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Andrew Haigh stars Nottingham shoot for second feature
Andrew Haigh has started principal photography in Nottingham on Weekender, the story of a man who has alife-changing encounter with a stranger one weekend.
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NewsSouth Africa's film rebate cap is doubled
South Africa’s two-tier Department of Trade and Industry rebate system for filmmakers has received a major boost with the approval last week of proposals to extend the “cap” for the system.
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Riseborough, Sheen drama Resistance set for late October shoot
Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wlaschiha and Michael Sheen have signed up for war drama Resistance, to be directed by Amit Gupta.
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Spain's Just Films to make English-language thriller Transgression
Barcelona based producers Just Films are set to make an English-language thriller called Transgression, directed by Catalan film-maker Enric Alberich.
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Busan Film Commission, Film Auckland sign agreement
Film Auckland and the Busan Film Commission (BFC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the aim of increasing cooperation between their respective audiovisual industries.
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NewsTsui Hark's 3D Flying Swords of Dragon Gate starts shooting
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Tsui Hark’s 3D remake of his own 1992 martial arts classic Dragon Inn has commenced shooting today in Beijing.
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Kristofferson joins Dolphin Tale
Kris Kristofferson is joining the cast of Dolphin Tale, Alcon Entertainment’s 3D family film for Warner Bros, currently filming in Florida.
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NewsBavaria takes on international sales for Serkis-starring Superhero
Bavaria Film International has taken on the German-Irish co-production Superhero, which started shooting this week in Dublin.
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NewsMy Week With Marilyn shoot kicks off at Pinewood
Trademark Films and The Weinstein Company have started the seven-week shoot for My Week with Marilyn at Pinewood Studios and on location in and around London.
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NewsSarah Bolger cast in lead for 3D fantasy adventure Starbright
Irish actress Sarah Bolger has been cast in the lead of Canadian writer-director Francesco Lucente’s 3D fantasy fairytale adventure Starbright which will begin shooting in the US in early 2011.
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Vaughan to direct GreeneStreet/Das' Boomsday
Tom Vaughan (What Happens in Vegas) is to direct GreeneStreet Films and Das Films’ Boomsday, adapted from the Christopher Buckley comic novel.
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Midnight's Children among Greenberg Fund recipients
The Harold Greenberg Fund, run by Canadian media company Astral, has named 18 new and ongoing projects to be funded under its English-language script development program.
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NewsSharp's Sign Language wins Virgin Media Shorts competition
People’s Choice prize goes to Bus Baby by Jason Wingard and Gino Evans.
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NewsScreen Film Summit to offer Vaizey speech online
Ed Vaizey’s speech at the Screen International Film Summit 2010 will be streamed on ScreenDaily.com later that day (Oct 13).
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NewsAberg returns with The Stig-Helmer Story
After 11 years off-screen, Swedish writer-director-actor Lasse Åberg – whose comedies have generated over SEK 300 million ($45 million) domestic box office – is back behind and in front of the camera.
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NewsParticipant, Imagenation join Madden's Marigold
Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi have come aboard to co-finance Fox Searchlight’s comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which director John Madden (pictured) will start shooting this week in India with a cast led by Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel.
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NewsAsian projects take the lead for Australia financing market
Two of the seven Australian projects chosen for the financing market held in mid-November during the annual conference of the Screen Producers Association of Australia are substantially or wholly set outside Australia.
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NewsGK takes Jersey Boys film rights
Graham King’s GK Films has acquired feature film rights to the hit musical stage play Jersey Boys: The Story ofFrankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
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NewsUK production company Ecosse opens Glasgow branch
London-based film and TV production outfit Ecosse Films has opened a Glasgow office with the aim of developing Scottish talent.
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Paramount’s German outpost picks up second German production
Shooting has begun today on Elmar Fischer’s sensitive comedy Offroad, which marks the second local pickup by the German outpost of Paramount Pictures.