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Scott Graham to make feature debut with Shell
The Scottish director (and 2011 Screen Star of Tomorrow) is extending his 2007 short film about an oppressive relationship between a father and daughter, starring Joseph Mawle and Chloe Pirrie.
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RioFilme in talks to back Noyce's Bloodsport remake
Underlining its growing enthusiasm for supporting high profile international productions, Brazilian outfit RioFilme is in talks to back Phillip Noyce’s remake of martial arts film, Bloodsport. This follows on the city-owned audiovisual investment company’s $500,000 investment in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1.
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Yellow Bird's Marianne Gray to give key note speech at PFM
Producer Marianne Gray of Swedish production company Yellow Bird is to deliver the keynote address at Film London’s fifth Production Finance Market (PFM).
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Toei sells Hard Romanticker to South Korea, Hong Kong
At the 6th Asian Film Market, Japanese sales company Toei has sold the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Midnight Passion title Hard Romanticker to Joy & Contents Group for South Korea and to Sundream for Hong Kong.
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Janet McTeer joins cast of von Trotta's Hannah Arendt
UK actress Janet McTeer, who recently appeared opposite Glenn Close in Rodrigo Garcia’s Albert Nobbs, will play the novelist Mary McCarthy in German director Margarethe von Trotta’s latest feature Hannah Arendt (working title) which begins shooting on location in North Rhine-Westphalia this weekend.
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Finecut sells Poongsan to Japan's Asia Films
South Korean sales company Finecut has announced a slew of deals done at the Asian Film Market and Mipcom which include the Busan festival title Poongsan to Asia Films for Japan.
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Production Finance Market's offerings include Maybury's Atomic Blonde
New projects from Gillian Armstrong, John Maybury and Sally Potter [pictured] will be talked up to financiers at this month’s PFM.
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Universal backs down over Tower Heist PVoD plan
The studio said on Wednesday (12) that in response to a letter from theatre owners it would delay it planned premium VoD experiment.
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Beck, Turner join Halo Post Production
Roger Beck and David Turner have joined the UK-based Halo Post Production as it expands into film audio work.
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Matthew Rhys to star in adaption of du Maurier's The Scapegoat
It will be the first production to come out of London-based film and TV company Island Pictures.
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Rio Market: co-production partners show first footage of Rouge Bresil
The $11m epic set during the French expedition to Brazil in the 16th century is being produced by France’s Pampa Films, Brazil’s Conspiracao Filmes and CD Films from Canada and marks the first TV project for Rio de Janeiro’s investment and p&a fund RioFilme.
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Almanya to open 5th German Current Showcase
Yasemin Samdereli’s comedy of manners Almanya: Welcome To Germany will kick off the event in Los Angeles, presented by The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, German Films and The American Cinematheque.
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The Truth About Nothing to tackle bullying and school violence
Jason Cohn is set to direct a doc about the rising number of incidents of bullying and school violence. US-based Teen Truth co-founders JC Pohl and Erahm Christopher will produce with Brian Johnson serving as executive producer.
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Sixty-five world premieres among 395-strong AFM roster
The American Film Market is set to screen 395 features from Nov 2-9 in Santa Monica, including 65 world premieres and 295 market premieres.
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MEPs to vote on three LUX Film Prize contenders
Attenberg, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Play will be shown to MEPs at the European Parliament in Brussels until Nov 10.
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Fresnadillo's Intruders has strong debut atop Spanish box office
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s thriller Intruders has had a strong debut in Spain. Madrid-based Apaches Entertainment (which also produced), in partnership with Universal Pictures International and Antena 3, took in $1.47m (€1.1m) in the opening weekend, topping the Spanish box-office chart and making it the fourth-biggest opening for a Spanish film ...
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CJ, Sovik, Isu launch new funds at Busan's Asian Film Market
Leading established investors such as CJ, Sovik and Isu presented their initiatives to a packed hall of filmmakers at the Busan Exhibition Convention Center (BEXCO) yesterday (Oct 11).
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Power To The Pixel: Lance Weiler to launch Robot Heart Stories project next week
Filmmaker and transmedia pioneer Lance Weiler is set to launch his next project, Robot Heart Stories, on Oct 17.
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GTH secures pre sales on The Billionaire
At the 6th Asian Film Market, Thai sales company Gmm Tai Hub Company Limited (GTH) has presold The Billionaire to CT Chakawara for Indonesia, Bees Factory for Taiwan and GV for Singapore.