All Production articles – Page 401
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NewsLunchbox, '71 producers selected for OMDC's IFF
Forty Canadian and international producers will head to the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s annual International Financing Forum in Toronto.
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NewsThai studios team for Transformation
Four Thai film companies – M Pictures, Bangkok Film Studio, True I-Content and Matching Studio – have joined forces to create a new studio, Transformation Films, with the aim of helping expand the Thai film industry at an international level.
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NewsShooting begins on M:I5
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions top brass said principal photography has commenced on the fifth instalment in the Tom Cruise franchise.
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NewsAmazon buys video portal Twitch
Indicating a possible deep dive into web video, Amazon is paying close to $1bn for Twitch Interactive, the online platform that allows people to watch others play video games.
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NewsLotus hires Pivot writer-director
Ed Gass-Donnelly will write and direct the sci-fi thriller Pivot. Lotus Entertainment will handle international sales.
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FeaturesMichel Hazanavicius, The Search
The Oscar-winning director of The Artist talks about his latest film and shares his concerns that “there will be fewer movies than there used to be”.
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NewsSarajevo: co-producing with the UK
UK industry representatives arrive in Sarajevo as part of CineLink Partner Country initiative
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NewsFrom The Dark wraps in Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: MPI/Dark Sky Films and Workshed Films have completed principal photography on Conor McMahon’s horror story in Laois, Ireland.
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NewsOmnibus to mark Singapore's 50th
Seven award-winning directors led by Royston Tan are set to create an omnibus film celebrating the 50th anniversary of Singapore and its people.
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NewsSundance Institute names New Frontier co-heads
Sundance Institute executives have named Shari Frilot and Kamal Sinclair co-directors of New Frontier in a bid to deepen the organisation’s commitment to the programme.
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NewsSean Astin, daughter sign for Bad Kids 2
In a week of stars committing to projects with their daughters, Sean Astin and Ali Astin have signed on to star in the comedy-horror sequel Bad Kids Go 2 Hell.
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NewsShane Black joins Sony’s The Destroyer
The Iron Man 3 director is on board the adaptation of the novels about a former police officer who gets signed up to a secret government arm.
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NewsLD Entertainment’s Clavius cast bulks up
Peter Firth, Spain’s Leonor Watling, Antonio Gil and Maria Botto and New Zealand’s Cliff Curtis have joined LD Entertainment’s Biblical thriller.
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NewsSarajevo: co-production challenges debated
The first of Sarajevo’s Industry Days featured a discussion on the challenges of international co-production.
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NewsStrategic Partners sets panels
Atlantic Film Festival market Strategic Partners top brass have announced the panels for the event, set to run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from September 11-14.
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NewsC4 orders series from Spielberg writer
Political thriller from Matt Charman, writer of Spielberg’s next film.
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NewsAFI DWW to expand beyond shorts
The AFI Directing Workshop for Women (AFI DWW) is to launch an episodic programme.
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NewsKen Jeong to star in celebrity satire
Hyde Park Entertainment, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, and WWE Studios are to co-produce the comedy Untitled Celebrity Death Pool starring Ken Jeong. Hyde Park International handles sales outside the US.
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NewsJohn Stevenson to direct Noah’s Ark
Unified Pictures has hired Ku Fu Panda director John Stevenson to make its first CGI feature.
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NewsSundance Institute names fellows
Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound have announced the directors and composers selected for the second of two Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound.