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SVT pulls out most expensive Nordic feature, $30m Arn
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has pulled out of Svensk Filmindustri's Arn-The Knight Templar, the two-film adaptation of Swedish writer Jan Guillou's bestselling trilogy of Arn Magnusson, which - with a $30.3m (Euros 22.8m) budget - will become the most expensive feature production in the Nordic countries. 'Unfortunately Svensk Filmindustri cannot ...
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Josh Hartnett to star in George Ratliff's End Zone
George Ratliff, writer-director of psychological thriller Joshua (which debuted at Sundance and is in Locarno's competition this week) has recruited Josh Hartnett to appear in his next feature, End Zone. Hartnett will play a star player at a West Texas College who becomes increasingly obsessed with the threat of nuclear ...
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Ahead of Locarno premiere, Sejong takes on Nothing But Ghosts
South Korea's Sejong has picked up German director Martin Gypken's second feature Nothing But Ghosts (Nichts Als Gespenster) ahead of its world premiere screening on Locarno's Piazza Grande on Monday evening.Beta Cinema's head of sales Andreas Rothbauer confirmed to ScreenDaily.com in Locarno at the weekend that Sejong had acquired theatrical, ...
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Mia Bays joins Film London's micro-budget Microwave scheme
Film London's Microwave low-budget scheme has recruited a new production executive, Mia Bays, who takes over from Sol Gatti-Pascual. Bays recently produced Scott Walker - 30 Century Man and the Oscar-winning short Six Shooter. Microwave, which is producing 10 features with budgets under $202,000 (£100,000), is gearing up to start ...
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UK 's Footprint Films aims to raise initial $22m with new film fund
Yet another player has entered the UK film financing landscape. Film finance house Footprint Films has worked with The Route Group to launch the Footprint Film Fund, which aims to raise an initial $22m and a further $21m during its first year of operation. Footprint said it would offer a ...
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Simon West starts shoot for $51m Purple Mountain in Nanjing
Purple Mountain, a feature film about the Nanjing massacre during WWII, started shooting yesterday in Nanjing's Pukou train station with Con Air director Simon West working off a script by Jeffrey Caine, who previously adapted The Constant Gardener. The project is budgeted at $51m (RMB400m), co-produced by Jiangsu Province Cultural ...
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Directors in Warp X's Darklight include McKeon and Bhide
Low-budget studio Warp X has selected the four directors going forward in its Darklight: Women Direct Horror scheme. The directors are Smita Bhide, Miranda Bowen, Corinna Faith and Juliet McKeon. Each will now work with Warp X to develop their individual projects. Bhide's project is about a young Indian woman ...
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Lionsgate UK to release Power's first feature Flood
UK production company Power has signed a deal with Lionsgate UK to handle the theatrical launch of Power's first feature film, Flood.Lionsgate will release the film at a central London cinema in August and may roll-out from there.The $30m project is directed by Tony Mitchell and stars Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn ...
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Young Victoria cast bulks up with Broadbent, Richardson
Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson and Mark Strong have joined Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend in Graham King and Martin Scorsese's period drama The Young Victoria.Filming is set to begin in the UK this month with Jean Marc Vallee directing from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes about the longest serving British ...
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Showbox boards Lee Jun-ik's Vietnam War drama
Major Korean investor and distributor Showbox Mediaplex has signed with hit director Lee Jun-ik to back and distribute his upcoming Nimeun Mon Gotsae (original title), a $7.5m film set during the Vietnam War. In the film, a woman joins a troupe of entertainers sent to build soldiers' morale in Vietnam ...
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Korean ad agency Hancomm launches content fund
Korean advertising agency Hancomm, a subsidiary of Korea 's 16th-ranked conglomerate Hanhwa Corp, has announced a $13m fund for cultural content - 70% of which will be used for films. The fund will also invest in television dramas and performances. Among others joining the fund are Hanhwa Venture Capital Corp, ...
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Korea's Jang Hyuk joins Dance Of The Dragon cast
Korean sensation Jang Hyuk and Singapore actress Fann Wong have joined Jason Scott Lee in the cast of Easternlight Films' inaugural project, Dance Of The Dragon, which began shooting today in Singapore. In his first English-speaking role, Jang (last seen in Korean smash hit Windstruck) plays a Korean country boy ...
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UTV strikes co-production pact with Karol Bagh
Indian media conglomerate UTV today announced a co-production deal for the entire slate of productions to be launched by Anupam Kher and Satish Kaushik, under their banner Karol Bagh Film and Entertainment. The deal follows UTV's recent signing of three film contracts with actress Priyanka Chopra, actor Shahid Kapur and ...
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Schepisi and Sardi on board for adaptation of The Secret River
Director Fred Schepisi is working with Jan Sardi on the adaptation of Kate Grenville's novel The Secret River. While a script has yet to be written, the Australian producers have announced they have acquired the three-year option. 'It is a landmark book and we just wanted it known how excited ...
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Ingmar Bergman dies at 89
Influential director Ingmar Bergman has died.The film-maker behind such works as The Seventh Seal, Cries & Whispers and Wild Strawberries passed away at his home on the island of Faro, Sweden, aged 89, his daughter Eve said.One of the most revered of film-makers, Bergman enjoyed a 60-year career, which ...
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Narnia producers plan one film a year in franchise from 2008
The producers of The Chronicles Of Narnia films plan to release a new instalment of C S Lewis' children's fantasy series every May starting with Prince Caspian on May 16 2008.Speaking to attendees at the annual Comic-Con convention in San Diego, Mark Johnson said the aim was to put out ...
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Carice Van Houten joins Damast's Vivaldi
Black Book star Carice Van Houten has joined the cast of Boris Damast's Vivaldi opposite Joseph Fiennes and Gerard Depardieu.Fiennes will star as the composer. The cast also includes Jaqueline Bisset, Lena Headey, Malcolm McDowell and Elle Fanning. The project will shoot later this year. Future Films is backing the ...
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Depp to produce, star in Thompson's The Rum Diary
Johnny Depp will nexst star in The Rum Diary, his second film to spring from the mind of the late godfather of 'gonzo' journalism Hunter S Thompson.Depp's Infinitum Nihil is producing with Graham King's recently minted GK Films and Warner Independent Pictures.Depp and King will produce with Film Engine's A ...
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Boll World Sales picks up English-language horror film Fear
Boll World Sales has picked up international distribution rights for Munich-based filmmaker Gerhard Hross' English-language horror film Fear which wraps principal photography in Berlin on July 30.Producer-director Uwe Boll is also serving as a co-financier for the low-budget production by Udo Bomnueter and Helmar Baum's Berlin-based Valerian Fear. Co-producers are ...
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FFC greenlights new films from Campion, Blanks, Brooks
Five new Australian films have received a production greenlight from Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC), including projects from world-renowned directors Jane Campion (The Piano), Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend) and Sue Brooks (Japanese Story). All three of these films - UK/Australian period film Bright Star, horror film Long Weekend and comedy ...