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NewsShoot date set for Killing Winston Jones
RadioactiveGiant is to commence shooting on Killing Winston Jones on Nov 26 in Savannah, Georgia.
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NewsSeattle festival receives $150,000 Academy grant
The multi-year award will allow Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) top brass to develop its African Pictures programme and showcase emerging talent from the continent.
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NewsBahman Ghobadi calls on Iran to release brother
Behrouz Ghobadi, a production manager and short film director, is believed to have been detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, accused of acting against national security.
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NewsElstree gets £2m investment for new film and TV facilities
Elstree gets £2m investment for £4.5m growth plan; will host a number of BBC’s “most popular shows” from 2013.
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NewsDoha Film Institute offers 27 grants including to filmmakers such as El Batout, Allouache
Global film finance and local finance also discussed at DTFF panel.
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NewsJulien Temple’s Rio doc to feature Ronnie Biggs
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is to appear in a new documentary about the city of Rio, directed by Julien Temple.
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NewsCarbone, Edmands, Collins win at US in Progress in Wroclaw
Companies in attendance included Urban Distribution, Wild Bunch, K5, and Artificial Eye.
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NewsPawel Pawlikowski begins first Polish language feature
EXCLUSIVE: Fandango Portobello to handle sales on writer-director Pawlikowski’s [pictured] drama Sister of Mercy, Le Pacte takes French rights.
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NewsProduction wraps on The Girl From Nagasaki
The husband-and-wife team of Michel Comte and Ayako Yoshida updates Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly.
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NewsShooting begins on innovative Dutch feature App
Film is the first in the world to be supported with a synchronised second screen application for inside the cinema.
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NewsBellocchio planning opera and period drama
EXCLUSIVE: Marco Bellocchio developing 16th century drama and feature version of opera Pagliacci.
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NewsCBS Films hires Scott Derrickson for Deus Ex; snaps up Last Exorcism sequel
In a big day for the distributor, top brass announced on Thursday (15) that Derrickson will direct the adaptation Deus Ex: Human Revolution based on the smash video game franchise. Earlier in the day CBS Films said it has acquired US rights from StudioCanal to The Last Exorcism Part II. ...
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Fog Cutter Films lines up 2013 maiden shoot
The newly formed production company will start principal photography next year on psychological thriller The Revolution Of Jenny Speck.
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NewsRemstar Films picks up Dallas Buyers Club
Montreal-based Remstar Films has acquired Canadian rights to Dallas Buyers Club.
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NewsNorton Herrick joins Lone Survivor producers roster
Herrick [pictured] has come on board to produce Peter Berg’s action tale, which Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited introduced to international buyers in Cannes.
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NewsSpitfire Pictures hires Michael Fassbender to narrate 1
The acclaimed actor [pictured] has narrated the upcoming Grand Prix documentary from Exclusive Media’s Spitfire Pictures label.
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NewsHard Drive commences shooting in Halifax
Production is underway in Halifax, Canada, on the coming-of-age drama Hard Drive.
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NewsAnonymous Content, Electric Shepherd sign Philip K Dick deal
The partners have signed a first-look deal to develop film and television versions of the works of iconic sci-fi author Philip K Dick [pictured].
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NewsGood Universe, Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert partner on Angelfall
Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will serve as executive producers on the young adult property after they joined producers and longtime collaborators Raimi [pictured] and Tapert to acquire multi-picture rights to Susan Ee’s bestselling series.
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News3net unveils maiden film and television slate
Partners Sony, Discovery and IMAX have unveiled the inaugural slate of original 3D and 4K TV series and specials to be produced by its fledgling production arm.