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Bauer Martinez takes new tactic with The Break-Up Guy
Bauer Martinez Studios isretooling its business plan to focus on self-generated material and plans tokick off this October with production of original comedy The Break-Up Guy scripted by David Drew Gallagher.Gallagher previously wrote BauerMartinez's upcoming Van Wilder 2: The Rise Of Taj.The romantic comedy scriptdeveloped from a pitch is the ...
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Manchevski's love story Bones lands at Bavaria
Bavaria Film International has taken worldwide rights toMilcho Manchevski's new picture, Bones. It is the Macedoniandirector's third feature after Dust, which opened theVenice Film Festival in 2001, and Before The Rain, which earnedan Oscar nomination and the Venice Golden Lion in 1994.Bones, which marks New York-based Manchevski's return to Macedonia,is ...
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McTiernan confirmed to direct Deadly Exchange for Film Bridge
John McTiernanhas been confirmed to direct the thriller Deadly Exchange,about a terrorist who infiltrates the US to hunt down the FBI agent that killedhis family.Ellen Wander'sUS-based Film Bridge International is selling rights here to the jointproduction with Anthony J Ridio Productions, and is overseeing financing.Production is setto being in Louisiana ...
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Firth, Weisz and McKellen sign on for The Colossus
Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen and Susan Sarandonhave signed on to star in The Colossus for director Sean Mathias.Katselas Films' political thriller is based on AnnHarries' novel Manly Pursuits. Lisa Katselas, who previously worked on RichardIII and MrsDalloway,will produce. Mathias co-wrote the screenplay with Myer Taub. The story follows ...
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Giordana plans Franco-Japanese co-production
Best of Youthdirector Marco Tullio Giordana's next picture will be a $7m-$10mFrench-language adaptation of cult author Amelie Northomb's period novel, Mercure.''The story centres on a girl disfigured by abomb who mustn't see the reflection' of her own faceFabrizio 'Mosca of Rome-based Titti Film willproduce, having previously worked with the director ...
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London Film Focus will feature a dozen world premieres
A dozen world premieres are among around 40 filmsscreening at this year's London UK Film Focus (LUFF). The third edition of the event runs from June 26-29,attracting distributors from around the world to see UK product. Among the titles likely to pique the curiosity of thebuyers are Life & Lyrics ...
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Optimum takes UK rights for seven features
UK distributor Optimum hasacquired UK rights to seven new features.The distributor has come onboard FilmFour's Brick Lanedirected by Sarah Gavron, which will start shooting in June. Also in the pre-productionstage, Optimum has taken Day of the Dead, a horror film directed by Steve Miner for Nu Image/Millennium Films.From Europa Corp, ...
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UK's Warp X unveils first six low-budget features
FilmFour, the UK FilmCouncil's New Cinema Fund, Screen Yorkshire, EM Media and Optimum Releasinghave announced the first projects planned for their low-budget studio Warp X. The first film to be shotfor Warp X will be Travels With My Virginity, a comedy about a teenager hitchhiking in ruralFrance in 1978. The ...
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Shepperton Studios set to host Pullman film
The new UK tax credit looksto have already paid dividends, luring New Line's $150m adaptation of PhilipPullman's His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass away from the Czech Republic to Shepperton Studiosjust outside LondonThe prospect is bound toprovide a major boost to the British studio sector following a lengthy periodof uncertainty ...
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Moviehouse takes on sales for Jerusalema
London-based salesoutfit Moviehouse Entertainment has boarded the new South African film Jerusalema, by writer-director Ralph Ziman.The film is based on realevents and is set in contemporary Johannesburg. It tells of the rise and fallof a notorious Robin Hood gangster figure Lucky Kunene.Jerusalema began shooting onMay 8 and continues for 10 ...
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Producers Guild of America sets date for January 20 awards
The 2007 Producers Guild of America's awards ceremony will take placein Los Angeles on January 20.The annual event will be staged at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza inCentury City on Jan 20.Nominations will be announced on January 4.
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Ireton promoted to president and representative director of Warner Japan
William Iretonhas been promoted to president and representative director of WarnerEntertainment Japan.Ireton assumesbroad oversight of all of the studio's business activities in Japan, a remitthat encompasses theatrical and home entertainment operations, consumerproducts, online and emerging distribution technologies.He will reportthrough executive vice president of international Richard Fox to chairman andchief operating ...
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Paramount brands specialised label as Paramount Vantage
Paramount unveiled its new division Paramount Vantage at a high-profile reception heretonight.Vantage willencompass Paramount Classics and will release approximately 8-10 films each year said John Lesher, who heads up both divisions.The first Vantagerelease will be Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Babel,which receives its world premiere here on Tuesday and opens in North ...
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Thomas Vinterberg plans Danish comedy
After twointernational projects -- It's All About Love and Dear Wendy -- Thomas Vinterberg will return to Denmark to shoothis next feature, a comedy entitled A Man Comes Home."I'm making a Danishmovie with all my friends and it's gonna be a rather silly film about sex, loveand foolishness in general," ...
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David and Kastner launch UK-based sales company 111 with Opa!
Alki David and ElliottKastner have launched 111 pictures, a new sales company kicking off in Cannes.The company's first title isUdayan Prasad's Opa!, a romanticcomedy about an American archaeologist (Matthew Modine) who falls in love witha local woman (Agni Scott) when he takes a research trip to a Greek island. TheUS-UK ...
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Element Films locks 13 deals on The Last Time
John Fremes' Element FilmsInternational (EFI) has closed key deals in Cannes on drama The Last Time starring Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser andAmber Valletta.Fremes is showing footage tobuyers on Michael Caleo's tale of a top salesman who falls for his protege'sgirlfriend. The project is in post-production.Adam Rosenfelt, president ofUS-based production company ...
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Brazil and Australia deals struck for 3 Needles: The Director's Cut
Canada's Emotion Pictureshas sold Bigfoot Entertainment's award-winning drama 3 Needles: TheDirector's Cut to ForceEntertainment for Australia and New Zealand and California Filmes for Brazil.US rights were recently sold to Wolfe Releasing in partnership with CovingtonUSA.Written and directed by ThomFitzgerald the film tells three separate stories that illustrate how HIVtransmission is ...
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Swank takes lead in Alcon production
Double Oscar winner Hilary Swank has signed to star inPS, I Love You, the forthcoming film ofCecelia Ahern's bestseller which is being produced by Alcon Entertainment,released domestically by Warner Bros and sold here by SummitEntertainment.Another Oscar winner Richard LaGravanese, who isdirector of one of the segments in Un Certain Regard ...
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Summit sets up Latin American distribution operation
Leading LA production,financing and sales house Summit Entertainment has set up its own LatinAmerican distribution operation in alliance with LA-based Pedro Rodriguez whoformerly ran the Latin distribution consortium Nu Vision Network.The outfit, calledInternational Distribution Company (IDC), has set up a fixed structure ofdistribution partners in each Latin territory which will ...
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Garcia, Cassel to star in Annaud's His Majesty Minor
Veteran directorJean-Jacques Annaud has announced plans for his next film, HisMajesty Minor, to begin shooting inSeptember.Starring Jose Garcia andVincent Cassel, the film will shoot in French on a $38m (Euros 30m)budget. Annaud spoke to members of the press on Thursday morning and explainedhis decision to return to the French language ...