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Noe to set English-language debut in Japan
Pathe will produce the nextfilm from controversial French director Gaspar Noe. Enter The Void is an English-language Euros 10m film which isgearing up to shoot late this year.Noe, a notoriouslymeticulous filmmaker, is preparing to shoot in Japan and France. The two leadroles will be filled by unknowns and a large ...
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FilmFour fast-tracks Glazer's Under The Skin
In Cannes with three filmsin official selection, the UK's FilmFour has confirmed it is fast-tracking UnderThe Skin, the new project fromwriter Milo Addica (The King) anddirector Jonathan Glazer. Addica is UK-bound followingCannes to further develop the screenplay with Glazer. A visual effects team isalready at work on designs for the ...
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Moviehouse to sell Fiennes starring tale of sexual obsession
Moviehouse Entertainment has been appointed to handle overseas sales on WhoKilled Norma Barnes', a contemporary tale of sexual obsession starringRalph Fiennes, Emily Mortimer, Emily Blunt and Ciaran Hinds.Director Malcolm McKay, best known for big-budget BBC dramas such as Gormenghast, is to startshooting the $6m production in the autumn. An adaptation ...
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Filmauro shoots wide with US-set Morte
Aurelio De Laurentiis's Romeand LA-based production and distribution company Filmauro is lining up a slateof international and Italian titles, including films by hot Italian directorsDavide Ferrario and Carlo Verdone.De Laurentiis, who last yearproduced Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow, has bought rights toMassimo Carlotto's novel, L'Oscura Immensita' della Morte. ...
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Filmexport touched by the hand of Maradona
RobertoDi Girolamo's Filmexport has taken worldwide rights to Marco Risi's upcoming$18m biopic, Maradona, which starts shooting next month.Thelong-gestating picture traces the life of the 44-year-old football icon, wholed Argentina's win in the 1986 World Cup but almost died of cocaine overdosesin 2000 and 2004. Rights to the script, including funds ...
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Stars warm up Frost production
Sopranos star Michael Imperioli and Frenchactress Irene Jacob have signed up to star in Paul Auster's upcoming TheInner Life Of Martin Frost. Manchurian Candidatestar Liev Schreiber is tipped to join them.The Euros3.5m film will start shooting in September and is produced by Gemini's PaoloBranco, Auster and Peter Newman who ...
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Auster rounds out cast for Inner Life
Sopranos star Michael Imperioli and French actress IreneJacob have signed up to star in Paul Auster's upcoming The Inner Life OfMartin Frost. Manchurian Candidate star Liev Schreiber is tipped to join them.The Euros 3.5m film willstart shooting in September and is produced by Gemini's Paolo Branco, Austerand Peter Newman who ...
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Australian film industry wins extra government funding
The Australian Government hasdelivered on an election promise to boost its backing for the local filmindustry.Film Finance CorporationAustralia (FFC) will receive A$70.5 million for independent film and televisionproduction in 2005/06, including an additional A$10 million earmarked forfeatures.This will equate to aboutA$40m that can be set aside for backing films.The Howard ...
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Ferretti named as Venice festival jury president
Legendary production designer Dante Ferretti, who has worked on filmsfrom Fellini's Satyricon to Scorsese's The Aviator, has been namedpresident of the international jury at this year's 62nd annualedition of the Venice Film Festival (Aug 31-Sept 10).Venice Biennale president Davide Croff and Mostra director Marco Muellermade the announcement at the Cannes ...
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Summer Of Love to open Sydney festival
PawelPawlikowski's My Summer Of Love will kick off the 52nd Sydney Film Festival on June10. TheBAFTA-winning film is the first of more than 170 films from around 40 countrieslined up by festival director Lynden Barber. The Sydney festwraps on June 25.
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Mandate moves Slither, Whisper sales
Joe Drake's Mandate Pictureshas struck a raft of major territory sales on Gold Circle Films' horror titles Slither and Whisper.Whisper has been sold toConcorde Films for Germany, Metropolitan Films for France, Vertigo Films forSpain, Pyramid for CIS and Paradiso for Benelux. UniversalPictures will release in the US and Gold Circle ...
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Karmitz heads to China, son takes the reigns at MK2
Veteran jack of all filmtrades Marin Karmitz is turning over the bulk of his business to son Nathaniel.Karmitz told Screen it was"change, but with continuity".Nathaniel Karmitz has beenat MK2 for ten years and was notably responsible for making the DVD label ahit. He has just been promoted to deputy managing ...
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South Africa, UK start co-production treaty talks
SouthAfrica is in talks about a co-production treaty with the UK, according to theorganisation spearheading the development of South Africanfilm.NationalFilm and Video Foundation (NFVF) chief executive Eddie Mbalo told a Cannespress conference that the UK would be added to similar agreements already beensigned with Italy, Germany and Canada."People have long ...
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UK sales outfit keeps an eye on Latin America
London sales outfit One EyedFilms, a Brazilian film specialist, has broadened its scope to include filmsfrom across Latin America and makes its Cannes debut with three multipleaward-winning titles on its slate.Among its firstSpanish-language pick-ups is Uruguayan film Alma Mater, a Rosemary'sBaby-like tale about a woman who believes she may be ...
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Arclight launches North American distribution arm
Arclight Filmshas launched Arclight Releasing, a full-service North American distributioncompany that will be managed by former Artisan and Lions Gate acquisitionsexecutive Paul Gardner.The company willchiefly acquire programming for the sell-through market, however it will alsohandle limited theatrical releases and service the pay/cable broadcast,video-on-demand and pay-per-view markets.Initial plans are for theunit ...
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French pair launch Borsalino with focus on Asian film
Wild Bunch salesexecutive Gael Nouaille and Laurent Baudens, formerly of Gemini Films, are inCannes christening a new company which will specialise in the distribution ofvideo and TV rights for Asian films. Callingthemselves Borsalino, the two will focus on getting Asian catalogue films toaudiences in Latin American which Nouaille and Baudens ...
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Plague for Van Der Beek
James Van Der Beek will starin the upcoming thriller Plaguefor Clive Barker's Midnight Picture Show banner, which is being jointlyfinanced by Wall Street-based film equity fund D H Blair Film Capital Fund andArmada Pictures International.Beverly Hills-based ArmadaPictures International is handling worldwide sales on the project, which is setto go before ...
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Gilliam makes Grimm return to the big screen
TerryGilliam hasn't released a film for seven years but he's fielding two in 2005 - Tidelandand The Brothers Grimm, set for a splashy bow today whenMiramax unspools 20 minutes of footage in Cannes with Gilliam, star MonicaBellucci and producer Chuck Roven in attendance.The Grimm tale is typicalGilliam country, an ambitious ...
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Hanway takes on sales for Forman's Goya biopic
London's Hanway Films hasboarded Milos Forman's Goya biopic Goya's Ghosts as international sales agent. The film marks areunion between Zaentz and Forman who previously teamed on AcademyAward-festooned One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus.The film is scheduled tostart in Spain in September. Cannes Jury member Javier Bardem and NathaliePortman ...
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Caplan goes on spending spree for UK Film Council
Weeks after she was appointed as the head of the UK Film Council'sPremiere Fund, Sally Caplan has already made a handful of sizable investments. The Fund, itemerged in Cannes, is backing Severance, the latest horror picture from Chris Smith (Creep), backed by Qwerty Films and sold byHanway.Caplan is alsoinvesting in ...