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Bankside takes on project from Richard Kwietniowski, Gael Garcia Bernal
London-based international sales company Bankside Films has taken international rights on Richard Kwietniowski’s Regret Not Speaking, starring Gael Garcia Bernal and co-starring John Hurt.Currently in pre-production, this is an erotic comedy set aboard a plane. Bankside will be introducing the project to buyers during Cannes.The plot concerns two strangers who ...
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NewsLiam Gallagher plans Beatles film with Revolution
Oasis frontman’s In 1 Productions working with Revolution to adapt Richard DiLello’s The Longest Cocktail Party, about the rise and fall of Apple Corps.
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UK Film Centre plans busy line-up at Cannes
Speakers to include producers John Battsek, Alison Owen and Mark Herbert.
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BFI searching for architect for new film centre
The BFI has launched a search for an architect to design its new $271m (£166m) film centre on London’s South Bank.Architects are being invited to submit “expressions of interest”, which the BFI will use to create an initial long list. The potential designers will then be interviewed and a short ...
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Fifth Unifrance Rendez-vous planned for London in June
The six films in this fifth edition will receive special gala screenings open to the public, ahead of their release by UK distributors.
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DMK plans June shoot for UK feature The Veteran
The story is about a young soldier who returns from Afghanistan and becomes involved with surveillance of suspected terrorists in the UK.
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Skillset launches third Guiding Lights mentoring programme
Alison Thompson, president of international sales and distribution at Focus Features, chairs the steering committee this year, taking over from Working Title’s Tim Bevan.
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NewsNew UK distributor launches to concentrate on Italian films
Chris Johnson’s VITA strikes a multi-film deal with Fandango.
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ContentFilm barks for Dog Squad 3D
Principal photography is due to start in late summer 2010 in Canada.
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Screen lines up dailies and events schedule for Cannes
Screen International will be presenting a series of publications and events at the Cannes Film Festival and Cannes Market, which kicks off May 12.
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NewsIron Man 2 shows mettle at the UK box office
PPI’s Iron Man 2 number one opening benefits from poor weather in the UK.
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NewsLorianne Hall joins Scanbox acquisitions team
Hall, an industry veteran in Europe and the US, is based in London and will be attending Cannes for the company.
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NewsFilm 4's annual production budget pushed back up to $15m
The 20% boost to Film 4’s budget returns the company’s investment capacity to its 2008 pre economic downturn level.
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Odeon & UCI signs on Universal for digital rollout
Chain will be 100% digital on its 800 screens by end of 2012.
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Artists Cinema to show commissioned films at Tate Modern and in Cannes
Seven short films made by international artists will appear before screenings of selected feature films in UK cinemas, as part of an initiative to bring the visual art world to large scale audiences.
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NewsTimeless to handle sales on Wickie's 3-D sequel
Rat Pack Filmproduktion and Constantin Film are producing the sequel to the 2009 hit.
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Apollo Cinemas launches first all-digital, all-3D multiplex in Europe
The new multiplex in Wales will house six Sony 4K digital screens, 3D enabled systems from RealD.
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NewsConspiracy of Silence producers launch online release
Producers buy back rights to the film about a Catholic Church scandal, starring Brenda Fricker, Sean McGinley, John Lynch and Hugh Bonneville.
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Naomi Wright tries for online investors for short Join My Band
The film stars UK musical theatre actress Jessie Buckley, who was a runner up on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s reality TV show I’d Do Anything in 2008.
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NewsPeter O’Toole and Geraldine Chaplin to star in Paris ballet drama
The $6.6m (€5M) French-UK production Jennifer And The Swan Boat will be directed by feature first timer Michael Beyer and produced by David Amory Lown and Patricia Twohill Lown of Palancar Productions.