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NewsRevolution considering second UK series and American version of The Trip
More TV projects include Channel 4 film adaptation of David Peace’s GB84.
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NewsRio Market: local production can thrive alongside Hollywood fare
In a keynote address on Tuesday (11), Fox International co-president Tomas Jegeus assured Brazilian producers and industry personnel that local language films and major US releases were mutually beneficial and essential for market growth.
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NewsMillennium takes North American rights to Intruders
Millennium Entertainment has added Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s thriller to its slate following the world premiere in Toronto. Meanwhile SPC has acquired the lion’s share of rights to Neil Young’s Journey and Sundance Selects has acquired North America on The Loneliest Planet.
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NewsPower To The Pixel: Transmedia still in age of pioneers and experimentation
Rules and financial models are still being worked out, but experts say that a new artform is definitely emerging.
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NewsAttacked Tunisian TV station Nessma cancels second broadcast of Persepolis
Tarak Ben Ammar and Italian Mediaset own 25 percent stakes in liberal pan-Maghreb broadcaster Nessma founded in 2007 by Tunisian Karoui Brothers.
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NewsPower To The Pixel: Bernardo suggests how audience development can trigger funding
As Power To The Pixel’s London Cross-Media Forum kicks off today, beActive’s Nuno Bernardo presents one model for financing development of transmedia projects.
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John Lasseter to receive BAFTA LA’s renamed Cubby Broccoli honour
The group said on Tuesday (11) it was adding the legendary James Bond producer’s name to the Britannia Award For Worldwide Contribution To Filmed Entertainment.
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NewsSummit plans English-language remake of Norwegian thriller Headhunters
Swedish film and TV production outfit Yellow Bird has sold the English-language film rights for Norwegian director Morten Tyldum’s thriller Headhunters (Hodejegerne) to US company Summit Entertainment.
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NewsNick Broomfield to head up Doha's Arab documentary jury
Special screenings at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) will incude Puss In Boots, Senna and The Raid.
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NewsNew Zealand lowers spend threshold for film fund
The threshold has been lowered from $3.13m to $1.96m for New Zealand films wanting to make a claim under the Screen Production Expenditure Fund.
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NewsEFA announces Discovery Award nominations
Two Austrian directors have made the nominations for the EFA discovery award for a first time feature director.
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NewsAndrew Haigh in development on Simon Is Waiting
The Los Angeles-set drama has picked up development funding from Film4 and EM Media; Haigh’s second feature Weekend opens in the UK on November 4 following its LFF UK premiere.
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NewsMargate House signs Mickey Rourke, Kellan Lutz to Java Heat
Margate House Films’ father-and-son team of Conor Allyn and Rob Allyn are financing the $21.5m tale of political intrigue set in Indonesia.
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NewsRio Market: top Brazil producer demands joint action on piracy
Brazil’s soft anti-piracy laws and lack of coordinated policy on content theft need to be redressed urgently in light of chronic abuses, Total Entertainment CEO and Festival do Rio executive Walkiria Barbosa told delegates at a piracy panel on Monday (10).
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Film Asia launches Zombie, 3D Hunter at Busan market
Start-up Hong Kong production and sales outfit, Film Asia Entertainment, is unveiling a slate of new product at the Asian Film Market, headed by Malaysian 3D thriller The Hunter and Joe Chien’s zombie movie Zombie 108.
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NewsJohnny English reborn at UK box office on $7.8m (£5m)
Universal comedy towers over Lion King 3D and Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark.
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NewsParamount names David Stainton president of in-house animation division.
Stainton joins Paramount’s new division after a 17-year run at Disney, where he served as president of Walt Disney Feature Animation.
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NewsNetflix announces U-turn over Qwikster
In a bizarre reversal, Netflix said on Monday it would return the business of DVD rentals and streaming under one roof.
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Production to commence next month on Lleju’s Stars
Bill Perkins’ financing and production company will finance the redemption drama and is producing with Derrick Borte’s Storyland Pictures.
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NewsBusan's Asian Film Market kicks off with registration up 24%
Busan’s 6th Asian Film Market opened today (Oct 10) in its new venue at the Busan Exhibition Convention Center (BEXCO) with a 67% increase in sales booths and a 24% increase in participant registration year-on-year.