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UK's Celador commissions Millionaire script
Russell T Davies has been commissioned to write a feature screenplay based on the events surrounding the recent Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' fraud case for the UK's Celador Films, the sister company to the TV concern behind the hit gameshow.Davies, whose credits Bob And Rose, Queer As ...
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Lions Gate digs up 1000 Corpses sequel
Rob Zombie is preparing to write and direct a sequel to his breakoutdebut feature House Of 1,000 Corpses for Lions Gate Films, which wants to lay the foundations fora cult franchise.The original House of 1,000 Corpses, which centres on a couple that stumble upona family of psychotics, was released through ...
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Liz Hurley to star as Method killer
Elizabeth Hurley has been signed as the lead actress in Method, a thriller for Andrew Stevens' company Trademark Entertainment. Hurley will be promoting the film during the Cannes film festival this month. The film will be offered for sale at the Cannes market and is available in all ...
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Universum picks up 80 Days for Germany
RTL Group's theatrical distribution arm Universum Film has picked up the German theatrical and video/DVD rights to Frank Coraci's Around The World In 80 Days which began shooting in Berlin yesterday.Universum acquired the film from German rights trader Telepool and will now have to decide which of its physical distribution ...
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Studio Hamburg launches English-language division
Studio Hamburg Produktion (SHP) has launched an English-language division Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP) to focus on internationally marketable productions as part of the reorganisation of SHP's production activities by CEO Sytze van der Laan. Operating from Hamburg and Los Angeles, SHIP's head of production will be former independent ...
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Spyglass hires Sortito to tap corporate sponsors
Marketing veteran Karen Sortito has joined Spyglass Entertainmentin the new position of executive vice president of worldwide marketing,Most recently she served as an entertainment consultant forHollywood studios and production companies, where her clients included SonyPictures Entertainment, Revolution Studios and IMAX.Prior to that her previous appointments have included, amongothers, executive vice ...
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Ex-Miramax buyer Dreyer joins Sperry's Paris office
Elizabeth Dreyer, who most recently served as Miramax'sLondon-based film buyer, has joined Stephane Sperry's Liaisons Films as vicepresident of development and acquisitions.Dreyer will work out of Liaisons' Paris office and her duties willinvolve coordinating with the company's Los Angeles office, Canal Plus,StudioCanal and parent company Universal Pictures. Liaisons has a ...
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Ridley reopens Black Dahlia murder case for Lions Gate
John Ridley, whose writing credits include Undercover Brother and U-Turn, is to direct the thriller Let MeTake You Down for LionsGate Films, the company announced Based on an original screenplay by Ridley, the projectcentres on a Hollywood coroner's office worker who attempts to reopen thelegendary 1947 Black Dahlia murder case.Ridley ...
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Two SARS-themed films ready to shoot
Producers in Hong Kong and China are preparing two separate films about the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which are both scheduled to start shooting next week.The Hong Kong project, The City Of SARS, will be produced by Mandarin Films with Steve Cheng directing. Described by Mandarin as ...
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CanWest dumps Firestone as Fireworks fizzles
Money-losing Fireworks Entertainment has a new leader,following the departure Monday of founding president and CEO Jay Firestone fromparent company CanWest Global Communications. CanWest has invested considerably more than $100m in thefilm and television production company since acquiring it in 1998. Firestone'sfive-year contract was up for renewal on May 4, 2003. ...
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Mexico's production activity intensifies
Despite a challenging economic climate, a raft of new film companies are suddenly launching in Mexico - all hoping to hit the big time with their new projects.Many have been spurred on by the kind of success seen by local blockbuster El Crimen Del Padre Amaro. The new outfits are ...
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Plummer joins Farrell in Malick's New World cast for New Line
Christopher Plummer, whosemyriad credits include A Beautiful Mind, The Sound Of Music and The Insider, will join Colin Farrell in Terrence Malick's upcoming epic The NewWorld for New Line. Plummer will play CaptainChristopher Newport, an English officer who is among the first settlers in theNew World and who becomes president ...
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Marketing vet Kalish in filmmaking foray
Ambergate Associates, the outfit spearheaded by veteran marketing consultant Eddie Kalish, is expanding its activities to include film and television development and production, music management and live event presentation.In co-production with writer-producer Elliot Geisinger's (Amityville Horror, The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia, Child's Play) Gem Films, Ambergate is ...
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IN-motion boards Romero chiller
London-based sales house IN-motion Pictures has boarded horror -meister George A Romero's thriller The ILL.IN-motion will handle worldwide sales excluding the UK and US on the project, to be directed by Romero and produced by Thierry Cagianut and Matthew Myers of P-Kino Films. Principal photography starts in September on location ...
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Icon grabs worldwide rights to Jindabyne
Icon Entertainment International has jumped aboard Jindabyne, the next film by director Ray Lawrence, who gave Australia its biggest commercial and critical hit of 2001 with Lantana. It is the first time the company has grabbed all worldwide sales rights to an Australian film since its local distribution arm opened ...
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Paramount's Prince heads for Prague
Paramount is joining the Prague production influx with romantic comedy The Prince and the Freshman starring Julia Stiles and directed by Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl, Rambling Rose). The film has received the green light and will begin production in the Czech capital in June, Prague sources told Screendaily.Paramount joins a ...
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Oscar winning Czech director returns with Bottles
Oscar-winning director of Kolya,and Dark Blue World and Czech Republic box office record holder, Jan Sverak has announced his return to directing after an absence of nearly two years. Dispelling rumours that his next project would be a horror film, Sverak said his latest project would be Returnable Bottles, a ...
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India to relax foreign production regulations
The Government of India is to allow shooting of foreign films in India as well as offering post-production facilities, minister for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters in New Delhi on 26th April."Foreign producers will not have much problems to come to India as they will enjoy single-window ...
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Miravista boards two Brazilian projects
Miravista, the joint co production venture between The Walt Disney Company Latin America and Telefonica Spain's Admira, has boarded two Brazilian projects currently in post, 1972 and O Caminho Das Nuvens (A Walk In The Clouds). According to Miravista manager Fernando Lagier, who is based in Disney's regional headquarters in ...
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Distant Horizon to bring black comic book hero to the screen
Targeting the growing hip-hop and urban market, Distant Horizon, the international film financing, production and distribution company headed by Anant Singh, announced its plans to adapt urban-underground comic book Brotherman for the big screen. Rights for the comic were bought from Atlanta-based publisher Flipbook Communications.Based on the series of ...