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Savanna Films to produce documentary Madame Presidents
Konda Mason and Eva Georgia's US-based Savanna Films, a production company set up to create socially conscious films and television, will produce the documentary Madame President about the world's female heads of state.Los Angeles-base FilmBankers International (FBI) will assist in seeking financing and distribution for the project, which is planned ...
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Sony signs three-picture deal with Pritish Nandy
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Films India and Indian company Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) have entered into a three-film first-look deal. 'All three films will be commercial blockbusters in thetrue Bollywood tradition with songs and dance etc,' PNC creative director told Screendaily.In a separate deal, SPE Films India has picked up ...
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Ellen Page signs on for Jane Eyre with Ruby, BBC
Ellen Page, hot off her Oscar nomination for Juno, is set to take the title role in a new adaptation of Jane Eyre for BBC Films and Alison Owen's London-based Ruby Films.'She put a whole different complexion on Jane Eyre,' Christine Langan at BBC Films told ScreenDaily.com.The projects are out ...
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Ninja Assassin gets extra $2.7m from DFFF
James McTeigue's martial arts action film Ninja Assassin has become the first project this year to be awarded support from the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) over and above the prescribed 'cap' of Euros 4m.An advisory committee, which is convened when applications are made for support over $6.1m (Euros 4m) ...
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Harrelson, Morton, Malone line up for Moverman's The Messenger
Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone and Eamonn Walker have now joined Ben Foster in Oren Moverman's The Messenger.The film will start shooting May 20, and marks the directorial debut of I'm Not There and Jesus' Son veteran writer Moverman. Alessandro Cameron wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay with ...
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Thierry Potok takes over management of Germany's VIP
Former Studio Babelsberg boss Thierry Potok has taken over the management of the German private media fund VIP Medienfonds from Peter H. Riedel 'with immediate effect.'Riedel had come to VIP last September as a successor to Dirk Specht, but his contract had from the outset been only temporary in nature ...
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Weber reteams with Julia Roberts, Dennis Lee for Birds
After working together on Fireflies In The Garden, Senator Entertainment's Marco Weber, actress Julia Roberts and writer-director Dennis Lee are set to be reunited for an adaptation of Brad Kessler's novel Birds In Fall.Roberts and her production outfit Red Om Films came with the project to Senator Entertainment Inc., who ...
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Wedge invents Hugo Cabret with GK, Nihil, Warner Bros
Chris Wedge, who previously directed Ice Age, has signed on to direct The Invention Of Hugo Cabret for Graham King's GK Films, Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil and Warner Bros.John Logan, who worked with King on The Aviator and also on a forthcoming animated project for Gore Verbinski, will adapt the ...
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Marvel suits up for new raft of superhero movies
Bouyed by the triumphant worldwide release of its self-financed production Iron Man this weekend, Marvel Studios yesterday unveiled its release slate through 2011.A new raft of popular comic book characters - sometimes appearing in unison - will be brought to the big screen by Marvel using the same business template ...
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Universal sinks teeth into Medieval vampire story
Universal Pictures has picked up the speculative script The Knights Templar from Adam Torchia and Justin Stanley.The story takes place during the Middle Ages as the eponymous group of Crusaders and guardians of the Holy Grail comes under attack from a vampire army.The project is currently out to directors. Russia's ...
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Sarandon, Pullman and Lucas round out cast of Mandate's Peacock
Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman and Josh Lucas will join Cillian Murphy and Ellen Page in Mandate Pictures' psychological thriller Peacock.Michael Lander will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ryan Roy and Barry Mendel is producing the project, which Mandate International will pre-sell at Cannes.Mandate president Nathan Kahane and senior ...
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Warner Bros planning Hindi remake of Wedding Crashers
Warner Bros has enlisted Mukesh Talreja and Nikhil Advani's Orion Pictures to produce a Hindi-language remake of its 2005 hit Wedding Crashers. The production house is currently in discussions with two leading Indian actors to reprise the roles played by Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. The director is also yet ...
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Cerenzie-Peters acquires remake rights to Thai Devil
Paramount Pictures-based production and finance company Cerenzie-Peters Productions has acquired English-language remake rights to Thai horror hit Art Of The Devil 2 from Thailand's Five Star Production. The picture is part of a successful franchise that has spawned three films. The other two films are also included in the deal ...
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iDream bolsters Cannes slate with Ocean Of Pearls
London-based sales agent iDream Independent Pictures has added Ocean Of Pearls, directed by Dr Sarab Singh Neelam, to its Cannes line-up. Shot in Los Angeles, the film tells the story of a young US-born Sikh surgeon who finds that his religious beliefs of wearing a turban and beard make him ...
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The Descent 2 starts shooting this weekend for Celador
Celador Films and Pathe will start principal photography on May 4 (Sunday) for The Descent 2.The film will reunite the team from the original horror hit. Neil Marshall, who directed the original, will this time produce alongside Christian Colson of Celador. Jon Harris, who edited The Descent, will make his ...
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Senator's slate includes new features from Bornhak, Gansel
Senator Film has unveiled plans for two in-house productions and two co-productions this year, including new feature films by Achim Bornhak and Dennis Gansel, and an adaptation of Nick Greger's true story about his metamorphosis from one of Germany's leading right-wing extremists to an anti-Fascist.In its financial report for 2007 ...
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Britdoc opens applications for Big Pitch forum
Britdoc, now in its third year, has opened applications for The Big Pitch, it's Dragon's Den-style international pitching forum.Investors and comissioning editors from the US, Europe and Asia will participate. Last year's panel included experts from HBO, IFC, ARTE, Sundance Institute, ITVS, NHK Japan, Netflix, Discovery Films and SBS Australia.More ...
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Black & Blue starts shooting UK comedy Mixed Up
Black & Blue Films has started shooting UK comedy Mixed Up. The story, set in a record shop, stars Billy Murray, Adele Silva, Terry Stone, Zara Dawson, Lee Otwayterry Stone, Anna Brecon, Faye Tozer, Lisa McAllister, Giles Alderson, Sylvester McCoy and Abi Titmuss.The privately financed project is shooting on location ...
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Holly Weston follows Madonna film with UK horror Splintered
Simeon Halligan is making his feature directorial debut with psychological horror/thriller Splintered.Holly Weston, who recently appeared in Madonna's Filth & Wisdom, plays the lead as troubled teen Sophie, who leads a group of friends into trouble in the countryside before she is captured. The cast also features Stephen Martin Walters, ...
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Protagonist takeson sales forBBC Films' In The Loop
New UK sales company Protagonist Pictures has taken on its first third-party project, Armando Iannucci's In The Loop.Principal photography has now started on the BBC Films, UK Film Council and Aramid Entertainment project.Optimum Releasing has pre-bought UK theatrical rights to the political comedy.Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, ...