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NewsGaming firm Unibet saves $14.2m Mannerheim
The production of $14.2m (€10m) Mannerheim, the most expensive Finnish feature, is back on track after securing new funding from a gaming company.
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NewsWarp Films challenges directors to a five day shoot
Director Shane Meadows and producer Mark Herbert of Sheffield-based film production company Warp Films have launched 5 Day Features, a movement inviting film-makers of all levels to shoot a film in five days.
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NewsGolden Trailer winners to be unveiled
The tenth edition of the Golden Trailer Awards will take place this evening (June 4) at the Director’s Guild of America in Los Angeles.
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NewsIndian exhibitor Inox enters production
Indian multiplex operator Inox Leisure has made its first foray into production with Hindi film Morning Walk starring Anupam Kher and Sharmila Tagore.
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NewsShimizu to direct Japan’s first live-action 3D feature
Asmik Ace Entertainment has unveiled details of Japan’s first live-action digital 3D feature, The Shock Labyrinth, which The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu started shooting earlier this week.
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NewsDanny Boyle takes film rights to Mehta’s Mumbai set novel
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is set to return to Mumbai after acquiring the rights to Suketu Mehta’s novel Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found.
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NewsWarp Films and Film4 to shoot zombies at The Big Chill
Warp Films and Film4 are offering Big Chill festival-goers the chance to appear as extras in Chris Boyle’s I Spit on Your Rave.
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NewsScorpio East, RAM to co-finance Tong’s Kidnapper
Singaporean filmmaker Kelvin Tong is set to direct a suspense thriller, Kidnapper, which will be co-financed by Singapore’s Scorpio East Pictures and Malaysia’s RAM Pictures & PMP Entertainment.
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NewsLocarno to honour producer Martine Marignac
France’s Martine Marignac will receive the Raimondo Rezzonico Prize for Best Independent Producer at the Locarno International Film Festival in Augus
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NewsNorthern Screen Agencies create talent resource
Screen Yorkshire, Northern Film & Media and Northwest Vision + Media have launched an online database showcasing crew, facilities, creative and digital talent from across the North.
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NewsJia starts shooting doc for Shanghai Expo
Chinese director Jia Zhangke has started production on a two-hour documentary, Shanghai Legend (working title), which will be the official film of the Shanghai World Expo 2010.
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NewsHa Jung-woo to star in Lee’s melodrama And Us
Korean director Lee Yoon-ki has cast The Chaser star Ha Jung-woo and Sunny starlet Su Ae in his upcoming melodrama And Us (working title).
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NewsBritain’s Got Talent winners Diversity dance on to big screen
Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity are set to appear alongside rival dance troupe Flawless in the first British film to be shot in 3D. Shooting on StreetDance is due to begin in August.
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NewsDuncan Jones to direct Escape From The Deep
British director Duncan Jones is to helm Escape From The Deep, a film based on the non-fiction novel of the same name by British author, journalist and scriptwriter Alex Kershaw.
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NewsGerman footballer Jens Lehmann follows in Cantona's footsteps
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is following in the footsteps of football star-turned-actor Eric Cantona with his first acting role in Stefanie Sycholt’s Themba.
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NewsNew York City hopes to extend but trim film tax credit
Legislation is being introduced this week to seek $24m to extend New York City’s popular film and TV tax credit programme until 2011, but the move aims to trim the rebate from 5% to 4%.
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NewsNorway's Norsk Filmstudio and Chimney Pot merge
Major Norwegian production and facility houses Norsk Filmstudio (NF) and The Chimney Pot (TCP) will join forces in what they call “North Europe’s most modern and innovative full-service studio”.
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NewsBlack & Blue Films starts shooting Just For The Record
Shooting has begun on Just For The Record, a mockumentary looking at the world of low budget film-making.
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NewsSwedish director Lisa Ohlin joins Simon And The Oaks
Swedish director Lisa Ohlin will helm Simon And The Oaks (Simon Och Ekarne) after Björn Runge walked out on the project earlier this year.
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NewsWenders to direct first 3D dance feature
Wim Wenders and the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch are collaborating on the first dance feature film to be shot in 3D.