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NewsScreen Gems boards civil rights drama Holler from Dana Adam Shapiro
Screen Gems has acquired Murderball director Dana Adam Shapiro’s civil rights screenplay Holler, based on true events at a high school in Mississippi.
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NewsMandate Pictures heads for the highway with female road movie
Mandate Pictures is developing an untitled female road movie comedy from screenwriter Annie Mumolo.Dana Fox and frequent Mandate collaborator Lorene Scafaria will produce, with Mandate president Nathan Kahane serving as executive produce and Tendo Nagenda overseeing for Mandate.The story centres on three disillusioned girls who travel to New York to ...
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NewsTV chef Mario Batali joins MPI Media's comic thriller Bitter Feast
Celebrity chef Mario Batali has joined MPI Media Group’s darkly comic thriller Bitter Feast, currently filming in Manhattan and Woodstock in New York state.
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Shorts International launches dedicated 24-hour channel
Shorts International, one of the leading short film entertainment companies, has launched the dedicated short film channel ShortsHD.The channel will run on AT&T U-verseSM TV in the US and will broadcast shorts 24 hours a day in 30 and 60-minute blocks.Content will be divided into thematic zones covering comedy, world ...
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NewsTrudie Styler's Xingu Films boards The Outlander
Xingu Films, the production company run by Trudie Styler, has joined forces with Canadian companies Strada Films and Triptych Media to acquire the film rights to The Outlander.
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NewsVertigo Films picks up The Cove
London-based Vertigo Films has acquired UK rights to The Cove following a deal with UK sales company, The Works International.
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NewsThe Centre of Attention to remake Sixties classic Darling
The Centre of Attention, the London-based contemporary art organisation, is remaking John Schlesinger’s classic film, Darling.
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NewsAsian producers embrace 3D filmmaking
While 3D filmmaking is still in the early stages in Asia, speakers at a forum held today by Korea’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) agreed that the technology is set to broaden the cinema-going demographic and help the Asian industry bust through tough economic times.
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NewsIrish Film Board under threat
A special group appointed by the Irish Government to report on possible savings in public service costs has recommended scrapping the Irish Film Board (IFB).
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SFFS unveils screenwriting grant as part of expanded support strategy
The San Francisco Film Society and philanthropist William R Hearst III have established the $15,000 Hearst Screenwriting Grant.
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NewsCinema and Television Benevolent Fund Chief Executive retires
Peter Hore, the chief executive of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund, will retire as (CTBF) on November 15. The fund is currently seeking a replacement.
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NewsHalf-Blood Prince runs rampant in China and Russia
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince scored record debuts in China and Russia according to fresh data released by Warner Bros on Monday.
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NewsHarry Potter casts spell over North America with $159.7m five-day launch
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince scored the second biggest five-day domestic debut of 2009 as an estimated $159.7m dominated the charts and confirmed the film’s opening day promise.
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NewsMississippi Damned, Off And Running win top prizes at Outfest
Tina Mabry’s Mississippi Damned won the juried outstanding US dramatic feature and Nicole Opper’s Off And Running won the corresponding documentary feature prize as Outfest 2009 came to a close.
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NewsNo Puedo continues winning streak at Japan's Skip City
Following its recent win at the Taipei film festival, Leon Dai’s No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti won the grand prize at Japan’s Skip City International D-Cinema Festival (July 10-20).
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News24 Frames picks up domestic rights to Mexican hit Sultans Of The South
24 frames has acquired all North American rights to the Mexican heist hit Sultans Of The South (Sultanes Del Sur) from Warner Brothers Pictures Mexico.
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NewsAjami wins top prize at Jerusalem Film Festival
Ajami, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, won the Wolgin Award for best full-length Israeli feature at the 26th Jerusalem International Film Festival, which ended this weekend (Saturday).
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NewsHarry Potter sweeps the globe with $104m opening day gross
Warners Bros Pictures’ Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince took $58.18m in North America, including the record Tuesday midnight screening tally of $22.2m, and a further $45.85m in 33 international markets for a record breaking one-day global total of $104m.
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NewsMoon landing in UK, France studies The Reader
ScreenDaily’s weekly round up of the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsFilmax marketing chief Rafael Cabrera leaves after ten years
Rafael Cabrera, managing director of marketing at Spanish studio Filmax, is leaving after nearly ten years at the company.