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  • Atlantic Film Festival
    News

    Strategic Partners unveils LatAm scheme

    2 August 2014

    The co-production market element of the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax has announced the producers in an inaugural project exchange with Mexico’s Los Cabos International Film Festival and Brazil’s RioContentMarket.

  • Transformers: Age Of Extinction
    News

    Transformers 4 crosses $1bn

    3 August 2014

    Paramount Pictures’ Transformers: Age Of Extinction has become the second in the sci-fi franchise to reach the global mark after Dark Of The Moon did so in 2011.

  • Guardians of the Galaxy
    News

    Guardians rule on $161.7m debut

    3 August 2014

    UPDATED AUGUST 4: Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy ruled the box office universe on an estimated $161.7m, of which $67.4m came from 42 territories outside the US through Walt Disney Motion Pictures International.

  • Guardians Of The Galaxy
    News

    Guardians' $94m debut boosts US BO

    3 August 2014

    Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy stormed the North American box office, soaring to number one on an estimated $94m through Buena Vista that scored the biggest August debut and the third biggest of the year-to-date.

  • Joseph Fiennes
    News

    Joseph Fiennes to star in Clavius

    2 August 2014

    Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton will star in LD Entertainment’s Biblical thriller.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Reviews

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    4 August 2014

    Dir: Jonathan Liebesman. US. 2014. 101mins

  • Park Chan Wook in Jerusalem
    News

    Korean filmmakers support Palestine

    4 August 2014

    Leading Korean filmmakers Park Chan-wook and Ryoo Seung-wan have joined a group of 100 public figures in a petition against Israel’s attack on Gaza and “civilian massacre”.

  • Production Finance Market
    News

    NZ's Emma Slade set for UK PFM

    4 August 2014

    Emma Slade, Steve Kearney, Briget Callow-Wright heading for the UK’s Production Finance Market.

  • Madmen Entertainment
    News

    Madman founders complete buyout

    4 August 2014

    A small consortium that includes co-managing directors Paul Wiegard and Tim Anderson have paid $20m (A$21.5m) for Australian independent distributor Madman Entertainment.

  • The Wind Rises
    News

    Studio Ghibli to scale back production

    4 August 2014

    Japanese animation producer to scale back following retirement of Hayao Miyazaki.

  • Closer To God
    Reviews

    Closer To God

    4 August 2014

    Dir/scr: Billy Senese. US. 2014. 84mins

  • Guardians of the Galaxy
    News

    Guardians tops UK chart on $10.7m

    4 August 2014

    Disney’s latest Marvel outing scores $10.7m (£6.35m) debut to dethrone Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Secret Cinema’s Back to the Future event grosses $1.2m (£720,000) over first four shows.

  • eyes of a thief
    News

    Najwa Najjar locks West Bank film

    4 August 2014

    Algerian singer Souad Massi and Egyptian Khaled Abol Naga co-star in film shot in West Bank city of Nablus.

  • David Kosse
    News

    David Kosse named Film4 boss

    4 August 2014

    Universal Pictures exec to replace Tessa Ross in November.

  • Film4
    News

    Reactions: David Kosse joins Film4

    4 August 2014

    UPDATED: Producers Stephen Woolley, Kris Thykier, Jeremy Thomas, Andrew Macdonald and Eric Fellner as well as BBC Films, the BFI, FDA and Pact comment on the appointment of Universal Pictures exec David Kosse as the new head of Film4.

  • The Anomaly
    Comment

    Noel Clarke gives NFTS Masterclass

    31 July 2014

    Noel Clarke, the British actor, writer, producer and director whose films include Kidulthood and 4,3,2,1, spoke to students at the National Film and Television School about his latest film – sci-fi thriller The Anomaly.

  • Viggo Mortensen
    News

    eOne secures Captain Fantastic

    4 August 2014

    Viggo Mortensen drama, directed by Matt Ross, adds cast including Steve Zahn, Kathryn Hahn, Missi Pyle and Erin Moriarty.

  • David Kosse
    News

    David Kosse talks Film4 job

    5 August 2014

    “There are always opportunities to change and grow,” Kosse tells Screen.

  • Jennifer Connelly
    News

    Jennifer Connelly joins American Pastoral

    4 August 2014

    Lakeshore and Sierra/Affinity are weighing up an AFM start on pre-sales for the Philip Roth adaptation American Pastoral. Separately, Elijah Wood has joined Summit Entertainment’s The Last Witch Hunter

  • Alex Brunner
    News

    Alex Brunner joins UTA indie film group

    4 August 2014

    Exclusive Media co-founder and former deputy COO Alex Brunner has joined UTA Independent Film Group as a film finance agent.