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    Mikado boards new Panahi, Sokurov projects

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    Italy's Mikado, fresh from a hefty cash boost by new multimedia shareholder De Agostini, continues to raise its international profile by boarding as a co-producer two new films from world-renown filmmakers: Aleksander Sokurov's Father And Son and Jafar Panahi's Gold, which was co-written with another festival favourite, Abbas Kiarostami. Both ...

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    Mikado boards new Panahi, Sokurov projects

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    Italy's Mikado, fresh from a hefty cash boost by new multimedia shareholder De Agostini, continues to raise its international profile by boarding as a co-producer two new films from world-renown filmmakers: Aleksander Sokurov's Father And Son and Jafar Panahi's Gold, which was co-written with another festival favourite, Abbas Kiarostami. Both ...

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    Boorman taps Jackson, Binoche for Country Of The Skulls

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    John Boorman is to direct Samuel L Jackson and Juliette Binoche in South African-set drama Country Of My Skull. UK-based sales company The Works is representing the production worldwide, with shooting scheduled for February.Jackson plays an angry American journalist and Binoche is a troubled young Afrikaaner who encounter a sinister ...

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    Boorman taps Jackson, Binoche for Country Of The Skulls

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    John Boorman is to direct Samuel L Jackson and Juliette Binoche in South African-set drama Country Of My Skull. UK-based sales company The Works is representing the production worldwide, with shooting scheduled for February.Jackson plays an angry American journalist and Binoche is a troubled young Afrikaaner who encounter a sinister ...

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    Kim Ki-duk title springs to Bavaria

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    Sales outfit Bavaria Film International has a growing number of reasons to be positive as it expands its slate of non-German titles.It kicked off MIFED with two strong sessions at Saturday's Milan Screenings, where it showed Peter Bay's Swedish comedy The Man Who Couldn't Say No and Boran, the debut ...

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    Cecchi Gori arrest fuels monopoly fears in Italy

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    The arrest of former Italian movie mogul Vittorio Cecchi Gori throws one big question into sharp relief: what will happen to his film interests if ' as is looking increasingly inevitable - his once-formidable empire disintegrates' To many, the answer could rock the landscape of the Italian film industry ' ...

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    Cecchi Gori arrest fuels monopoly fears in Italy

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    The arrest of former Italian movie mogul Vittorio Cecchi Gori throws one big question into sharp relief: what will happen to his film interests if - as is looking increasingly inevitable - his once-formidable empire disintegrates' To many, the answer could rock the landscape of the Italian film industry - ...

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    Blue Star widens Anglo-Italian financing net

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    As the Italian film industry continues to struggle to make commercially viable pictures that can travel outside its own borders, local producers have started to recognise the benefits of joining forces with European - and, in particular, UK allies.A pioneering model has been set by a reciprocal financing arrangement that ...

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    Blue Star widens Anglo-Italian financing net

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    As the Italian film industry continues to struggle to make commercially viable pictures that can travel outside its own borders, local producers have started to recognise the benefits of joining forces with European - and, in particular, UK allies.A pioneering model has been set by a reciprocal financing arrangement that ...

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    Blue Star widens Anglo-Italian financing net

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    As the Italian film industry continues to struggle to make commercially viable pictures that can travel outside its own borders, local producers have started to recognise the benefits of joining forces with European - and, in particular, UK allies.A pioneering model has been set by a reciprocal financing arrangement that ...

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    Schoendorffer shoots Spybound for TF1

    2002-11-04T04:05:00Z

    Irreversible pair and real life couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel are to star in Spy Bound (Agents Secrets), a big-budget thriller to be directed by Frederic Schoendorffer.The Euros15m French-language film is produced by Doberman-producer Eric Neve through his company La Chauve Souris and makes its market splash as the ...

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    Flying Scotsman shooting time-table derailed

    2002-11-01T04:05:00Z

    The future of The Flying Scotsman was placed in jeopardy yesterday (October 31) with the news that the£3.3 million production has lost one of its main investors. The sudden death of one of the partners in Americana Films has resulted in the withdrawal of their 27% share of the budget. ...

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    Rezo Films to produce Rohmer's Triple Agent

    2002-10-31T04:05:00Z

    French distribution outfit Rezo Films is to produce Eric Rohmer's next film, Triple Agent. The Euros 4m film, which teams Rezo with Rohmer's own production outfit, C.E.R, will also mark the distribution outfit's first foray into the foreign sales sector.Rezo Film used to focus on the distribution (and sometimes the ...

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    Rezo Films to produce Rohmer's Triple Agent

    2002-10-31T04:05:00Z

    French distribution outfit Rezo Films is to produce Eric Rohmer's next film, Triple Agent. The Euros 4m film, which teams Rezo with Rohmer's own production outfit, C.E.R, will also mark the distribution outfit's first foray into the foreign sales sector.Rezo Film used to focus on the distribution (and sometimes the ...

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    Media Asia's Mifed slate gets boost from Tong, Chan

    2002-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Hong Kong's Media Asia has unveiled three new projects, to start shooting in the first half of next year, and confirmed that Stanley Tong will direct its big-budget Jackie Chan action vehicle, Titanium Rain. Tong previously directed Chan in his first three stateside hits - Supercop, Rumble In The Bronx ...

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    Stanley Tong, Gordon Chan join Media Asia slate

    2002-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Hong Kong's Media Asia has unveiled three new projects, to start shooting in the first half of next year, and confirmed that Stanley Tong will direct its big-budget Jackie Chan action vehicle, Titanium Rain. Tong previously directed Chan in his first three stateside hits - Supercop, Rumble In The Bronx ...

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    Jackass star Knoxville boards Grand Theft Parsons

    2002-10-30T04:05:00Z

    Fresh off his number one box office hit, Jackass - The Movie, Johnny Knoxville has signed to the comedy, Grand Theft Parsons. Inspired by a true story, the MTV comedy daredevil will play road manager Phil Kaufman, who steals the body of Gram Parsons and races down to the Joshua ...

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    Solid Air starts shooting in Glasgow

    2002-10-30T04:05:00Z

    Shooting started in Glasgow today (Oct 30) on Solid Air, director May Miles Thomas' follow up to the Bafta-winning DV feature One Life Stand.A complex drama set in the twin worlds of litigation and high-stakes gambling, Solid Air tells the story of a compulsive gambler who comes home to his ...

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    Emperor's Wife prepares to shoot

    2002-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Max Beesley head the cast of The Emperor's Wife, an adult fairy tale directed by Julien Vrebos, which goes into production on Friday Nov 1. The cast also includes Spanish actresses Rosana Pastor, recently seen in Land And Freedom, and Leticia Dolera of The Other ...

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    Overseas' Emperor's Wife prepares to shoot

    2002-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Max Beesley head the cast of The Emperor's Wife, an adult fairy tale directed by Julien Vrebos, which goes into production on Friday Nov 1. The cast also includes Spanish actresses Rosana Pastor, recently seen in Land And Freedom, and Leticia Dolera of The Other ...