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Dino De Laurentiis dies aged 91
The Italian producer was a key figure in his native country’s post-war cinema boom, but he also had US success.
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New film studio opens for business in Bristol
The Bottle Yard is the largest dedicated production facility in the South West region of the UK; the studio aims to attract overseas productions.
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Sunrise to bring Turgenev play Fortune's Fool to big screen
Sergei Bespalov’s production, financing, worldwide sales and distribution company Sunrise Entertainment will adapt Ivan Turgenev’s play Fortune’s Fool into a feature.
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Vanguard strikes deal with Kung Fu Panda's John Stevenson
Vanguard Films CEO John Williams has closed an overall producing-directing deal with Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson.
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Tim Firth to write screenplay for Working Title's Eurovision project
The Calendar Girls writer has replaced Dan Mazer on the project, which is being produced with Damian Jones.
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David Barron to develop feature version of Bulldog Drummond
The Harry Potter producer is teaming up with Australian company Fork Films to develop a feature based around fictional character Bulldog Drummond who apppeared in the novels by Herman Cyril McNeile.
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Warner Bros unveils $160m Leavesden expansion
Warner Bros. will announce on Wednesday [10 Nov] the completion of its purchase of UK-based Leavesden studios and unveil plans for a $160m (£100m) re-building and expansion programme.
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Cast announced for Suicide Kids
N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos joins cast of film about a group of depressed teenagers who create a suicide pact; Adam Deacon and Jack Doolan will also star.
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BRITDOC and National Trust launch production scheme
Documentary film-makers are being invited to submit feature docs which explore the importance of nature in our society; the chosen project will receive production funding.
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Art Pictures will start pre-sales in Berlin for Stalingrad
Increasingly ambitious Russian production and distribution outfit Art Pictures has revealed further details of its upcoming projects.
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Mann Made, Veneration merge
UK producer/director Scott Mann is partnering with composer/director James Edward Barker to co-own production company Mann Made Films.
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Gael Garcia Bernal works with Amnesty International for short film project
Gael García Bernal is working with Amnesty International to create four short films called The Invisibles.
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Dead on Arrival launches with Martin Compston comedy
UK producers Andy Thompson and Simon Phillips have launched a new film company, Dead on Arrival Digital, which is backed by an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).
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CinemaNX cranks up TT3D
TT3D (working title), the hugely ambitious 3D event movie about the Isle of Man’s celebrated motorcycle race, is likely to receive its market premiere in Cannes.
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KOFIC unveils new Korean film incentives
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) unveiled its new location shooting and post-production incentives at a seminar at the AFM on Friday.
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Pedersoli's Smile widens with US projects
Giuseppe Pedersoli’s Rome-based Smile Production has taken the leap into US production.
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Fortissimo scares up Rabbit Horror
Fortissimo Films has picked up worldwide rights, excluding Japan, to Takashi Shimizu’s 3D The Rabbit Horror.
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Anchor Bays sinks claws into The Howling reboot for English-language territories
Fast-rising distributor Anchor Bay Films has acquired all rights for English-speaking territories to The Howling: Reborn.
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Molly Hassell assembles cast on The Giant Mechanical Man
Vamps producer Molly Hassell has assembled a strong young ensemble for rom-com The Giant Mechanical Man, set to commence production in Detroit later this month.
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Singapore's MDA launching $50m fund with CJ, Bang, AMTC
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) is launching a $50m film fund in partnership with Korea’s CJ Entertainment, production company Bang Singapore and Singapore-based Asia Media & Technology Capital (AMTC).