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NewsJet Li to star in first non-action drama Ocean Heaven
Action star Jet Li is set to star in a contemporary Chinese-language drama Ocean Heaven, to be directed by debut filmmaker Xue Xiaolu, which marks the actor’s first non-action project.
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NewsUK industry welcomes tougher plans for tackling digital pirates
The UK film industry has welcomed moves by the government to toughen up measures to tackle illegal file-sharing and to introduce them more quickly.
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NewsContent Republic signs digital distribution deal with Arrow Films
Digital distribution company Content Republic has signed a contract with Arrow Films to make a selection of its library titles available online.
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Features
Killer Babe
A young woman is caught up in a deadly game in which she is forced to murder five people. A fictional crime thriller starring real people - real fights - real criminals.
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NewsWinslet to narrate Toronto-bound autism doc The Sunshine Boy
Kate Winslet has come aboard to narrate Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s Toronto-bound autism documentary The Sunshine Boy.
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NewsFreeman, Moore start filming romantic comedy Swinging With The Finkels
Production began on August 26 on the romantic comedy Swinging With The Finkels starring Martin Freeman and Mandy Moore.
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NewsFilming underway on Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky follow-up Untitled 09
Mike Leigh has commenced principal photography in London on Untitled 09, his follow-up to Happy-Go-Lucky.
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NewsScreen names jury for Hollywood World Awards
Screen International has assembled a jury to vote for this year’s best non-US film comprised of critics and festival directors from around the world.
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NewsFilm Sales Company boards Cole ahead of Toronto premiere
Andrew Herwitz has further bulked up his Toronto slate at the Film Sales Company by picking up worldwide sales rights to Carl Bessai’s drama Cole.
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NewsCinemavault closes key sales on Nik Fackler's romance Lovely, Still
Cinemavault has closed key territory sales on Nik Fackler’s romance Lovely, Still starring Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn.
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NewsHelen Mirren and Pete Postlethwaite join Joffe's Brighton Rock
Helen Mirren and Pete Postlethwaite have joined the cast of Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1939 classic Brighton Rock.
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NewsAngelopoulos, Kapoor to be honoured at Mumbai Film Festival
The Mumbai Film Festival (Oct 29-Nov 5), organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), has announced that it will present lifetime achievement awards to Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos and Indian actor-director Shashi Kapoor.
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CommentYoung Brits are proving digital dunces
Amid the calls for the UK film industry to embrace digital innovation, Arvind Ethan David is concerned about the state of digital literacy in the industry’s entry-level employees.
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NewsAsia prepares for 3D injection
Producers at Korea’s Naff have highlighted the boost to revenues that local 3D films can bring.
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NewsStephen Woolley to remake Dickens' Great Expectations
Maverick British producer Stephen Woolley is planning a big screen version of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.
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NewsSpielberg eyes Crichton's Pirate Latitudes for DreamWorks
Steven Spielberg will produce and may direct the late Michael Crichton’s unpublished novel Pirate Latitudes after DreamWorks Studios acquired film rights.
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NewsO’Donoghue to head int'l TV production at NBC Universal International
Leading UK TV production executive Denise O’Donoghue has been named president of international television productions at NBC Universal International.
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NewsTucci to receive Aspen Filmfest's Independent By Nature Award
Stanley Tucci, currently co-starring in Julie & Julia, will be honoured with the Independent By Nature Award at the 31st annual Aspen Filmfest on October 3.
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NewsTarantino's Basterds poised to cross $100m worldwide
Inglourious Basterds should have the firepower to retain the overseas box office crown as Universal/UPI’s troops invade a further nine territories.
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NewsFilm New Zealand takes on promotional role
New Zealand’s locations office, Film New Zealand (FNZ), is taking over the marketing and promotional activities that were previously delivered by Investment New Zealand, which is part of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.