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NewsChadwick, Harris circle Mandela biopic Long Walk to Freedom
EXCLUSIVE: Anant Singh’s long-gestating Nelson Mandela biopic heats up with Justin Chadwick in advanced talks to direct and Skyfall actress Naomie Harris in talks to star as Winnie Mandela opposite Idris Elba.
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NewsThe Blind Side producer Molly Smith launches Belle Pictures
Smith, who will remain Hilary Swank’s partner at 2S Films, will make features and TV in association with Alcon Entertainment in a four-year discretionary first-look deal.
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San Francisco Film Society announces SFFS/KRF grants
The Society in association with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation have selected 11 narrative feature projects for the seventh round of grants up to $300,000.
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Horrible Bosses writer to script Tradition Studios feature
Mike Markowitz will get to work on the untitled project from Digital Domain Media Group’s new animated division.
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NewsNational Youth Film Academy launches apprenticeship scheme
20 budding young film-makers from the UK will take part in the scheme which runs for 9 months.
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NewsNew Zealand film-makers Albiston, Sutherland go Shopping
Their feature deubt is being produced by Warp Films Australia.
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NewsTom Tagholm leaves Channel 4 to develop film, commercial projects
Been with channel for 11 years.
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NewsOrigin develops scripts with Greenhalgh, Towhidi, Graham
EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Origin Pictures is working across an exciting slate of film and TV projects including a The Wire-style crime-drama set in Manchester from Matt Greenhalgh and an adaptation of recently optioned PD James novel Death Comes to Pemberley.
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Cranston, Kendrick among cast on CBS comedy Get A Job
The company has confirmed the cast of Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller and Christopher Mintz-Plasse on the tentatively titled story about graduates strugging to adjust to post-college life.
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NewsCanal Plus chief Bertrand Meheut sounds alarm for French cinema
Meheut says international operators such as iTunes, Google and YouTube as well as Al Jazeera’s sporting ambitions pose threat to France’sunique film finance model.
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NewsApril shoot for I Give It A Year
Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Rafe Spall and Simon Baker will star in Dan Mazer’s directorial debut, produced by Working Title.
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Women In Film Foundation announces annual Film Finishing Fund
Grants up to $15,000 will be given to films by, for and about women to cover post services such as online editing, sound mixing, colour correction and closed captioning.
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Classic Media acquires rights to children’s favourite Noddy
The company secured the property in a deal with Chorion on behalf of the Enid Blyton estate.
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NewsUFA moves ahead with Fatherland adaptation
EXCLUSIVE: The Wave writer-director Dennis Gansel has been working on the feature adaptation of Robert Harris’ controversial best-seller Fatherland; Gansel among candidates to direct.
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Alcon Entertainment to produce Wally Pfister’s directorial debut
The Oscar winning cinematographer recently completed work on The Dark Knight Rises and will commence principal photography in early autumn from an untitled screenplay by newcomer Jack Paglen.
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Frankenweenie to get IMAX treatment for October release
Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film will be remastered into the IMAX format ahead of the worldwide day-and-date release through Disney on Oct 5.
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NewsLily Collins joins cast of Informant Media’s Writers
Kristen Bell, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff and Liana Liberato have also come on board the project, which as previously announced will star Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly. Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel’s fledgling financing and sales house The Solution introduced the project to buyers in Berlin and CAA represents US ...
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NewsExclusive Media, Cross Creek announce start of Rush
Ron Howard has begun shooting on the dramatic tale of the rivalry between 1970s Formula 1 icons James Hunt and Niki Lauda starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl.
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Ballroom Marfa selects Cutter for exposure through The Reading
The Nicholl Fellow winning screenplay from Dion Cook will benefit from the initiative to showcase top quality writing, launched last year by the Texas-based non-profit arts group Ballroom Marfa.
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NewsLipSync boards Murphy's Blood, Athale's Wasteland
The Soho based post production house will provide equity investment and post services for Murphy’s second feature.