All Production articles – Page 753

  • News

    Tribeca Sloan Fund gives $170,000 to five feature projects

    2009-04-25T15:30:00Z

    The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Sloan Filmmaker Fund has given a total of $170,000 to five film projects that integrate science into cinema.

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    Tribeca All Access wraps after 430 meetings, $55,000 in prizes

    2009-04-25T15:27:00Z

    Tribeca All Access, the year-round diversity initiative of the Tribeca Film Institute, handed out a total of $55,000 in cash prizes with its awards last night in New York.

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    Lucky Monkey Pictures adds The Land Of Enchantment to slate

    2009-04-24T11:05:00Z

    New York, London and Buenos Aires-based Lucky Monkey Pictures has lined up comedy The Land Of Enchantment to be directed by Hamlet 2’s Andy Fleming.

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    Potter star Jason Isaacs joins the cast of Skeletons

    2009-04-24T10:07:00Z

    Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, has joined the cast of Skeletons,which is currently shooting in Derbyshire. He joins cast members Ed Gaughan, Andrew Buckley andPaprika Steen.

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    Focus and Universal Pictures strike deal with UFA Cinema

    2009-04-24T10:05:00Z

    Focus Features International (FFI) and Universal Pictures International (UPI) have formed a distributionand co-financing partnership with German film production and distribution operationUFA Cinema(UFA).

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    Domenico Procacci announces film on 2001 G8 violence

    2009-04-24T09:59:00Z

    Domenico Procacci, the founder of independent production company Fandango, has announced anew project called Diaz. It will be based on the police raids at Diaz School during the anti-globalisation protests at the G8 summit in Genoa 2001.

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    Liv Ullman to star in Bergman sequel

    2009-04-24T09:43:00Z

    Norwegian director-actress Liv Ullmann, the muse of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, will star in Swedishdirector’s Stig Bjorkman’s Scenes From An Artistry (Scener Ur Ett Konstnärskap), the sequel to ImagesFrom The Playground (Bilder Från Lekstugan).

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    Summit hires David Slade to direct third Twilight film

    2009-04-23T18:22:00Z

    David Slade has been hired to direct The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third in Summit Entertainment’s Twilight series based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.

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    Shooting to start on Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

    2009-04-22T17:04:00Z

    Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll will start shooting on May 3 in London.

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    Imprint dials up Mirovision for US remake of Phone

    2009-04-22T16:55:00Z

    Seoul-based sales agent Mirovision has announced that it is teaming with LA-based Imprint Entertainment to co-produce a US remake of Ahn Byung-ki’s Korean horror film Phone.The film clocked up 2.2 million admissions on its local release in 2002 after a world premiere at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan).Mirovision ...

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    Nick Moran's The Kid to start filming in London

    2009-04-22T15:46:00Z

    The Kid, Nick Moran’s first film since Telstar, will begin shooting in London next week. The film isbased on the harrowing autobiography by Kevin Lewis, who is also writing the screenplay.

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    Senator and E1 Entertainment sign pact for Canada and UK

    2009-04-22T15:39:00Z

    Canada’s E1 Entertainment and Marco Weber’s new US releasing outfit Senator Distribution havesigned a six picture all-media distribution agreement for five films in Canada and one for the UK. Thedeal includes digital rights.

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    Swedish director Runge jumps from Simon And The Oaks

    2009-04-21T13:39:00Z

    Swedish award-winning director Björn Runge has walked out on the $5m (SEK 45m) production of Simon And The Oaks (Simon Och Ekarna), claiming the film’s producers were limiting his freedom.

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    Danish director Per Fly completes line-up for latest production

    2009-04-20T12:27:00Z

    Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist and Marcin Dorosinski, the Polish actress, have completed the cast forThe Woman That Dreamed About A Man, the new international production from Danish director PerFly.

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    In the Loop among 20 titles to get UKFC distribution support

    2009-04-20T12:19:00Z

    British films In the Loop and Is Anybody There? received Prints and Advertising funding from the UKFilm Council.

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    The Swedish Film Institute backs local productions

    2009-04-20T11:50:00Z

    The Swedish Film Institute is backing Johan Brisinger’s upcoming feature Among Us (Änglavakt) with$1m (SEK 8m). Michael Nyqvist, star of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, has already signed up to playthe lead.

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    GFI announces winter grant recipients

    2009-04-20T11:36:00Z

    The Global Film Initiative has chosen seven film-makers from a pool of 66 candidates from 33 countries to receive production funding during the winter 2009 granting cycle.

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    Film In Serbia launches at California's Locations Trade Show

    2009-04-19T10:49:00Z

    A consortium of more than 20 Serbian production companies backed by the USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project announced the conception of Film In Serbia at the Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica over the weekend.

  • Features

    Europe embraces 3D, but will it pay off?

    2009-04-17T18:14:00Z

    The Cannes film festival’s surprise choice of Pixar’s Up as its opening film this May sends a symbolic message. By embracing a 3D film, the world’s most prestigious film festival is underlining the point that 3D is now not only part of the mainstream but that it is respected by ...

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    Meet the new Dirty Harry

    2009-04-17T10:27:00Z

    On a grey February morning at Elstree film studios just outside London, the crew on the set of UK film Harry Brown are gearing up for a particularly harrowing scene. Michael Caine, on the other hand, is doing John Wayne impressions. It is appropriate, given the film is dubbed an ...