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Vinnie Jones brings weight to The Heavy
Making his directorial debut, Marcus Warren will commence principal photography on UK thriller The Heavy from May 20. Shooting in and around London for six weeks, utilising many of the Capital's major landmarks, The Heavy stars former champion boxer Gary Stretch (Dead Man's Shoes, Alexander) as a down on his ...
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De Niro, Pacino back together again in Righteous Kill
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will star together in the crime thriller Righteous Kill, a $60m production that signals Millennium Films and Emmett/Furla Films' most grandiose project to date.Jon Avnet will begin a two-month shoot in August in Connecticut on the story, which pairs the iconic stars as detectives ...
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Flanders Audiovisual Fund gets new injection of cash
In a move that will provide a major boost to Flemish film production, the Flanders Cultural Affairs Minister Bert Anciaux has announced plans to increase Government support for State film body, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF). Details of the funding emerged here in Cannes.Anciaux anticipates that the new injection of ...
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Killer unveils production slate, first project with THINKFilm
Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler's Killer Films, which produced tomorrow's Quinzaine entry Savage Grace, has unveiled its new project slate including its first title with THINKFilm following the two companies' recent finance and distribution partnership.THINKFilm will handle international sales on The Electric Slide, the story of Eddie Dodson, one of ...
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Suvari, Huston and Murino join Garden Of Eden
The UK's Berwick Street Productions has recruited Mena Suvari, Jack Huston Caterina Murino, and Richard E Grant will star in their forthcoming The Garden Of Eden, which John Irvin (Hamburger Hill) will direct from Ernest Hemingway's story.Omega Entertainment is handling sales.The project will shoot at Cuidad de la Luz in ...
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Williams, Howard and Wood line up for Sturridge's Bronte
Icon Entertainment International has taken on international sales for Charles Sturridge's Bronte. Lined up to play the Bronte sisters are Michelle Williams, Bryce Dallas Howard and Evan Rachel Wood. ICM is representing North American rights.Bronte is the story of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte, the sisters who grew up in ...
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SCB on board for gap finance of Hippo's Wushu
Hong Kong 's Hippopotamus Films has concluded a financing deal with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), which will help arrange gap finance on its upcoming martial arts drama Wushu. SCB has pledged to lend up to 25% of the required funds for the $1.5m film once pre-conditions are met. The bank ...
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Future Films and Celsius come on board for Vivaldi biopic
Boris Damast's Vivaldi biopic is picking up momentum. Producer and financier Future Films has now boarded the project, being made by Hand Picked Films and Mechaniks'. In Cannes today, it was confirmed that Celsius Entertainment will be handling sales. Joseph Fiennes stars as the legendary composer. Also in the cast ...
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CMC boards Chen Kaige's biopic of opera singer Mei Lanfang
Taiwan's CMC Entertainment has boarded Chen Kaige's upcoming biopic of Chinese opera singer Mei Lanfang as co-producer alongside China Film Group. Leon Lai and Zhang Ziyi are being lined up to star in the $15m film which is tentatively scheduled to start shooting in July. Mei, who was famous for ...
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Ealing closes Germany, Benelux deals for St Trinian's
Ealing Studios International has sold its girls school project St Trinian's, which is still shooting, to Germany (Concorde/Telemunchen) and Benelux (Paridiso). Entertainment already has UK rights. Also, Ealing Studios announced that Mischa Barton of The OC fame has been confirmed to join the film's large, star-studded ensemble cast.The cast already ...
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NZ starts sales on Ballantyne's debut
NZ Film, the sales arm of the New Zealand Film Commission, is in Cannes announcing Armagan Ballantyne's debut feature The Strength Of Water, about a young boy who has to deal with an unexpected tragedy. Hopscotch has already acquired Australian and New Zealand rights. The Strength Of Water will start ...
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Clive Owen is back in town with new Capitol project
Capitol Films has added Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back In Town to its Cannes slate, which will star Clive Owen.The Tiger Aspect Pictures/Southern Light Films co-production is made in association with BBC Films and Film Finance Corporation of Australia.Allan Cubitt has adapted Simon Carr's memoir of the same name, ...
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Voltage takes on Alan Rickman starrer Nobel Son
Voltage Pictures has acquired international rights to the crime caper Nobel Son starring Alan Rickman that premiered recently at Tribeca. Director Randall Miller and CAA's Roeg Sutherland negotiated the deal with Voltage sales chief Nicolas Chartier, who will commence sales on the Croisette. Chartier also announced that James Cromwell has ...
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Becker rocks on Elijah Wood's Iggy Pop story
Becker International has come on for international sales on Nick Gomez's The Passenger, based on Iggy Pop's life during the 1960s and 1970s.Elijah Wood will play the lead, with a script written by Eric Schmid.This Is That Corporation and Traction Media are executive producing, with Traction representing North American rights. ...
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Lucas signs to direct GreeneStreet's Laws Of Motion
Writer-director Craig Lucas has signed on to the satirical comedy Laws Of Motion, which GreeneStreet Films International (GSFI) will begin selling in Cannes.Lucas previously directed the 2005 Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee The Dying Gaul and wrote the 2002 drama The Secret Lives Of Dentists.Matthew Perry, Ben Foster and Hilary ...
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Zwick recruits Craig to lead wartime Defiance
Ed Zwick, riding high on the back of his Oscar-nominated global hit Blood Diamond, is preparing the Second World War Polish Resistance epic Defiance and has cast Daniel Craig in the lead.At time of writing several buyers were circling for domestic rights to the Bedford Falls production, which Zwick will ...
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Capitol takes on new films from Don Roos and Joshua Marston
Capitol Films has added Don Roos' Love And Other Impossible Pursuits and Joshua Marston's The Fortress Of Solitude to its Cannes slate.The Roos project, which he also wrote, stars Jennifer Lopez in the exploration of a woman's moving and funny relationship with her young stepson. Marc Platt of Legally Blonde ...
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Jack Black goes medieval with Kimmel's Ye Olde Times
Kimmel International chief Mark Lindsey will commence sales in Cannes this week on the upcoming romantic comedy Ye Olde Times starring Jack Black. Shooting is scheduled to begin in September in Gilroy, California, with Michael Mendelsohn producing and Rob A White making his feature directorial debut. Tim Robbins, Will Arnett ...
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Yoon Jong-bin to shoot Beastie Boys for iHQ
Korean sales agent iHQ has announced Beastie Boys as the upcoming sophomore title from Yoon Jong-bin - whose The Unforgiven was in Un Certain Regard last year. Yoon is re-teaming with lead Ha Jung-woo, who is also in the Cannes Competition title Breath by Kim Ki-dukBeastie Boys is the first ...
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Rotterdam's Bals Fund invests $590,000 in 33 projects
The Hubert Bals Fund - the International Film Festival Rotterdam's fund for supporting filmmakers from developing countries - has announced details of its latest investments. The Fund will invest $589,369 (Euros 435,500) in 33 film projects and initiatives from 23 developing countries. The Spring 2007 selections of the fund includes ...