All Production articles – Page 725
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NewsSony reboots Spider-Man as Raimi, Maguire leave franchise
Sony has abandoned plans to release Spider-Man 4 in summer 2011 and will reboot the franchise a year later following the departure of Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire.
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Greece takes over European Audiovisual Observatory presidency
The European Audiovisual Observatory has announced that Greece will hold its presidency for 2010.
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NewsHinduja Group to invest $55m in content over next three years
The Hinduja Group, the banking group with media interests, has announced plans to invest $55m (Rs 2.5bn) in the content business over the next two to three years.
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NewsRegency Films relaunches as Raw Production London
Production company Regency Films is relaunching as Raw Production London. The company says the new name aims to reflect its “gritty, truthful films”.
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FeaturesPunk's poet lives again
Mat Whitecross’s sex&drugs&rock&rollis the latest UK film to draw on the territory’s musical heritage for inspiration. Sarah Cooper looks at how the project came together
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NewsAlta Films picks up Oskar Santos’ El Mal Ajeno for Spain
Leading distributor Alta Films has taken Spanish theatrical rights to Oskar Santos’ hotly anticipated feature debut El Mal Ajeno, produced by director Alejandro Amenabar (pictured).
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NewsWarner Bros boards remake rights to Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
Warner Bros has picked up English-language remake rights to CJ Entertainment’s South Korean hit Sympathy For Mr Vengeance.
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NewsSaoirse Ronan reunites with Joe Wright on Hanna for Focus Features
Focus Features has confirmed Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan will reunite with Atonement director Joe Wright in the lead role in Hanna.
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NewsHong Kong Asia financing forum selects 25 projects for 8th edition
Projects by veteran Japanese film-maker Suzuki Seijin and Leon Dai (pictured), the Taiwanese director, among those selected for the 8th Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) 2010.
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NewsJonathan Levine, Anna Kendrick board Mandate's cancer comedy
Mandate Pictures has hired Jonathan Levine to direct and Golden Globe nominee Anna Kendrick to star in its untitled James McAvoy and Seth Rogen comedy.
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NewsSingapore’s Zhao Wei Films builds Sandcastle
Singaporean production outfit Zhao Wei Films, founded by filmmaker Eric Khoo and James Toh, is set to start shooting Sandcastle, the debut feature from award-winning shorts director Boo Junfeng (pictured), on Jan 2, 2010.
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NewsMankell to develop Ingmar Bergman drama
Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell is to write a drama series on the life of iconic director Ingmar Bergman (pictured). The series will be shown by national broadcaster Sveriges Television (STV) in 2012.
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NewsVeteran Spanish producer Tedy Villalba dies aged 74
Renowned Spanish producer Tedy Villalba has died in Madrid after a long period of ill health. He was 74 years old.
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NewsCanal Plus increases spend on European film production
Canal Plus has announced the signature of a new accord with the French film industry that will see the pay-TV giant invest more of its annual revenue in film production.
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NewsAmbush boards superhero project Super with Kevin Bacon, Rainn Wilson
Miranda Bailey’s LA-based Ambush Entertainment has joined Ted Hope’s This Is That as producing partner on Super, which has just attached Kevin Bacon and is shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, through January
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NewsLocarno announces Central Asia focus for 2010 Open Doors
The Locarno International Film Festival has announced that the next edition of its co-production lab, Open Doors, will focus on Central Asia.
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FeaturesPassion Projects
Passion Pictures’ John Battsek and Red Box Films’ Simon Chinn talk to Sarah Cooper about their new UK producing partnership formed for Oscar winner James Marsh’s next film
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NewsSony plans remake of Swedish Millennium crime series
Sony Pictures Entertainment is about to close a deal to option English-language remake rights to the Millennium Series, based on the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s crime novels.
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NewsScreen Australia supports first 3D title
Bait 3D, Burning Man and Blame have all received an early Christmas present of production cash from Screen Australia and a fourth feature has scored post-production investment.
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NewsSpanish director Antoni Sole to make English-language 3D horror
Barcelona-based director and producer Antoni Sole is set to shoot the horror film Web Cam in 3D with Michael Madsen, Robert Englund and Estella Warren attached to star.