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NewsStewart Till backs Daniel Battsek as head of BFI Film Fund
Till was speaking at a Skillset event held in London last night to celebrate the Skills Investment Fund reaching the £8m milestone.
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NewsJim Sheridan writing US update of Into The West
EXCLUSIVE: Sheridan to direct reimagining of his 1992 Irish Traveller story.
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NewsScandinavian box office 2011: Norway shows largest gains in Europe; Finland slips as local films lose market share
While Norwegian cinemas last year delivered the largest growth of the theatrical market in Europe, with admissions 5.7% up on 2010, and Swedish attendance went up by 3.7%, both Denmark and Finland registered a decline in ticket sales by 3% and 6.6%, respectively, according to 2011 statistics published by national ...
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CommentHaunting memories
The director of Rotterdam premiere When The Lights Went Out talks about his personal connection to the horror story.
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NewsHungary's Magyar Filmunio to handle sales on The Exam
Hungarian promotional body Magyar Filmunió is starting to work in international sales as well.
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NewsTinker Tailor, The Artist triumph at Richard Attenborough Awards
The Artist was named best film, with Michel Hazanavicius taking the best director award; Tinker Tailor picked up three awards including Best British Film.
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NewsMyriad brings Chastain-Edgerton double feature to EFM
Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain and rising Australian star Joel Edgerton have signed on to The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Hers – a double project that will shoot back-to-back offering alternate perspectives from the male and female protagonists.
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NewsLightning Entertainment boards international sales rights to Five Thirteen
The thriller joins the EFM slate for Berlin buyers and marks the Hollywood debut of French filmmaker Kader Ayd.
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NewsFocus, Working Title sign Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall for thriller
The stars will play former lovers who must collaborate on the defence team at a terrorism trial. Focus owns worldwide rights and Focus Features International plans to commence pre-sales at the EFM next week ahead of April’s start of production in the UK.
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NewsWestEnd boards The Invisible Woman, Kristin Scott Thomas joins cast, Fiennes to star as Dickens and direct
EXCLUSIVE: WestEnd Films has boarded sales on Ralph Fiennes’ period drama which will see The English Patient duo Fiennes and Scott Thomas reunite; shoot set for April 23; creative team includes DoP Rob Hardy, costume designer Michael O’Connor and production designer Maria Djurkovic.
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NewsSharon Stone joins Attachment for W2 Media
Stone will play a married woman who has a one-night stand with a college student who stalks her and her family. Tony Kaye will direct from Christopher Denham’s screenplay.
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NewsMeyers Media Group EFM slate includes 7 Red, Midnight Sun
The sales veteran Larry Meyers and Bobby Meyers will attend EFM with their new business and a roster of sales titles for buyers in Berlin.
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NewsCamelot Entertainment Group has Berlin slate including Norman, Herbals
President Steven Istock and co-presidents of Camelot Distribution Group and DarKnight Pictures Michael Kananack and Jessica Kelly will attend the EFM next week.
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NewsAlcon to finance, Summit Int'l to sell Beautiful Creatures
Alcon Entertainment has secured rights to Kami Carcia and Margaret Stohl’s bestselling trilogy to star Oscar nominee Viola Davis. Richard LaGravenese will direct from his adaptation.
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NewsSony, Film District, Alliance team up for Insidious sequel
Leigh Whannell will once again write the script and James Wan is in talks to reprise his role as director. FilmDistrict will distribute in the US, while the project financier Alliance will release in Canada, the UK and Spain and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will handle remaining territories.
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NewsThe Raid producers to make sequel later this year
Gareth Huw Evans returns to direct his The Raid star Iko Uwais on the project, which will shoot in Indonesia towards the end of the year. Celluloid Nightmares has already closed a slew of territories and SPWA holds US and select territory rights.
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NewsRed Sea Media heads for Berlin with maiden slate
Chairman and CEO Roman Kopelevich has acquired international sales rights to the starry duo of heist thriller Pawn and revenge tale Officer Down and will commence talks with EFM buyers next week.
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NewsCargo stocks up for EFM with Rob Cohen thriller Undone
The New York and LA-based sales, financing and production company will commence talks with buyers in Berlin on the action-thriller.
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NewsFortissimo takes aim at Monsoon Shootout
Fortissimo Films has picked up international rights outside India/South Asia to Amit Kumar’s UK-India production Monsoon Shootout, which recently wrapped in Mumbai.
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NewsJuno Temple to play Princess Margaret in Ecosse’s Girls' Night Out
Temple to star opposite Alexandra Roach who will play the young Queen Elizabeth in Michael Hoffman’s VE-day story inspired by true events.