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NewsSalt tempts buyers with I Was Bono’s Doppelganger
Salt is tempting buyers with Nick Hamm’s I Was Bono’s Doppelganger starring Charlie Cox, Robert Sheehan, Romola Garai, Bill Nighy and Pete Postlethwaite.
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NewsPeter Webber to direct Wuthering Heights
Peter Webber has signed on to direct the new big screen version of Wuthering Heights.
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NewsLe Pacte takes Refuge with Ozon
After a first collabaration on Berlin competition entry Ricky, Le Pacte will reteam with director Francois Ozon for The Refuge.
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NewsD3 Vue join forces with NX
UK multiplex operator Vue Entertainment is to join forces with financier and producer CinemaNX (NX), to release at least three movies directly into Vue cinemas and other theatres across the UK, from the end of this year.
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NewsPhyllida Lloyd to direct "banker to the poor" biopic
Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd is to make a $20m movie about Nobel prize winner Professor Muhamad Yunus, the so-called “banker to the poor”.
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FeaturesWho’s got the money?
The UK’s private film funds are becoming increasingly important to cash-strapped independent producers. But are investors interested?
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NewsIFC Entertainment picks up US rights for Korea's Death Bell
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to high school horror title Death Bell from South Korea’s Mirovision.
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FeaturesThe UK private film funds
Who are the leading players at the UK film funds and what are they backing?
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NewsDanny Dyer Goes Pimpin
Danny Dyer, Robert Cavanah, John Hannah, Martin Compston and Shauna MacDonald will star in new UK gangster film Pimp.
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Fantastic deal with Mexico’s Imagination
Roxane Barbat and Fred de Wysocki’s Los Angeles based sales company Fantastic Films International has signed a multi-picture distribution deal with Mexican 3D animation house Imagination Films.
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NewsEpic spreads Cannes slate with DeVito’s Housebroken
Los Angeles-based Epic Pictures has unveiled four new titles in Cannes, led by the completed comedy Housebroken starring Danny DeVito.
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NewsUmedia hears Alidi’s Whisper
Kurdish-Iraqi director Shahram Alidi’s Whisper With the Wind, which is screening in Critics’ Week, has been picked up for international sales by UMedia.
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FeaturesBreaking the boundaries
Slumdog Millionaire shot Anil Kapoor onto a global stage. Now, he tells Mike Goodridge, he’s discovering what Indian film-makers can learn from Hollywood.
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NewsOther Angle sets sights on strong Cannes
New sales house Other Angle Pictures has been enjoying a bright run since its debut at the EFM in February.
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FeaturesSafety net
Meta Louise Foldager has succeeded Vibeke Windelov as Lars von Trier’s producer and explains the challenges she faced to Jacob Wendt Jensen.
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NewsRezo Films takes worldwide sales on Tsar, I Killed My Mother, Jaffa
Rezo Films has taken on world sales on three films in official selection this Cannes including Russian veteran Pavel Lungin’s Tsar.
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NewsArclight boards William Tell: The Legend, Bait
Gary Hamilton’s Arclight Films has boarded international rights to William Tell: The Legend to be produced by Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer’s fledgling Flagship Films.
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NewsMyriad buys worldwide rights to Serious Moonlight
Myriad Pictures has acquired all international rights from The Film Sales Company to Cheryl Hines’ dark romantic comedy Serious Moonlight following a marathon negotiating session that ran late into Wednesday night
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NewsUGC and TF1 eye merger
UGC International and TF1 International are planning a merger, ScreenDaily has learned.