All articles by Leon Forde – Page 7
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Eco's medieval epic joins desert crusade
Thomas Schuehly, the producer of Oliver Stone's Alexander, is planning to return to Morocco withhis next project, an adaptation of Umberto Eco's medieval historical novel Baudolino that he hopes to shoot in 2005.Schuehly, who was also executive produced the screen adaptation ofEco's The Name Of The Rose, is trying to ...
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Leigh embarks on untitled London shoot
Iconic UK director Mike Leigh started shooting his latest feature today (Sept 30) at locations around London.The film, set to shoot for ten weeks, stars Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays, Alex Kelly, Adrian Scarborough and Heather Craney.Typically for a Mike Leigh project, details at the production stage are sketchy. ...
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Pearl Earring director falls for pickpocket drama
UK director Peter Webber, currently drawing plaudits for his feature debut Girl With A Pearl Earring, will next direct a gritty feature about pickpockets for BBC Films.In development for the past two years, Jackdaw (working title) is a contemporary exploration of teenage crime in London. Producer is Jake Lushington, with ...
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Michell embarks on Enduring Love shoot
Shooting has started on Enduring Love, an adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel directed by Roger Michell. Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans and Samantha Morton star in the project, produced by Free Range Films and backed by Pathe Pictures, Inside Track, FilmFour, Ingenious Media and the UK Film Council. Pathe Distribution will ...
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Awards campaign trail boosts London Film Festival
The London Film Festival (LFF), held Oct 22 - Nov 6, has lined up a string of Oscar buzz films for its main programme up this year.Opening with Jane Campion's steamy psychological thriller In The Cut, and closing two weeks later with Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, the line-up highlights the ...
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Cobalt takes on sales for Bali - The Bombing Of Paradise
UK based sales agent Cobalt Pictures is to handle international sales on Bali - The Bombing Of Paradise, a new feature about the November 2002 terrorist bombings on the Indonesian island.The film is the first production from UK-based New Concept Development and will be produced by Alain Gottesman, president of ...
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Screen West Midlands to host EAVE event
Regional UK media support agency Screen West Midlands is to host the European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs' (EAVE) International Producer Graduation event in Birmingham from September 18-24.The event gathers producers from across Europe to pitch their ideas to international film and TV executives and is the third and final session of EAVE's ...
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Green light for Red Light Runners
Shooting has started in London on Red Light Runners, a heist film starring Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, Cillian Murphy, Crispin Glover, Rich Hall, Kate Ashfield, Peter O'Toole and Roy Scheider.Directed by Nick Egan, the film tells the story of a rogue CIA operative in London on a covert mission to ...
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Amma Asante starts debut
Shooting started in Wales this week on A Way Of Life, the directorial debut of writer Amma Asante, whose credits include the cult TV drama Brothers And Sisters. The film, which stars Brenda Blethyn, Oliver Haden, Stephanie James, Gary Sheppeard, Dean Wong and Sara Gregory, centres on a teenage mother ...
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Ster Century sells off UK exhibition circuit
Ster Century, the South African-owned UK and Ireland cinema circuit, has been sold to Aurora Holdings, a UK-based outfit whose partners include ex-Ster Century Europe managing director Mike Ross.Ross, who will now become CEO of Ster Century, would not comment on the value of the deal, which was backed by ...
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Competition watchdog to probe UK distribution
Competition watchdog the Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate film distribution in the UK.The OFT will review its Film Orders, which regulate the distribution of films in the UK. The Orders were introduced in 1983 and 1994 after reports by the then Monopolies and Mergers Commission (now the ...
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Segal to part company with Odeon
Richard Segal, chief executive of UK cinema chain Odeon, is to leave the company in August. Ian Pluthero, most recently an executive director and chief executive of Carlisle Holdings, has been appointed to look after day-to-day running of the company while Odeon looks for a permanent replacement.Segal has headed the ...
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Highsmith's White On White starts UK shoot
Shooting started in the UK this week on White On White, the latest outing of Patricia Highsmith's anti-hero Ripley, produced and backed by German fund Cinerenta. Lakeshore Entertainment is handling international distribution.Based on Highsmith's novel Ripley Underground, the protagonist Tom Blessing - AKA Ripley - will be played by Barry ...
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Icon takes on sales of Artisan/Tribeca's Stage Beauty
Shooting starts today in London and at Shepperton Studios on Compleat Female Stage Beauty, an adaptation of Jeffrey Hatcher's play directed by Richard Eyre. Icon Entertainment International has come on board the picture to handle international sales; Artisan Entertainment is the domestic distributor.The film is set in the 1660s and ...
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Distributor resistance could force easyCinema out of business
UK no-frills exhibitor easyCinema has admitted that it could be forced to close its flagship Milton Keynes cinema and exit the exhibition business if it continues to experience difficulties in securing first run titles.easy - which has no concessions stand or box office and offers tickets online for as low ...
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Winchester Entertainment results 'not pleasing'
The UK's Winchester Entertainment has posted its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2003, with turnover at £5.1m, down from £6.5m in 2002, and a pre-tax loss of £11.2m, up from £8.3m in 2002. This resulted in a loss per share of 40.2p. But the company, listed on ...
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Jones to quit UK's Mission Pictures
Damian Jones, co-founder of UK production outfit Mission Pictures, is to leave the company to return to independent producing.According to a statement, Jones felt removed from the independent film production arena as Mission's development and production management work increased. He leaves with a two-year, non-exclusive independent production arrangement with the ...
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Cambridge film fest boasts wealth of UK premieres
The 23rd Cambridge Film Festival, which runs July 10-20, has secured a range of UK premieres including Peter Greenaway's Cannes competition entry The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Part 1, The Moab Story, Gregor Jordan's Buffalo Soldiers, Wolfgang Becker's German hit Good-Bye, Lenin! and Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning Spirited Away.Other UK premieres at ...
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Raindance to host Live! Ammunition! pitching event
Independent UK film organisation Raindance is to host Live! Ammunition!, a pitching event featuring an all-women panel, in London on July 8. The panel includes Leslee Udwin, producer of East Is East; Tracey Scoffield, head of development and executive producer at BBC Films; director Antonia Bird; and writer and actress ...
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EasyCinema runs into UK exhibition difficulties
easyCinema, the UK no-frills exhibitor which sells tickets for as low as £0.20, has secured a range of previously-released titles from Warner Bros, including the first two installments of the Harry Potter franchise. But none of the titles are first-run, and all are available on DVD and video in the ...