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NewsFinnish hit Niko getting a $10m sequel
Niko - the Finnish, CGI-animated young reindeer – will ride again, trying to repeat Finland’s biggest iinternational success.The Finnish Film Foundation has chipped in $1.1m (€800,000) for the production of Niko 2, which Finnish director Kari Juusonen will shoot on a record $10.2 million (€ 7.4 million) budget from a ...
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FeaturesYou Instead premiere and Sigma Films anniversary party
Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films celebrated its 15th anniversary and the world premiere of David Mackenzie’s You Instead on February 25.
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NewsHollywood star Jane Russell dies aged 89
The voluptuous star of the 1940s and 1950s was most famous for her roles in Howard Hughes’ The Outlaw and in the musical Gentleman Prefer Blondes alongside Marilyn Monroe.
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FeaturesGlasgow Film Festival 2011
The Glasgow Film Festival ran Feb 17-27 with more than 250 screenings and events. See separate gallery for the world premiere of David Mackenzie’s You Instead at GFF.
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NewsFrench film star Annie Girardot dies at 79
Beloved French actress Annie Girardot, aged 79, died Monday after years of living with Alzheimer’s disease.
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NewsLuke Evans, Robert Carlyle to star in Dogs Of Law
The London-set police thriller is the feature directorial debut of Declan O’Dwyer, who is also gearing up to direct Broken Cove later in the year.
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FeaturesGary Winick: Ahead of his time
Colin Brown pays tribute to director and digital filmmaking pioneer Gary Winick, who pioneered ‘open-source filmmaking’ at InDigEnt.
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NewsFormer Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd to lead MPAA
The new head of the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) is former Democratic Senator Christopher J Dodd.
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NewsWME to represent life rights of celebrated Chilean miners
WME will represent of the official life rights of the 33 Chilean miners who famously survived 69 days trapped 2,000 feet below ground following a cave collapse.
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NewsNewly launched Omni/FSR to release Dylan Dog in US in April
Australia and New Zealand-based Omnilab Media announced today [Mar 1] that Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night will open wide in the US through the newly launched Omni/FSR label on Apr 29.
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Maui 2011 festival to run from Jun 15-19
The 12th Annual Maui Film Festival will run from Jun 15-19 at the Wailea Resort.
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NewsAlliance Films, Miramax renew distribution partnership
The extended long-standing relationship covers new titles and a library that includes Pulp Fiction, ShakespeareIn Love, No Country For Old Men (pictured) and Chicago.
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Summit casts Hoult in zombie tale Warm Bodies
Nicholas Hoult will star for Summit Entertainment in the story of an angst-ridden zombie who forms a friendship with the girlfriend of one of his victims.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office Feb 25 -27
Fox’s Black Swan continued to lord it over its international rivals in its sixth week, posting a third consecutive number one performance.
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NewsDavid Mackenzie lines up two new films; Sigma plans move into TV
David Mackenzie, fresh off the Sundance premiere of Perfect Sense and last week’s world premiere of You Instead (which also heads to SXSW), has two new projects in the works through Sigma Films, the Glasgow-based production company he co-founded.
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NewsOscar winner Susanne Bier heads to Italy for All You Need Is Love
Fresh off her awards season success, Oscar winning Danish director Susanne Bier is heading to Italy to shoot her next film, which the director says will take a lighter, more comic tone than her intense drama In A Better World.
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NewsPolly Cochrane promoted to SVP & Group Marketing Director at Warner UK
Cochrane will develop the 40-strong integrated marketing group at WB, including theatrical, video game, TV and Blu-ray and digital divisions.
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NewsFuturikon follows Dragon Hunters with Playground Stories
French animation specialist Futurikon plans its first live action feature.