Small MPU – Page 1949
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NewsDistribution round-up: Saban picks up 'MI-5'
Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the Kit Harrington thriller based on the BBC TV series.
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NewsProduction round-up: Jeff Nichols begins 'Loving' shoot
Big Beach and Raindog Films have commenced principal photography in Virginia on Loving, the director’s follow-up to Mud. Wild Bunch handles international sales and CAA represents US rights.
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NewsMichelle Krumm joins South Australian Film Corporation
Former The Weinstein Company and Miramax acquisitions executive has been named head of production development and studio at the SAFC.
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NewsSundance Institute names Episodic Story Lab Fellows
Matt Berninger of band The National, Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim from Academy-nominated The Square and Blue Valentine co-writer Cami Delavigne are among participants selected for Sundance Institute’s second Episodic Story Lab.
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NewsFilm Independent / LMU unveil screenwriting Fellows
Tom Huang will be awarded the Loyola Marymount University School Of Film And Television Screenwriting Fellowship, granting him $10,000 to develop his script for the Screenwriting Lab.
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NewsEdko to open 'Front Cover' in Hong Kong
Edko Films has acquired all Hong Kong and Macau rights to Ray Yeung’s gay comedy drama Front Cover, with a Hong Kong theatrical release scheduled for the first quarter of 2016.
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Reviews'The King of Havana': Review
Dir/scr: Agusti Villaronga. Spain/Dominican Republic. 2015. 125 mins.
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NewsAardman acquires US animation firm Nathan Love
Marks the first permanent production facility outside the UK for the Wallace and Gromit studio.
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NewsUniversal's Lettie Burton joins Untitled Communications
She joins the UK-based entertainment PR agency, which launched in June this year.
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NewsOscars: Denmark submits Tobias Lindholm's 'A War'
War drama to be submitted for the Best Foreign-Language Film category.
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FeaturesYermek Tursunov on his Kazakh Oscar entry 'Stranger'
Stranger focuses on one boy’s meditative search for the meaning of life.
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NewsBeta scores sales of 'The People vs. Fritz Bauer'
Historical thriller secures deals out of Toronto.
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FeaturesBarry Keoghan, Stars of Tomorrow 2015
ACTOR: 22-year-old Dubliner Barry Keoghan has an unmistakable intensity, whether it be seen on TV’s Love/Hate, briefly glimpsed in the feature ’71 (he also has a small role in Trespass Against Us), or bigger turns in indies Norfolk and Rebecca Daly’s upcoming Mammal, in which he takes the lead opposite ...
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NewsBrazil’s Glaz, Copa Studio to merge
The Brazilian TV and film production company and the animation studio will announce the merger at Mipcom on October 6.
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News'Carol', '45 Years' to screen in Chicago
Festival top brass have unveiled the complete line-up of films that includes six world premieres, 10 North American premieres and 27 US premieres.
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NewsArclight, Huace Group launch Aurora Alliance Films
Gary Hamilton has struck a partnership with president Zhao Yifang of China’s Huace Group to collaborate on a slate of at least three high-concept features a year.
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NewsIFP names inaugural Phosphate Prize At IFP winner
Writer-director Philiane Phang will receive the honour, which includes a $25,000 grant funded by Phosphate Productions.
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NewsNetflix: pilots do not hook viewers
A survey of more than 20 shows in 16 countries conducted by the streaming behemoth has revealed that viewers do not turn into fans after the first episode.
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News'Await Further Instructions' to shoot at GSP Studios
EXCLUSIVE: The Sci-Fi Thriller from director Johnny Kevorkian will film at the studios for five weeks from Oct 5.