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Dorman, Barclayjoin cast of Caesar's Prime Mover
Australian writer/director David Caesar (Dirty Deeds) has started production on Prime Mover, starring Michael Dorman and New Zealand's Emily Barclay. Prime mover is a term used in Australia for the huge semi-trailer trucks that thunder along outback roads. The film is billed as a diesel-charged love story about a young ...
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Edko to launch Claustrophobia at Cannes
Hong Kong-based Edko Films will commence international sales at Cannes on Claustrophobia, which is one of the first films to be backed by Irresistible Films, a film fund established by Bill Kong and Japan's Avex Group Holdings. The film is the directorial debut of award-winning screenwriter Ivy Ho (July Rhapsody). ...
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Clubland producers form Goalpost Pictures Australia
The Australian producers behind Clubland and the upcoming Elise, starring songstress Natalie Imbruglia, have formed a production company Goalpost Pictures Australia.The outfit has UK sales agency and executive producers Goalpost Film as a minority shareholder.Long-term partners Rosemary Blight, Ben Grant, Kylie du Fresne and Cass O'Connor are the principals in ...
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Argentinian film steals top prize at Jeonju
Matias Pineiro's Argentine film The Stolen Man picked up the $10,000 top Woosuk Award at Korea's 9th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF).Shot in black and white on HD, the film revolves around 19th century author and Argentinian president Domingo F. Sarmiento's writings on freedom and the right to education.The international ...
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Myriad greenlights Aussie horror tale
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures will produce, finance and handle worldwide sales for the horror film Drive The Night, its latest project under its deal with comic book publisher Studio 407.Bill Bennett wrote and will direct the tale of a couple that gets lost on a haunted road in the Outback. ...
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Australia shoot for Myriad horrorproject Drive The Night
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures will produce, finance and handleworldwide sales for the horror film Drive The Night, its latest project under the deal with comic-book publisher Studio 407.Bill Bennett wrote and will direct the tale of a couple that gets loston a haunted road in the Outback. Principal photography is ...
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Feng Xiaogang puts Nobles project on hold
Leading Chinese director Feng Xiaogang (Assembly, The Banquet) has put his new project The Nobles on hold to an indefinite date, producer Huayi Brothers Pictures has confirmed. Huayi's spokesperson said the project, which was originally scheduled to start shooting in April and was aiming for a Christmas release, needs more ...
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Fortissimo to debut Dance Subaru! at Cannes
Fortissimo Films has boarded pan-Asian co-production Dance Subaru! as sales agent outside of Asia, and will be introducing the film at this year's Cannes film festival.Several Asian powerhouses are joining forces on the film (see related articles below), including Japan's Avex Entertainment, Korea's SM Entertainment, Singapore's MediaCorp Raintree Pictures and ...
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Asia Pacific Screen Awards establishes an academy
Encouraging dialogue, collaboration and business relationships between filmmakers is the underlying aim of the establishment of The Academy of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs). The next step in the development of the awards was announced in Brisbane today by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.'The APSAs bring the best filmmakers from ...
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Chungmuro fest partners with Cannes Directors' Fortnight
Korea's 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival In Seoul (CHIFFS) has announced an inaugural competition section angled at 'classics of the future', as well as a special retrospective partnered with Cannes ' Directors Fortnight celebrating 40 years of the sidebar's films. With a five-person jury to include The Deer Hunter director ...
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Toho, Toeiboost Japanese films at international box office
While Iron Man kick-started the summer season with a tremendous bang after taking nearly $100m across 56 territories in its opening weekend, a slew of Japanese films still managed to account for 7.7% of the total revenue of international films.The top 39 films generated $183.5m from 37,648 screens for the ...
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Adlabs acquires majority share in Malaysian cinema chain
Continuing with its global expansion plans, Adlabs Films, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is set to acquire a majority and controlling interest in Malaysia's Lotus Five Star Cinemas. As per the agreement, Adlabs will operate the 51 screen cinema chain in Malaysia. The cinemas will be programmed ...
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Sony signs three-picture deal with Pritish Nandy
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Films India and Indian company Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) have entered into a three-film first-look deal. 'All three films will be commercial blockbusters in thetrue Bollywood tradition with songs and dance etc,' PNC creative director told Screendaily.In a separate deal, SPE Films India has picked up ...
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Bangkok film festival pushed backto September
The organisers of the 6th Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) have revealed that the event will be rescheduled to September from the previously announced dates in late July. Previous organisers, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will take a backseat this year, and let the Federation of National Film Associations ...
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Filmax International acquires international rights to Invitation Only
Spanish outfit Filmax International has acquired the international sales rights excluding Asia, Germany and Poland and the distribution rights for Spain for the Asian horror production Invitation Only directed by Kevin Ko.Filmax International will present a promo of the film, which is currently in post production, at Cannes and will ...
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Yim joins animation house Imagi in Hong Kong
Former Media Asia executive Cora Yim has joined Los Angeles and Hong Kong-based animation house Imagi as director of marketing and strategic planning with immediate effect. She was formerly senior manager of acquisitions and marketing at Hong Kong-based Media Asia. In her new role she will report to Imagi co-CEO ...
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Marvel suits up for new raft of superhero movies
Bouyed by the triumphant worldwide release of its self-financed production Iron Man this weekend, Marvel Studios yesterday unveiled its release slate through 2011.A new raft of popular comic book characters - sometimes appearing in unison - will be brought to the big screen by Marvel using the same business template ...
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Sony becomes first major to release DVD titles in Vietnam
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has signed a DVD distribution deal for Vietnam with that country's Galaxy Studio.The deal marks the first time a US major will release its titles on DVD in the South-East Asian market and will kick off on May 9 with 15 films including Casino Royale, ...
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Skin to roll out though Shanghai Film Group in September
Hong Kong-based Eastern Mordor has announced that Shanghai Film Group will handle distribution of Gordon Chan's fantasy epic Painted Skin, which is scheduled for release on September 28. One of the main investors in the film, SFG will release it through China 's top ten cinema circuits - including Shanghai ...
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Warner Bros planning Hindi remake of Wedding Crashers
Warner Bros has enlisted Mukesh Talreja and Nikhil Advani's Orion Pictures to produce a Hindi-language remake of its 2005 hit Wedding Crashers. The production house is currently in discussions with two leading Indian actors to reprise the roles played by Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. The director is also yet ...