Small MPU – Page 1115
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NewsWarner Bros to decide on Hobbit location
Uncertainty continues to hover over the saga of The Hobbit despite a move by SAG to defuse a tense situation that has been mounting between the unions and the film’s producers.
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NewsUK domestic production budgets declining, inward investment still strong
UK Film Council research for the first nine months of 2010 reveals a drop in the number of features produced in the UK and a year-on-year decrease in overall UK spend.
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Production designer Peter M. Jamison dies
US production designer Peter M. Jamison has died aged 66, of heart disease.
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NewsMeaney, Huston, Redknapp join cast of Hot Potato
Louise Redknapp will star opposite Ray Winstone in Tim Lewiston’s British comedy caper Hot Potato
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NewsBernard Rose to reunite with Huston on Boxing Day; plans Will Self adaptation
Bernard Rose’s Boxing Day, starring Danny Huston and writer/actor Mathew Jacobs, is set to shoot in the mountains of Colorado in early December.
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CommentMiddle East Is Middle East
Tarak Ben Ammar, Ed Pressman and others gave the UAE states plenty to think about at the Circle Conference last week in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsNon-Lottery, non-BFI film funding to be chopped in half as part of UK's budget cuts
After yesterday’s sweeping cuts across the board by the UK government, it has emerged that film-sector funding outside Lottery funds and the British Film Institute (BFI) has been slashed by over 50%.
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NewsScreen International to launch Global Guide To Soft Money 2011
The annual PDF report, available to buy online, is a territory-by-territory guide to the most lucrative international production incentives.
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NewsHoney, Somewhere bookend Greece's Panorama of European Cinema
Semih Kaplanoglu’s Berlin Golden Bear winner Honey and Sofia Coppola’s Venice Golden Lion awarded Somewhere bookend the 23rdPanorama of European Cinema which opens in Athens today.
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NewsDerek Morgan of PEC Video dies at age 53
Derek Morgan, the managing director of London-based PEC Video, has died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at the age of 53.
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NewsRotterdam to honour Ossang, Dorsky and Villaronga
The 40th Rotterdam Film Festival (Jan 26-Feb 21) will be paying tribute to filmmakers FJ Ossang, Agusti Villaronga and Nathaniel Dorsky.
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FeaturesScreen and Edinburgh party
Screen, EIFF, Features Scotland and Creative Scotland party at Mayfair’s Red Room
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SND to start pre-sales on 3D Asterix
SND will launch pre-sales of Asterix: The Land Of The Gods at the upcoming AFM, the company said on Thursday.
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NewsNew Line casts doubt over NZ location for Hobbit
The issue over where and when The Hobbit will shoot looks likely to drag on given the studio’s announcement today.
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New York trio launch publicity, marketing and creative agency Brigade
Digital marketing executive Tom Cunha, publicist Adam Kersh and social media strategist Jean McDowell have launched the publicity, digital marketing and creative agency Brigade.
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Palisades Tartan to release Italy's The First Beautiful Thing in US
The distributor has taken North American rights from IntraMovies to Italy’s foreign language Oscar submission, The First Beautiful Thing (La Prima Cosa Bella).
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NewsMiller, Heller on way up at SPHE international unit
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) senior vice-president of international T Paul Miller will oversee the company’s operating territories in the Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions as well as select emerging markets.