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NewsFilmNation adds Hugh Grant rom-com to EFM roster
Castle Rock Entertainment is producing Marc Lawrence’s untitled project that reunites the writer-director with his lead from Music And Lyrics and Two Weeks Notice and also stars Marisa Tomei. Glen Basner will handle all international sales.
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NewsByrne, DeVito, Roth, Whedon among confirmed guests for Dublin
11th edition of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival runs Feb 14-24 and will open with Rufus Norris’ Broken [pictured].
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NewsRosario Dawson joins Queen Of The Night
The thriller is based on an original story by Atom Egoyan. eOne Films handles international sales, while eOne will distribute in Canada and ARP Selection in France.
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NewsSundance: RADIUS-TWC, eOne, Magnolia in deals action
The Park City deals continued to roll in as RADiUS-TWC made its third acquisition of the festival on Lovelace, while eOne picked up US rights to cannibal film We Are What We Are and Magnolia bought Prince Avalanche.
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NewsCasting By rights picked up by Autlook
Documentary sales agent Autlook has secured ‘rest of world’ rights for star-studded feature Casting By, which debuted at Toronto in September.
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NewsExclusive Releasing nabs US, UK, CIS on Two Mothers
The Naomi Watts-Robin Wright Sundance drama will get a day-and-date release; marks Exclusive Releasing’s first acquisition.
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NewsSubmarine author to curate From Page To Screen fest
Joe Dunthorne, whose novel Submarine was adapted for the big screen by Richard Ayoade, has been named guest curator of literary adaptation festival From Page to Screen - which is now open for submissions.
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NewsBerlinale unveils Best First Feature jury
A total of 27 films from various strands have qualified for the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsEditor Tim Squyres cuts down 3D tigers on Life of Pi
Squyres talked with ScreenTech about his work on Life of Pi and the challenges of editing a movie where one of your main characters is a digitally created tiger.
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NewsBeta Cinema secures Berlin competition title Child’s Pose
German sales group Beta Cinema has acquired the world rights for Romanian drama Child’s Pose, which will premiere next month in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsSir Alan Parker to receive BAFTA Fellowship
British director Sir Alan Parker is to receive the Academy Fellowship at the upcoming BAFTA awards.
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NewsChong lines up Peas for sophomore outing
Singaporean actress/director Michelle Chong’s second directorial outing 3 Peas In A Pod has cast K-pop star Alexander Lee Eusebio and Taiwanese pop star Calvin Chen from the boy band Fahrenheit.
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NewsTina Gharavi: the BAFTA nominee with the Argo-esque story
BAFTA nominee Tina Gharavi, whose provocative first feature I am Nasrine has garnered interest from TWC and Fox Searchlight, talks to Screen about the film’s hazardous journey, signing with Independent Talent and her next feature projects.
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NewsSimon Cowell, Vertigo to produce Pudsey: The Movie
EXCLUSIVE: Syco Entertainment and Vertigo Films are to co-produce a film about Britain’s Got Talent winners Pudsey and Ashleigh.
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NewsKim Ki-duk produces action thriller Rough Play
Venice Golden Lion winner Kim Ki-duk has written and is producing action thriller Rough Play, directed by Shin Yeon-shik.
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NewsSundance: Way Back, Blackfish, Darlings in deals avalanche
As deals continued to explode out of Park City, Fox Searchlight paid just under $10m for North America and select major territories to Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s feature directorial debut The Way, Way Back. Meanwhile SPC has acquired Kill Your Darlings and CBS Films picked up Toy’s House.
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NewsDreamWorks begins shooting on WikiLeaks drama
Bill Condon directs Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, which is set for a Nov 15 North American release through Touchstone in time for awards consideration. Disney, DreamWorks, Reliance and Mister Smith split the international release.
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NewsCoixet, Philibert and Longinotto join Berlinale Panorama
Premieres of the latest films from Isabel Coixet, Nicolas Philibert and Kim Longinotto are among the new titles that complete the Panorama line-up of the Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsFilmMcQueen and Marteau Films team for comedy thriller
FilmMcQueen and Marteau Films are to partner on Slate and Kelly, a thriller comedy to be shot in Paris.
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NewsSundance: Mahindra, Focus Forward winners announced
Sundance Institute and India’s Mahindra Group announced on Tuesday [22] the four winners of the 2013 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards.