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Daredevil relocates in fear of Canadian strike
20th Century Fox has pulled Daredevil, a multi-million dollar feature produced by Bernie Williams (The Score) and directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Simon Birch), out of Montreal for fear of a strike by 18,000 Canadian actors union (ACTRA) members.At the same time, other Hollywood studios have sounded the alarm for ...
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Carlstrom strikes first look deal with SF
Nordic major Svensk Filmindustri (SF) has signed a first -look deal with Swedish producer Bjorn Carlstrom, who previously spent 10 years working for competitor Sonet Film."We have been in talks for some time," SF head of production, Kerstin Bonnier, told Screendaily, "because we believe Bjorn Carlstrom will compliment our other ...
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Canada's Equinox reveals $59.1m slate
Montreal-based Equinox Entertainment's new production and development slate will have a total budget of $59.1m (C$80m), including approximately $23.3m (C$36m) for a series of Italian/Canadian 'movies of the week' and feature film co-productions.Equinox, the filmed entertainment division of La Compagnie France Film Inc., which previously focused on distribution, will team ...
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Brazilian soccer star signs for Shooting Star
Soccer superstar Ronaldo has signed up to be the star subject in feature-length football documentary Shooting Star.Along with being the main interviewee, the Brazilian striker will represent the fatherhood section as the film explores the seven stages of life - including birth, boyhood, adolescence, manhood, mid-life crisis and old age ...
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Goldbacher develops Utopia and Faith
Sandra Goldbacher, the UK writer-director who impressed buyers at Cannes with her second feature Me Without You, has started work on two contemporary scripts, Faith and Utopia.Faith is a London-set story about magic and witchcraft, while Utopia is set in a commune in an arctic-like region. Goldbacher, who debuted with ...
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Flanders TV signs for Warner Bros. output
Flanders' largest commercial TV company Vlaamse Media Maatschappij has signed a four-year output deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. Its two TV stations VTM and Kanaal 2 will have the right to broadcast new features (1999-2002) - such as Eyes Wide Shut, The Perfect Storm and Harry Potter And ...
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Alta and Lumen co-produce Novo comedy
Spain's Alta Produccion and France's Lumen Films are co-producing French-language romantic comedy Novo with stars Eduardo Noriega (Open Your Eyes) and Anna Mouglalis (Merci Pour Le Chocolat). France's Celluloid Dreams is handling international sales.Paz Vega (Sex And Lucia), Nathalie Richard (Modern Comforts) and Eric Caravaca (La Chambre Des Officiers) co-star ...
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Capitol heads for Hollywood Hong Kong
UK sales house Capitol Films has boarded Hong Kong art-house star Fruit Chan's forthcoming Hollywood Hong Kong, picking up rights outside Asia. Within Asia the film continues to be sold by Carrie Wong's Golden Network.Set to premiere in the main competition section in Venice next month, the film is the ...
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Farrell to return to Ireland for Intermission
Having exploded onto the Hollywood scene with upcoming US titles such as Steven Spielberg's Minority Report and Bruce Willis WW2 drama Hart's War, red-hot Irish actor Colin Farrell is likely to return to home-grown features on Dublin-set ensemble piece Intermission.The 25 year-old actor, who this week purportedly landed $5m to ...
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Chan to return to Ireland for Shanghai Knights
Jackie Chan had only just arrived in Dublin to begin shooting on The Highbinders when he revealed that he is already planning a return visit to film the sequel to Shanghai Noon.His presence in Ireland was a curious story to begin with; he is making the biggest Hong Kong movie ...
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Perugorria and Flores sign up to Resentment
Cuban actor Jorge Perugorria (Strawberry And Chocolate) and Spanish pop star Lolita Flores have signed on to star in director Miguel Albaladejo's next film Rencor (Resentment) for co-producers Iconica, Zebra, Alta Producciones and Trivision.Shooting gets underway in Spain on August 20 with co-star Elena Anaya (Sex And Lucia, Fading Memories). ...
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Renny Harlin to shoot Finnish WWII movie
Finnish expatriate and Hollywood director Renny Harlin is set to return to his homeland, to direct a World War II drama, for the first time since making his US debut as director of A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 in 1988. Harlin, seen here directing Sylvester Stallone in his last ...
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Miramax acquires Bridget-style diary of its own
Has MiramaxFilms found the next Bridget Jones' The New York film studio appears to have the recent Working Title transatlantic smash firmly in mind when it acquired the film rights yesterday to Allison Pearson's upcoming novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, based on her popular weekly newspapercolumns in ...
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UK studios suffer decline in Hollywood production
The investment by Hollywood productions shooting in the UK has plummeted by more than 65%, according to figures from the British Film Commission. The total value of overseas productions to start shooting in the UK in the first six months of 2001 crashed to $109m as UK studio facilities were ...
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Irreversible re-teams Bellucci and Cassel
Real-life couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel, lately seen in French film-maker Christophe Gans' hit title Brotherhood Of The Wolf, are joined again in Gaspard Noe's Irreversible, which started shooting at the end of July.In Irreversible, which is Noe's second film after the award-winning horror Seul Contre Tous (I ...
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Cronenberg's Spider starts to roll
After financing through the UK's Cobalt Media Group fell apart at the last-minute, David Cronenberg's Spider finally started shooting last week with Capitol Films on board as sales agent and key pre-sells to buyers including Helkon SK for the UK.The psychological thriller is also being backed by Metropolitan Films in ...
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Highbinders gets off to flying start
Production has got underway in Ireland on The Highbinders, the Jackie Chan starring action-comedy that is the biggest budget film ever to emerge from Hong Kong.The $35m picture is produced by Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG) and is directed by Gordon Chan with veteran stuntman Sammo Hung responsible for directing the ...
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'Father of Korean cinema' starts 98th film
Following the worldwide success of his previous feature Chunhyang, Veteran Korean director Im Kwon-taek has started production of his 98th film. Titled Chwi-hwa-seon in Korean, the film chronicles the true story of 19th century painter Jang Seung-eop, whose free lifestyle and eccentric personality earned him as much fame as his ...
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Roadshow plots to become Bollywood powerhouse
Working with its Delhi-based exhibition partner, Australia's Village Roadshow is set not only tobecome India's first nationwide multiplex chain but is now looking to expand into local film production and distribution as well. The venture says it is already discussing deals with both Miramax Films and Intermedia to supply films ...
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Kidman puts pen to paper on Dogville contract
Zentropa now claims Nicole Kidman has signed on the dotted line to star in Lars von Trier's Dogville after all - an agreement clearly hastened by noises from the film's producers earlier this week that a new lead was being sought because of the Australian actress' apparent hesitancy to commit.Zentropa ...