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Lionsgate options Dead Island zombie feature
The studio has cut a deal with Deep Silver for feature rights to the “global brand” after a trailer for the Dead Island video game went viral in February.
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NewsCentEast selects 10 works in progress
The CentEast Warsaw-Moscow has selected 10 Eastern European films to present as works-in-progress.
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NewsSam Shepard, Michael Shannon join cast of Jeff Nichols' Mud
Shooting has begun in Arkansas on Jeff’s Nichols’ latest feature following his Cannes Critics Week winner Take Shelter.
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NewsAdrian Sitaru plans third feature, Domestic
Romanian writer-director Adrian Sitaru is gearing up for a November shoot in Bucharest for his third feature film, Domestic.
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NewsBrand, Hough for Diablo Cody project
Julianne Hough and Russell Brand have been confirmed to star in Mandate Pictures’ untitled Diablo Cody project.
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NewsIM Global, Technicolor in services deal
Production and sales company IM Global has signed a multi-year service arrangement with Technicolor.
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NewsZhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-gun to star in Chinese Dangerous Liaisons
Shoot starts tomorrow in Shanghai for director Hur Jin-ho.
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NewsNiki Caro to direct biopic of Maria Callas
Niki Caro (Whale Rider) will direct the new Maria Callas biopic, Callas, for Rome-based De Angelis Group.
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News12 feature projects shortlisted for Microwave scheme
Tony Grisoni, Asif Kapadia and Christopher Granier-Deferre are amongst those whose projects have been selected for Film London’s Microwave scheme which is backed by BBC Films and Skillset.
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NewsHarmony Lessons wins project prize at Eurasia
Psychological drama Harmony Lessons, from young Kazakh filmmaker Emir Baigazin, was awarded the top prize of inaugural projects market, Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema, which took place during the Eurasia film fest (Sep 19-24).
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NewsLone Scherfig says she'd like to try 'more genre-oriented' films
Speaking at the Reykjavik International Film Festival, Scherifg also talks about why she’s drawn to characters unlike herself.
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NewsBlaze You Out starts shoot for producer Alicia Keyes Touche
Veronica Diaz-Carranza [pictured] and Melissa Cordero star.
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NewsJokinen starts shoot in Estonia for Purge
Film based on Finninsh bestselling novel by Sofi Oksanen.
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NewsEros teams with Jimmy Shergill to tap Punjabi market
Indian major signs four-film deal with Jimmy Shergill Productions
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Locomotive starts genre label Firebox
Gabriel Gornell and Colleen Seldin’s New York-based Locomotive Distribution has launched a new genre label, Firebox.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase this week
UK productions Blood and Postman Pat: The Movie - You Know You’re The One, as well as French feature Ipu - Convicted To Live are among Screenbase’s highlights this week.
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NewsPaul Bettany, Brian Cox attached to Nick Murphy thriller
Neal Street feature scripted by Bill Gallagher gets go-ahead funding from BBC Films and BFI.
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NewsKorine, Kwiecinski, Fedorchenko to direct portmanteau feature for Grolsch
Val Kilmer will star in Hamony Korine’s chapter of the feature, which is part of Dutch beer company Grolsch’s latest film based initiative - Grolsch Film Works.
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NewsWild Bunch take sales rights to Vigalondo’s English-language project Windows
Wild Bunch has picked up the international sales rights to Oscar-nominated Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo’s hotly anticipated new thriller project Windows, currently in development.
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NewsStrategic Partners spotlights South Africa and Australia at busy co-production conference
New partners, not deals, were atop the agendas of the 200 international delegates who attended the Strategic Partners co-production conference during the Atlantic Film Festival (Sept. 15-24), many on the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival.