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Veteran Russian director shoots with terrorist biopic
One of Russia's most well known directors Karen Shakhnazarov is in production on a new film that takes the audience inside the mind of the world's earliest terrorist's.The Pale Horse, based on the life of Russian author and terrorist movement leader Boris Savinkov, is produced by Mosfilm Cinema Concern and ...
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AFM: Harrison Ford drops out of Traffic
Harrison Ford has dropped out of Traffic, the highly publicised drug trafficking movie to which Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) bought international rights last week. Director Steven Soderbergh, domestic distributor Fox Searchlight and IEG are already talking to other major male stars with a view to replacing him and are hoping ...
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UK producers pair up for Magic Light Pictures
UK producers Martin Pope and Michael Rose have joined forces to launch a new UK based film company Magic Light Pictures which they will jointly own and run.Specialising in comedy and family entertainment, Magic Light Pictures aims to produce talent driven, quality feature films for a worldwide, commercial audience - ...
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Hot Swedish newcomer readies Disease debut
Swedish newcomer Daniel Espinosa will make his feature debut under Nordisk Film's low-budget label, Director's Cut, with Babylonsjukan (literally The Babylon Disease), a look at the world as seen through the eyes of a thirteen year-old girl in Stockholm. The film will be the first of its kind in Sweden, ...
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Veteran Danish writer directs King's Game debut
Nikolaj Arcel's feature debut Kings' Game (Kongekabale) has begun shooting this week.The script by Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg (Midsummer) is inspired by a controversial fact-based novel by Niels Krause Kjaer, which deals with a power-struggle in recent Danish politics. The cast is led by Anders W. Berthelsen (Mifune, Italian For ...
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Von Trier books into Swedish studio for Manderlay
Swedish regional fund Film I Vast has once again attracted Danish maverick Lars von Trier, who will shoot his upcoming Manderlay at the Trollhattan studio early next year. It had been speculated that von Trier might shoot this second part of his U.S.A. trilogy in either Germany or Norway. But ...
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Scott Free's Tristan & Isolde begins shoot in Ireland
Filming has begun in Galway, Ireland on Scott Free's Tristan & Isolde, directed by Kevin Reynolds.Set in the Dark Ages, it is the story of a princess and young warrior's love affair which threatens to tear apart an uneasy peace between England and Ireland.Written by Dean Georgaris (Lara Croft Tomb ...
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Dutch tax break system faces closure
The Netherlands' tax incentive scheme (CVs) for film production, which has been in place for the last five years, looks set to close. Proposals for the new state budget were published yesterday and made no allowance for the continuation of the scheme.Separately, a government-commissioned report into the CV system was ...
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Spain unveils Oscar contenders, Belgium submits Sea
Soldiers Of Salamina, Danube Hotel and South From Granada have made Spain's short-list for the nomination to the foreign-language Oscar. The final nominee will be announced October 1. Meanwhile, Sea Of Silence (Verder Dan De Maan) by Stijn Coninx has been selected as this year's Belgian entry for the Foreign-language ...
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Loewy lines up UK trip to recruit Momentum chief
Victory Loewy, CEO of Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution Group, is planning a return to the UK to recruit a new senior executive for Momentum Pictures, the company's wholly-owned UK distribution company. Current Momentum director David Kosse has accepted a position as London-based president of international marketing and distribution for ...
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DPS buys animation house Mainframe Entertainment
DigitalProduction Studios (DPS), the New Jersey-based 3D animation subsidiary of IDTMedia, has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire a controlling interestin direct-to-video and TV computer animation house Mainframe Entertainment.The move, whichis subject to regulatory approval, is the latest plank in DPS' globalexpansion strategy following the partnership with John ...
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Hawn, Hopkins, Howard get Hollywood Film Fest honours
Ron Howard, Anthony Hopkinsand Goldie Hawn will receive outstanding achievement awards at the HollywoodFilm Festival's awards gala ceremony on Oct 20.The Lord of The Rings star Orlando Bloom and Scarlett Johansson, whoearned critical acclaim this year for her roles in Lost In Translation and Girl With A Pearl Earring, will ...
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AFM: Franchise, Mark Canton reteam for Six
Elie Samaha's Franchise Pictures and Mark Canton's The Mark Canton Co - whose first collaboration Get Carter opens later this year and who are about to shoot Angel Eyes with Jennifer Lopez - have pacted to reteam for the third time on action thriller Six.To be directed by Kirk Wong ...
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DNA, Searchlight board Fellowes romance
The new joint venture between DNA Films and FoxSearchlight has boarded its first project following an agreement to collaborateon Julian Fellowes' A Way Through The Woods with the UK's Celador Films.The romance will be financed 50:50 by Celador and DNA,with Fox Searchlight handling worldwide distribution.Shooting beganon Sept 8 in and ...
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Pathe closes Toronto deals on Void, Girl
Pathe International UK chief Alison Thompson closed a slew ofdeals at the Toronto International Film Festival following the screenings ofPeter Webber's Girl With A Pearl Earring and Kevin Macdonald's Touching The Void. Both films had their world premierescreenings at Telluride in late August before heading to Toronto.Asmik Ace and Pony ...
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Master And Commander chosen as Royal Command Performance
20th Century Fox's naval epic Master And Commander:The Far Side Of The Worlddirected by Peter Weir has been chosen as this year's Royal Command Performanceand will take place in London on Nov 17.The screening will benefit the Cinema and Television BenevolentFund, which supports behind-the-camera professionals in the UK.Based on Patrick ...
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Pathe closes deals on Void, Girl
Pathe International UK chief Alison Thompson closed a slew ofdeals at the Toronto International Film Festival following the screenings ofPeter Webber's Girl With A Pearl Earring and Kevin Macdonald's Touching The Void. Both films had their world premierescreenings at Telluride in late August before heading to Toronto.Asmik Ace and Pony ...
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Awards favourites line up for London Film Festival
The Times bfi London Film Festival (Oct 22 - Nov 6) has lined up a string of Oscar buzz films for its main programme up this year.The Festival opens with Jane Campion's psychological thriller In The Cut, starring Meg Ryan, Mark and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The Closing Night film is ...
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Awards campaign trail boosts London Film Festival
The London Film Festival (LFF), held Oct 22 - Nov 6, has lined up a string of Oscar buzz films for its main programme up this year.Opening with Jane Campion's steamy psychological thriller In The Cut, and closing two weeks later with Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, the line-up highlights the ...