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NewsInside Pictures unveils LA participants
EXCLUSIVE: The European film industry business training programme has selected its 16 producers and executives for the week-long sessions with senior industry professionals in Los Angeles from September 15-19.
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NewsParticipant boards DreamWorks duo
Participant Media has joined Steven Spielberg’s Untitled Cold War Spy Thriller and period drama The Light Between Oceans.
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NewsJean Reno to star in Sweeney remake
French star takes on Ray Winstone role in Paris-set remake, The Squad.
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NewsMagnet swoops on Satanic
Magnet Releasing has acquired worldwide rights at script stage to the supernatural teen-horror film and will commence pre-sales in Toronto next week.
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NewsNorway thriller secures US-Canada partners
The Doll in the Ceiling marks the feature debut of Kjersti G Steinsbø.
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NewsFinnish Film Affair unveils line-up
Third edition will include pitching of 17 projects and screening of 19 completed features.
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NewsLunchbox, '71 producers selected for OMDC's IFF
Forty Canadian and international producers will head to the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s annual International Financing Forum in Toronto.
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NewsThai studios team for Transformation
Four Thai film companies – M Pictures, Bangkok Film Studio, True I-Content and Matching Studio – have joined forces to create a new studio, Transformation Films, with the aim of helping expand the Thai film industry at an international level.
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NewsShooting begins on M:I5
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions top brass said principal photography has commenced on the fifth instalment in the Tom Cruise franchise.
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NewsAmazon buys video portal Twitch
Indicating a possible deep dive into web video, Amazon is paying close to $1bn for Twitch Interactive, the online platform that allows people to watch others play video games.
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NewsLotus hires Pivot writer-director
Ed Gass-Donnelly will write and direct the sci-fi thriller Pivot. Lotus Entertainment will handle international sales.
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NewsSarajevo: co-producing with the UK
UK industry representatives arrive in Sarajevo as part of CineLink Partner Country initiative
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NewsFrom The Dark wraps in Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: MPI/Dark Sky Films and Workshed Films have completed principal photography on Conor McMahon’s horror story in Laois, Ireland.
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NewsOmnibus to mark Singapore's 50th
Seven award-winning directors led by Royston Tan are set to create an omnibus film celebrating the 50th anniversary of Singapore and its people.
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NewsSundance Institute names New Frontier co-heads
Sundance Institute executives have named Shari Frilot and Kamal Sinclair co-directors of New Frontier in a bid to deepen the organisation’s commitment to the programme.
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NewsSean Astin, daughter sign for Bad Kids 2
In a week of stars committing to projects with their daughters, Sean Astin and Ali Astin have signed on to star in the comedy-horror sequel Bad Kids Go 2 Hell.
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NewsShane Black joins Sony’s The Destroyer
The Iron Man 3 director is on board the adaptation of the novels about a former police officer who gets signed up to a secret government arm.
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NewsLD Entertainment’s Clavius cast bulks up
Peter Firth, Spain’s Leonor Watling, Antonio Gil and Maria Botto and New Zealand’s Cliff Curtis have joined LD Entertainment’s Biblical thriller.
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NewsSarajevo: co-production challenges debated
The first of Sarajevo’s Industry Days featured a discussion on the challenges of international co-production.
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NewsStrategic Partners sets panels
Atlantic Film Festival market Strategic Partners top brass have announced the panels for the event, set to run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from September 11-14.