All New Zealand articles – Page 10
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Cardinal XD lines up Viking Wars
Michael Hurst will direct The Viking Wars for Cardinal XD’s Cannes market roster, chief content officer Jeff Goldman announced.
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NewsUmbrella hires C & C as Euro consultant
EXCLUSIVE: Aus/NZ distributor hires Coffee & Cigarettes as European consultant.
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NewsBuyers in tune with Protagonist's Frank
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers flock to Sundance comedy starring Michael Fassbender.
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NewsChina's Desen teams with Weta on epic
EXCLUSIVE: China’s Desen International Media has brought on board top VFX houses including Peter Jackson’s Weta Workshop for its upcoming $27m 3D fantasy adventure.
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NewsDogwoof rocks Supermensch deals
Mike Myers’ directorial debut sold following its market premiere at Berlin’s EFM.
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FeaturesPeter Jackson, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
For The Desolation of Smaug, the second part of his Hobbit trilogy, Peter Jackson had the tricky task of bringing the story’s raging, intelligent dragon to life. He tells John Hazelton about how the second film brings certain freedoms.
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NewsAvatar trio confirmed for New Zealand
New Zealand increasing financial incentives for international films.
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NewsXYZ acquires The Dead Lands
XYZ Films has picked up world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to the upcoming New Zealand-set action thriller featuring traditional Maori hand-to-hand combat.
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NewsDave Gibson to head NZFC
Dave Gibson, one of the country’s most high profile producers, has been appointed chief executive of the New Zealand Film Commission.
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NewsHanWay, Lionsgate board Fassbender Western
EXCLUSIVE: Details revealed for film starring and produced by Michael Fassbender, shoot underway.
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NewsFilm New Zealand hires Mossman
Television New Zealand (TVNZ) programme commissioner joining Film New Zealand to encourage more productions to the country.
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News'App' downloaded to North America
Bobby Boermans’s thriller about smartphone-addicted teens makes first sales to English-language territories.
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NewsProtagonist secures My Old Lady sales
Protagonist Pictures has concluded sales in several territories for Israel Horovitz’s feature debut My Old Lady, starring Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas; shooting to begin in Paris on Sept 26.
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NewsNZ backs White Lies for Oscar
Dana Rotberg’s Maori-language feature is funded by the New Zealand Film Commission in association with NZ On Air. The Film Sales Company holds world rights excluding Australia/New Zealand.
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Turbo Kid to get Canada-NZ support
The representatives of EMAfilms, T&A Films, the RKSS Collective and Jason Eisener announced that the Canada-New Zealand co-production will receive finding from Telefilm Canada and the New Zealand Film Commission.
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NewsFSC adds two for TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company head Andrew Herwitz will introduce buyers in Toronto in September to the New Zealand mystery-thriller White Lies and documentary When Jews Were Funny.
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NewsUK-China producers launch Wonder Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese film producers Chun-Yi Yueh and Changyu Li and UK writer-producers Robert and Ashley Sidaway together with the UK’s Iain Brown and Brown Films have launched the $5m funded SZ Wonder Pictures.
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FeaturesScott Walker, The Frozen Ground
After years at the helm of his world-renowned advertising agency Happy Dog, New Zealander Scott Walker quit his job and follow his dream of becoming a director.