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Noah Baumbach starts production on new film with Ben Stiller
Production began last week in Los Angeles on Focus Features’ untitled film starring Ben Stiller for writer-director Noah Baumbach.
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Australia's Aurora programme selects seven projects
Aurora, the Australian script programme that has been integral to the development of critical successes such as The Black Balloon and Somersault, has announced the sevenprojects it has accepted for this year.
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Trejo, Laas to star in evangelist comedy Pastor Shepherd
Harbor Light Entertainment will commence principal photography this spring on Edwin Marshall’s comedyPastor Shepherdin Wimberly, Texas.
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NewsAlta Films to distribute Tornasol's films in Spain
Alta Films hasformed a deal with leading Spanish production company Tornasol Films to handle the local release of its projects.
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NewsLion Rock abandons Woo's historical epic 1949
John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock Productions has decided to abandon shooting epic drama 1949 due to a dispute over the script rights.
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Bona Entertainment, JC Group team on Chan's Big Soldier
Beijing-based Bona Entertainment is teaming with Jackie Chan’s JC Group International and Singapore fundLM Media on action comedy Big Soldier (working title), starringChan, Wang Lee-hom and Korean singer Yoo Seung-jun.
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NewsJustin Chadwick to direct The First Grader
Justin Chadwick, whose credits include The Other Boleyn Girl, is to direct The First Grader. Ann Peacock has written the screenplay.
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NewsSally Hawkins stars in It's A Wonderful Afterlife
Sally Hawkins, Jimi Mistry and Zoe Wanamaker have joined the cast of Gurinder Chadha’s It’s A Wonderful Afterlife. The comedy has already begun shooting and a 2010 release is expected.
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NewsUnanimous Pictures pulls out of UK distribution market
Unanimous Pictures is pulling out of UK distributionless than a yearafter launching into the market. The company, formerly known as Halcyon Pictures, will now concentrateexclusively on production.
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Swedish film centre receives $1m in EU funding
Filmpool Stockholm-Mälardalen, a new regional film centre in the Swedish capital, has received $1m (Euro 755,000) in funding from the European Union’s regional developmentfund. The money aims to improve the competitiveness of the local industry.
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Certified Copy back on track after delays
Certified Copy , the up-coming feature from Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, is back on track after being hit by delays. The film, starring Juliette Binoche and produced byFrance’s MK2, will begin shooting in Tuscany on June 8.
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Luis Tosar joins cast of Spanish biopic Lope De Vega
Spanish actor Luis Tosar has joined the cast of Brazilian director Andrucha Waddington's historical biopic Lope De Vega about the Spanish playwright and poet. Tosar will play Frey Bernadino De Sahagun, a Franciscan missionary who wrote the first encyclopedia of the new world and The General History of New Things ...
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Paramount Digitaland Gaumont create Web series
Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) and French film company Gaumont are developing an interactive Web series to be distributed in the U.S. by MySpace. Endemol will handle worldwide distribution. Section 8, a supernatural thriller, will tell the tale of an ill-fated cast, all but one of which will be killed off ...
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Hamburg backs projects by Polanski, Espinosa and Guo
International co-productions by Roman Polanski, Daniel Espinosa and Xiaolu Guo are among the projects to be supported by FilmFörderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH), which has handed out a total of $3.5m (Euro 2.69m) at its latest funding session. Polanski will receive $263,000 (Euro 200,000) for his adaptation of the Robert Harris ...
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Chloe shoot wraps after Neeson's return
Atom Egoyan has wrapped the shoot for Chloe this weekend, after Liam Neeson returned to the set following the death of his wife Natasha Richardson.Neeson had to leave the shoot temporarily after Richardson died in New York City March 18 after hitting her head in a fall at a Quebec ...
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Nuclear Mango and Eros to bring Indian legends to life
Govind Menon and William Keenan's Indian-US production consultancy Nuclear Mango is lining up a slate of features with Eros Entertainment based on mythological Indian creatures.The partners are jointly developing the initial roster and are talking to writers about character concepts. Eros will handle worldwide distribution on the slate.Menon said: 'It ...
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Minister'sfunding comments heighten fears for Scottish film
Scottish Culture Minister Michael Russell has stated that there is unlikely to be any additional government funding for Scottish film production in the near future. Russell was appointed Culture Minister in February and one of his priorities is overseeing the troubled merger of Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council ...
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Canadian Telefilm to set new standards for film investment
Canadian film and TV financing agency Telefilm Canada has advised producers it is implementing new standards for its selective investments in the English market starting with 2009-2010. The new measures will incorporate 'Best Practices' into its Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF) decisions that concentrate on identifying target audiences and developing ...
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Joe Dante on the set of The Hole
The Hole isn't Joe Dante's first 3D film but it might as well be. In 2002, the director was hired by Florida-based amusement park Busch Gardens to shoot a 25-minute ride film entitled Haunted Lighthouse. 'They called it 4D,' says Dante. 'The film was 3D and then they threw stuff ...
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UK producers Rachel Robey and Al Clark find a better place
A film production course in Nottingham in 1998 proved serendipitous for Rachel Robey and Alastair Clark. They met there, fell in love, got married and set up a production company called Wellington Films.Robey and Clark made a name for themselves in 2006 with Paul Andrew Williams' low-budget thriller London To ...