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Australia, New Zealand generate star power
Films of all shapesand sizes are now underway in New Zealand and, after a considerable productiondrought, in Australia - and both countries are awash with internationallyrenowned acting talent.In Australia, HeathLedger and Geoffrey Rush are to star in Candy,and Cate Blanchett is the focus of LittleFish, which also stars Sam Neill ...
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Swedish journalists question state funding choices
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) has attracted localcriticism for its selection of seven new features to receive state funding.Among the seven films that received $3.1M (SEK 23M) in totalfrom the SFI, not one will be directed by a woman. Furthermore, five of thefilms are adaptations of books written by internationally ...
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Von Trier turns to Antichrist
Danish maverick Lars von Trier might be in the middle of editing his Dogville follow-up, Manderlay, but he has promised producer and Zentropa co-founder Peter Aalbaek Jensen that he will make a more commercial film before turning to the final instalment in the USA trilogy, Wasington.While a finished script has ...
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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - Prod Lists Oct 21
AUSTRALIA - October 20PRE-PRODUCTIONTHE BOOK OF REVELATION(Wildheart Zizani)Budget: n/a. Backers: Film Finance Corporation Australia, New South Wales Filmand Television Office, Film Victoria, ContentFilm. Int'l sales: ContentInternational. Distrib: Palace Films (Aust/NZ). Drama. A dancer disappearswithout a trace for 12 days, then returns just as mysteriously. Prod: Al Clark.Dir: Ana Kokkinos. Scr: ...
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Germany mulls sale and leaseback scheme
Germany's State Minister for Culture and MediaChristina Weiss has called for the introduction of a tax incentive system onthe lines of the British sale and leaseback model.Speaking to the German weekly magazine DerSpiegel, Weiss criticised the current situation where the US film industryhad been the prime beneficiary of the country's ...
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Tanovic embarks on shoot of Hell
Oscarwinner Danis Tanovic will start shooting next week his latest film, Hell,which was written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz for the late Krzysztof Kieslowski aspart of his Heaven-Hell-Purgatory trilogy.The No Man's Land director begins the film'seight-week shoot in Paris on October 25. Hell focuses on three sisters whosechildhoods were marked by a ...
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O'Donnell readies Noir as Dancing follow-up
Damien O'Donnell is readyingthe tentatively-titled Noir as his next project after Working TitleFilms' Inside I'm Dancing, which opened this week through MomentumPictures.O'Donnell is to startshooting next year on the quirky, dark romantic comedy for producer DavidParfitt, whose credits include Shakespeare In Love, and his TrademarkFilms.Inside I'm Dancing opened with a ...
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Besson commits to $78m Arthur
Luc Besson will mark a return to directing with the 3-D animatedfilm, Arthur, which is now in production. Representing the biggestinvestment yet for Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam's four year-old EuropaCorp, Arthurhas a budget similar in scale to Shrek and is currently pegged at $78m(Euros65m). It will be ready for ...
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Hopkins in the saddle for World's Fastest Indian
Anthony Hopkins plays a motorcycling legend in TheWorld's Fastest Indian, whichwriter/director Roger Donaldson has been shooting for three weeks on the Utahsalt flats and moves shortly to New Zealand for a further 11 weeks.The New Zealand Film Commission and New Zealand FilmProduction Fund are the financing partners on what is ...
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Warner Bros wraps first solo Spanish shoot
Warner Bros Pictures has wrapped shooting on its first soloSpanish production, Manuel Gomez Pereira's Reinas.The Euros 4.5m filmheadlines a star-studded ensemble cast in a comedy turning on the first gaywedding in Spain.Reinas is the first100% Warner production since the company opened its local production arm inSpain with plans to produce, ...
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Spanish, Swiss partners go to Boarding School
Spain's Morena Films and Switzerland's ZodiacPictures have agreed to develop two new feature films together, starting withEnglish-language comedy Swiss Boarding School.School (workingtitle) is set in an uppity institute in the Swiss Alps which is turned upsidedown by the arrival of an outrageous Spanish student. Morena regular writerJuan Carlos Rubio (Slam) ...
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Gong Li stars with Kidman in Wong Kar-wai's next film
NicoleKidman confirmed this weekend that she is teaming with Hong Kong auteurdirector Wong Kar-wai on his next project The Lady From Shanghai and that she will be joined in the film by Chinesestar Gong Li.Indeed,said Kidman, Gong has already shot her part in the film, and Wong took justfive weeks ...
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Curtis, Morgernstern set for Holocaust tale
Hollywood legendTony Curtis and Maia Morgenstern are to star in Atlantic Alliance Pictures andHeritage Pictures' Holocaust story Love Is A Survivor.Directed by byPhilip Saville, production is set to begin February 15, 2005 in Budapest,Hungary.Love Is ASurvivor is billed as amajor holocaust film with a love story as its central theme. ...
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Archbishop wins Eurimages funding
Zoltan Kamondi's TheArchbishop's Visit has received Euros 430,000 in funding from support bodyEurimages.The film is a Hungarian, Italian andRomanian co-production between Honeymood Films/Focus Film, Gam Film and MediaPro Pictures. Its full budget runs to $4.4m.Set construction is already underway inRomania with principal photography scheduled to start in November and tocontinue ...
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Shochiku launches animation division
Shochiku, a major Japanesefilm company with interests in production, distribution and exhibition, hasannounced the launch of a new division to produce animated features and TVshows.Headed by General Manager ofFilmed Entertainment Ichiro Seki, the division plans to release its firstfeature in 2005. Director, budget and story have yet to be announced. ...
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Irish production sector gears up for revival
It certainly felt like the slowest year on record. Only oneor two films went into production in Ireland between January and the last daysof August.Everyone seems to have a different explanation - thefaltering dollar; a hiatus brought about by last year's uncertainty about thefuture of the Section 481 tax break ...
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Shochiku launches fund for ninja action feature
Shochiku, one of Japan's leading film producers anddistributors, is to launch a film fund to underwrite the production of Shinobi,a ninja action film starring Joe Odagiri (Bright Future) and YukieNakama (Game, Trick).The film, which is directed by Ten Shimoyama (Muscle Heat),will begin principal photography on October 18, with release in ...
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Sorin takes to El Camino as Bombon follow-up
Spain's Wanda Vision is set to co-produce Argentine directorCarlos Sorin's El Camino De San Diego, his follow-up to San Sebastianhit Bombon - The Dog.The Spanish-language film, which Sorin will co-producethrough his own Guacamole Films, is a road movie about a diehard fan of soccerlegend Diego Maradona who travels thousands of ...
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Buyers clamour for Verhoeven's Blackbook
Paul Verhoeven'sfirst Dutch film for 21 years, Zwartboek(Blackbook), has been sold to five territories, with four more pending, inadvance of its late October start of shoot.Katapult Fim Sales has sold the WWII thriller to the United Kingdom (Metro Tartan), Italy(Lucky Red) and Belgium, France and Switzerland (all Pathe Distribution).Producer San ...
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Darclight plans slate of Australian genre movies
Darclight, the specialist division of increasinglysuccessful sales and financing outfit Arclight, has committed to produce atleast two genre films per year in its native Australia.The commitment came hard on the heels of the sale byArclight of Wolf Creek, a horrorthriller that is currently in production, to Optimum Releasing of the ...