All articles by Sarah Cooper – Page 37
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NewsPinewood revenues up 68% in first half of 2011; Snow White shooting
Pinewood has unveiled its strong interim results for the first half of 2011; production has also begun at the UK studio on Universal’s Snow White And The Huntsman, starring Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron.
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NewsFernando Meirelles' 360 to open 55th BFI London Film Festival
It will be the European premiere of the film, which stars Rachel Weisz, Jude Law and Sir Anthony Hopkins; Meirelles’ The Constant Gardener opened the LFF in 2005.
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NewsPaul Hills to direct psychological thriller The Power
The film about Satanic ritual abuse, is being sold internationally by Moviehouse.
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NewsElaine Constantine to direct debut feature Northern Soul
The fashion photographer and commercials director has attached Christian Mckay and Lisa Stansfield to her first feature which is being backed by post production house LipSync.
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NewsTyrannosaur, The Guard amongst Dinard competition titles
Hayley Atwell and Jaime Winstone will sit on the jury at the 22nd edition of the Dinard Film Festival, which promotes British films to French audiences.
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NewsProlific film and TV director Reza Badiyi dies, aged 81
The Iranian-born, US-based director set a record for directing the most hours of episodic series television.
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Hammer Horror screenwriter Jimmy Sangster dies
The British director, whose writing credits for the Hammer label included The Curse Of Frankenstein, has died aged 83.
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NewsCNP acquires studio space for London's creative companies
CNP is lanching a consultation process to find creative companies looking to fill the space, which will also feature live music, a screening room and pop-up restaurants.
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NewsScreen Star Alexandra Roach joins all British cast of Private Peaceful
Screen 2011 Star of Tomorrow Alexandra Roach will star in Private Peaceful, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, which begins shooting this week in the UK.
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FeaturesCockneys Vs Zombies
The first feature to come out of James Harris and Mark Lane’s production outfit The Tea Shop & Film Company is a zombie comedy adventure which is being distributed in the UK by Optimum Releasing.
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Dogwoof sets up website to support fire struck distributors
The site will promote other ways of accessing the films of the independent distributors whose stock was destroyed as a result of a fire during the London riots.
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News14th Strategic Partners co-production market unveils line-up
Agnieszka Holland, Michael Radford, Helen Mirren and Ryan Phillippe are amongst the talent attached to projects being showcased at the annual co-production event which takes place during the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax in September.
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FeaturesMike Downey and Sam Taylor
F&ME producers Mike Downey and Sam Taylor talk about the new projects on their slate, plans for expansion and why having an international outlook is the key to their success.
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NewsBarry Berk's Sleeper's Wake starts shooting in South Africa
Berk has writen thes script for the erotic thriller which is the second co-production between Bioskope Pictures and Videovision Entertainment.
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NewsLeslie Phillips, Nick Moran star in mystery comedy Death
Written and directed by Martin Gooch, the microbudget gothic feature set around a stately home is currently in post.
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CommentBlitz spirit
The producers of Wartime Wanderers, the true story of the 1939 Bolton Wanderers football team which signed up to serve in World War II, have come up with an innovative way to finance their film whilst also raising money for charity.
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NewsMaureen O'Hara appointed president of UFFO
Irish actress Maureen O’Hara has been appointed as president of the newly formed Universal Film & Festival Organisation (UFFO), which aims to implement an ethical code of conduct for films festivals.
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CommentDanny Dyer finds his inner luvvie
Screen chatted to the hard man of British cinema about his latest - and very different - role in Ray Cooney’s Run For Your Wife.
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NewsToronto Wavelengths, Future Projections include works by Rivers, Weerasethakul, Hopkins, Franco
TIFF’s unveils works in Wavelengths and Future Projections, including James Franco and Gus Van Sant meditation on My Own Private Idaho.
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NewsBangladeshi director Tareque Masud killed in car crash
Four other people were killed in the crash including the CEO of local TV station ATN Ashfaque Munier Mishuk; Masud’s wife, producer Catherin Masud is in a serious condition in hospital.