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Contentfilm, Alec Baldwin team up for Swimmer remake
Ed Pressman and John Schmidt's New York-based production anddistribution outfit ContentFilm is to remake the 1968 drama The Swimmer in conjunction with Alec Baldwin's ElDorado Pictures and Vincent Farrell's Iron Films.Baldwin will star in the project, reprising Burt Lancaster's roleas an errant suburbanite who returns home one day by swimming ...
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MTV strikes first European film production alliance
MTV Films Europe, looking to produce a slate of low-budgetyouth-orientated films in a variety of local languages, has turned to Spain forits first alliance.An agreement with Spanish consultancy Intuition Media'snew production arm Intuition Films is designed to funnel projects and potentialco-productions in Spain and Portugal to the iconic music network.Speaking ...
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MTV strikes first European film production alliance
MTV Films Europe, looking to produce a slate of low-budgetyouth-orientated films in a variety of local languages, has turned to Spain forits first alliance.An agreement with Spanish consultancy Intuition Media'snew production arm Intuition Films is designed to funnel projects and potentialco-productions in Spain and Portugal to the iconic music network.Speaking ...
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Spanish film industry in flux
Key changes to the Spanishfilm industry were announced this weekend at the Donostia-San SebastianInternational Film Festival (Sept 18-28).Production, facilities andrights management giant MediaPro unveiled its acquisition of post-productioncompany Molinare and a majority stake in another, Mozart. The new acquisitions givethe company a strong new foothold in the film, TV and ...
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Spanish film industry in flux
Key changes to the Spanishfilm industry were announced this weekend at the Donostia-San SebastianInternational Film Festival (Sept 18-28).Production, facilities andrights management giant MediaPro unveiled its acquisition of post-productioncompany Molinare and a majority stake in another, Mozart. The new acquisitions givethe company a strong new foothold in the film, TV and ...
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Bell lands the lead role in Vinterberg's Wendy
17year-old British star Jamie Bell has landed the plum lead part in ThomasVinterberg's highly anticipated Dear Wendy which is based on a script by Lars Von Trier.JoiningBell in the cast of the thriller, which starts shooting on Sept 26 inCopenhagen, are US actors Chris Owen, Mark Webber and Michael Angarano ...
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Phoenix gets film rights to UK kids' book Skellig
Mike Medavoy and Arnie Messer's Phoenix Pictures hasacquired film rights to UK author David Almond's award-winningchildren's novella Skellig.Annabel Jankel, whoco-directed the 1988 thriller D.O.A.,is attached to direct and produce, while Irena Brignull, whose TV writingcredits include Come Together, isin line to adapt the screenplay.Phoenix executive consultantAnne Rodman brought the project ...
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Halcyon's Deepwater kicks off in Canada
Chris Coen's LA-basedHalcyon Entertainment has commenced production on its first film in Canada. Theproject Deepwater is apsychological thriller about a drifter who happens upon the town of Deepwaterwhere he is seduced into a twisted game of deceit and murder.Lucas Black plays thedrifter with Peter Coyote, Mia Maestro, Lesley Ann Warren, ...
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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - Prod Lists - Sep 15 2003
AUSTRALIA - September 15PRE-PRODUCTIONThe Human Touch(Illumination Films, Go Patterson Films Productions) Backers: Film Finance Corporation Australia. Int'l sales: Cinemavault Releasing. Dist: Dendy (Aust/NZ). Drama. Anna and David's relationship is tested when a wealthy, charming, worldly gentleman enters Anna's life, causing her to lose some of her sexual inhibitions. Exec prods: ...
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Clifford leaves Disney for job as vp, production at Warner Bros
Jeffrey Clifford has left his post as vice president of productionat Buena Vista to perform the same role for Warner Bros."Jeff is going to be a tremendous addition to our group," WarnerBros production president Jeff Robinov said in a statement."He's a great executive with excellent taste and relationships. Weare really ...
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You Don't Have To Say You Love starts shooting
UK production outfit Samuelson Productions, tax-driven First Choice Films, distributor Momentum Pictures and tax-based financier Isle of Man Film are starting shooting on comedy drama You Don't Have To Say You Love Me this week.The story of a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable - adulthood and responsibility ...
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Germany's Boll gets film rights to video game BloodRayne
Fledgling German production company Boll KG has picked uptheatrical and merchandise rights to the popular video game BloodRayne from games developer and publisherMajesco.Executive producer and director Uwe Boll plans to begin filming in2004 with Shawn Williamson of Brightlight Pictures set to produce.The production will be in the $30m range and ...
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Polanski readies Oliver Twist adaptation
A Roman Polanski adaptation of Oliver Twist may sound odd, but the film's producer Robert Benmussa insists 'a family film' like this 'will really suit him'.News emerged this week that Polanski is teaming up again with the makers of The Pianist for an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic.Oscar winning ...
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Mexico's Mandoki returns for two
Mexican director Luis Mandoki is returning to his native country to shoot two films back to back. Mandoki, who has directed the likes of Kevin Costner, Jennifer Lopez and Meg Ryan, will first shoot a drama based on a true story, Casa De Carton, by first time Salvadorean writer Oscar ...
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Green light for Red Light Runners
Shooting has started in London on Red Light Runners, a heist film starring Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, Cillian Murphy, Crispin Glover, Rich Hall, Kate Ashfield, Peter O'Toole and Roy Scheider.Directed by Nick Egan, the film tells the story of a rogue CIA operative in London on a covert mission to ...
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Celador puts faith in porn and poker
Celador Films, the film arm of the UK TV outfit behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire', has added two non-fiction books to its bustling development slate - porn trade story Once More With Feeling and professional poker player book Big Deal.Once More With Feeling is Victoria Coren and Charlie ...
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France's Vincent Cassel joins Ocean's Twelve
Continuing his foray into Hollywood, French actor Vincent Cassel has taken a role in Stephen Soderbergh's upcoming sequel to Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve. Cassel's Paris-based agent, Laurent Gregoire of Intertalent confirmed the news to Screendaily on Wednesday.Ocean's Twelve will reunite the all-star cast of the 2001 hit which included George ...
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UK production update - Sept 3
UK - September 3PRE-PRODUCTIONA WAY THROUGH THE WOODS(Celador Films) Backer: Complete Communications. Anne shares a seemingly perfect marriage to James, until the arrival of Bill, and a tragic accident in their idyllic country village looks set to unravel their lives forever. Exec prod: Paul Smith. Prod: Christian Colson, Steve Clark-Hall. ...
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Amma Asante starts debut
Shooting started in Wales this week on A Way Of Life, the directorial debut of writer Amma Asante, whose credits include the cult TV drama Brothers And Sisters. The film, which stars Brenda Blethyn, Oliver Haden, Stephanie James, Gary Sheppeard, Dean Wong and Sara Gregory, centres on a teenage mother ...
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Björk joins voices on Icelandic animation
The UK's ex-Monty Python Terry Jones and unusual Icelandic songbird Björk have joined the cast of the 3D animated film Anna And The Moods, which is currently being developed by Iceland's CAOZ Ltd. in Reykjavik. Directed and created by Gunnar Karlsson, Anna And The Moods will feature music composed by ...