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Other Angle takes on Back To Square One
France’s Other Angle has announced the acquisition of Back To Square One, a comedy produced by Alain Goldman.
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NewsSky recruits Ann Mensah to head drama team
Former Head of Drama, BBC Scotland and Head of Independent Drama, BBC joins Sky
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NewsTribeca Film takes North American rights to Turkey Bowl
Kyle Smith’s real-time comedy set in Los Angeles premiered at SXSW and follows a group of friends who gather to play a backyard game of American Football.
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NewsBye Bye Blackbird starts Canadian shoot starring Connor Jessup
Jason Buxton makes his directorial debut with the story of troubled teenager.
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CommentUK industry alive and kicking
Provenance Films stormed to victory for the second year running at the annual film industry five aside football event, which took place at Millwall football stadium in London on Sunday.
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NewsRob Marshall, John DeLuca to remake The Thin Man for Warner Bros
The Lucamar partners have signed on to Warner Bros’ remake and Marshall will direct his Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 star Johnny Depp.
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NewsMaya boards sales on Hammers and Repeaters for Cannes
Comedy A Bag Full Of Hammers premiered at SXSW and stars Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury and Rebecca Hall. The story follows two misfits who form an unlikely family when they encounter an abandoned child.
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NewsFox International becomes first to cross $1bn in 2011
The studio reached the milestone on May 8; the 11th year it has accomplished the feat.
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Withoutabox adds festivals to innovative submission system
Abu Dhabi, CPH PIX (Copenhagen), Guadalajara, New York, Stockholm and Warsaw have all linked to the International Film Festival Submissions System.
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HFPA welcomes trio of new members
Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros, Barbara Gasser and Mirai Konishi have been admitted to the organisation.Ballesteros writes for the Ilta-Sanomat, Kouluainen and Suosikki (Finland), while Gasser writes for M-Starmedia Verlag and Maxima (Austria) and Konishi writes for CUT and eiga.com (Japan).All three were voted in at the membership meeting on May 6 ...
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NewsFocus takes US rights to Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley will star in the story of neighbours who fall for each other as earth faces imminent destruction.
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NewsLionsgate to commence production on Chainsaw Massacre
The film partners Lionsgate with Nu Image. Lionsgate holds US rights and Nu Image is selling in Cannes.
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NewsUK’s House of Lords calls for continued support for future MEDIA Programme
The United Kingdom’s House of Lords has added its voice to the growing line of supporters for a future MEDIA Programme.
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NewsOblivion set to top int'l charts
The weekend international box office champion looks likely to be Tom Cruise action thriller Oblivion, which opens through Universal across most of the world.
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NewsFox Int'l hits $1bn box office
Fox International executives are projecting the company’s aggregated release slate will cross $1bn for the year-to-date today [Apr 12] in what would become the second fastest time in history.
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NewsFirst LIFE Summit sets date
The du Cap hotel will host the inaugural LIFE Summit on the French Riviera immediately prior to Cannes on May 14.
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NewsMorgan Freeman in Transcendence talks
Morgan Freeman is in final talks to join Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall and Kate Mara on Alcon’s Transcendence.
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NewsBFI details £26m education push
Eric Fellner to chair board of new organisation called Film Nation UK.
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NewsOnline film services close to saturation
YouGov poll highlights potential saturation point for film services and lack of UltraViolet awareness.
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NewsPolar Bear starts shoot
Production has commenced in Providence, Rhode Island, on Infinitely Polar Bear starring Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana. Aldamisa International launched pre-sales at the EFM and will continue in Cannes next month.