All articles by Screen staff – Page 70
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SPC confirms Hysteria deal
The distributor has confirmed reports that first emerged during Toronto that it had acquired US rights to Tanya Wexler’s rom-com.
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NewsRai finishes Czech shoot for The Secret Olympics
Italy’s public broadcaster RAI has completed production in the Czech Republic on $7m TV film The Secret Olympics.
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NewsTransformers, X-Men's Tom DeSanto joins Chinese Gods project
Tom DeSanto, whose credits include X-Men and Transformers, has signed on to join the production team of US-China co-produced fantasy trilogy Gods.DeSanto will join Taipei and LA-based producer Steve Chicorel and Beijing-based Chen Baiyi as producer. He will lead produce and have approvals over all creative aspects of the trilogy. ...
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NewsFreestyle Releasing launches VoD platform at AFM
Freestyle Digital Media will offer filmmakers a new digital platform and through a cloud-based service will enable DVD distribution across retail rental sites, kiosks, by-mail, subscription streaming, pay-TV and specialty markets like airlines, hotels and cruise ships.
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NewsRetrace to open Hungarian Film Festival in Los Angeles
Festival runs Nov 9-18; Zsigmond to be honoured.
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NewsVillage, China Film, Wanda to finance Keanu Reeves' Man Of Tai Chi
Village Roadshow, China Film and Beijing-based exhibitor Wanda Group are understood to have reached a deal to finance Keanu Reeves’ martial arts project, Man Of Tai Chi, which will mark the star’s directorial debut.
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NewsJuan Sarda named Spanish Correspondent for Screen
Juan Sarda has been appointed Spanish Correspondent for ScreenDaily and Screen International.
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NewsWarriors and Bullets lead Golden Horse nominations
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale takes the lead for the 48th Golden Horse Awards nominations with 11 nods: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best New Performer, Best Cinematography and most of the technical award categories.
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NewsZhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-gun to star in Chinese Dangerous Liaisons
Shoot starts tomorrow in Shanghai for director Hur Jin-ho.
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NewsHong Kong chooses A Simple Life for Oscar race, China selects The Flowers Of War
Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines select their Best Foreign Language Film contenders.
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Taipei Golden Horse unveils project market line-up
The line-up includes more animated projects than ever before as well as more entries from Hong Kong.
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NewsWarrior of the Rainbow wages war on Taiwanese box office
Wei Te-sheng’s war epic has set the highest opening record for a 2D film in Taiwanese film history.
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NewsVachon, Hastings, Ankner line up for panel at OMDC Financing Forum
Expert producer Christine Vachon, UK film packager Chris Hastings of 1066 Productions and Mark Ankner of William Morris Endeavor will be the participants in this year’s panel discussion at the OMDC International Financing Forum in Toronto.
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FeaturesWei Te-sheng, director of Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The Taiwanese filmmaker talks about the unique financing and production process of his Venice competition film Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, which is billed as the biggest-ever Taiwanese production.
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NewsLawrence Gough unveils Extraction, talks up Drought
The winner of Edinburgh’s 2009 Trailblazer Award for his feature debut Salvage has revealed details of his supernatural home invasion project Extraction, which will shoot before Drought pending casting availability.
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Juliette Lewis signs on to Blood Or Water
The LevelK/Synchronicity Films joint venture continues apace with the arrival of the US star on Justin Molotnikov’s upcoming feature.
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NewsYouTube agree sponsorship deal with NFTS
Google’s YouTube backs course, three-day NFTS showcase event and new Film Clinic.
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NewsProduction wraps on Nicholas McCarthy’s ghost story The Pact
The project has been converted from a short that screened in Sundance into a feature in less than a year. Content is handling international sales and Preferred Content represents North American sales.
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NewsTaiwan's summer box office booming, led by record-setting Apple of My Eye
The Taiwanese film industry has seen rocketing box office results this summer, with four local films making record-breaking box office takings and bringing in a movie-going wave in the island of 23 million people.
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Dragon Gate to be released in IMAX 3D
Beijing-based Bona Film Group has announced a cooperation deal with IMAX to produce Tsui Hark’s $35m 3D martial arts film Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate.