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NewsRichard Jenkins joins cast of Hammer/Overture's Let Me In
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Richard Jenkins will star in Let Me In, Matt Reeves’ English-language adaptation of Swedish arthouse hit Let The Right One In that Overture Films will release in the US.
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NewsSundance Institute names seven RAWI Middle East Screenwriters Lab Fellows
The Sundance Institute has announced the seven projects chosen to participate in the fifth annual RAWI Middle East Screenwriters Lab.
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NewsLorber Films takes North America on Kimjongilia and Nobody's Perfect
New York-based Lorber Films has acquired all North American rights to Kimjongilia and North American theatrical, TV, video and educational rights to Nobody’s Perfect.
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NewsKarim Dridi reveals details of next project to shoot in Brazil in 2010
French film-maker Karim Dridi, whose Khamsa receives a gala screening at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival on Friday [2], has announced he will shoot his next feature in Brazil in 2010.
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NewsConstantin signs first-look deal with LA's fledgling Dare Filmz
Constantin Film has closed a first-look deal with German writer Bora Dagtekin, his US-producing partner Marie-Amelie Rechberg and their newly formed Los Angeles-based company Dare Filmz.
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NewsDisney expects strong overseas performance for Surrogates, Up
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) has a promising weekend ahead with 15 launches for its sci-fi thriller Surrogates and further solid business expected for Up.
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NewsLenders agree to let MGM defer three interest payments
Embattled MGM has earned a reprieve in its fight to pay down massive debt as creditors allowed the studio to forgo three interest payments.
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Oz producers head to LA for pitching session
Screen Australia is taking a delegation of ten producers to Los Angeles in 10 days to tout films that might attract US investors and claim the 40% producer offset for Australian production.
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NewsSPC takes North and Latin American rights to Tolstoy drama The Last Station
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has picked up North America and Latin American rights to Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy and Paul Giamatti.
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FeaturesPusan pulls out all the stops
Seemingly undaunted by financial gloom, this year’s Pusan International Film Festival (Oct 8-16) boasts a record 355 films and a new cash prize. But will travel-weary buyers and sellers be in town to see them?
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NewsGhost House launches Spooky Pictures
Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s horror genre label Ghost House Pictures is launching a new production arm, Spooky Pictures, to produce scary movies aimed at family audiences.
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FeaturesPPP opens up the world
This year’s Pusan Promotion Plan (Oct 11-14) is showcasing new projects from some of Asia’s superstar film-makers, as well as international rising talents.
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NewsUK Brit List topped by George Kay's Good Luck Anthony Belcher
The 2009 Brit List, a list of the most liked and recommended unproduced screenplays in the UK and Irish film communities, has started circulating in London with Ruby Films’ Good Luck Anthony Belcher written by George Kay coming out on top.
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A Passionate Woman
A young wife and mother falls in love with her Polish neighbour in 1950s Britain only for her affair to implode 30 years later on her son’s wedding day.
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Une Femme Parfaite
In a highly-charged office of a major multinational, one woman, after suffering a public humiliation, masterminds the perfect revenge on her senior colleague.
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NewsThe Army Of Crime in UK, [Rec] 2 in Spain.
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsWanda Vision to produce new Rafa Cortes movie Dakota in the US
Spanish outfit Wanda Vision and Davien Littlefield in the US will co-produce award-winning Spanish film-maker Rafa Cortes’ New York set comedy Dakota.
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FeaturesInternational Jury Confirmed For The Pixel Pitch
The Pixel Pitch, Power to the Pixel’s ground-breaking new pitching forum taking place on 15 October, brings seven cross-media film projects to the stage before an assembly of over 25 international jurors made up of industry leaders from across the globe.
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FeaturesMeet the neighbours
International buyers are looking forward to this year’s Asian Film Market (Oct 11-14) as a place to do business with their Asian colleagues.