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Causeway Pictures unveils two new horror pictures
Red Mist screenwriter Spence Wright has written the script for the two Northern Irish based projects - Deadlocked and Vampires Verses Leprechauns - which will shoot consecutively in the autumn.
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Red Sea Media adds Frankie Go Boom to Cannes slate
Chairman and CEO Roman Kopelevich will commence sales on the Croisette on Jordan Roberts’ rom-com starring Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan, Chris O’Dowd from Bridesmaids, Ron Perlman and Whitney Cummings.
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YouTube unveils UK strategy
YouTube has revealed details of its UK content strategy for the first time, urging producers to pitch niche ideas and putting well in excess of £10m up for grabs.
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Cinema Without Borders to honour Darryl Macdonald
The director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival & Film Market and executive director of the Palm Springs Film Society will be the winner of the first annual Friend Of International Cinema Award.
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Penn to attend Cannes Haiti benefit gala
The event, hosted by Giorgio Armani, will be in aid of the ongoing operation in Haiti following the earthquake in 2010 and will also support charities set up by Paul Haggis and Petra Nemcova.
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Pretty Pictures captures Vinterberg’s The Hunt
France’s Pretty Pictures picks up Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes competition entry.
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IDFA head calls on Dutch government to support Jan Vrijman Fund
IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) director Ally Derks has made an outspoken plea for the Dutch Government to continue to support the Festival’s Jan Vrijman Fund.
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Peter Loehr joins Legendary East as CEO
Beijing-based company working on Zwick’s The Great Wall.
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Screen Yorkshire unveils new board structure
The UK regional screen agency has appointed three new board members and a new chair after recently launching its £15m Yorkshire Content Fund.
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Darclight takes on Aussie sci-fi Crawlspace
Just in time for Cannes, sales agent Arclight Films has picked up world rights, excluding North America, to Australian science fiction action thriller Crawlspace for its Darclight label.
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Exclusive Media reports sales deluge on Robot & Frank
EXCLUSIVE: Jake Schreier’s popular Sundance premiere went on to screen at the EFM in Berlin and has proved to be a broadly appealing title for buyers.
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K5 sings with LCD Soundsystem doc Shut Up and Play the Hits
K5 brings Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern’s punk-dance doc to Cannes, plans screening with 2 Many DJs set.
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UK's Black Hangar Studios officially opens for business
The UK gets a boost with the launch of new studio facility, Black Hangar Studios, which includes a 32,000 sq ft sound stage, water tank and onsite production services and will be targeting British film and television productions who are unable to get into Pinewood and Shepperton.
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Robert Pattinson joins Preferred Content's Mission: Blacklist
Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar’s fledgling Embankment Films will commence international pre-sales on the Saddam Hussein thriller in Cannes. Preferred Content produced and co-represents North American rights with WME Global.
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Celestial appoints Yim as China distribution chief
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has appointed Annie Yim as director of distribution for the Greater China region.
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Suzanne Fritz earns domestic publicity stripes at Warner Bros
As svp of domestic publicity Fritz will continue to create and execute on campaigns. She reports to evp Juli Goodwin.
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Thomas Kretschmann enters Open Grave
The German star has boarded Atlas Independent’s horror tale alongside South Africa’s Sharlto Copley, Josie Ho, Joseph Morgan, Erin Richards and Max Wrottesley. Camela Galano’s (pictured) Speranza13 Media has already closed a number of sales.