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NewsAlcon joins Lionsgate to co-finance rom-com Expecting
Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson have made their first investment outside of Warner Bros and will share production and marketing costs on What To Expect When You’re Expecting starring Anna Kendrick (pictured), among others.
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NewsTurin to be bookended by Moneyball, Albert Nobbs
Competition focuses on first, second and third films.
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NewsBullhead, Jiro, Heartbeat among AFI FEST winners
“It has been an exciting year for world cinema and emerging international filmmakers,” festival director Jacqueline Lyanga said. “We’ve had incredibly enthusiastic audiences for all of the screenings at AFI FEST. It’s wonderful to discover the films that especially resonate with audiences and put a spotlight on filmmakers as part ...
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SPC confirms Hysteria deal
The distributor has confirmed reports that first emerged during Toronto that it had acquired US rights to Tanya Wexler’s rom-com.
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Iranian sales agent Katayoun Shahabi released on bail
Accused of collaborating with banned BBC Persian Service, Sheherazad Media International chiefShahabi still faces trial.
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NewsBFI distribution head Peter Buckingham to step down
BFI head of distribution & exhibition to step down after nine years at UKFC and BFI.
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NewsBFI launches £200,000 Film Export Fund
The transitional fund is aimed at enhancing export opportunities for British films at key international film festivals including Cannes 2012.
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NewsUK Brit List topped by Charles Barker's The Call Up
Other big writing names on the list include William Boyd, David Nicholls, Abi Morgan and Hossein Amini.
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NewsUK film tax relief extended until 2015
The film tax relief scheme looks set to be secure for another four years, following the UK government’s announcement today.
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NewsLionsgate UK gears up for Keith Lemon feature
Leigh Francis, who created and starred as the character in TV shows Bo’ Selecta! and Keith Lemon’s World Tour, has co-written the script for the film along with Paul Angunawela, who will direct.
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NewsSchumacher, Wexler among Cameraimage jury
Roger Donaldson, Hannah McGill, Dick Pope, Dante Spinotti and Walter Lassally on Main Competition jury.
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NewsStudioCanal, Universum among Rush buyers for Exclusive
A busy AFM saw Exclusive Films International close a slew of deals on the upcoming F1 drama that Ron Howard will direct starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl. Peter Morgan wrote the screenplay.
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NewsStan Lee to receive PGA 2012 Vanguard Award
The comic book legend will collect the honour at the 23rd awards ceremony in Beverly Hills on Jan 21, 2012.
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NewsHFPA selects Morgan Freeman for Cecil B DeMille Award
Freeman will collect the honour at the 69th annual Golden Globes on Jan 15, 2012.
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NewsScreen Gems to remake XYZ's martial arts tale The Raid
The Indonesian action film from Gareth Evans earned a wild response from Midnight Madness audiences in Toronto.
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NewsOSCAR UPDATE: Grazer replaces Ratner, Eddie Murphy steps down as host
In his first time producing the show, Brian Grazer will replace Brett Ratner and team up with Don Mischer on the 84th Academy Awards telecast on Feb 26, 2012.
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NewsSoda secures US deal on Grant Gee's Patience
The sales arm of Soda Pictures has sold Grant Gee’s documentary to independent US distributor Cinema Guild.
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NewsEstonia’s Black Nights unveils competition line-up
Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin, Wojciech Smarzowski’s Rose and Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist are amongst the competition titles at the 15th edition of Estonia’s Black Nights Festival which runs November 18-30.
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NewsGeorge Tillman Jr to direct Miles Davis biopic
The film will be based loosely on the book Dark Magus: The Jekyll And Hyde Life Of Miles Davis by the late jazz maestro’s eldest son Gregory Davis.
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NewsUK films among world premiere line-up at Mannheim-Heidelberg
World premieres of films by UK directors Martin Wallace and Zam Salim are in the lineup of the 60th anniversary edition of the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg which kicked off on Wednesday (9) with the international premiere of Reynir Lyngdal’s Our Own Oslo.