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Pact re-elects Debbie Manners as chair of council
Members of UK production group Pact have re-elected Debbie Manners as Pact chair in the elections for Pact council. She is the fomer COO of Hat Trick Productions and now serves as director of Manned Media. Manners said: “Pact’s work has undoubtedly contributed to the strong growth of the independent ...
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NewsCelestial starts shoot for first production My Kingdom
Celestial Pictures is co-producing with Beijing-based Skyland Films and production company DW Films Limited.
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NewsFilm Agency For Wales launches producer development scheme
The four-month programme is being lead by Angus Finney; mentors include Paul Trijbits and Andrea Calderwood.
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Sony strikes UK deal for Jon Wright's Grabbers
Sony Pictures Releasing has come on board for UK rights to comedy-horror Grabbers, which is shooting now. Principal photography is underway in Belfast and Donegal, Ireland, on director Jon Wright’s comedy-horror.Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley and Russell Tovey head the cast in screenwriter Kevin Lehane’s story of a rural Irish fishing ...
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NewsHogg, Ballard to star in The Comedian
Edward Hogg and Jamie Ballard have signed on to star in Tom Schkolnik’s debut feature, The Comedian, which is due to start shooting in London next year.
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China and Australia step up film talks
A delegation of two dozen Australians head to Beijing this week in time for a four-day Australia-China film industry forum starting on December 8.
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Relativity, Channing Tatum sign two-year production deal
Relativity Media has closed a two-year production deal with Channing Tatum and producing partner Reid Carolin’s unnamed production company.
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NewsVentana Sur panel calls for more LatAm co-production
One step forward will be a Brazil-Argentina bilateral co-production agreement to be unveiled on Saturday.
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Ledoyen joins cast of Bohemia's The Last Beat
Virgine Ledoyen has joined Shawn Andrews on LA-based Bohemia Group’s rock and roll biopic The Last Beat.
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NewsStallabrass, Kray to lead De Lane Lea ADR team
De Lane Lea has appointed Nick Kray and Andy Stallabrass as its ADR team, following Peter Gleaves’ decision to leave De Lane Lea at the end of 2010.
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NewsUK-Irish co-production Citadel starts shoot in Glasgow
Aneurin Barnard (pictured) stars with James Cosmo and Wunmi Mosuka.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase this week
Cheerful Weather For The Wedding (UK), Deviation (UK) and Rusty Knight (Ger) are among the new film listings on Screenbase.
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NewsScreen Australia backs four new films, including new Rolf de Heer film
Rolf de Heer will be putting his directing boots back on and three directors, Tony Krawitz, Wayne Blair and Miro Bilbrough, will be making their debut features in 2011 thanks to investment decisions made this week by Screen Australia.
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NewsNorthern Film & Media backs production of United
Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media and Northstar Ventures have come on board to invest 150,000 in United, shooting now starring David Tennant.
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NewsStephen Graham to star in David Blair's Best Laid Plans
The EM Media funded feature, about the bond between two best friends, has just started shooting in Nottingham.
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NewsInvestors hope to build Europe's largest studio in St. Petersburg
AFK Sistema, the largest diversified public financial corporation in Russia, is planning to establish the Europe’s largest film studio on the base of Lenfilm, one of Russia’s oldest and largest film studios, based in St.Petersburg.
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NewsI Am Love director gears up for Corsica '72
I Am Love director Luca Guadagnino has signed on to direct Ruby Films’ upcoming mafia thriller Corsica ’72.
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Columbia hires Hill, Tatum for 21 Jump Street adaptation
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum will star in a contemporary adaptation of the television series 21 Jump Street for Columbia Pictures.
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NewsJakimowksi to shoot English-language debut in spring
Casting is currently underway on Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski’s first English language feature Flying Blind, which is due to shoot in Lisbon in the spring.
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NewsPatrik Eklund starts shooting debut feature Flimmer
Swedish director Patrik Eklund, whose shorts have been Oscar nominated and awarded in Cannes, has started his first feature, Flimmer, on locations at Luleå in northern Sweden.