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NewsRussian government could tax foreign film releases
The Russian government is considering introducing a new system for collecting of charges on income from distribution and exhibition of every certified film, with further investment of these funds for the needs of the domestic film industry.
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Paramount options futuristic young adult novel Earthseed
Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg will adapt the story and will produce through her Tall Girls Productions.
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Sharni Vinson joins Snoot’s You’re Next
The rising Australian star of Step Up 3D comes on board as the home invasion thriller commenced shooting on Tuesday [29] in Missouri.
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NewsCinemaCon: Arab Spring forces Disney to put brakes on Jordan project
Disney top brass are revising the release strategy for an “inspirational” local language football drama following the wave of unrest across the Arab world.
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NewsNorth Carolina shoot on Hick gets underway
Chloe Grace Moretz, Blake Lively and Eddie Redmayne star in the story of a precocious youngster who travels across the US with a glamorous young woman.
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NewsAWP completes principal photography on Sand Sharks
LA-based American World Pictures’ sci-fi feature is directed by Mark Atkins and stars Corin Nemec and Brooke Hogan.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
This week a werewolf invades Galicia in Juan Martínez Moreno’s horror comedy and two teenagers kidnap their teacher in Safy Nebbou’s new feature set in France.
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NewsZbanic receives $593,580 from Croatia for Love Island
Jasmila Zbanic’s new project Love Island has received $593,580 at the Croatian Audiovisual Centre’s competition for funding of film productions.
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NewsLars von Trier considers Nymphomaniac project
The film could be his most controversial to date, about a woman who discovers her eroticism.
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Lionsgate sets director for What To Expect When You're Expecting
The studio has hired Kirk Jones of Nanny McPhee and Waking Ned Devine fame to direct the ensemble rom-com based on Heidi Murkoff’s bestselling maternity manual.
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NewsSpain’s Lazona to adapt Ugly Duckling series for big screen
Madrid based outfit Lazona is in development on two new projects, one a coming-of-age comedy with popular director Roberto Santiago and the other a film adaptation of the International Emmy-nominated series Ugly Duckling (Patito Feo).
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NewsTornasol to work with Cell 211 director Daniel Monzon on murder mystery
Spanish outfit Tornasol Films, producers of Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes, will work on an English-language murder mystery film with director Daniel Monzon, hot off his huge success with Cell 211.
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NewsUK chancellor to extend Enterprise Investment Scheme
New EIS rules could be a major boost for UK production companies looking to raise private financing for films; government also sets up new Creative Industries Council.
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NewsAuteuil plans three more Pagnol adaptations with AS Films, Pathe
Daniel Auteuil is planning a series of three new films based on Marcel Pagnol’s plays Marius, Fanny and Cesar.
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NewsSecond Babylon programme to kick off for European, African filmmakers
The second annual Babylon International programme for European and African filmmakers, run by Scenario Films, is set to launch in Berlin in May.
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NewsBrit actors join cast of Clash Of The Titans sequel
Rosamund Pike, Toby Kebbell and Bill Nighy have joined the cast of Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ Clash Of The Titans 2, which has just started shooting at Shepperton Studios in the UK.
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NewsRickman, Courtenay join Gambit cast for Crime Scene
Alan Rickman and Tom Courtenay have joined the crime caper as the producers prepare for a May start in London before ultimately moving on to New Mexico.
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NewsGold Harbour to produce Give Me Five in 3D
Hong Kong’s Gold Harbour International Films is to produce $1.92m (HK$15m) Give Me Five to be shot in stereoscopic 3D, with a cast led by Josie Ho (The Courier), Taiwan’s Jiro Wang and mainland actors Siqin Gaowa and Sun Li.
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NewsApichatpong to produce Concrete Clouds
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of best film at Monday’s Asian Film Awards, has boarded Lee Chatametikool’s Concrete Clouds as a producer.
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NewsJia Zhangke urges China to revise technical requirements
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has called for the Chinese government to abolish the country’s technical qualification requirements which mean that only films of a certain technical quality can be submitted for the censorship process.