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    Mexico's Mandoki returns for two

    2003-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Mexican director Luis Mandoki is returning to his native country to shoot two films back to back. Mandoki, who has directed the likes of Kevin Costner, Jennifer Lopez and Meg Ryan, will first shoot a drama based on a true story, Casa De Carton, by first time Salvadorean writer Oscar ...

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    Green light for Red Light Runners

    2003-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Shooting has started in London on Red Light Runners, a heist film starring Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, Cillian Murphy, Crispin Glover, Rich Hall, Kate Ashfield, Peter O'Toole and Roy Scheider.Directed by Nick Egan, the film tells the story of a rogue CIA operative in London on a covert mission to ...

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    Celador puts faith in porn and poker

    2003-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Celador Films, the film arm of the UK TV outfit behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire', has added two non-fiction books to its bustling development slate - porn trade story Once More With Feeling and professional poker player book Big Deal.Once More With Feeling is Victoria Coren and Charlie ...

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    France's Vincent Cassel joins Ocean's Twelve

    2003-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Continuing his foray into Hollywood, French actor Vincent Cassel has taken a role in Stephen Soderbergh's upcoming sequel to Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve. Cassel's Paris-based agent, Laurent Gregoire of Intertalent confirmed the news to Screendaily on Wednesday.Ocean's Twelve will reunite the all-star cast of the 2001 hit which included George ...

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    UK production update - Sept 3

    2003-09-03T00:00:00Z

    UK - September 3PRE-PRODUCTIONA WAY THROUGH THE WOODS(Celador Films) Backer: Complete Communications. Anne shares a seemingly perfect marriage to James, until the arrival of Bill, and a tragic accident in their idyllic country village looks set to unravel their lives forever. Exec prod: Paul Smith. Prod: Christian Colson, Steve Clark-Hall. ...

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    Björk joins voices on Icelandic animation

    2003-09-02T00:00:00Z

    The UK's ex-Monty Python Terry Jones and unusual Icelandic songbird Björk have joined the cast of the 3D animated film Anna And The Moods, which is currently being developed by Iceland's CAOZ Ltd. in Reykjavik. Directed and created by Gunnar Karlsson, Anna And The Moods will feature music composed by ...

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    Amma Asante starts debut

    2003-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Shooting started in Wales this week on A Way Of Life, the directorial debut of writer Amma Asante, whose credits include the cult TV drama Brothers And Sisters. The film, which stars Brenda Blethyn, Oliver Haden, Stephanie James, Gary Sheppeard, Dean Wong and Sara Gregory, centres on a teenage mother ...

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    SARS-effect still disrupting production

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Two big-budget Hong Kong projects - Time Breaker, which is set to star Jackie Chan, and Hua Mulan, starring Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh - have been delayed, partly due to the impact that SARS has had on production in mainland China.Media Asia's US$40m Time Breaker, which was scheduled to ...

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    Hong Kong's JCE Movies unveils first project

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Jackie Chan is set to star in an untitled police action film which will be the first fruit of a joint venture production company established by the Hong Kong star and local tycoon Albert Yeung.The film, which is scheduled to start shooting at the end of this month, will be ...

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    Everett, Watson dive into The Woods with Fellowes

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson and Rupert Everett will lead the cast in Julian Fellowes' directorial debut, A Way Through The Woods.Watson, who starred in Lars Von Triers Breaking The Waves, takes the role of Anne, happily married to James( Wilkinson,) until the arrival of Bill (Everett) turns their idyllic village ...

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    HONG KONG Production Listings - August 29 2003

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    HONG KONG - August 29 PRE-PRODUCTIONTHE EYE II(Applause Pictures) Budget: US$4m. Int'l sales: Fortissimo Film Sales. Genre: Horror. Prods: Peter Ho Sun Chan, Lawrence Cheng. Dirs: Danny and Oxide Pang. Scr: Jojo Hui. Shooting in Hong Kong and Thailand from September 2003. Release date: Spring 2004.Contact: Fortissimo Film Sales (852) ...

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    SOUTH KOREA Production Listings - August 28 2003

    2003-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Copyright: Screen InternationalSOUTH KOREA - August 28PRE-PRODUCTIONBARAM-UI JEONSEOL(Film Mania) Budget: $2.3. Backer/int'l sales/dist: Cinema Service. Black comedy about a man who takes up ballroom dancing and falls in love. Scr/dir: Park Jeong-woo. Main cast: Lee Sung-jae, Park Seol-mi. Shooting from late September. Contact: Cinema Service, (82) 2192 8733CHEONG-YEON(Cineline II) Drama ...

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    HONG KONG Production Listings - June 27 2003

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Copyright: Screen InternationalHong Kong - June 27 PRE-PRODUCTIONANNA AND SHAOLIN (working title)(People's Production) Budget: $3.2m. Backer: Universe Entertainment. Int'l sales: Universe Films Distribution. Action comedy. Prods: Chan Hing Kai, Jimmy Law. Dir: Raymond Yip. Scr: Chan. Main cast: Ekin Cheng, Miriam Yeung. Shooting from July 2003 in Zhengzhou, Guangzhou and ...

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    CANADA Production Listings - June 20 2003

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Copyright: Screen InternationalCanada - June 20PRE-PRODUCTIONCAMPING SAUVAGE(Lyla Film, Cine-Roman) Budget: $3.7m. Int'l sales/dist: Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (Can). Backers: Telefilm, Sodec, Radio Canada. Comedy. Prods: Lyse Lafontaine, Tony Roman. Dir: Guy A Lepage. Scr: Luc Dery, Andre Ducharme, Luc Lapierre. Main cast: Sylvie Moreau, Lepage. Shooting from July 3 to Aug ...

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    SOUTH KOREA Production Listings - June 13 2003

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    South Korea - June 13PRE-PRODUCTIONTHE GOD HAND(Dream Search Entertainment) Budget: $3m. Int'l sales/dist: Showbox. Drama. Based on the story of a legendary martial arts fighter who left Korea for Japan in the early 20th century. Exec prod: Victor Hwang. Prod: Jung Yong-il. Dir/scr: Yang Yun-ho. Ed: Park Soon-duk. Music: Park ...

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    CZECH REPUBLIC Production Listings - June 6 2003

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Copyright: Screen InternationalCzech Republic - June 6PRE-PRODUCTIONADVERSE WINDS (protipoly)(Simply Sirena) Co-prod: Non Stop (Russ). Budget: e3m-e3.5m. Int’l sales: Fortissimo. Melodrama. Exec prods: Mathieu Bonpoint, Blanche Neumann. Co-prod: Yelena Yantsura. Dir: Artemio Benki. Scr: Benki, Armelle Verenka, Gilles Taurant. DoP: Igor Luther. Shooting from January to April 2004.Contact: Blanche Neumann, Simply ...

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    IRELAND Production Listings - May 30 2003

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Copyright: Screen InternationalIreland - May 30PRE-PRODUCTIONAURORA ISLAND(Magma Films [Ire], Art Oko Film [Ger]) Co-prods: Future Films Ltd [UK]. Budget: e5m. Backers: Buena Vista Germany (Ger), First Look Media (US). Dist: First look Media (RoW exc North Am, Canada); Buena Vista (Ger). Thriller. Exec prods: Ralph Christians, Stephen Margolis, Michele Berk. ...

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    SPAIN Production Listings - May 23 2003

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Copyright: Screen InternationalSpain - May 23PRE-PRODUCTIONBOHEMIAN SOUL (alma de bohemio)(Tesela Films) Drama. An Argentinian man living in Spain returns to Buenos Aires for his mother's funeral. Dir: Adolfo Aristarain. Scr: Aristarain, Kathy Saavedra. Main cast: Juan Diego Botto. Shooting from Aug 4 to Oct 10 in Spain and Argentina. Contact: ...

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    AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Prod Lists - May 9 2003

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Copyright: Screen InternationalAustralia & New Zealand - May 9AustraliaPRE-PRODUCTIONDECK DOGZ(b:j Films) Backers: Australian Film Finance Corporation, The Movie Network. Int'l sales: Arclight. Dist: UIP (Aust/NZ), Universal International (UK, Japan, Lat Am). Teen. The one big aim of a trio of skateboard riders is to meet their hero. Exec prod: Richard ...

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    MEXICO Production Listings - May 2 2003

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Copyright: Screen InternationalMEXICO - May 2PRE-PRODUCTIONANIMA SOLITARIA (working title)(Media Pro) Budget: $1.5m. Backer: Melodrama. Drama. The 1913 Mexican revolution: a heroine fights against her destiny in search of her true love. Prod: Jorge Castillo. Dir: Ernesto Medina. Scr: Carmen Limon. Ed: Castillo, Medina.Contact: Media Pro, (52) 55 5662 1624AMAPOLA(Altavista Films) ...