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Tykwer eyes Babelsberg Studios for thriller The International
A day before shooting begins on the Tom Cruise World War II drama Valkyrie, local press reports have revealed that Babelsberg Studios is set to host its third Hollywood production this year with the shooting of Tom Tykwer's action thriller The International, starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, from September.According ...
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Trust takes on sales of Szumowska's 33 Scenes Of Life
Denmark's Trust Film Sales will handle international sales of Polish director Malgosia Szumowska's 33 Scenes of Life, currently shooting at Krakow, Poland. Denmark's Zentropa Entertainments is co-producing. 'I worked with Szumowska on Visions of Europe-25 Countries 1 Film, where she delivered the Polish entry, and we agreed we would continue ...
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Ingenious invests in music marketing company Trinity
Ingenious Media Active Capital has invested up to $10m (£5m) in Trinity Universal Holdings, a direct-to-consumer entertainment media, marketing and distribution business that mostly works with music-industry clients. This is Ingenious Media's eleventh investment since its IPO in April 2006. The funding wil be used to further technological development, expand ...
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Gotham Awards re-locate to Brooklyn
The 17th Annual Gotham Awards will kick off the 2007-08 awards season on Nov 27 in their new Brooklyn digs at Steiner Studios.Gotham Awards Tributes will go to Javier Bardem, who stars in the upcoming No Country For Old Men and Love In The Time Of Cholera, Mira Nair, who ...
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Fox Home Entertainment targets emerging markets in re-shuffle
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) top brass have implemented a corporate restructure to accommodate emerging markets.Gary Ferguson will now focus on China, Russia and Brazil in his newly expanded role as senior vice president of emerging markets.He will also supervise Fox's worldwide licensee operation and play a key role ...
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Endgame bolsters ranks with Norton, Schenz, Birch
Jim Stern's Endgame Entertainment has bolstered the ranks with three hires, naming Robert Norton as chief financial officer, Greg Schenz as head of business and legal affairs, and Matt Birch as senior vice president of physical production. The company has moved to new offices in Beverly Hills as post-production continues ...
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Walden Media set to ride with Moriarty surf project
Walden Media has boarded an adventure project set against the renowned Mavericks surfing location in Northern California. Daniel Barnz and Ned Zeman will write the screenplay based on a treatment by Walden's executive vice president of business affairs Jim Meenaghan and writer-producer Brandon Hooper. Based on a true story, the ...
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Diffusion takes UK rights to Von Trier's The Boss Of It All
UK distributor Diffusion Pictures has taken all UK rights to Lars Von Trier's comedy The Boss Of It All. The deal was struck with Trust Film Sales. The film is about an actor hired to play the boss of an IT firm to negotiate with business partners. Jono Stevens, one ...
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Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club
Dir: Rachel Samuels. US-Ireland. 1999. 91 mins.Prod co: Concorde New Horizons Corp. Int'l sales: Concorde New Horizons Corp. Exec prod: Roger Corman. Prods: Rachel Samuels, John Brad. Scr: Lev L. Shapiro. DoP: Chris Manley. Ed: Bernadette Kelley. Mus: Adrian Johnston. Main cast: Jonathan Pryce, David Morrissey, Catherine Siggins, Paul Bettany, ...
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Arts festival may pave way for cinemas in Saudi Arabia
Speculation that Saudi Arabia is gradually moving towards opening cinemas will intensify following the second Festival of Visual Arts in Jeddah, which ends on Friday. The four-day festival, organized by local audio and visual productions company Ruwaad Media, includes 28 short films and documentaries from Saudi and other Gulf countries, ...
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Senator Film to release next Wenders' Palermo Shooting
Senator Film will release Wim Wenders' next feature film The Palermo Shooting, which begins shooting in Dusseldorf from September 17 before moving to Sicily.This is the second time Wenders and Senator have worked together after the director's internationally feted documentary Buena Vista Social Club took more than $7.5m (Euros 5.4m) ...
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Northwest screen agency starts lab for multi-platform content
UK regional screen agency Northwest Vision + Media is starting a new multi-platform lab for content producers. The linked training and funding initiative Alchemy, set up with consultants Olsberg SPI, will include a residential strategy workshop, a product development period and a networking event. The lab is geared to TV, ...
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Telefilm backs seven low-budget features
Telefilm Canada will support the production of seven feature films, including new projects from Marc-Andre Forcier (Une Histoire Inventee, The Countess Of Baton Rouge) and filmmaker and actress Micheline Lanctot (Sonatine). The projects, six in French and one in English, will receive up to $191,000 (C$200,000) through the federal film ...
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EC approves Belgian Tax Shelter system
There were sighs of relief in the Belgian production community withthe official announcement today (Thursday) that the EuropeanCommission has renewed its approval of the Belgian Tax Shelter system.Earlier this summer, the Commission had sent back proposals for therenewal, expressing concern about the lack of 'cultural' documentationin the proposals. Those concerns ...
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Harry Potter's own book launch poses only real competition to ever-rising Phoenix
Every fan of the franchise knows it's not in Harry Potter's nature to be a bully, but the film version of his exploits is a different beast entirely and has been swatting rivals like flies since it was released around the world last week.The fifth episode in the fantasy series, ...
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Thai thriller 13 takes top prize at PiFan
South Korea 's Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) held its closing ceremony yesterday (July 19), with the top award going to Thai film 13 by Chookiet Sakveerakul. A psychological thriller noted for its engaging script about a salesman who enters into a high-stakes adventure game, the film also picked ...
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Bangkok fest opening heavy on filmmakers, light on glitz
Despite a six-month delay and constant doubts about the event's value, the Bangkok International Film Festival rolled out the red carpet last night for an opening gala, well-attended by local and international filmmakers, along with Thai politicians and the media. The opening event was elegant and tasteful, while avoiding the ...
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Mansoor's In The Name Of God opens in Pakistan
Pakistan's first local feature film to deal with the subject of fundamentalism and militancy, In The Name Of God (Khuda Key Liye), opens in Pakistan today (July 20) on 11 screens in ten cities. The Urdu-language film is financed by Unilever Pakistan which has sponsored many of the music videos ...
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Soderbergh gears up for Spanish shoot for two Che features
Shooting starts Wednesday in Spain on Steven Soderbergh's two Spanish-language films about Ernesto 'Che' Guevera, El Argentino and Guerrilla. The much anticipated films will shoot consecutively for nine weeks in Spain on locations in Madrid, Castilla La Mancha and Andalusia before moving on to Puerto Rico. Benicio del Toro stars ...
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Zentropa, Calyx form Danish-Scottish alliance
Denmark's Zentropa and Calyx Film Production are teaming up with Scottish production outfits Sigma Films and Antonine Films to produce a raft of features in Scotland. Scottish Screen is backing the untitled partnership. According to Calyx's Lisbeth Matz, the Danish outfits have been building relationships with the Scottish producers since ...