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NewsTim Kwok's Convergence readies Gungrave, Lone Wolf for big screen
Tim Kwok’s Beverly Hills and Asia-based Convergence Entertainment has secured feature rights to the pop culture properties Gungrave and Lone Wolf.Kwok plans to produce both as live-action features in the $30-35m range, with Gungrave set to go into production next year followed by Lone Wolf. Convergence will tap into financing ...
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NewsSingapore’s Boku Films to co-produce The Host sequel
Singaporean production company Boku Films has signed an MOU with Korea’s Chungeorahm to co-produce and invest $5m in the Korean sequel to hit monster movie The Host.
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NewsDeauville reveals line up for 35th edition
The Deauville Festival of American Film has unveiled its line-up for the upcoming 35th edition.
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NewsShadow arts minister backs UK Film Council
Ed Vaizey, the shadow arts minister, has come out in support of the UK Film Council just weeks after Conservative leader David Cameron called for unelected quangos to be scaled back to save money.
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NewsVote on French "three-strikes" piracy law delayed to September
France’s National Assembly has unanimously voted to adopt two amendments to the controversial Creation and Internet anti-piracy law, although a final vote on the heavily revised bill has been delayed until September.
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Online service rates DVDs for parents
The Irish Film Classification Office (Ifco) has launched a new scheme that allows parents to check the content of films before this children buy or rent it on DVD.
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NewsThree Chinese films pulled from Melbourne film festival
Chinese politics has played a big hand in the withdrawal of two features and a short from the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) just days before it opens.
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KOFIC to back Im Kwon-taek’s 101st film
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) is awarding master director Im Kwon-taek $319,200 (KW400m) in cash and up to $159,600 (KW200m) in services for his 101st film Sanghwaji (working title).
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NewsRome Film Festival cuts top prize fund
The International Rome Film Festival has dramatically reduced the prize money for the Golden Marco Aurelio from €200,000 ($284,000) to just €40,000 ($56,800).
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Myriad Pictures names Kevin Forester CFO
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico has promoted Kevin Forester to chief financial officer, effective immediately.
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NewsValhalla's Gale Anne Hurd gets her man for The Hunted
Valhalla Motion Pictures has announced its second director hire in two days, putting Kaare Andrews in the hot seat for assassin thriller The Hunted.
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Nikkatsu takes over AMG’s acquisitions unit
Japanese studio Nikkatsu has acquired the buying and selling operations of Japan’s AMG Entertainment in a move designed to strengthen its own acquisitions activities.
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Chengtian completes takeover of Golden Harvest
Beijing-based Chengtian, also know by its English name of Orange Sky, has completed its takeover of Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest, with some name changes and the ramping up of the combined group’s production activities.
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CommentCurse of the time bandits
As Harry Potter racks up its 15th hour of celluloid adventure and the Transformers battle it out for two-and-a-half hours, Mike Goodridge is watching the clock.
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CommentA tale of two industries
The British industry has been reported to be doing well, but is it a fair assessment?
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CommentWhere's the profit in online distribution?
People have been saying for years that the future of film distribution is online. John Flahive, managing director of Wavelength Pictures, is still waiting for a viable business model.
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NewsHigh Point seals a number of deals on Satellites & Meteorites
UK-based High Point Media Group has sold Irish rom-com Satellites & Meteorites to a number of territories including Japan (AMG), Middle East (Prime Pictures), Russia (First Film) and China (DDDream).
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NewsKaleidoscope signs first look deal with Instinctive Film
London-based Kaleidoscope Entertainment has struck a deal with Berlin-based Instinctive Film for the UK distributor to release a slate of genre projects to be produced by Instinctive out of a new studio set up in Eastern Europe.
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NewsFocus teams up with Quad on French rom-com Heartbreaker
Focus Features International and Quad will co-produce French-language romantic comedy Heartbreaker
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NewsNolan's Inception starts shoot across five countries
Warner Bros has started production on Christopher Nolan’s Inception, which started shooting in the UK on July 13.