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Warner Bros in Spain to develop and co-produce El Deseo films
Pedro and Agustin Almodovar's El Deseo has further strengthened its partnership with Warner Bros International in Spain by agreeing to develop and co-produce film projects with the studio, including El Patio De Mi Carcel, currently shooting in Madrid.Warner Bros already distribute El Deseo's films in Spain.'Since we are particularly close ...
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Kormakur follows Jar City with Ivanov film and theatre project
Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur plans to follow up his recent thriller Jar City, the country's Oscar submission and a local box-office hit, with an innovative cinema/theatre project based on Chekhov's classic Ivanov. Last summer, Kormakur shot a film based on the work (not a filmed play but a feature on ...
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Hong Kong's HAF projects market open for submissions
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) has made its first call for project submissions, which it will accept until November 15. The sixth edition of the financing and co-production market is scheduled to take place March 17-19, 2008, concurrently with the four-day contents market Filmart. Organised by the Hong ...
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Feng to tackle China's nouveau riche in The Nobles
Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, whose Assembly opens the Pusan International Film Festival tonight (Oct 4), is planning to shoot a $5m satirical comedy The Nobles about China's 'nouveau riche'. Beijing-based Huayi Brothers is producing the film, set to star Ge You, while state-owned China Film Group will also invest in ...
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Sundance, Time Warner establish writing 'advancement' fund
Sundance Institute and Time Warner have established the Time Warner Storytelling Advancement Fund to support up to 20 Fellows each year with their writing projects.Selected Fellows will each receive a grant to further projects that embody timely and innovative narratives. The inaugural Fellows are film-maker Patricia Benoit for her project ...
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Ascot Elite picks up three new titles including The Reader
Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite has picked up three new titles including Stephen Daldry's Bernhard Schlink adaptation The Reader, which began shooting in Berlin and Goerlitz this week with Nicole Kidman, David Kross and Ralph Fiennes. Senator Entertainment will be releasing The Reader theatrically in Germany and Austria. The other ...
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Aardman plans Wallace and Gromit short for BBC TV
Aardman's famed Wallace and Gromit characters, last seen on the big screen in 2005 feature Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, are returning to a 30-minute format for TV. Trouble At' Mill will be shown on BBC 1. The short is in pre-production now and will start shooting in January 2008 to ...
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Czech Culture Ministry drops tax incentives from film law proposal
Hopes for a comprehensive Czech film law which would benefit runaway productions as well as local films are fading, but there remains a chance that both foreign and local producers will see improved conditions in the middle distance. As Screendaily.com reported in July, Czech filmmakers and politicians have long been ...
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Hong Kong's FDC unveils details of film fund
Hong Kong's Film Development Council, established by the government earlier this year to support the ailing local film industry, has unveiled details of its Film Development Fund (FDF), which aims to provide financial support for small-to-medium budget film productions. The $38m (HK$300m) fund, which is now inviting applications, will fund ...
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Park Entertainment takes on sales for Cheung's Bodyguard
Park Entertainment is handling world sales for Bodyguard - A New Beginning. UK-based director Chee Keung Cheung has finished principal photography on the action movie, which shot in Hong Kong and northwest England. The cast features Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa, Richard Ng, Vincent Sze, Mark Strange and Nathan Lewis. Park Entertainment also ...
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BBC Films restructures with new board working under Jane Tranter
In London this morning, Jane Tranter, Controller BBC Fiction, spelled out her vision for a newly revamped BBC Films. 'The BBC's commitment to BBC Films is as absolute as it ever has been,' Tranter said.The major change is now that BBC Films will be managed by a new four-member BBC ...
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Summer wraps UK shoot for The Works, Vertigo
Kenny Glenaan has wrapped principal photography on Summer for The Works International and Vertigo Films. Summer shot for five weeks in and around Bolsover, Derbyshire. Post-production will start in Glasgow next week. Robert Carlyle, Steve Evets and Rachael Blake star with newcomers Sean Kelly, Matthew Workman, Jo Doherty, Christopher Russell, ...
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ContentFilm takes on thriller Balibo with LaPaglia
ContentFilm International has taken on world rights (outside Australia and New Zealand) to Robert Connolly's thriller Balibo starring Anthony LaPaglia. The film is based on the true events of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975. LaPaglia plays Australian TV journalist Roger East, who runs a local news agency ...
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BBC Films restructuring creates board including Langan and Wright
As expected, the BBC has announced a restructuring of BBC Films. Jane Tranter, Controller BBC Fiction, has said that the film arm's day-to-day management and decision-making will be the responsibility of a new board, comprised of Christine Langan (comissioning editor, BBC Films), Jamie Laurenson (executive producer, BBC Films), Joe Oppenheimer ...
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The Last Station gets $1.9m boost from DFFF
Michael Hoffman's Tolstoy drama The Last Station, starring Anthony Hopkins, Meryl Streep and Laura Linney, has received the fourth largest amount awarded by the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) to an international production this year. The allocation of $1.9m (Euros 1.34m) was only surpassed by Speed Racer (Euros 9m), The ...
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HarperCollins strikes alliance with New York producer Sharp
HarperCollins Publishers has truck a strategic alliance with New York-based producers Sharp Independent to collaborate on the adaptation of HarperCollins titles.The alliance is another example of film companies allying themselves with publishing houses to access and exploit material. In 2005, Focus Features partnered up with Random House to create Random ...
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Prolific NYC-based Plum sets up fourth picture this year
New York-based Plum Pictures has lined up its fourth production this year, the comedy Bart Got A Room with William H Macy and Cheryl Hines.Alia Shawkat and Steven Kaplan also star in the coming-of-age story about a nerdy high school student who tries to find a prom date while his ...
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UKFC Development Fund restructures single-project funding
The UK Film Council's Development Fund, which will hand out an average of $8m (£4m) per year through 2011, has announced a number of changes to the way it funds single projects. Tanya Seghatchian, the Harry Potter and My Summer Of Love producer who took over as head of the ...
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Irish Arts Minister boosts production fund by $2.8m
In his first major announcement since he took on responsibility for film in June, Irish Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism, Seamus Brennan, has confirmed additional funding of $2.8m(Euros 2m) for the Irish Film Board (IFB), to encourage international film and television projects to shoot in Ireland. The extra money ...
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Cannes winner Jeon to star in low-budget Muttjin Haru
Amid a flurry of offers after her Cannes Best Actress Award win for her performance in Secret Sunshine, top Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon has opted to star in Lee Yoon-ki's upcoming low-budget drama Muttjin Haru (which roughly translates to A Fine Day.) Lee has previously drawn attention at fests like ...