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Playtone and Walden to shoot City Of Ember in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission (NIFTC) has announced that Hollywood production City Of Ember will shoot in the region this summer. Playtone Productions and Walden Media are producing the children's fantasy sci-fi adventure adapted from American writer Jeanne DuPrau's book. Monster House director Gil Kenan will direct from ...
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Heather Graham romantic comedy starts shooting in Belfast
Principal photography has begun in Belfast on the Heather Graham-starring romantic comedy Buy Borrow Steal, which is being directed by UK director Eric Styles (Relative Values) for Doris Kirch's Blue Angel Films Ltd. Based on a script by Camilla Leslie, which won the Best Screenplay Prize at the Hamptons Film ...
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Hayley Atwell joins Jarrold's Brideshead Revisited cast
HanWay Films has announced that UK actress Hayley Atwell has been cast as Julia Flyte in the new adaptation of Brideshead Revisited.She joins previously announced castmembers Ben Whishaw and Matthew Goode in Julian Jarrold's forthcoming adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh classic, adapted by Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock. The project ...
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LoveFilm to offer sponsored and burnable feature downloads
European online DVD rental and movie download company LoveFilm.com has today announced two new digital downloading initiatives. The company is starting the world's first advertiser-sponsored free downloads of feature films and is also launching the UK's first download-to-burn service for feature films. The first advertiser on board for the sponsored ...
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Future expands US office with appointment of Charlotte Koh
Future Films USA has hired former Fox Searchlight executive Charlotte Koh as its business development executive. Koh will report to Future USA's CEO Simon Horsman. Future said it would expand further in the coming months with the appointment of a production and development executive.At Fox Searchlight, Koh was a Creative ...
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Chris Auty leaves CEO post at The Works
Chris Auty is stepping down as CEO and from the board of The Works Media Group. He will remain as a consultant for the London-based company, which runs the Works UK Distribution and sales company The Works International. Norman Humphrey, group finance director, has been appointed CEO effectively immediately. Humphrey ...
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WBPI enjoys powerhouse weekend at international box office
Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore ruled the overseas arena as Music And Lyrics grossed an estimated $10.1m in what turned out to be a sensational weekend for Warner Bros.Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) also reported record-breaking initial results for the Spartan battle epic 300 - which dominated the North American ...
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HanWay strikes deals on Strummer; Vertigo sets UK release for May
HanWay Films has closed a number of new international deals for Julien Temple 's Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten after its screenings in competition in Sundance and at the European Film Market in Berlin. The documentary about the late Clash frontman has now sold to more than 35 territories. ...
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Curtis Brown Agency starts below-the-line division
The Curtis Brown Agency has launched a department to handle below-the-line film and TV artists and technicians. Agent Natasha Blake is heading the division. She previously worked with below-the-line talent at The Skouras Agency in Santa Monica and at PFD in London. London-based Curtis Brown is now representing clients including ...
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Rotten Tomatoes expands with UK website
Rotten Tomatoes, the website that aggregates film reviews, is launching in the UK today at http://uk.rottentomatoes.com. The site draws on reviews from a variety of sources worldwide. Joe Utichi will serve as editor of Rotten Tomatoes UK. Senh Duong launched Rotten Tomatoes launched it US site in 1998. The company ...
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Hall named svp, legal, at NBC Universal International
Andrew Hall has been appointed senior vice president, legal, at NBC Universal International and will head legal strategic corporate initiatives for the company.Hall will also work in the newly created role to coordinate legal support for transactions by company president Peter Smith and provide support for international growth strategy.'Andrew Hall ...
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FACT works with eBay on pirate DVD education campaign
The UK 's Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has launched a consumer education campaign about legal DVDS on eBay.co.uk. eBay and FACT are reminding eBay sellers that listing pirated DVDs is illegal and working to ensure that buyers are bidding on legitimate products from reputable sellers. A FACT-written guide about ...
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Internet content platform Babelgum plans to launch later in 2007
New broadband Internet TV network Babelgum has announced its consumer launch later this year with beta testing ongoing. The platform is now accepting content submissions from content creators and distributors. Digital and analog material of any length will be acepted. Content owners will soon be able to directly upload and ...
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Castro documentary lands US TV and DVD deals
The Sundance Channel has taken US TV rights to documentary 638 Ways To Kill Castro, which was also sold to BCI for US DVD rights. FremantleMedia sold the documentary, from Daisy Goodwin's Silver River Productions, about Fidel Castro and Cuba 's relationship with the US. Dollan Cannell directed and Peter ...
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Irish partners launch catalystproject for low budget production
A new production and training opportunity for screenwriters, producers and film directors to produce low-budget feature films has been launched in Ireland. Following from a mentoring programme, three successful teams will be awarded funding of $328,600 (Euros 250,000) to realise feature film projects. The projects will be selected on the ...
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UK Treasury U-turn on sale-and-leaseback clampdown
The UK government has exempted sale-and-leaseback schemes from a crackdown on tax avoidance. Click here for announcementThe UK tax authorities had previously said they wouldn't make exceptions for sale-and-leaseback funding arrangements under the new tax rules announced last week.Such a move would have serious consequences for individual producers, some of ...
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Fight continues on UK tax clampdown
The UK tax authorities say they will make no exception for sale-and-leaseback funding arrangements under new tax rules announced last week.But the industry is continuing to fight with many believing that the decision will be overturned by the government.On Friday, a Treasury briefing effectively closed the door on so-called GAAP ...
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Film-making looks less risky in 2007,with 37 countries safer
Film-making became slightly less risky across the globe, according to the 2007 Risks in Global Filmmaking Map from risk broker and insurance company Aon/Albert G Ruben. Of the 207 countries measured, overall risk for film-makers in 37 countries decreased slightly from 2006 to 2007. The annual map measures the threats ...
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Pathe restructures under joint team of Ivernel and Lacan
Pathe has restructured its UK and French divisions so that its arms of Pathe Renn Production, Pathe Distribution and Pathe's UK units will be led by a management team comprised of Francois Ivernel and Marc Lacan. Pathe's production and distribution operations will be jointly managed by Ivernel, who will head ...
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Sale-and-leaseback funding caught in UK tax clampdown
The UK government will make no exception for sale-and-leaseback funding arrangements under new tax rules, it was confirmed today.On Friday, a Treasury briefing effectively closed the door on so-called GAAP finance schemes, which some estimates suggested could have raised up to $3.5bn this tax year. Click here to see Revenue ...