Small MPU – Page 2800
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NewsAlex Lewis appointed vice president and director of marketing, Warner Bros UK
She joins Warner Bros from News Corporation, taking up the role in March.
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NewsWar Horse continues to reign supreme at UK box office
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation records third consecutive week at number one, while Alexander Payne achieves best-ever UK opening with The Descendants.
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NewsRelativity takes over Stretch Armstrong project with Hasbro
Universal has dropped the action adaptation, allowing Relativity to come on board the tentpole based on the action figure launched in 1976 and re-launched in the 1990’s. The parties did not mention Taylor Lautner, who had been attached to the Universal project.
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NewsLikely Story sets writers for Too Cool graphic novel adaptation
Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko will adapt the Top Shelf Productions graphic novel about a family man who reverts to his 15-year-old body after a hypnosis course to stop smoking.
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FeaturesPeter von Bagh
The Finnish director talks about his Rotterdam retrospective, the privilege of bringing great directors to the Midnight Sun Film Festival, and how very local films can be universal.
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FeaturesMaja Milos
28-year-old Serbian writer-director Maja Milos’ debut feature Clip (Klip) has been the talk of Rotterdam. It was a polarising film drawing some praise and some outrage. “At least nobody is indifferent to the film,” Milos says.The story follows a young teenage girl who has a frustrating home life and turns ...
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Home Again shooting in Trinidad before move to Toronto
Principal photography is underway in Trinidad for Sudz Sutherland’s sophomore feature film Home Again.
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NewsTate Taylor to receive 2012 WGA Paul Selvin Award
The Writers Guild Of America will honour The Help screenwriter and director with the award in recognition of “work that touches on the constitutional rights and civil liberties.”
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NewsHarrison Ford to receive ASC Board of Governors Award
Ford will collect the honour at the 26th Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards in Hollywood on Feb 12 in recognition of his “extraordinary achievements to advancing the art and craft of filmmaking.”
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NewsNala Films plans festival run for Decoding Deepak
The financier and producer has unveiled its latest project, a documentary that chronicles one year in the life of the spiritualist Deepak Chopra.
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NewsVera Farmiga to play Fleetwood Mac singer in The Drummer
The Oscar nominated actress joins Aaron Eckhart in the Beach Boys film and will play singer-songwriter Christine McVie. W2 is co-financing the project and represents international sales.
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NewsLightning lines up comedy The Hot Flashes for EFM
Principal photography is set to begin in New Orleans on Feb 13 on the story of a tough middle-aged women’s basketball team. Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Melanie Griffith, Wanda Sykes, and Camryn Manheim star.
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NewsSouth Korea's record 2011 box office up 7.4% year-on-year
KOFIC reports that gross was $1.1bn for the year.
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NewsDeluxe expands UK digital cinema operation
The company is building a new £4m purpose built facility in Soho.
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FeaturesExploring their world
Highlights of the HFPA foreign-language film symposium featuring Pedro Almodovar, the Dardenne brothers, Asghar Farhadi and Angelina Jolie.
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NewsUK domestic productions down, co-productions up in 2011
Inward investment reached a record high in 2011, whilst the number of films shooting in the UK fell slightly in 2011; independent British films recorded best ever year at the UK box office.
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NewsMiramax inks on-demand deal with BT Vision
Chicago, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, The English Patient included in deal.
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