All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 218
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NewsDe Niro joins Statham, Owen in The Killer Elite
The film, which started shooting on May 13, is based on Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ 1993 non-fictional novel about Black Ops soliders.
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NewsGeddes to be festival director for ActionFest
Colin Geddes (pictured) takes new role at ActionFest but will retain TIFF duties.
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Overheard at Cannes...
Just a few telling comments overheard at Cannes events this week…“Fireworks. The recession must be over.”Industry veteran at the Marche opening party “But I have meetings tomorrow.”Woman at Abu Dhabi party who realized her henna tattoo wasn’t going to wash off. “Where’s Doha?”Asked of me four times at Doha party, ...
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The Yellow Affair launches as new international sales company
Miira Paasilinna, formerly of NonStop Sales, heads the outfit as Managing Director.
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NewsPrescience strikes alliance with Atlantic Film Group's Australian arm
Atlantic Film Group and UK financier Prescience have created a strategic alliance to give Atlantic Film Group’s Antipodean financing subsidiary, Atlantic South, access to a facility worth an anticipated $20m per year.
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NewsLionsgate UK takes on Coriolanus, Dangerous Method
The UK-based company has added Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut and David Cronenberg’s next film to its 2011 slate.
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Spall, McCrory sign on to Tillotson's debut
Timothy Spall and Helen McCrory have signed on to star in Rachel Tillotson’s debut feature, Badstock.
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NewsCrossDay funding boost to help with development slate including Tom Jones, Esme Lennox
UK-based CrossDay Productions, run by Pippa Cross and Janette Day, will benefit from a new “substantial investment” from a sale of 25% of their equity to a non-film-industry high-net-worth individual.
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NewsSalt strikes first-look deal with $30m Brazilian Fund
Newly launched Brazilian film fund Virtù-Schurmann Cinema has signed a first-look deal with UK-based sales and financing company Salt. Salt, which has previously worked on Brazilian titles including City Of Men (Cidade de Homens) (pictured) and Cidade Baixa (Lower City), will help Virtù-Schurmann in identifying and developing Brazilian films with ...
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NewsYolande Moreau joins Beta's The Notebook
The project is an adaptation of Agota Kristof’s acclaimed anti-war novel.
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NewsMarilyn Manson, Evan Rachel Wood to star in retro Splatter Sisters
Edward R. Pressman and David Gordon Green have joined forces to produce the retro slasher movie Splatter Sisters.
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NewsRevolver shoots for two new Gunslinger productions
Revolver’s production arm plans hoodie spoof Anuvarhood and girl gang thriller Sket.
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European films account for 59% of screenings across the Network in 2009
There was news to celebrate at today’s Europa Cinemas Network Meeting in Cannes, with the network’s 710 cinemas reporting 59% of their screenings to European films in 2009 (a 4% increased from 2008). That was 36% of totals comprising non-national European films.An overall total of 59m European viewers (an increase ...
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NewsVideovision strikes South African deals for Woody Allen, Ken Loach films
Videovision Entertainment has taken South African rights to Woody Allen’s You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger(in official selection) and Ken Loach’s Route Irish (in Competition) (pictured).You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger stars Anthony Hopkins, Freida Pinto and Naomi Watts.Route Irish is about two men working as private security ...
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NewsKapur, LaBute join Love Berlin project
The directors join Oren Moverman on the portmanteau project.
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NewsThe Works searches for Happiness with Patrick Dempsey
The Works International has taken on international sales for Katja von Garnier’s Hector and the Search for Happiness, starring Patrick Dempsey.
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NewsFirst Run takes US rights to Mugabe and the White African
HanWay handles sales, and has previously sold to France’s Pretty Pictures.
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Repremiere launches in Cannes to offer 3D conversion
London-based Repremiere 3D is launching as a finance house to fund the 3D conversion of library titles across a range of titles.
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NewsTaylor Hackford, Helen Mirren on Love Ranch
The husband and wife team to Screen about working together on Love Ranch.
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FeaturesStephen Kijak, director
The director of Directors’ Fortnight entry Stones In Exile talks to Wendy Mitchell about working with the band and taking viewers back to the ‘70s