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Sony, SND/M6, Tele Muenchen among buyers of Marvel films
Marvel Studios has announced a series of international deals on Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, the first two films which it is self-financing through its recent $525m credit facility from Merrill Lynch.Sony Pictures has acquired distribution rights to both films in Japan and Spain, SND/M6 has taken them for ...
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GreeneStreet, Katz reteam for third time on Strange But True
New York and Los Angeles-based GreeneStreet Films (GSF) has purchased the screenplay and the rights to John Searles' novel Strange But True.Ross Katz brought the project to GSF and will produce with the company, which will finance and produce. Katz and GSF previously collaborated on In The Bedroom and are ...
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Jeremy Thomas to work with Jon Amiel on Charles Darwin film
Prolific UK producer Jeremy Thomas of Recorded Picture Company is in pre-production on a drama based on the life of Charles Darwin.The film will be directed by Jon Amiel (The Core, Entrapment, Sommersby) and John Collee (Happy Feet, Master And Commander) will adapt from Randal Keynes' 2001 book Annie's Box.The ...
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UK's Darklight scheme selects 10 women for horror projects
The UK has launched a new training and production initiative to encourage women film-makers working in the horror genre. Darklight: Women Direct Horror has been established by Warp X with Threshold Studios, and support from Skillset. There were 76 applications for the scheme, and 10 women have been selected: Smita ...
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Mary McGuckian plans UK and US shoot for Art In Las Vegas
The UK's Pembridge Pictures is in pre-production for Mary McGuckian's Art In Las Vegas, the third film in her 'amorality' trilogy which will start shooting this summer in London and Las Vegas. London-based Scion Films and Toronto-based Prospero Pictures are also on board. The ensemble cast will draw from some ...
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Marvel's new Hulk movie set for Toronto shoot in summer
Marvel Studios has confirmed it will shoot The Incredible Hulk in Toronto this summer. The $100m+ comic book adaptation is the second feature of the newly-refinanced studio folllowing Iron Man. The announcement came as welcome news for the city following last week's tentative settlement of a strike by Canadian performers. ...
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Japanese box office hit Dororo spawns two sequels
TBS producer Takashi Hirano has announced that he plans to make two sequels of Japanese box office hit Dororo. The sequels will be filmed next year in the back-to-back style of Lord Of The Rings, with a tentative release set for 2009. The combined budget for the films will be ...
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Fox executive VP Grass to take leading role at Universal
Christian Grass, London-based executive vice president at Fox International, is leaving to take on the key international production job at Universal Pictures.The move reunites Grass with his old Miramax International boss David Linde, who was named co-chairman of Universal Studios in March last year.Neither Grass nor Universal would comment on ...
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Telefilm backs new films from Falardeau, Poole, Picard
Fresh from his triumphant Best Picture prize for Congorama at Quebec's Jutras earlier this week, Quebecois auteur Philippe Falardeau has been greenlit by Telefilm Canada for his next production, C'est Pas Moi Je Le Jure. It was one of ten films in the latest round of French-language project funding by ...
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UKFC Development Fund backs projects from Kudos and Vertigo
The UK Film Council's Development Fund has announced the latest round of projects it is supporting with National Lottery awards. The projects being funded include spy satire Blowback, which is written by Rupert Walters and will be produced by Stephen Garrett and Paul Webster at Kudos. That film gets $121,892 ...
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Renny Harlin to make his first film in Finland in 20 years
Currently making Cleaner in the US with Samuel L Jackson and Ed Harris, Finnish Hollywood-director Renny Harlin will direct his first film in Finland for 20 years, a $15.8-18.8m (Euros 12m-14m) epic of Finnish historical legend CGE Mannerheim, a Swedish-speaking nobleman who served the Russian Tsar before returning in 1917 ...
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HBO signs multi-platform deal with American Girl doll brand
HBO has signed an overall multi-platform deal with the American Girl retail brand, kicking off with an upcoming feature based on the historical character Kit Kittredge to be released through Picturehouse.The agreement will encompass theatrical films, series, specials and documentaries as part of a broad commercial venture with the wholly-owned ...
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Cowan and Wheeldon kick off new UK genre production outfit TFD
Paul Cowan and Chris Wheeldon have launched new UK production company Territorial Film Developments (TFD), which will finance and produce at least three thrillers or comedies per yer with a budget under $1.9m (£1m). The company's first feature is Black Water, being made with the Australian Film Commission. The crocodile ...
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Ecosse, RPC and Samuelson team for new UK film fund
Three of the UK 's top independent production companies - Ecosse Films, Recorded Picture Company (RPC) and Samuelson Productions - are teaming to create Visible Films. The new collaboration will work as an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) to take advantage of the UK government's new film tax credit. Under EIS ...
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Bousman back in director's chair for Saw IV
Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures confirmed yesterday [Feb 19] that Darren Lynn Bousman will direct Saw IV, due to open around the world on Oct 26.Bousman directed the last two Saw horror instalments, which together have grossed more than $300m worldwide. He recently signed to adapt the rock opera Repo! The ...
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On Pictures expands into production with Mortadelo & Filemon
Spanish distributor On Pictures is about to embark on its first feature film production with a live action adaptation of popular comic strip Mortadelo & Filemon. The comic was already adapted for the big screen in 2003 by Sogecine and Peliculas Pendelton with fantastic results, earning more than $28.9m (Euros ...
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Liverpool starts scheme for three low-budget features
The UK city of Liverpool is starting a scheme for three feature films to be shot there in the run up to the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations. North West Vision is partnering with the Liverpool Culture Company, the UK Film Council and the BBC for the Digital Departures scheme.Each ...
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Actors union strikes groundbreaking podcast deal in UK
UK actors union Equity has struck what it believes is the first deal covering contractual rights for performers in a podcast. The agreement is with B7 Productions, which is producing an updated audio version of 1970s sci-fi show Blake's 7. Actors working on the project (due for release this spring) ...
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South West Screen plans film financing event
UK regional screen agency South West Screen is planning a one-day film finance conference in Bristol on March 16. The event is aimed at producers and directors with some industry background. More updated programme information on Funding Your Feature and booking instructions can be found at www.swscreen.co.uk. Speakers coming to ...
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Medb Films opens post-production studios
Medb Films has opened its new post-production studios in Ramsgate, Kent. The facilities include a 20-seat screening room/mixing studio, an HD Final Cut Pro edit suite and an Avid Media film composer. The studio facilities are based at a boutique hotel that can provide accomodations. 'We wanted to create a ...