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NewsIntandem picks up Irvine Welsh adaptation, Ecstasy
The company will handle international sales on Rob Heydon’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s book.
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NewsThessaloniki kicks off first edition under new director Dimitri Eipides
The 51st Thessaloniki international film festival (TIFF) kicks off today with the gala screening of Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours. It will wrap Dec 12 with Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan.
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NewsArrow picks up three for UK, including Hatchet 2
Growing UK distributor Arrow has announced three more all-rights acquisitions.
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NewsDeathly Hallows set to rule overseas for third weekend
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will have too much for the international competition as it begins to climb towards $500m.
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Myriad licenses US on Good Neighbours to Magnolia
Magnolia Films has acquired all US rights from Myriad Pictures to Jacob Tierney’s thriller Good Neighbours.
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IFC takes world on Swanberg's upcoming Sundance entry Uncle Kent
IFC Films has acquired worldwide rights to Joe Swanberg’s Uncle Kent, which will screen at Sundance next month in the Spotlight section.
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NewsNBR crowns The Social Network best film of 2010
The Social Network hardly needed a leg-up this awards season but got it anyway in the form of four major prizes from the National Board Of Review.
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NewsScreen Australia backs four new films, including new Rolf de Heer film
Rolf de Heer will be putting his directing boots back on and three directors, Tony Krawitz, Wayne Blair and Miro Bilbrough, will be making their debut features in 2011 thanks to investment decisions made this week by Screen Australia.
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NewsLife In A Day, Devil's Double among Sundance Premieres
Sundance Festival director John Cooper and director of programming Trevor Groth unveiled an array of riches today [December 2] in the form of the Premieres and inaugural Documentary Premieres line-up for the 2011 event.
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NewsSundance unveils Midnight, Spotlight, NEXT
The final tranche of Sundance programming unveiled by John Cooper and Trevor Groth today [December 2] features genre fare such as the Rutger Hauer vigilante film Hobo With A Shotgun and acclaimed world cinema titles from 2010 such as Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies and Richard Ayoade’s Submarine.
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US bankruptcy court approves MGM plan
The US Bankruptcy Court For The Southern District Of New York has approved MGM’s pre-packaged plan of reorganisation, paving the way for the company and its subsidiaries to emerge from Chapter 11 in short order.
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NewsNorthern Film & Media backs production of United
Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media and Northstar Ventures have come on board to invest 150,000 in United, shooting now starring David Tennant.
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NewsPaula Jalfon joins Shine Group from BBC Films
The Shine Group has appointed BBC Films’ Paula Jalfon as senior vice president of production.
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Odeon & UCI Group extends its reach in Italy
The cinema chain has acquired 3 multiplexes from Pathe.
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3rd Fashion in Film Festival kicks off in London
The 3rd Fashion in Film Festival is underway in London, with a special focus on costume in European and American cinema.
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NewsStephen Graham to star in David Blair's Best Laid Plans
The EM Media funded feature, about the bond between two best friends, has just started shooting in Nottingham.
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NewsInvestors hope to build Europe's largest studio in St. Petersburg
AFK Sistema, the largest diversified public financial corporation in Russia, is planning to establish the Europe’s largest film studio on the base of Lenfilm, one of Russia’s oldest and largest film studios, based in St.Petersburg.
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NewsChasen case 'person of interest' kills himself in Hollywood
A man wanted for questioning by police in the investigation into the murder of publicist Ronni Chasen shot and killed himself in Hollywood last night [1].
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NewsI Am Love director gears up for Corsica '72
I Am Love director Luca Guadagnino has signed on to direct Ruby Films’ upcoming mafia thriller Corsica ’72.