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NewsCasey Affleck, John Middleton launch production venture
John Powers Middleton, who has worked as executive producer on A&E’s Bates Motel and the Oldboy remake, has teamed up with Casey Affleck to launch a production company.
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NewsPeter Bogdanovich to direct Tycoon
Cohen Media Group has tapped Oscar-nominated director Peter Bogdanovich to direct its television miniseries adaptation of Edward Ball’s The Inventor And The Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder And The Birth Of Moving Pictures.
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NewsProduction: Nyong’o plots Americanah; Dench has Fever
Lupita Nyong’o is reuniting with Plan B and has secured with D2 Productions and Potboiler Productions rights to develop Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah. Separately, Judi Dench has boarded Tulip Fever.
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NewsIndiecan unveils Indiegogo projects
Indiecan Entertainment in partnership with Indiegogo has announced the launch of the Indiegogo campaigns for this year’s INDIECAN10K feature film projects.
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NewsJosh Trank to direct Star Wars spinoff
In keeping with Lucasfilm and Disney’s mission to exploit the Star Wars universe, the partners have hired the director to make a feature that will not be part of the trilogy.
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NewsBertha Britdoc Connect Fund picks eight
Documentaries to benefit include The Possibilities Are Endless, about musician Edwyn Collins’ battle to regain his memory.
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NewsJosh Berger: Harry Potter key to UK VFX boom
It was the growth of the Harry Potter franchise that set up the UK film industry to be a world leader in visual effects, Josh Berger, president and MD Warner Bros. Entertainment UK, Ireland and Spain said today during his keynote at MBI’s Creative Week Media Summit.
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NewsTriStar, BBC Films ready Lady in the Van
Downton Abbey star Maggie Smith will reprise her stage role in TriStar Productions and BBC Films’ screen version of The Lady In The Van.
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NewsShrek 3 co-director on Monster Hunt
Hong Kong-based Edko Films has announced 3D fantasy adventure Monster Hunt, to be directed by Raman Hui, who co-directed Shrek The Third.
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NewsRhys Meyers joins Stonewall
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman and Joey King have joined Jeremy Irvine on the cast of Stonewall
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NewsNetflix to debut football doc
This Is Not A Ball will premiere on June 13, one day after the World Cup kicks off in Brazil.
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NewsTom Hardy indie signs NBCU deal
Tom Hardy-owned indie Hardy Son and Baker has signed a first-look deal with NBC Universal International.
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NewsBIM founder takes stake in The Wonders producer
Carlo Cresto-Dina’s Italian production company tempesta has sold a 20% stake to BIM founder Valerio De Paolis.
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NewsSarajevo unveils CineLink 2014 line-up
New projects from Kutlug Ataman, Bogdan Mustata, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross among the 14 titles.
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NewsFack Ju producer moves to Constantin
Lena Schömann, producer of box office hit Fack Ju Göhte (Suck Me Shakespeer), is switching to Constantin Film after 12 years at the distributor-producer’s subsidiary Rat Pack Filmproduktion.
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NewsAutumn Lights starts Iceland shoot
Producers of Metalhead and Either Way team with LA’s Ashley M Kent on the English-language drama.
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NewsOliver Stone to direct Snowden Files
The controversial filmmaker renowned for his fiercely intelligent accounts of US history has come on board to direct the tale of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in what will be a race to the screen with rival project No Place To Hide.
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NewsXYZ spins Master Cleanse sales
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has reported a strong response from Cannes buyers to The Master Cleanse, the fantasy horror that launched on the Croisette and will star Johnny Galecki, Chloë Sevigny and Anjelica Huston.
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NewsLupita Nyong'o joins Star Wars 7
12 Years a Slave Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o has been cast in Star Wars: Episode VII.
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NewsBark Ranger begins production
Principal photography on Breakthrough Entertainment’s family comedy has started in Toronto.