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UK man jailed for four years for online piracy
A website owner who created and ran one of the world’s most popular pirate websites has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in the UK.
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NewsNetflix to launch in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland
Streaming service available in Nordic countries in late 2012.
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NewsVue completes roll-out of Sony 4K projectors
Final installation took place in Cardiff, completing update of 650 screens across its 69 UK & Ireland cinemas.
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NewsIceland follows Oblivion and Noah shoots with Walter Mitty
Country offers 20% rebate on local spend.
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NewsUniversal sets 2013 dates for 47 Ronin, Kick-Ass 2, Jurassic Park
The long-gestating 3D action-adventure starring Keanu Reeves moves back from Feb 8 to Dec 25, while Kick-Ass 2 arrives in theatres on Jun 28 and features the returning cast of Aaron Johnson (pictured), Chloë Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
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NewsTribeca Film to release Resolution in North America
Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s thriller premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and went on to play at Fantasia.
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Producers prepare mid-August shoot for Chu And Blossom
Character Brigade, Taggart Productions, Fore Entertainment, Soaring Flight Productions, Baked Industries are partnering to produce the coming-of-age comedy.
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Not Fade Away is centrepiece gala for NYFF
The world premiere of David Chase’s feature directorial debut will screen during the 50th annual event. Paramount Vantage will release on Dec 21.
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FilmBuff, Red Productions team up on Searching For Sonny
Andrew Disney’s feature directorial debut stars Jason Dohring, Minka Kelly, Michael Hogan and Masi Oka and will launch on VoD, DVD and Blu-ray on Aug 28.
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NewsImpact Film Festival to screen locally during conventions
The House I Live In (pictured), The Invisible War and How To Survive A Plague are among the politically charged films that will screen alongside the Democrat and Republican party conventions.
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NewsThe Thieves clocks up more than 10 million admissions
Choi Dong-hoon’s heist movie The Thieves has become the sixth Korean film to clock up over 10 million admissions at the local box office.
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NewsFortissimo signs first direct deal with Netflix
Fortissimo Films has signed a a multi-year streaming deal with Netflix, covering more than 60 titles, which will be available in to Netflix members in the US starting in September.
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NewsChris O’Dowd writing feature, hopes to continue to work with Baby Cow
EXCLUSIVE: Bridesmaids and The Sapphires star is writing feature set against backdrop of Irish boom and bust.
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NewsRafe Spall and Megan Park join cast of The F Word
Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan star in the Entertainment One production.
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CommentSpecial delivery DVD
When Danish actress-writer-director Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis’ feature debut, This Life (aka The Hvidsten Group/Hvidsten-Gruppen) is released on DVD on Aug 20, the first disc will arrive at the Hvidsten Inn near Randers in Jutland by … parachute.
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Kaleidoscope, Scanner-Rhodes launch production outfit, Femi Oyeniran writes first film
Mirror Image launches with urban comedy written by Femi Oyeniran.
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Fifth Column to give theatrical release in UK to Tempest docudrama
Fifth Column Films will self-release its latest feature, Tempest, starting on Oct 26 in the UK.
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NewsMorgan, Straughan among screenwriters to deliver lectures for BAFTA & BFI
Third screenwriters’ lecture series to take place during Sept 26-Oct 27.
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FeaturesFemi Oguns
Screen talks to the founder and CEO of Identity Drama School, Britain’s first black drama school and leading talent agency, IAG.
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NewsCreative England launches crew and locations databases, plans more crew networking events
The networking event at Elstree on September 19 will be the eighth in the nationwide programme.