All articles by Orlando Parfitt – Page 28
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NewsBen Affleck to star in Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Hypnotic’ for Solstice Studios, Studio 8
The project is the first film green lit under the Studio 8 and Solstice Studios strategic partnership.
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NewsAcademy responds to Nigerian Oscar entry ‘Lionheart’ ruling (update)
Film ruled out of international feature race by Academy for containing too much English dialogue.
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NewsJodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley join Kevin Macdonald’s 'Prisoner 760'
BBC Films developed the project and financed alongside 30West and Topic Studios.
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NewsThe UK’s Pinewood Group confirms plans to pull out of Wales
weePinewood Group will stop operating its Cardiff site next year.
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News‘Game Of Thrones’ creators drop out of ‘Star Wars’ to focus on Netflix projects
“There are only so many hours in the day, and we felt we could not do justice to both Star Wars and our Netflix projects.”
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NewsRachel Weisz to star as Elizabeth Taylor in ‘A Special Relationship’ for See-Saw Films
The project is directed by Bert&Bertie and written by Simon Beaufoy.
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NewsCannes mayor unveils major revamp plans, including expanding Palais
The mayor of Cannes David Lisnard has announced a €500m ($555m) project to revamp the French city.
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NewsGotham Awards: 'Marriage Story', 'Uncut Gems', 'The Farewell' lead 2019 nominations
Also up for best feature are Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers and Trey Edward Shults’ Waves.
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News‘Supernova’ starring Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci wraps, scores deals for The Bureau
The drama has been filming near Keswick in the UK’s Lake District.
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NewsIDFA unveils 2019 competition line-up, record female representation
Festival brass say 64% of competition titles directed by women, representing record 47% of total programme.
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NewsIndie film sector vital in supporting UK production boom, says study (exclusive)
For those working in UK-based inward investment films, 41% of career credits came from working on independent films.
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NewsColombian thriller 'Monos' wins top prize at 2019 BFI London Film Festival
Meanwhile Mati Diop’s Atlantics wins Sutherland Award in First Feature Competition.
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News‘Sound Of Metal’ wins top prize at Zurich Film Festival
Romanian director Alexander Nana’s Collective won the international documentary film prize.
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NewsCurzon, BBC strike UK deal on Claire Oakley’s LFF premiere ‘Make Up’ (exclusive)
BBC to make the film available eight weeks after the cinema release.
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NewsNetflix reports significant UK growth in 2018
Revenue for the streaming giant last year was up 44% compared to 2017, from €26.9m to €48m ($53m). Profits rose 37% to €2.34m, compared to €1.5m in the previous year.
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NewsStudiocanal, Heyday Films team up for ‘Pippi Longstocking’ feature
’Paddington’ collaborators are in early development on a film version of the classic children’s books alongside the Astrid Lindgren Company.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival reveals 2019 competition juries
Colette director Wash Westmoreland will lead the official competition jury.
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NewsMarvel chief Kevin Feige developing ‘Star Wars’ movie for Lucasfilm
Feige will work with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy on the project.
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NewsBFI selects participants for 2019 LFF development programme (exclusive)
Scheme now its sixth year.
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NewsNiamh Algar to star in Prano Bailey-Bond’s ‘Censor’; Protagonist boards sales
Both Algar and Bailey-Bond were Screen Stars Of Tomorrow in 2018.