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Ricci, Neeson to star in After.Life for Lleju Productions, Plum Pictures
Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson will star in the psychological thriller After.Life for venture capitalist Bill Perkins' new LLeju Productions and Plum Pictures.ICM packaged and arranged financing for the project through Perkins and represents Ricci and writer and first time director Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo. ICM holds North American rights and IM ...
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Taraji Henson takes lead in No More Bloodshed
Taraji Henson, who recently starred in Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, will star in the quirky thriller No More Bloodshed that is set to begin shooting in Los Angeles in March 2009.The film centres on a paroled hit man determined to change his life and reclaim the son he's ...
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Twilight's Rathbone joins cast of Clive Barker adaptation Dread
Twilight cast member Jackson Rathbone has joined the cast of UK-based Matador Pictures and LA-based Midnight Picture Show's Clive Barker adaptation Dread, which has begun five-week principal photography in the UK.Jere Hausfater's Essential Entertainment holds worldwide rights and will commence sales at AFM in Santa Monica next month on the ...
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Fatih Akin's Soul Kitchen, begins shooting in Germany
Shooting began today (October 15) in Hamburg on Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin's first feature film since his European Film Award 2007 winning The Edge Of Heaven. The Match Factory will be handling international sales.The film tells the story of beleaguered bar owner Zinos' attempts to keep his restaurant in business. ...
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European promotion network expands to 30 countries
The European-wide network European Film Promotion (EFP) is expanding to 30 countries, with the arrival of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and the Film Centre Serbia (FCS) as the latest members.The Hamburg-based network of film promotion and export organisations now consists of 29 members from 30 countries across Europe.Welcoming the latest ...
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Rossellini gets greenlight for Green Porno Part 2
Isabella Rossellini has been commissioned by The Sundance Channel to shoot a second batch of Green Porno, the short film series she conceived, wrote and co-directed. Originally commissioned by Sundance Channel, the Green Porno series premiered at the Sundance and Berlin festivals earlier this year.In the first series, Rossellini explored ...
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Inglourious Basterds starts shooting for TWC, Universal
Principal photography commenced last week on location in Germany on Quentin Tarantino's world war two adventure Inglourious Basterds - spelt that way as per the producers.The ensemble cast includes Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, Til Schweiger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, B J Novak, Julie Dreyfus and Cloris ...
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Conservatives to outline UK film policy at Screen finance summit
Jeremy Hunt, UK shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, will outline the Conservatives alternative film policies in a keynote speech at Screen International's annual UK Film Finance Summit.Hunt's speech at London's Waldorf Hotel on Thursday will focus on an 'alternative blueprint for a sustainable UK film industry.'Click ...
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Fire shuts EuropaCorp's From Paris With Love
A fire on the set of From Paris With Love, a new EuropaCorp production starring John Travolta, has caused the film to shut down. On Sunday night, in the Montfermeil suburb of Paris, several stunt cars were set ablaze and burned through the night in what is being investigated as ...
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Salon to co-produce sequel to Eat Drink Man Woman
Hong Kong's Salon Films is co-producing a slate of films with pan-Asian partners including a sequel to Ang Lee's 1994 Eat Drink Man Woman with producer Hsu Li-kong's Taipei-based Zoom Hunt International.The $2.9m contemporary drama will be co-written by Hsu, who was a producer on the original. The planned cast ...
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German domestic market share at record 21.3%
German films have secured a market share of 21.3% in the first nine months of 2008, according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI. This is almost 50% higher than 2007's 14.4% share and higher than 2006's record 20.3%.That market share would be even higher - up to 25% - if ...
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Danny Glover joins voice cast of UK animatronics feature Agent Crush
Danny Glover has joined the voice cast of animatronics adventure Agent Crush which is being sold worldwide by Fantastic Films International.He joins a cast already including Ioan Gruffudd, Neve Campbell, Brian Blessed, Brian Cox, Alice Evans and Roger Moore.The film has already completed principal photography in the UK using state-of-the-art ...
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Romanian CNC awards $7.2m for production and development
The Romanian Film Board (CNC) has awarded nearly $7.2m (Euros 5.3m) in production and development funding, including grants, to new projects from Un Certain Regard winner Cristi Puiu, Camera d'Or laureate Corneliu Porumboiu, and actress Fanny Ardant on her directorial debut.The single largest award, $569,000 (Euros 417,000), went to Aurora, ...
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IFC Entertainment picks up the gothic horror film Sauna
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to AJ Annila’s gothic horror film Sauna.
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Frances Fisher, Dominique Swain to star in Dead Whisper
Frances Fisher and Dominique Swain are to star in paranormal thriller Dead Whisper for Two Of A Kind Productions.The film is set to begin shooting in Louisiana on Nov 10 with Oley Sassone directing and John Kersey producing. The script was written by Jennifer Kersey and follows an emotionally scarred ...
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Bell, Lucas join voice cast of Imagi Studios' Astro Boy
Kristen Bell and Matt Lucas have joined the voice cast of Imagi Studios' CG-animated Astro Boy which has been set for a domestic release through Summit on Oct 23, 2009. Summit is also handling international sales except for Japan, Hong Kong and China.They join the previously announced cast of Nicolas ...
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Beta Cinema picks up world sales for German feature on Iraq War
Beta Cinema has picked up world rights for Lancelot von Naso's feature debut Ceasefire (Waffenstillstand).Ceasefire is the first German-language feature film on the Iraq War and is a co-production between DRIFE Deyle&Richter Filmproduktion, DCM Mitte Productions, Erfttal Film, and broadcasters ZDF and arte.The film was inspired by the 2004 siege ...
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Swedish Film Institute announces $3.9m film support
The Swedish Film Institute has contributed $3.9m (SEK 28.1m) production support for 13 new films. $1.4m (SEK 10m) of that sum is reserved for Swedish directors Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's first feature, Sound Of Noise.Simonsson and Nilsson have also scripted their debut which will be a French-Swedish co-production ...
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Marvel pacts to shoot next four films in southern California
Marvel Studios has made an agreement with LA-based Raleigh Studios to make its next four films at Raleigh's facility in Manhattan Beach just south of Los Angeles on the coast of California. The projects named in the agreement are Iron Man 2, Thor, The First Avenger: Captain America and The ...
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Mandalay, Liquid Comics team up for film of Ramayan 3392 AD
Mandalay Pictures is teaming up with Liquid Comics (formerly Virgin Comics) on a film of Liquid's graphic novel Ramayan 3392 AD.Mark Canton and his Atmosphere Entertainment (300, The Spiderwick Chronicles) will produce the film alongside Mandalay Pictures. Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan of Liquid Comics will executive produce the Mandalay ...