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Germany: inward production
Germany has it all: a wide diversity of locations and the sophisticated production facilities and infrastructure found in the three major film-making hubs of Munich, Cologne and Berlin-Brandenburg. Having recently hosted the likes of The Bourne Ultimatum and Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, Germany got more attractive with the ...
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Hungary: inward production
Although it offers a 20% tax rebate on film production, Hungary has been hampered in the past by its lack of studio space. This could be set to change. The new Korda Film Studio in Etyek, about half an hour's drive from Budapest, is expected to host Hellboy 2 this ...
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Ireland: inward production
Historically, Ireland has managed to attract high-end international productions, such as Mel Gibson's Braveheart and Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. But the territory's bidding position has been undermined by a strong euro and a weak US dollar.The Irish Film Board recently established an office in LA under the management of ...
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New Zealand: inward production
During the past year, New Zealand has played host to a range of ambitious projects, including Warner Bros' epic 10,000 B.C., directed by Roland Emmerich. James Cameron, meanwhile, is in pre-production on his long-awaited Avatar.Although a lack of studio space is an issue, a significant attraction has been the Large ...
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Mexico: inward production
With its proximity to Los Angeles and its low costs, Mexico has long benefited from footloose US productions. The Mexican government recently dissolved the Mexican Film Commission because it wants to redefine its function.In the interim, Hugo Villa Smythe (pictured) of the Mexican Film Institute Imcine is in charge of ...
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Thailand: inward production
Thanks to its lush settings, Thailand has long been a prime location. Despite the devastating tsunami in 2004, last year's military coup and the more recent Bangkok bombings, the territory is still attracting production.Recent high-profile shoots include the remake of Bangkok Dangerous starring Nicolas Cage, and Ridley Scott's American Gangster, ...
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Spain: inward production
Spain has attracted a growing number of high-profile international productions, many of which turn to local companies such as KanZaman or Filmax as Spanish co-producers, bringing in local subsidies. The Spain Film Commission was created in 2001 to unite film commissions across Spain. Carlos Rosado, the head of the Andalusia ...
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Malta: inward production
In recent years, Malta has successfully attracted some ambitious projects, such as Troy and Munich. The Mediterranean island may offer tax credits, ocean-side water tanks, sunshine and plenty of spectacular locations but the challenge now is to lure big US projects in the face of heavy competition from Eastern European ...
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UK: inward production
The UK has been a popular location for major US and international productions for decades. But with uncertainty in recent years over the territory's tax incentives and a clampdown on Gaap financing, Colin Brown - who was appointed in December 2006 - will need to convince US studios of the ...
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Sky signs up three-year deal with Spyglass Entertainment
UK-based BSkyB has struck a new, three-year output deal with Spyglass Entertainment, which covers up to 15 Spylass-produced titles from 2008. Spyglass's past hits have included Seabiscuit, Memoirs Of A Geisha, Bruce Almighty and The Sixth Sense. The deal covers both Sky Movies paid broadcast rights (including HD broadcasts) and ...
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Ascot Elite Home Entertainment partners with MFA+
Stuttgart-based independent Ascot Elite Home Entertainment has entered a long-term partnership with German theatrical distributor MFA + FilmDistribution to handle the home entertainment rental and sell-through distribution and marketing of selected MFA + titles in all German-speaking territories. It will begin in the coming months with the Colombian box-office hit ...
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Chan exits Hong Kong's Media Asia Distribution
Jeffrey Chan, head of distribution and sales at Hong Kong producer-distributor Media Asia, is leaving his position after five years with the company. Chan, whose last day will be Saturday (March 31), hasn't announced his next move and said he would be taking a short break in the interim. Media ...
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Lost star Yunjin Kim joins cast of Prime's Seven Days
Korean crossover actress Yunjin Kim is attached to star in Prime Entertainment's crime thriller Seven Days (working title). Best known for her performances in the hit TV series Lost from US network ABC, she first garnered attention with her role in the watershed 1999 hit Shiri. Seven Days will be ...
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Cineclick Asia seals raft of deals at Hong Kong Filmart
Korean sales agent Cineclick Asia has announced a slew of sales concluded at Hong Kong Filmart last week, led by deals on Kim Ki-duk's upcoming title Breath and recent Berlinale Golden Bear winner Tuya's Marriage. Featuring Taiwanese star Chang Chen, Kim's fourteenth title Breath was sold to France 's ARP ...
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Potboiler to follow Gardener with Le Carre's Mission Song
Following its successful adaptation of John Le Carre's The Constant Gardener, Simon Channing Williams and Gail Egan's London-based Potboiler Productions is preparing a new film based on Le Carre's latest book, The Mission Song. Joe Fisher, writer of acclaimed TV drama Soundproof and of 1998's The Tichborne Claimant, is scripting ...
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Shear leaves The Works to take new sales post at Revolver
David Shear is leaving his post as head of sales at The Works UK Distribution to become sales director of Revolver Entertainment. He starts the newly created post on June 11 and will be responsible for Revolver's theatrical strategy. Before joining The Works' theatrical distribution arm, Shear was head of ...
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UK actor cast in male lead for next Oskar Roehler project
UK actor Ray Fearon, who appeared in the soap opera Coronation Street and Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, has been cast as the male lead for German director Oskar Roehler's next feature Lulu And Jimi, to follow his 2006 Berlinale competition film Elementary Particles (Elementarteilchen). Fearon, who is currently ...
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Warner Bros to co-produce release new Til Schweiger project
Warner Bros' German office is serving as co-producer and distributor on actor-director-producer Til Schweiger's new feature film Keinohrhasen which begins principal photography on location in Berlin today. Produced by Schweiger and Tom Zickler's production company Barefoot Films with Warner Bros Film and private broadcaster SAT.1, the romantic comedy was co-written ...
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Dafoe, Gruffudd, Panettiere join Senator's Fireflies
Willem Dafoe, Ioan Gruffudd and Hayden Panettiere have joined Julia Roberts, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ryan Reynolds and Emily Watson on Senator Entertainment's first self-financed US production, the drama Fireflies In The Garden. Shannon Lucio, and George Newbern have also boarded Dennis Lee's feature directorial debut, which is set for an Apr ...
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Tribeca Film Institute announces 2007 festival programmes
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) unveiled the 2007 festival prgrammes yesterday [March 28], which include the Tribeca Film Fellows programme, a gala screening of films by young New York film-makers entitled 'Our City, My Story', and an on-stage discussion with documentarian Albert Maysles.The third Tribeca Film Fellows Programme invites 20 ...