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onsdag, juli 11, 2012

SCREEN DAILY


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The company has picked up the UK, Germany and France to MGM and Sony’s sci-fi reboot. José Padilha (pictured) directs.
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Seven Stars Film Studios chairman Bruno Wu has lined up Jake Eberts to produce and Jeremy Thomas to act as consultant on the English-language China-US production.
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The studio confirmed on Tuesday (10) that it will turn The Hunger Games: Mockingjay into a two-parter, setting up a November 2015 series finale.
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International competition includes 13 world premieres; Piazza Grande to include Ruby Sparks from Little Miss Sunshine team.
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The recently launched distributor has added the Swedish hit to its initial slate and plans an Oct 12 platform release in New York and Los Angeles.
Kevin Dunn, Elden Henson, Lenny Jacobson, Giles Matthey, Ahna O’Reilly and Victor Rasuk have also joined the biopic. Shooting is underway in the Los Angeles area.
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Filmmakers support studio worker demonstrations over plans to ‘dismantle’ historic studios where Ben-Hur, La Dolce Vita, Gangs of New York were shot.
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British film censor also commissions new research into sexual violence in film, partly due to controversial horror films The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) and The Bunny Game.
Twenty-seven documentaries have received the grants through the Institute’s documentary film programme.
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Winner to be announced on September 13, during the 23rd Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France.
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Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh are attached to produce the adaptation of the smash video game with John P Middleton on board as executive producer.
IN FOCUS
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South East Europe has seen a boom in production in recent years, with regional hits such as The Parade, but the exhibition and distribution sectors still have to catch up.
COMMENT
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Last week’s Moscow Business Square confirmed that Russia’s industry is still struggling to break out of its local borders but that a global explosion of stories and talent is inevitable.
REVIEWS
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Dir: Iveta Grofova. Slovak Republic-Czech Republic. 2012. 84mins
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Dir: Casey Walker. Canada. 2011. 88mins
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Dir/scr: Rolf de Heer. Australia. 2011. 102mins
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Dir/scr: Guy Browning. UK. 2012. 84mins
LATEST BLOG TOPICS
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David France talks about his AIDS activism documentary How To Survive A Plague.
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
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Screen 2011 Star of Tomorrow Rowan Athale makes his feature directorial debut with this story of friendship and a heist, starring Luke Treadaway, Iwan Rheon, Gerard Kearns, Matthew Lewis, Timothy Spall, Vanessa Kirby and Neil Maskell.
The Circuit
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Rising talents and industry veterans celebrated at The Langham Hotel in London.

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