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Production underway on Keanu Reeves drama Generation Um...
Principal photography is scheduled to start in New York today [9] on Company Films’ Generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves, which Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures is introducing to buyers in Toronto.
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NewsUniversal aims high with Dark Tower adaptations
Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment is teaming up with Ron Howard to adapt Stephen King’s venerated fantasy saga The Dark Tower.
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Mad Men's Hendricks is latest addition to Drive cast
Emmy nominee Christina Hendricks from hit series Mad Men has joined Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan on Bold Films, OddLot Entertainment and Marc Platt Productions’ action thriller Drive.I
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Ealing boards sales for John Lennon doc LENNONYC
Ealing Studios International has taken on worldwide sales rights (excluding the US) to Michael Epstein’s LENNONYC.
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Harmony Korine joins Rotterdam crowd funding scheme
Director Harmony Korine has joined International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Cinema Reloaded, the online film production fundraising platform.
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China Film Group to add two IMAX theatres
State owned film enterprise China Film Group (CFGC) has agreed a two-theatre deal with IMAX.
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Simon Hewlett named EVP marketing for Universal
Simon Hewlett has been promoted to executive vice president of marketing for Universal Pictures International (UPI).
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NewsGodard may pick up his honourary Oscar after all, says Academy
The 79 year old French director has written a “cordial, handwritten note” to the Academy suggesting he may be heading to Hollywood to pick up his award in person, despite earlier indications that he would shun the ceremony.
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LFF host Vue launches festival twitter competition
Three competition winners will have the chance to review some of the London Film Festival’s (Oct 13-28) highlights on behalf of Vue including opening night film Never Let Me Go and Darren Aronofsky’s thriller Black Swan.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics picks up Barney's Version
SPC has acquired all US rights to Richard J. Lewis’ feature adaptation, which is in competition at Venice.
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NewsBritish films in spotlight as LFF programme announced
The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival also includes 11 world premieres, 23 international premieres and 33 European premieres.
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NewsMemento secures sales on Silent Souls
The company has nade a number of sales on Aleksei Fedorchenko’s well received Venice competition film, which will go on to screen in Toronto.
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StudioCanal and RTL announce output deal
StudioCanal and German broadcaster RTL Television today announced a comprehensive TV output deal in Germany beginning Jan 2011.
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NewsShooting underway on Ben Drew (Plan B)'s feature debut Ill Manors
The microbudget feature will shoot in East London and is the sixth to come out of Film London’s Microwave scheme.
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NewsCamino Filmverleih to release Womb in Germany
Stuttgart-based distributor Camino Filmverleih will release Benedek Fliegauf’s English language debut Womb in Germany next spring.
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Lionsgate urges shareholds to reject latest Icahn bid
The latest round in the battle for Lionsgate took an expected turn as the company’s board rallied against Carl Icahn’s recently modified hostile takeover.
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Oscilloscope takes North America for Franco's Saturday Night
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to James Franco’s directorial debut, Saturday Night.
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Spyglass' Birnbaum, Barber proceed with plan to run MGM, reports say
Spyglass co-founders Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber are reportedly moving closer in their quest to run beleaguered MGM.
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Sundance Institute, Gates Foundation plan doc shorts initiative
Sundance Institute and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are teaming up on a documentary shorts initiative related to global health, poverty and education.
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Imax Corporation signs deal with CFG for two more installations
Imax Corporation and China Film Group Corporation (CFG) have agreed to expand their partnership with two new systems.