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Blueprint takes film rights to Before I Die
Blueprint Pictures, working with its slate deal with Pathe, Film4 and the UK Film Council, has picked up film rights to Jenny Downham's debut novel Before I Die.The deal was negotiated by Caroline Wood at Felicity Bryan Agency on behalf of Catherine Clarke.David Vickling Books published the novel on July ...
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Tokyo International Film Festival unveils full line-up
The Tokyo International Film Festival has announced the full line-up for this year's 20th edition (October 20-28). The 15-film competiton section includes three world premieres - Jin Chen's Crossing Over, Peter Howitt's Dangerous Parking and Yu Nakai's Bloody Snake Under The Sun. Also competing are Jacob Thuesen's The Early Years ...
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China's Wanda Cinema Line Corp books 10 IMAX cinemas
IMAX Corp. and China's Wanda Cinema Line Corp. have signed an agreement that will see ten IMAX cinemas installed in the People's Republic of China, including seven IMAX digital cinema systems. The deal is the largest-ever multiple-cinema deal in Asia.All ten cinemas are expected to be installed by 2010, with ...
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Arcand's Days Of Darkness named Canada's Oscar submission
Denys Arcand's Days Of Darkness has been selected as Canada's submission for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film. It is the fourth time an Arcand film has been selected. The latest, 2004's The Barbarian Invasions, won the Oscar. The previous films were 1989's Jesus Of Montreal and 1986's ...
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Arts Alliance America picks up Life After Tomorrow
Arts Alliance America, the new US DVD arm of Arts Alliance Media which was formerly Hart Sharp Video, has picked up US DVD rights to the documentary Life After Tomorrow.Directed by Julie Stevens and Gil Cates Jr, the film explores the life-changing repercussions of child performers in the long-running Broadway ...
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TWC, Exodus to co-produce CG-animated comedy Navy Seals
The Weinstein Company and CG-animated production outfit Exodus Film Group have named the first film in their strategic partnership. Navy Seals, a story concept developed in-house at Exodus, is an adventurous family comedy about an elite pod of US Navy dolphins who are captured, their only hope for rescue being ...
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Terrence Howard stars with Channing Tatum in Montiel's Fighting
Terrence Howard will co-star with Channing Tatum in Dito Montiel's action drama Fighting, which begins shooting in New York City this week for Rogue Pictures. Kevin Misher is producing the film through his Misher Films.The film, set in the world of underground street fights, stars Tatum as a young man ...
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IFC Entertainment takes North America on Kalin's Savage Grace
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Tom Kalin's Savage Grace, which had its world premiere in Directors Fortnight at Cannes this year.The film will be released theatrically and at the same time on video on demand cable platforms in the US as part of IFC First Take programme.Julianne ...
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Affleck, Connelly, Meron and Zadan get Hollywood Awards
Ben Affleck will be named Hollywood Breakthrough Director Of The Year, Jennifer Connelly Hollywood Supporting Actress Of The Year and Neil Meron and Craig Zadan Hollywood Producers Of The Year at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony in Los Angeles on Oct 22.The awards show takes place at the close of ...
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Rome Extras sidebar to include Malick conversation
The Rome Film Fest's Extra section - one of the festival's primary sidebars, has unveiled its packed and diverse line-up.While the Fest will present main stream filmgoers-fare in the Premiere and Cinema 07 line-ups next week, Extra serves as Rome's experimental portal. Artistic director Mario Sesti told ScreenDaily.com that Extra ...
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Art Of Crying and A Man's Job enter foreign Oscar race
Danish director Peter Schonau Fog's The Art of Crying (Kunsten at gaede i kor) and Finnish director Aleksi Salmenpera's A Man's Job (Miehen tyo) have joined the race for consideration for the Best Foreign-Language Oscar.Both are also nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize.Fog's feature debut, which was selected by ...
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Korean trio makes splash in Screen International chart
Korean films made a big impact on the international chart this weekend together accounting for 5.4% of the international revenue from the top-40 films over the three-day period.Kidnapping Granny K, Two Faces Of My Girlfriend and The Happy Life all made the top 25 films at the weekend, having only ...
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Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart wins Frankfurt Book Fair award
At the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, director Michael Winterbottom will receive the award for Best International Literary Film Adaptation for A Mighty Heart.The award, to be given Oct 12, comes with a $14,000 (Euros 10,000) prize. Winterbottom's film, which premiered at Cannes, is based on the 2003 book of ...
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Yamada to shoot kabuki feature for Shochiku
Shochiku has announced that famed Japanese director Yoji Yamada will shoot a feature film version of a live kabuki performance next month, which is intended for theatrical release Two different performances of classic stories Renshishi and Ninjo-banashi Bunshichimottoi will be filmed at the Shimbashi Enbujo theatre, starring Japan 's most ...
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Atonement joins line-up at Dinard's British Film Festival
The Festival of British Film in Dinard has announced further films in its line-up.Titles added to the previously announced Avant Premiere section include: Joe Wright's Atonement, Anand Tucker's And When Did You Last See Your Father, and Bille Eltringham's Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution.As reported last week, Dinard (Oct 4-7) will open ...
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Liu Ye joins cast of Lu Chuan'sNanking! Nanking!
Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan's war drama Nanking ! Nanking ! started shooting in Changchun city in north-east China yesterday, with Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan and Qin Lan heading the cast. Liu previously starred in Zhang Yimou's Curse Of The Golden Flower and Chen Kaige's The Promise, while Gao is best ...
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Internationalmedia plans 'new beginning' with strategic investor
Following the debacle of the cancellation of shooting on Jan de Bont's action thriller Stopping Power last month, the IM Internationalmedia Group has signed a deal memo with the strategic investor R Media Acquisition LLC for a reorganisation of the group's activities - including the divestment of its interest in ...
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The Edge Of Heavenis German Oscar entry
Fatih Akin's The Edge Of Heaven (Auf Der Anderen Seite), which had its world premiere in this year's official competition in Cannes, has been selected as Germany's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 80th Academy Awards. Akin's film had its North American premiere last week in ...
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Stockholm opens with Swedish film for the first time
The Stockholm Film Festival (Nov 15-25) is to open with Josef Fares' Leo - the first time the event has launched with a Swedish film.Leo is Fares' fourth feature, following Jalla! Jalla! (2000), Kops (2003) and the Nordic Council prizewinning Zozo (2005).The film is a thriller tarring Leonard Terfelt, Shahab ...
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Run, Fat Boy, Run strolls to second UK chart-topping weekend
Run, Fat Boy, Run topped the UK chart for a second weekend, grossing $3.1m (£1.5m) from 411 sites, making its total $9.1m to date in the territory. Click here to see chart.The film, released by Entertainment Film Distributors, may have fallen by 23% but still beat Sony Pictures Releasing International's ...