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Ghent to honour Harold Lloyd with exibition, screenings
The 35th Ghent International Film Festival will honour the late silent film star Harold Lloyd with an exhibition of personal photos and memorabilia and a screening of newly restored versions of Safety Last!, The Freshman, Speedy and Welcome Danger.The exhibition will feature photos, sheet music, scripts and costumes and has ...
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Break-Up Artist wraps for Legacy, Double Edge and Triumphant
Production has wrapped on Legacy Filmworks, Double Edge Entertainment and Triumphant Pictures' romantic comedy The Break-Up Artist.Amanda Crew, who stars opposite James Marsden in Summit Entertainment's upcoming release Sex Drive, plays a businesswoman who runs a break-up service and falls in love with a client.Legacy Filmworks' Deboragh Gabler produced and ...
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Anita Nelving named managing director of CineVegas
Anita Nelving has been appointed managing director at the CineVegas Film Festival and will oversee all festival departments and its year-round schedule of events.Nelving begins work on September 2 and will also be responsible for approving budgetary decisions and overseeing the festival's relationships with other arts organisations and Las Vegas ...
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Regent signs two-year deal with horror man De Coteau
Regent Studios has signed a two-year deal with horror film-maker David DeCoteau's Rapid Heart Pictures that includes ten films and two TV series.DeCoteau is currently in development with Regent on Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit And The Pendulum as well as two further films in The Brotherhood vampire franchise that ...
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French illegal downloads equal to box-office admissions
Illegal downloading of films in France has reached 450,000 per day according to a report by anti-piracy association ALPA.The figure represents the same level as box-office entries, the report said. Speaking to wire service Agence France Presse, Frederic Delacroix, the director of ALPA, said, 'We are facing a major phenomenon ...
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Harrison starts Unstoppable shoot in Portugal and Spain
UK writer/director Richard Harrison started shooting yesterday in Portugal for his debut feature Unstoppable.The film is now shooting in Praia da Bordeira in Portugal, and will move to Andalucia on Aug 10 and wrap on Aug 31.The Portuguese government and Andalucian Film Commission have helped with location scouting and filming ...
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Gone Fishing, Soft take prizes in Kodak's Short Film Competition
Kodak has announced the two winners from its Short Film Competition 2008. Gone Fishing directed by Chris Jones and produced by Ivan Clements was named best short. And best cinematography went to Christopher Ross, for Soft directed by Simon Ellis and produced by Jane Hooks.This year the best short winner ...
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Sven Sturm to head new Paramount Pictures Germany
Sven Sturm has been appointed general manager of Paramount Pictures Germany, the newly set up German operation from Paramount Pictures International.Sturm had been head of marketing at Sony Pictures Releasing (Germany) since 2000. Prior to that he worked at Universal Music in Germany. He takes the Munich-based post as of ...
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Beta Cinema handling 1936 Olympics drama
Beta Cinema will handle international distribution for Kaspar Heidelbach's drama Berlin 1936 (working title) which begins shooting in North Rhine-Westphalia on Wednesday (Aug 6), just two days before the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.The production by Cologne-based Gemini Film, one of co-producers of the Dardenne brothers' Cannes ...
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Madman Entertainment loves Bana's Beast
Madman Entertainment has bought Australian rights to Love The Beast, the feature-length documentary that actor Eric Bana has been directing for the past two years. It is about his life and his beloved car. 'The car owner in me is completely devastated but the director in me is completely thrilled,' ...
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RGM Entertainment launches $400m production fund
Singapore-based RGM Entertainment is launching a fund to back $400m worth of commercial English-language film and TV projects over a period of four years. The fund combines debt provided by Oceana Media Finance LLC, along with investment from RGM and institutional investors from Singapore.RGM previously financed Winged Creatures, starring Forest ...
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Russian action star Nevsky announces Hercules project
Russian action star Alexander Nevsky will star in Hercules: The Beginning and will produce through his Hollywood Storm production company.The $12m title is in pre-production and comes at a time when Universal Pictures and Nu Image/Millennium are also lining up projects based on the Greek deity.Hollywood Storm wrapped production recently ...
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Barratier's Paris 36 to open Montreal World Film Festival
Christophe Barratier's Paris 36 will make its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 21. Written by Barratier from an original idea by Frank Thomas, Jean-Michel Derenne and Reinhardt Wagner, the film stars Gerard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder, Bernard-Pierre Donadieu and Maxence Perrin. Set ...
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Gore Verbinski signs three-year, first-look deal at Universal
Universal Pictures has signed a three-year first-look deal with Gore Verbinski that will kick off with the adaptation of 2K's hit video game BioShock.John Logan, who earned Oscar nominations for The Aviator and Gladiator, adapted the screenplay. The game requires players to assume the role of a crash survivor who ...
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Shoreline acquires worldwide rights to Asylum Seekers
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Rania Ajami's comedy Asylum Seekers.The story centres on six bored people who attempt to get admitted into an insane asylum in a bid to spice up their lives. With only one bed available, the six men and women must compete against each other ...
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Sloan has contract extended for three years as head of MGM
Harry E Sloan has extended his tenure as MGM chairman and CEO and said the next three years will be 'a testament to the power, passion and creative vision of our new management team.'Sloan joined MGM in October 2005 and has worked to revive the company's ambitions to return as ...
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Shorts from Hudson, Dunst, Biel among 317 at Palm Springs
Films from Kate Hudson, Jessica Biel and Kirsten Dunst take their place in the line-up for the 2008 Palm Springs International ShortFest set to take place from August 21-27.The festival's 14th edition unveiled a roster of 317 films selected from a record 2,700 submissions and will showcase 53 world premieres, ...
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Dadi, China Film to co-produce Confucius biopic
Beijing-based Dadi Century Film and China Film Group plan to co-produce $22m (RMB150m) biopic Confucius, to be directed by Hu Mei who is known in China for directing historical TV dramas. Dadi and China Film will also co-finance, with Chui Po-chu (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle) as producer ...
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Studio Ghibli to train next generation of animators
Japan's Studio Ghibli announced plans today to open a training facility to foster the next generation of animation talent. Dubbed 'Ghibli West', the facility will open next spring in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota is also famously known as the birthplace of Toyota Motors.Prospective trainees will join the ...
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KTH launches legal download service Fine Movie
South Korean internet portal, gaming service and contents provider KTH has announced deals with several major webhard and P2P sites to launch a legal download service called Fine Movie (FM). KTH-owned films downloaded from these sites will incur a fee whether the source was uploaded by KTH or an illegal ...