA prize and gives cheque to Belanger
Oscar-winning producer Denise Robert says that being the first woman to win the Canadian Media Production Association award makes her feel “honoured … like one of the boys! And I’ve been waiting for that for a long time.”
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This week’s hot projects on Screenbase
German independent 3D thriller The Forbidden Girl, US-Spain co-production The Cold Light Of Day and French drama Tomboy constitute this week’s highlights on Screen’s online production listings.
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NewsVancouver's Greenstone sparkles with launch funding of $25m
Financed partly through sunken treasure, the upstart Vancouver-based Greenstone Film Partners — named for the Queen Isabella Emerald — is launching its feature film production, distribution and international sales venture at TIFF, its CEO John Curtis told Screen.
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NewsBankside and Killer strike first-look, co-development deal
First projects under the deal include Jeff Garlin’s Dealin With Idiots and Julianne Moore-starring Innocence.
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Malin Akerman to star with Ethan Hawke in The Numbers Station
Malin Akerman has joined the cast of The Numbers Station, opposite Ethan Hawke.
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NewsBernal, Luna join Ferrell on Nala's The House Of My Father
Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna have joined Will Ferrell on Nala Films’ Spanish language comedy Casa De MiPadre (The House Of My Father).
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McTiernan to direct Shrapnel for Corsan, Film Engine
John McTiernan will direct the action thriller Shrapnel for Paul Breuls’ Belgium-based Corsan and Film Engine in Los Angeles.
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Animated 3D Thor being readied for autumn 2011 launch
Production is continuing on Legends of Valhalla – Thor, which is being made as an animated 3D movie.
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Stealth Media group scares up Ellie Rose
Horror project stars Lucy Benjamin, Bill Ward and Alexandra Moen.
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Mary Harron starts Montreal shoot for The Moth Diaries
Mary Harron has started shooting The Moth Diaries in and around Montreal as of Aug 31. The film, a Canada-Ireland co-production, is adapted by Harron from the cult novel by Rachel Klein.
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Production underway on Keanu Reeves drama Generation Um...
Principal photography is scheduled to start in New York today [9] on Company Films’ Generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves, which Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures is introducing to buyers in Toronto.
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NewsUniversal aims high with Dark Tower adaptations
Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment is teaming up with Ron Howard to adapt Stephen King’s venerated fantasy saga The Dark Tower.
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Mad Men's Hendricks is latest addition to Drive cast
Emmy nominee Christina Hendricks from hit series Mad Men has joined Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan on Bold Films, OddLot Entertainment and Marc Platt Productions’ action thriller Drive.I
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Harmony Korine joins Rotterdam crowd funding scheme
Director Harmony Korine has joined International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Cinema Reloaded, the online film production fundraising platform.
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NewsShooting underway on Ben Drew (Plan B)'s feature debut Ill Manors
The microbudget feature will shoot in East London and is the sixth to come out of Film London’s Microwave scheme.
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Spanish shoot starts on Cold Light arring Willis, Weaver
Production is underway in Valencia and Madrid on Summit Entertainment, Intrepid Pictures and Galavis Film’s action thriller The Cold Light Of Day starring Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver.