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Bodrov's follow-up to Mongol won't be ready until 2010
Ahead of the opening of Sergei Bodrov's historical epic Mongol in Russian cinemas on Sept 21, producer Sergei Selyanov of STV has indicated that the director's second outing into the life of Genghis Khan will be ready in around three years time ('not any earlier') and stressed that both films ...
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Sonnenfeld to produce Starz/Vanguard animated Space Chimps
Barry Sonnenfeld has come aboard as producer on Starz Media and Vanguard Animation Films' animated comedy Space Chimps.Sonnenfeld, whose directorial credits include the Men In Back films and Get Shorty, has been a creative consultant on the project since it began production last autumn.Vanguard's chief executive officer John Williams also ...
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Kamen signs to write screenplay for Imagi's CG-animated Gatchaman
Longtime Luc Besson collaborator Robert Mark Kamen will write the screenplay for Hong Kong-based Imagi Studios' upcoming CG-animated film Gatchaman.Kamen, whose credits include Leon, The Fifth Element, The Karate Kid, and the upcoming Taken starring Liam Neeson, will work closely with producer Lynne Southerland and director Kevin Munroe.Gatchaman is based ...
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Attendance up 38% at second Film Screenings Of Madrid
The second edition of the Spanish Film Screenings of Madrid (June 10-12) closed on Tuesday night with a turnout that was 38 percent larger than last year.More than 138 buyers from 33 countries travelled to Madrid, where 56 recent Spanish features were screened and more than 100 tiles were available ...
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Pinewood warns of flat film revenues from delayed shoots
UK studio Pinewood Shepperton has issued a warning to investors that its full-year revenues will only show a small increase and film-related revenues will be flat. Ivan Dunleavy, chief executive of the Pinewood Studios Group, said: 'The timing of film production is always a major variable for our film services ...
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Mumbai's Yashraj pacts with Walt Disney Animation
Leading Mumbai-based movie studio, Yashraj Films, has announced a 50-50 alliance with Walt Disney Animation.'We've tied up with Walt Disney to make exclusive animation films. The first, Roadside Romeo, would be released in summer 2008 and will have its share of music, dance, songs and romance,' said producer-director Yash Chopra, ...
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Cast lines up for Cattaneo's Rocker at Fox Atomic
Christina Applegate has joined Rainn Wilson and Josh Gad on the cast of Peter Cattaneo's comedy The Rocker for Fox Atomic.Jeff Garlin, Emma Stone, musician and actor Teddy Geiger, Jane Lynch and Demetri Martin have also boarded the project, which is set to begin principal photography on Jun 18 in ...
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Korea's SM Entertainment launches production outfit
Seoul-based SM Entertainment, talent management agency for pan-Asian pop stars such as BoA, TVXQ, and Kangta, has set up its own production unit SM Pictures. The company will shoot a comic mystery starring the four members of the pop group Super Junior as its first production. The film Ggotminam Yonsweh ...
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Tarantino wraps scenes in Miike's Sukiyaki Western
Quentin Tarantino has completed his scenes in Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western: Django. The rest of the film had already been completed, with scenes between Tarantino and actress Kaori Momoi remaining to be shot until 7am yesterday (June 11). At a press conference attended by 600 members of the media yesterday ...
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Connelly, Bettany reunite on screen for horror film Born
Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany will star in the psychological horror film Born, their first on-screen coupling since 2001's A Beautiful Mind.Guillermo del Toro will produce the ClearVision Media Production Group (CMPG) and Chiodo Brothers Productions project, which is set to begin shooting in mid-August in the UK.Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd ...
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Langella, Gould to start shooting On The Hook next week
Principal photography will begin next week in New York on the noir thriller On The Hook starring Frank Langella, Elliott Gould and Laura Harring.Richard Ledes is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Alan Didier-Weill, with Belladonna Productions' Linda Moran and Rene Bastian serving as producers.Langella, hot off a Tony ...
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Russian action star Nevsky launches LA production outfit
Russian action star and producer Alexander Nevsky is opening his own production outfit Hollywood Storm in Los Angeles. The move is directly inspired by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to boost film production in the state.Nevsky's previous films Moscow Heat and Treasure Raiders were both produced entirely in Russia in ...
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Norwegian Film Fund backs Gaarder project starring Askel Hennie
After his feature directorial debut Uno in 2004, Norwegian actor Aksel Hennie will return to acting as Gabriel, the angel, in the lead role of Danish director Jesper W Nielsen's Through a Glass, Darkly, which Norwegian production outfit 4 ½ Productions will produce with Denmark's Zentropa. The Norwegian Film Fund, ...
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German regional fund MFG makes pacts with France, Spain
Baden-Wurttemberg's regional film fund MFG has signed an agreement with the Catalan Institute of Cultural Industries (ICIC) and Rhone-Alpes Cinema to improve cross-border cooperation for film production with the French and Catalan regions. The accord also intends to support the promotion and distribution of audiovisual productions, provide logistical support for ...
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Bill Murray joins the cast of City Of Ember
Bill Murray has joined the cast of Walden Media and Playtone Productions' City Of Ember and will play the larger-than-life Mayor of Ember in the adaptation of Jeanne Duprau's children's fantasy novel.Toby Jones, who appeared in Walden's first quarter release Amazing Grace, has been cast as the Mayor's right-hand man, ...
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Sony begins production on second local production in Mexico
Sony's local language production venture, Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico, is commencing production on its second feature, the comedy Casi Divas (Road To Fame).Issa Lopez who previously directed Efectos Secundarios and wrote the screenplay for the company's first production Ninas Mal (Charm School), will direct.The story is based on an idea ...
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Singer's Valkyrie set for Babelsberg shoot
Bryan Singer's Second World War drama Valkyrie is on track to becomethe second large-scale US production this year after the Wachowskibrothers' Speed Racer to shoot at Germany's Babelsberg Studios.Principal photographyon the United Artists production about the 1944 plot to assassinateHitler is expected to commence at the studios outside Berlin on ...
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Bollywood invades Yorkshire for IIFA weekend
The Indian film industry has invaded the UK's Yorkshire region for the Indian International Film Academy (IIFA) awards, known as the Bollywood Oscars. The awards themselves will be given out Saturday night in Sheffield, but related events started Thursday and run during the four-day event in Leeds, Hull, Bradford and ...
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Spanish industry bemoans quotas continued in new film law
Spanish producers, exhibitors and TV networks are giving mixed reviews toSpain's controversial new film law, recently approved by the Council ofMinisters.The legislation, expected to receive fast-track treatment in Parliament, has been mired for months by bitter opposition from exhibitors, TV networks and some actors - and the controversy hasn't died ...
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New Dutch scheme to offer $17m annually in matching funds
New Dutch regulations for film investment offer matching funds for films with two-thirds funding in place.Producers with 65% of their financing in place will be able to apply for the other 35% of their film's budget under the new incentive. To access the cash, 25% of total financing must be ...