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NewsWild Bunch takes on Asterix Chez Les Bretons
The $70m+ film has confirmed Gerard Depardieu reprising his role as Obelix.
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NewsImagenation/Hyde Park takes on international rights to Ghost Rider 2
Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group have acquired international rights to Columbia Pictures GhostRider—Spirit of Vengeance.
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NewsIntandem on board for finance, sales of Catweazle movie
Intandem Films will serve as executive producer and worldwide sales company for the film version of Catweazle.
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NewsAntonio Campos wraps Paris shoot for second feature
FilmHaven Entertainment and Borderline Films wrapped five weeks of shooting in Paris last week on Antonio Campos’ second feature, Simon Killer.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase this week
Spanish-US co-production The Cold, France-Belgium’s Almayer’s Folly, as well as the UK’s Wild Bill are among this week’s newly listed films on ScreenBase.
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NewsToho unveils 2011 slate, with new Studio Ghibli film for next summer
Japan’s Toho Studios announced its 2011-2012 slate on Dec 15, including a new offering from Studio Ghibli father-and-son duo Hayao and Goro Miyazaki.
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NewsMiramax and The Weinstein Company announce sequels deal
Shakespeare in Love, Bad Santa and Rounders will be among the first Miramax titles to have sequels developed under a new agreement between Miramax and The Weinstein Company (TWC).
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NewsLord of the Dance to become 3D film
3D production company Nineteen Fifteen has teamed up with ITN Productions to produce a 3D movie version of Michael Flatley’s stage production Lord of the Dance.
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NewsTexas singer Spiteri to make film debut in Between Weathers
Rock singer Sharleen Spiteri and UK TV actress Dawn Steele will head up the cast of Between Weathers, the first feature to be shot on the Shetland Islands since Michael Powell’s The Edge Of The World in 1939.
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NewsVinterberg plans Swedish shoot for new drama The Formula
Festen and Submarino writer-director Thomas Vinterberg is re-teaming with Zentropa producer Sisse Graum Jorgensen on Swedish-language drama The Formula.
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Vanguard signs Johnson to direct Oz Wars
Vanguard Films has signed Corpse Bride co-director Mike Johnson to direct its CG/stop-motion hybrid feature Oz Wars.
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Syfy, Universal team up for genre label Syfy Films
Syfy Ventures and Universal Pictures have created the genre label Syfy Films.
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NewsDavid Attenborough to make 3D feature doc about penguins
Sky 3D is working with David Attenborough on their second documentary together, Penguin Island 3D.
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NewsMorena Films to adapt Bardem book for the big screen
Spanish outfit Morena Films is set to produce a film called Scorpion In Love (Alacran Enamorado), based on Spanish actor Carlos Bardem’s hard-hitting redemption novel.
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Savannah ready to roll for Miller, Slavin in 2011
Bottle Shock film-makers Randall Miller and Jody Savin have closed financing on writer-director Annette Haywood-Carter’s historical film Savannah.
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NewsDanish producer Foldager sets up her own production company
She is still in post on Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and will also work on new projects with Michael Winterbottom and Oliver Hirschbiegel.
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EM Media launches scheme to help projects stranded by Screen East
Regional screen agency EM Media is launching a temporary scheme – EM Media East – to provide support to projects which had been awarded funding by defunct regional screen agency Screen East.
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NewsDexter Fletcher starts shooting Wild Bill in East London
Shooting has begun on British actor Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut Wild Bill, starring Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Sammy Williams and Liz White.
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NewsUPI, Film 1, Buck team for Rubbeldiekatz
Universal Pictures International (UPI) and Berlin-based Film 1 will co-produce Detlev Buck’s Rubbeldiekatz (working title) with Boje Buck.
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Martin Kemp lines up playboy role in new comedy
Martin Kemp, Colin Salmon, Billy Murray and Adele Silva have joined the cast of British comedy How To Stop Being A Loser.