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Warp X to kick off shoot for fifth film, Bunny And The Bull
Paul King from British TV's The Mighty Boosh will start shooting his feature film debut Bunny And The Bull on June 30 (Monday). Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby and Veronic Echegui will star. And the Boosh's Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade will appear.The Warp X production will be produced ...
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Matthew Rhys takes a trip with Marc Evans' Patagonia
Matthew Rhys, currently starring with Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller in The Edge Of Love, has come on board to star in Patagonia with Nia Roberts.Marc Evans (Snow Cake) will direct and Rebekah Gilbertson (The Edge Of Love) will produce with Argentina's Oscar Kramer.Laurence Coriat (Wonderland, A Mighty Heart) wrote ...
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World premiere of Frost/Nixon to open London Film Festival
The world premiere of Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon is to open The Times BFI London Film Festival.The Universal Pictures film - adapted by Peter Morgan from his hit stage play - will screen on October 15.The story of a legendary 1977 US television interview between UK television presenter David Frost and ...
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Ealing signs UK deal for Julian Fellowes' film
Ealing Studios International has sold Julian Fellowes' From Time To Time to new distributor Delanic Films for the UK.Ealing has also announced other deals for the film including Australia and New Zealand (Hopscotch), Odeon (Greece) Castello Lopes (Portugal), and Shooting Stars (Middle East).The second directorial feature from the Oscar-winning writer ...
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International Screenwriters festival completes stellar line-up
The third International Screenwriters Festival is set to cement its position in the industry calendar with a stellar line-up that includes some of the world's best-known writers.Among the speakers this year are film-makers and writers who have been major names at the major awards ceremonies.They include BAFTA and Palme d'Or ...
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Graham, McDonald take key footballer roles in The Damned United
As the shoot continues for Tom Hooper's Brian Clough story The Damned United, Stephen Graham and Peter McDonald have taken the roles of legendary 1970s footballers Billy Bremner and Johnny Giles, respectively. Bremner was the Leeds Captain and Giles was a midfielder.Other actors taking on footballing roles are Mark Cameron ...
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City Screen goes beyond DSN to back five new digital installations
In an important step in the evolution of digital cinema in the UK, independent exhibitor City Screen Picturehouse Cinemas is planning to commercially back the installation of five new digital screens.The 18-cinema small chain (which has 50+ screens) has already seen the UK Film Council's Digital Screen Network install 18 ...
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Film4 extends sponsorship of FrightFest until 2009
Film4 has extended its headline sponsor deal with the UK's FrightFest for the third year running.The 2009 event will be the 10th anniversary of the genre festival. The partnership will expand further with Film4 for more on-air and off-air initiatives.Meanwhile, the 2008 FrightFest will be held at London's Odeon West ...
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Dogwoof's Whitaker sets up new indie distribution co-operative
Andy Whittaker, head of forward-thinking UK distributor Dogwoof Pictures, is heading a new film distribution co-operative. Essentially, ordinary film fans will be part of a group acquiring rights to independent films.TheMoviesClub.com launches officially today at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.The co-op has been set up to raise capitol to invest ...
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AAM moves into Spain with five-screen Yelmo deal
Digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media is making its first move into the Spanish exhibition market with a Madrid multiplex.AAM has struck a deal with exhibitor Yelmo Cines and equipment installer Suministros Kelonik to fully outfit Yelmo's Isla Azul five-screen site in Madrid.The five digital systems - Christie 2K projectors ...
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Edinburgh kicks off first Directors' Lab with Woolley as patron
Six rising film-makers have been selected for the new Directors' Lab at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.The six directors, moving from shorts to features, are: Hope Dickson Leach, Charles-Henri Belleville, Scott Graham, Jane Linfoot, Rene Mohandas and Amy Neil.Stephen Woolley of Number 9 Films has come on board as a ...
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EM Media backs new Considine, Glenaan, Meadows films
EM Media, the UK's regional screen agency based in the East Midlands, announced a new slate of projects today at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.They are: Brian Percival's A Boy Called Dad, Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur, Shane Meadows' King Of the Gypsies, Kenny Glenaan's Red Sail and Paul King's Bunny And ...
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Davies, Skenderlis-Kallis join post house Evolutions
London-based post-production facility Evolutions has appointed two new key staff members.Jeremy Davies joins as business development manager and Fiona Skenderlis-Kallis joins as post production producer.Jeremy joins from a business development role at Elmwood Design, and Fiona from The Sanctuary where she was post-production manager and head of bookings.Simon Kanjee, managing ...
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Eyes on Edinburgh as festival kicks off June event with Edge Of Love
It's an especially pivotal opening night tonight for the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Not only does the festival have A-list stars Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller on the red carpet for the world premiere of John Maybury's The Edge Of Love, but also there will be more industry scrutiny on ...
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Beresford on board for Grahame biopic Banking On Mr Toad
Bruce Beresford is attached to direct Banking On Mr Toad, which is set to shoot in Dublin and nearby Irish locales in early 2009. The biopic of Kenneth Grahame is being readied as his classic The Wind In The Willows celebrates its 100th anniversary.The film's budget is $22m. Casting is ...
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Film Agency For Wales offers development funds for Mr Manchester
The Film Agency For Wales is backing Cardiff-born writer Phil Charles' feature comedy Mr Manchester, now in development.Lee Ruette and Britt Harrison's Snowball Pictures will produce.The Manchester-set comedy is about a macho cash-strapped builder who enters a gay beauty competition.Charles has been working as a TV writer and previously made ...