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Japan’s Nikkatsu to unleash Sushi Typhoon
Japanese studio Nikkatsu is launching an extreme gore label, Sushi Typhoon, to produce films from Japan’s leading cult directors including Takashi Miike (Yatterman) and Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police).
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NewsCelluloid Dreams boards films from Gansel, Wiseman
Celluloid Dreams is entering the AFM with a pair of sexy new films. We Are The Night comes from The Wave director Dennis Gansel and Rat Pack Filmproduktion. The Berlin-based female vampire drama stars Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt.
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NewsAlain Goldman mounts French Holocaust epic with Gaumont
Producer Alain Goldman has reteamed with Gaumont for his latest production, La Rafle (The Roundup). The $29.5m (€20m) film, directed by Roselyne Bosch, is what Goldman calls “the French Schindler’s List.”
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NewsPattinson, Kidman board Bel Ami for Protagonist
In an intriguing star pairing, Twilight sensation Robert Pattinson is teaming with Nicole Kidman to star in Bel Ami, the film of Guy De Maupassant’s erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction.
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NewsGerard Butler joins Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus
Scottish star Gerard Butler is to beef up the cast of Ralph Fiennes’ directorial début Coriolanus.
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NewsIntandem takes on Evie's Apple with Kurylenko
London-based film finance and international sales company Intandem Films has picked up worldwide rights to $8m romantic comedy Evie’sApple starring former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko.
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NewsScott Free appoints Channel 4 drama chief to lead European expansion
Scott Free, Ridley and Tony Scott’s production company, has appointed Channel 4 head of drama Liza Marshall to head its UK business as part of a European expansion.
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NewsMPower commences talks at AFM on Hello, I Love You
Steve McEveety’s LA-based Mpower Pictures will produce the tween romantic comedy Hello, I Love You to be directed by Sunu Gonera.
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NewsRadford walks off set of $10m Spanish civil war drama La Mula
The $10m (€6.8m) Spanish civil war drama La Mula has been left in turmoil after director Michael Radford walked off set due to a dispute between its co-producers.
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NewsEMP adds Stool Pigeon to star-studded AFM slate
Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures has started shooting The Stool Pigeon, featuring the team behind last year’s sleeper hit The Beast Stalker, one of four high-profile action films on the company’s AFM slate.
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NewsProduction underway in New Mexico on Overture and Exclusive's Let Me In
Production has begun in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Let Me In, Hammer Films’ English-language retelling of the Swedish vampire hit Let The Right One In that Overture Films will release in North America.
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NewsNiall MacCormick's Albatross starts shooting on the Isle of Man
Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, Felicity Jones and Peter Vaughn will star in coming of age drama Albatross, which starts shooting on the Isle of Man tomorrow (November 3).
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NewsShooting begins on Gustavo Ron's Ways To Live Forever
Greta Scacchi, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox and Phyllida Law will head up the cast of the film adaptation of Sally Nicholl’s novel Ways To Live Forever, which starts shooting in the North East region of the UK today ( November 2).
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NewsBrendan Gleeson joins Irish comedy thriller The Guard
Brendan Gleeson has joined Irish comedy thriller The Guard, which is written and directed by Ned Kelly writer John Michael McDonagh. Shooting has already begun in the west of Ireland.
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NewsJeon to star in remake of The Housemaid
Cannes award-winning actress Jeon Do-yeon is set to star in Im Sang-soo’s remake of the Korean classic thriller The Housemaid.
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NewsShooting underway on Basement with Danny Dyer
Principal photography is under way on psychological horror Basement, starring Danny Dyer, at Pinewood Studios.
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NewsBlack & Blue acquires remake rights to cult horror The Asphyx
Black & Blue Films has acquired the remake rights to 1971 cult horror film The Asphyx. It will be written and directed by Matthew McGuchan.
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FeaturesThe Station agents
Berlin-based producer Egoli Tossell Film has comfortably ramped up its activities to focus on $10m-$22m international films, scoring initial success this autumn with Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station. Martin Blaney reports
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NewsFormer Kinowelt marketing chief launches new venture
Georg Miros, the former head of marketing and sales at Kinowelt Filmverleih, has joined forces with local distributor Eduard Barnsteiner to launch distribution and production outfit Projektor Filmverleih und Filmproduktion.
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FeaturesHollywood Middle East
Imagenation Abu Dhabi has laid the groundwork to become a major backer of international features, striking partnerships with three well-capitalised US independents to co-finance slates of films. Chief executive Edward Borgerding and COO Stefan Brunner talk strategy with Mike Goodridge