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Valentino biopic gets Italian funding
Indie Italian producer-director Nico Cirasola looks set to be the first to get a new project about legendary gigolo Rudolf Valentino off the ground, after being awarded funding from the Italian government's Fondo di Garanzia.Named Rudi Valentino, The Return of the Sheik, the Euros 4m film is set to shoot ...
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Film archivists convene in Sweden
The Swedish Film Institute and the Finnish Film Archive will host this year's congress of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). The event kicks off at Stockholm's Filmhuset on June1 and closes in Helsinki on June7. Attracting delegates from more than 60 countries, speakers will include UCLA film restorer ...
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Zentropa pushes into TV
Denmark's prolific production outfit, Zentropa, has plans to expand their activities in TV series and drama both domestically and internationally. To head their new department they have hired the experienced Bo Mortensen from national broadcaster TV2, who's credits include the long running Hotellet (The Hotel) and the upcoming The Defence ...
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La Sept-Arte, Sundance partner for movie channel
Robert Redford's Sundance Channel and French public broadcaster La Sept-Arte are linking up to create a cable and satellite movie channel in France.La Sept-Arte, the French end of French-German cultural channel Arte, was already developing a channel, dedicated to independent film from all over the world, before approaching the Sundance ...
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Moviehouse reunites with Broomfield
Gary Phillips and Mark Vennis' UK-based sales house Moviehouse Entertainment has acquired Nick Broomfield's new Aileen Wuornos documentary Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer. Moviehouse, which sold Broomfield's Biggie & Tupac, has taken international sales rights to seven of Broomfield's earlier films, including Fetishes, Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam ...
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Fortissimo on song with Camp, Eye sequel
Fortissimo Film Sales has announced a raft of sales on musical comedy Camp and the Pang Brothers' highly-anticipated sequel to horror hit The Eye.Camp, directed by Todd Graff, has been sold to Highlight for Germany, Hopscotch for Australia and New Zealand, Asmik Ace for Japan, Cathay for Singapore, AQS for ...
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Fortissimo on song with Camp, Eye sequel
Fortissimo Film Sales has announced a raft of sales on musical comedy Camp and the Pang Brothers' highly-anticipated sequel to horror hit The Eye.Camp, directed by Todd Graff, has been sold to Highlight for Germany, Hopscotch for Australia and New Zealand, Asmik Ace for Japan, Cathay for Singapore, AQS for ...
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Cannes claims higher attendance
The Cannes market says that attendance is up 10% and registrations at new record levels.'Although the increase is slight, we are very pleased to see that companies have made the journey to the Cannes Market despite the threat of war, SARS and the transport strikes. We are still expecting further ...
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French Toast: Gallic hits show international strength
Cedric Klapisch's comedy L'Auberge Espagnole managed a rare feat this week when it knocked Hollywood blockbuster X2: X-Men United off the top of a chart after just one week - in Poland.An opening of $79,872 (ZLO 299,026) for local distributor Spinka from 20,096 admissions gave L'Auberge Espagnole the lead position. ...
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New-look FilmFour boasts tantalizing slate
A best-selling novel generating interest from a host of US companies, a comedy about a rock legend and a thriller about a brutal killing are amongst the avowedly 'catholic' debut slate of the UK's restructured FilmFour under Tessa Ross.Highlights include The Lovely Bones, UK auteur Lynne Ramsay's highly anticipated adaptation ...
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Matrix Revolutions aims for global day, date - and hour - release
Producer Joel Silver is aiming for a global day, date and hour release for the third Matrix installment, Revolutions, on November 5. "We're still working it out logistically, but the audience is ready," he said - no matter what way it is structured, a simultaneous global release would see one ...
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Beacon duo ascend Summit
Summit Entertainment is in final negotiations to seal yet another international distribution deal - with Armyan Bernstein's Beacon Pictures. Summit is not selling any Beacon films at Cannes but is expected to be selling key territories on Beacon's first two films Ladder 49 and Raising Helen by MIFED.Beacon signed a ...
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Basinger tops Oscar Wilde scandal
Kim Basinger is heading to the Riviera to shoot A Good Woman, based on Oscar Wilde's celebrated play Lady Windermere's Fan, for worldwide sales agent Beyond Films.Director Mike Barker is to start shooting the scandalous drama in August with a cast including Joseph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Wilkinson. Basinger ...
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Italy's Mondo strikes cartoon gold in North Korea
One of Europe's top animation houses, Rome-based Mondo TV, has sealed a series of deals worth at least $20m with North Korean outfit Sek - who will now replace South Korean mini-major Hahn Shin Corporation as a co-producer on several major upcoming theatrical animation features.As part of the new relationship, ...
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China hot for Infernal Affairs
Media Asia's Infernal Affairs franchise is such a hot property on the Chinese mainland that a local distributor has snapped up the first two films before either has been cleared by the mainland authorities for theatrical release.China's Stellar Megamedia Corp (SMC) has acquired mainland theatrical rights to both Infernal Affairs ...
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Mother Theresa joins cannibal tale on Blue Spice slate
Anglo-Italian production outfit Blue Spice has closed a $80m deal with Italy's Lux Vide to co-produce five major feature films. It is also lining up a new thriller with Malcolm MacDowell about real-life Russian cannibal, The Monster of Rostov.The Blue Spice-Lux deal will extend over 2 years. The first production ...
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Blanchett to star as Beatrix Potter for Phoenix
Cate Blanchett has taken the lead role in Phoenix Pictures' Miss Potter, the biopic of Beatrix Potter, which will be directed by Bruce Beresford. Blanchett, who is also attached to star in Alias Grace for Working Title Films, will play the young spinster who became a bestselling author with her ...
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Anglo-Korean co-production backs art thieves
Expanding its production operations, Korean sales house E Pictures has put together one of the first British-Korean co-productions and acquired two key properties for adaptation. The $15m action title Four For The Kings is a project by Korea's Zenith Entertainment and the UK's Spice Factory. The film sees a gang ...
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Anglo-Korean co-production backs art thieves
Expanding its production operations, Korean sales house E Pictures has put together one of the first British-Korean co-productions and acquired two key properties for adaptation. The $15m action title Four For The Kings is a project by Korea's Zenith Entertainment and the UK's Spice Factory. The film sees a gang ...
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Hadidas lord it up in production
The Hadida brothers Samuel and Victor are the latest indie distributors to underline the notion that cash is king. Flush with the proceeds of handling Lord Of The Rings in France through their Metropolitan Filmexport label, they are now stepping up production activities through their other company Davis Films. 'This ...