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NewsCinemaNX in talks to merge into Pinewood Shepperton
UPDATED: The Isle of Man government is in negotations to acquire a 19.9% stake in Pinwood Shepperton, whilst Pinewood would advise on film investment opportunities for the Isle of Man’s £25m Media Development Fund.
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NewsRodnyansky expands presence in Russia through launch of A Company's own distribution arm, cooperation with Fox
Company launches this week at Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival.
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NewsRaleigh Studios to manage China’s Wuxi Studio
US film studio company Raleigh Studios will manage China’s Wuxi Studio, a 6-square-km facility near Shanghai, to provide film production, post-production and tourism services.
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NewsParticipant buys North America on Chavez
Participant Media has acquired all North American rights to director Diego Luna’s Chavez, currently shooting in Sonora, Mexico.
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NewsWeisscam to develop 4K T-CAM with crowdfunding
German high-speed camera developers Weisscam plans to speed the implemention of a 4K sensor into its high-speed T-CAM, based on the positive feedback it received at this year’s NAB in Las Vegas when it showed a non-functional prototype.
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NewsPalatin, Engine to handle international sales on Kick
Marcus Warren’s football thriller is currently shooting in London.
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NewsNew UK EIS rules get EU approval
UK film industry sources have expressed their relief that EU State Aid approval has finally been given to the new UK EIS rules.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Screenbase’s brand new, revamped site features a host of recently updated and new projects including an adaptation of Henning Mankell’s The Troubled Man and UK-Danish co-production Greenland Time.
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NewsBahman Ghobadi talks about Turkish-shot drama Rhino Season
Bahman Ghobadi discusses new drama Rhino Season starring Monica Bellucci and Behrouz Vossoughi; as well as religion-themed anthology film Words With Gods.
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NewsSluizer works to resurrect Dark Blood, River Phoenix's last project
Dark Blood, the movie River Phoenix [pictured] was working on at the time of his death, is set to be completed almost 20 years after it was abandoned.
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Cunningham, Fetterman launch Pop-Up Films
Director Karen Cunningham and producer Julia Fetterman have launched new independent production company Pop-Up Films.
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NewsBBC secures TV rights to Spanish language feature San Cristobal
The UK-Spanish co-production is being written and directed by UK film-maker James Rogan.
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NewsCool Kids Don't Cry to get Norwegian remake
Norwegian production company Cinenord has bought the rights to the Dutch family film.
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Rhythm & Hues ties up with Taiwan’s NDF
US-based Rhythm & Hues Studios and Taiwan’s government-managed National Development Fund (NDF) have announced that they will jointly invest more than $42m in the Taiwanese visual effects industry.
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NewsAndrew Boswell appointed commercial director at LipSync
The appointment comes as LipSync plans to up its focus on international co-productions.
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NewsGong Li to star in Tarsem Singh's Marco Polo project
EXCLUSIVE: English-language film produced by Gianni Nunnari and Endgame’s James Stern will be a US-China joint venture.
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NewsYellow Bird kicks off new Wallander film series
The Troubled Man to get theatrical release in early 2013, with five more thrillers going straight to TV/home entertainment.
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NewsVertigo’s All Stars underway, SquareOne, Jensen on board
EXCLUSIVE: Vertigo teams with Germany’s SquareOne Entertainment on third dance spectacular; Theo Stevenson, Akai, Ashley Jensen among cast.
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NewsTomas Alfredson buys film rights to The Brothers Lionheart
Swedish director Tomas Alfredson has bought the film rights for Astrid Lindgren’s novel The Brothers Lionheart.
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NewsChulpan Khamatova to produce Mayakovsky for Roskino
The project will be directed by Alexander Shein and will explore the life of Russian poet and artist Vladimir Mayakovsky.