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New York shoot nears end on teen romance Homework
Shooting in New York is expected to wrap this week on Gigi Films and Mint Pictures’ teen romance Homeworkstarring Emma Roberts and Freddie Highmore.
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NewsCrazy Heart producers Informant Media unveil slate
Riding high after their debut feature Crazy Heart won two Academy Awards including a best actor win for Jeff Bridges, Informant Media partners Judy Cairo, Michael A Simpson and Eric Brenner have unveiled their 2010 production slate.
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Baldwin, Madsen join faith-based Church Girl project
Stephen Baldwin, Michael Madsen, Michael Rivera and T-Bone have rounded out the principal cast on Reverence Gospel Media’s faith-based urban drama I’m In Love With A Church Girl.
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Senate Agriculture Committee approves bill to ban futures exchange
The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved a bill by Arkansas Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) that proposes a ban on a box office futures exchange.
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Cuban threat to block Miramax deal elicits reply from TWC board member
In an open letter to the press, The Weinstein Company board member Richard Koenigsberg has responded to a veiled threat by billionaire Mark Cuban that he might try to block the company’s efforts to buy back Miramax.
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Zeitgeist acquires US rights to von Trotta's Vision
Zeitgeist Films has acquired US rights to Margarethe von Trotta’s Vision starring Barbara Sukowa that screened on April 21 as the opening night film of the Kino! 2010: New Cinema From Germany series.
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Cameron to collect Visionary Award at Saturn Awards
James Cameron will receive the Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror Films’ Visionary Award for Avatar at this year’s 36th Annual Saturn Awards.
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IMAX to add new theatre in Hangzhou, China
A new IMAX system will be installed in the exhibitor’s new 16-screen multiplex in Hangzhou.
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CommentAs the volcanic dust settles
Perhaps the only thing that is clear following the travel chaos that engulfed Europe last week is just how enmeshed the US film industry has become with the rest of the world.
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NewsCenturion invades the UK, France welcomes The Countess
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week.
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FeaturesSenn Moses
The managing director of Cimarron Group Asia talks to Liz Shackleton about introducing aspects of Western-style marketing to Asia.
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FeaturesGabriele Salvatores
Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores tells Andreas Wiseman about mixing fantasy and reality in his latest film, Happy Family.
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NewsKirsten Dunst, James Franco to close Critics' Week
Short films by the two actors will bring this year’s Critics Week sidebar to a close on May 20.
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FeaturesFestivals cope with ash cloud chaos
Festivals on both sides of the Atlantic had to scramble to re-organise events in light of the volcanic travel chaos; Cannes says it will watch “the evolution of the situation.”
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NewsPact outlines new recoupment proposals to help UK producers
UK producers body Pact will tomorrow launch a new proposal for public funding of UK film production, so that recoupment of investments would go back to producers, not to the UK Film Council, BBC Films or Film4.
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FeaturesThe bigger picture
Blacklight Transmedia has ambitious plans to create original franchises that can be exploited across multiple platforms ― and has a rare first-look deal with Imagine Entertainment. Jeremy Kay reports.
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Tribeca takes on distribution
The ambitious Tribeca Film Festival (April 21-May 2) is exploring ways of reaching out to audiences far beyond its New York base. Jeremy Kay reports
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NewsPhilco Films to produce three major Stanley Kubrick projects
Philco Films is set to make three films based on scripts by the late legendary film-maker Stanley Kubrick: Civil War drama Downslope; Scarlett Johansson-starrer Lunatic At Large, and a TV series called God Fearing Man about a renowned bank robber.Downslope will be a massive $100m project set during the American ...