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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.
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NewsWorking Title confirms Hugh Grant still in Bridget Jones's Baby cast
Following media reports of trouble on the set of the third Bridget Jones film, producers have clarified that “the film is going ahead as planned.”
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Among this week’s new additions are Walter Salles’ new film Terra, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, as well as Richard Ayoade’s follow up to Submarine.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire unveils £15m production fund
The former screen agency has secured £7.5m of European Regional Development Funding which will be match funded by private investors for films based and/or shooting in the region.
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NewsBerlin Film Festival to honour Theo Angelopoulos and Vadim Glowna
There will be special screenings in memory of the Greek director and German actor/director who both died last month.
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NewsIben Akerlie to star in Knut Hamsun adaptation Victoria
The film will start shooting for director Torun Lian later this month.