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NewsFortissimo takes on Winterbottom’s Land
Colin Firth, Jim Sturgess and Matthew Macfadyen are lining up to star in Michael Winterbottom’s upcoming thriller, The Promised Land which Fortissimo Films has signed on to sell.
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IM Global want buyers to see the light on Skyline
Effects wizards Colin and Greg Strause have commenced principal photography on the sci-fi thriller Skyline, which IM Global is pre-selling at the EFM.
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NewsMadagascar's Frolick to write Spanish animation Holy Night
Madagascar writer Billy Frolick is to co-write Juan Galiñanes’ 3D animation Holy Night.
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Parkes/MacDonald Imagenation acquires Earthbound
Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald of Parkes/MacDonald Productions have acquired Earthbound by cult writer Richard Matheson.
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NewsSilverstone reVamps with Heckerling
Alicia Silverstone (pictured) to reunite with Clueless director Amy Heckerling on vampire love story, Vamps.
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NewsSeghatchian to head new UKFC production fund
UKFC names current development fund chief as head of new production fund created by restructure.
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NewsSummit picks up domestic on Untitled Seth Rogen / James McAvoy comedy
Summit Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Mandate Pictures’ comedy Untitled Seth Rogen/James McAvoy Project.
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NewsFilming underway on Dark Sky, Glass Eye Pix' Hypothermia
Chicago-based Dark Sky Films has commenced production on James Felix 4K McKenney’s feature Hypothermia.
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NewsPeter Bogdanovich to adapt high-stakes social drama for Das Films
Peter Bogdanovich is partnering with Santa Monica-based Das Films for his latest project.
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Spitfire, Exclusive rev up on high-speed documentary for EFM
Exclusive Media Group’s (EMG) documentary unit, Spitfire Documentary Films, is teaming with Flat-Out Films and Diamond Docs on a non-fiction project.
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NewsQED teams up with Forward Pass on District 9 follow-up
QED International’s Bill Block will introduce Berlin buyers to his long awaited follow-up to the global smash District 9 (pictured).
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NewsUniversal casts Taylor Lautner in 2012 Hasbro tentpole
Universal has cast The Twilight Saga’s rising star Taylor Lautner in a major new 3D Hasbro adaptation.
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Kurtz to produce Peter Briggs' Panzer 88
Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz is teaming up with Hellboy writer Peter Briggs on supernatural war thiller.
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NewsLudivine Sagnier joins Tamahori’s The Devil’s Double as shoot begins
Principal photography on Lee Tamahori’s The Devil’s Double has begun in Malta.
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NewsRough House acquires first high concept project
David Gordon Green, Jody Hill and Danny McBride’s Rough House Pictures has acquired its first project.
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NewsCinemaStreet lines up Kevin Grevioux directorial debut for inaugural slate
Dana Offenbach and Mark W Campbell have partnered up to launch the production company CinemaStreet.
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NewsDreamWorks launches casting call for Real Steel
DreamWorks has launched a nationwide casting call for its upcoming action drama Reel Steel.
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NewsPinewood launches apprencticeship scheme
Pinewood studios has launched an apprenticeship scheme designed to give young people a start in the UK film industry. (February 2).
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NewsScreen East launches low carbon fund
Regional film agency Screen East has launched a new $5.5m (£3.5m) production fund, with a remit to cut the carbon footprint of the projects it invests in by 30%.
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NewsDirector Proyas calls for clarification on Australian producer offset
Director speaks out on the need for a “more specific and clearer” criteria.