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NewsFinnish Film Foundation to speed up process for film funding
New scheme has four features in the works.
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NewsUTV, Imtiaz Ali team for My Girlfriend Is An Agent remake
Mumbai-based UTV Motion Pictures and Indian filmmaker Imtiaz Ali [pictured] will co-produce an official Hindi remake of Korean romantic action comedy My Girlfriend Is An Agent.
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Emmett/Furla team up with Epstein, Witherspoon on Rule # 1
Newly capitalised Randall Emmett and George Furla are partnering on the comedy with Brad Epstein of Panther Films and Reese Witherspoon through her Type A Films.Courtney Hunt, who won wide acclaim for Frozen River, will direct the story from a screenplay by Terrel Seltzer about an OCD woman who takes ...
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NewsAlcon joins Lionsgate to co-finance rom-com Expecting
Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson have made their first investment outside of Warner Bros and will share production and marketing costs on What To Expect When You’re Expecting starring Anna Kendrick (pictured), among others.
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NewsUK Brit List topped by Charles Barker's The Call Up
Other big writing names on the list include William Boyd, David Nicholls, Abi Morgan and Hossein Amini.
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NewsUK film tax relief extended until 2015
The film tax relief scheme looks set to be secure for another four years, following the UK government’s announcement today.
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NewsScreen Gems to remake XYZ's martial arts tale The Raid
The Indonesian action film from Gareth Evans earned a wild response from Midnight Madness audiences in Toronto.
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NewsGeorge Tillman Jr to direct Miles Davis biopic
The film will be based loosely on the book Dark Magus: The Jekyll And Hyde Life Of Miles Davis by the late jazz maestro’s eldest son Gregory Davis.
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NewsAll-star cast set for CBS Films’ Seven Psychopaths
Woody Harrelson, drawing awards season heat for his performance in Rampart, has joined the cast of Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken on the action comedy. Shooting got underway in LA on Nov 7.
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Dublin’s Fantastic Films, MPI Media Group to produce Stitches
Principal photography is set to begin later this year in Ireland on the story of a vengeful children’s clown.
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NewsOunpuu, Härö and Kotwica projects at Baltic co-production market
13 projects from 10 countries will be presented at the Baltic Event’s 7th Co-Production Market in the Estonian capital of Tallinn from November 29 to December 2.
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NewsFilm Agency for Wales invests £2.6m in Welsh film talent
Production awards were made to nine feature film projects in 2010/2011 including upcoming projects Deepcut to be produced by Revolution Films and Hole, the debut feature of Cardiff based director Ed Talfan.
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NewsTabloid subject Joyce McKinney sues Errol Morris
Morris also talks about his biological weapons project and dramatic feature with Ira Glass.
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NewsMalcolm McDowell joins Paramyth’s A Green Story
The biopic centres on Van Vlahakis, a Greek immigrant who allegedly arrived in the US with $22 in his pocket and went on to establish the eco brand Earth Friendly Products.
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NewsMGM to turn Where’s Waldo? into feature
The studio struck a deal with rights holder Classic Media and will adapt into a live-action family adventure.
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NewsGreen Isle adds $20m UK-Australia comedy to maiden slate
The new LA-based production company led by industry veterans Edwin Larson And Scott Vandiver is backing the $20m project A Monster Problem.
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NewsRufus Sewell joins cast of Paradise Lost
The Legendary Pictures project also stars Bradley Cooper and Benjamin Walker and is based on an adaptation of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem about the fall of man.
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NewsNakamura Group strikes first-look deal with China's Middle Kingdom Studios
Two-year pact signed; first project is Fangs of War.
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NewsNorth East Creative Fund makes 13 film investments
Public investment has created a ‘critical mass’ of film activity in North East England, according to Northern Film & Media chief executive Tom Harvey.
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NewsSpain's ICAA and ICO link up
An important deal between ICAA (Spanish Film Institute) and ICO (Official Organism of public credit) was signed last week in Spain to guarantee the credit flow to production companies that have been previously backed up by TV corporations.