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UPDATE: Ridley Scott Doesn't Want Gemma Arterton for Alien Prequels?
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Gravity Lead Offered to Natalie Portman
Angelina Jolie put this Alfonso Cuaron 3D space adventure on hold last week after passing on the project.
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Kevin McKidd, Ashley Jensen sign up for Scottish romantic drama
Kevin McKidd anad Ashley Jensen are attached to star in Indian Summer, a romantic drama set in the Scottish Highlands in 1967, which will be the directorial debut of screenwriter Brian Ward.
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Simple Simon to represent Sweden in Oscar race
Swedish director Andreas Öhman’s feature debut, Simple Simon (I rymden finns inga känslor), has entered the race for an Oscar nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature.
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Venice Italian deals continue with Archibald taking Post Mortem
Also, Noemi by Eitan Zur sells to Bolero.
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Sales interest strong for Joaquin Phoenix documentary
Sales are brewing for Casey Affleck’s directorial debut I’m Still Here presented out of competition in Venice by Magnolia Pictures International.
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AMC gets 'Godfather' films through 2019
AMC, part of Cablevision Systems' Rainbow Media cable networks unit, has struck a deal with Viacom's Paramount Pictures to make AMC the exclusive basic cable home of "The Godfather" trilogy.
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Takeshi Kitano announces plans for Outrage sequel
Director Takeshi Kitano has announced plans for a sequel to crime drama Outrage, which competed for the Palme d’Or in Cannes this May. The project would mark the first sequel in Kitano’s 22-year directing career.
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Digital Cinema Media signs screen advertising contract with Vue
Screen advertising outfit Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has signed a four year contract with Vue for the exclusive rights to sell the exhibitor’s on screen advertising.
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Online platform MUBI picks up UK thriller Exhibit A
Online VOD service MUBI (formerly The Auteurs) has picked up Dom Rotheroe’s Raindance-winning indie thriller Exhibit A for pay-per-view streaming.
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Raindance bookended with Jackboots on Whitehall, Son of Babylon
Jurors will include Charles Saatchi, Alison Owen, Mark Herbert and Lemmy.
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Hollywood's winners and losers of summer
Christopher Nolan, left, proved that he can deliver a non-Batman blockbuster, while Jerry Bruckheimer suffered two disappointments. THR takes stock of who else gained and lost big.
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Mem Ferda and White Lantern launch development fund for new UK screenplays
UK production company White Lantern Film has teamed up with actor Mem Ferda to launched a £100K development fund aimed at finding new screenplays in the UK.
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Deluxe group strikes ITFC deal
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has acquired the business and assets of post production and content management provider ITFC.
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Sundvall, Lassgard re-team for Swedish sequel The Hunters 2
Swedish director Kjell Sundvall and actor Rolf Lassgard are reteaming for the sequel to their 1996 Swedish box office hit The Hunters.
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Screen South picks producers for new development scheme
Regional screen agency Screen South has announced the nine producers who will take part in its producer development programme - Develop, Connect, Produce – which launches on Sept 13.
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LevelK boards Brazilian family film Me and My Umbrella
Denmark-based international film sales company LevelK has taken on Me and My Umbrella (Eu e Meu Guarda-Chuva).
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Russian culture minister pushes ahead with film commission plans
Russia is moving ahead with plans for a new National Film Commission.
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Cinemavault licenses RWWM to Image in US, Telepool in Germany
Image Entertainment has taken US rights from Toronto-based Cinemavault to Julius Kemp’s horror tale ReykjavikWhale Watching Massacre.
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