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NewsWarp Films challenges directors to a five day shoot
Director Shane Meadows and producer Mark Herbert of Sheffield-based film production company Warp Films have launched 5 Day Features, a movement inviting film-makers of all levels to shoot a film in five days.
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NewsDavid Carradine found dead in Bangkok hotel
US actor David Carradine, the star of Kill Bill and Kung Fu, has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room.
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NewsGolden Trailer winners to be unveiled
The tenth edition of the Golden Trailer Awards will take place this evening (June 4) at the Director’s Guild of America in Los Angeles.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to (Untitled)
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to (Untitled), a comic take on the state of contemporary art from director Jonathan Parker.
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NewsLionsgate teams up with Jose Padilha, Braulio Mantovani on Agent In Place
Jose Padilha and his Elite Squad screenwriter Braulio Mantovani are teaming up on the action thriller Agent In Place for Lionsgate.
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NewsDanny Boyle takes film rights to Mehta’s Mumbai set novel
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is set to return to Mumbai after acquiring the rights to Suketu Mehta’s novel Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found.
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NewsCatherine Hardwicke and Emile Hirsch board Overture's Hamlet
Catherine Hardwicke will reunite with Emile Hirsch in a contemporary adaptation of Hamlet for Overture Films.
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NewsLionsgate, Paul Haggis reunite on The Next Three Days
Lionsgate has set Paul Haggis to direct the thriller The Next Three Days after acquiring remake rights to the 2008 French release Pour Elle from Wild Bunch and Fidelite Films.
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NewsUp soars for third-best opening in Pixar history
Disney Pixar’s Up shot to the top of the North American box office chart this weekend, opening with an estimated gross of $68.2m.
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NewsInaugural Denver French Film Festival to screen 15 features
The Denver Film Society and the Alliance Francaise De Denver will present the first annual Denver French Film Festival from June 17-27.
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NewsPinewood Studios submits application for expansion
Buckinghamshire based Pinewood Studios has submitted a planning application for a 100 acre, $327 (£200) million expansion scheme to its local council.
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NewsBox office flops cloud Lionsgate results as full-year revenues rise
Lionsgate, facing an ongoing takeover threat from corporate raider Carl Icahn, has reported a $163m loss for the year to March 31 despite seeing rises across its theatrical, home entertainment, TV and library divisions.
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NewsLa Mission, Dare bookend LA Outfest 2009
Peter Bratt’s drama La Mission starring Benjamin Bratt and Adam Salky’s debut feature Dare starring Emmy Rossum, Alan Cumming and Zach Gilford bookend Outfest 2009.
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IFP names ten narrative projects for summer Lab
IFP has selected the year’s ten rough cut narrative projects to participate in its Independent Filmmaker Lab in New York next week.
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NewsFilm Movement takes US rights to Golden Bear nominee Storm
Film Movement has picked up US rights to Hans-Christian Schmid’s German-Danish-Dutch political thriller Storm from TrustNordisk.
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NewsBritain’s Got Talent winners Diversity dance on to big screen
Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity are set to appear alongside rival dance troupe Flawless in the first British film to be shot in 3D. Shooting on StreetDance is due to begin in August.
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NewsGerman distributors hit Marche with gusto
German distributors went on a spending spree at Cannes picking up news films by Michael Douglas, George Romero, Sophie Marceau and Cecile de France.
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NewsMacDowell, Lau and Im join Shanghai juries
Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has announced actress Andie MacDowell and Infernal Affairs director Andrew Lau will join the Jinjue Awards jury.
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NewsEcumenical jury awards Looking for Eric
Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric took top prize of the Ecumenical jury while special mention went to Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon.
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NewsKorea’s Showbox bucks pre-sales trend on Sword With No Name
Bucking the trend for buyers to wait for completed product, Korea’s Showbox has pre-sold big-budget martial arts epic The Sword With No Name to the UK and Germany.