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• Sam Claflin, Rupert Friend to star in WW2 thriller ‘Perdition’ for Thunder Road Pictures, Mister Smith

  10-05-2024 17:08 via screendaily.com
  
  Mister Smith Entertainment is launching international sales at Cannes, with CAA and UTA to oversee North American rights.
  
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• ‘Spilt Milk’: Tallinn Review

  09-11-2024 17:56 via screendaily.com
  
  An 11-year-old wannabe detective has his eyes opened to the harsh realities of 1980s Dublin in this ambitious debut
  
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• Christopher Nolan project adds Zendaya and Anne Hathaway (reports)

  09-11-2024 03:35 via screendaily.com
  
  Nolan’s new project is set for a July, 2026 launch.
  
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• Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal lining up second collaboration (reports)

  09-11-2024 02:14 via screendaily.com
  
  Director and star have Gladiator II arriving in the international marketplace next week.
  
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• Paramount gets streaming boost as theatrical revenue dives

  08-11-2024 20:34 via screendaily.com
  
  The company’s Paramount+ service reached 72m subscribers in the third quarter.
  
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• ‘Clouded Leopard’, ‘Rest In Pieces’, ‘Call Of Lobster’ among winners at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

  08-11-2024 18:29 via screendaily.com
  
  They won awards in the presigious Pitching programme.
  
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• “You had better pay attention”: AI is going to disrupt your industry, say speakers at AI Creative Summit

  08-11-2024 15:55 via screendaily.com
  
  This week’s AI Creative Summit found delegates more upbeat about the impact of the technology than last year.
  
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• AFM attendees give their verdict on Vegas

  08-11-2024 14:12 via screendaily.com
  
  While the change of location has been a hard adjustment for AFM regulars, there have been positive green shoots in the market.
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Paddington In Peru’ is widest release of 2024 so far

  08-11-2024 13:51 via screendaily.com
  
  Festive comedy ‘Red One’ and Pharrell Williams Lego biopic ’Piece By Piece’ also open.
  
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• Attendees laud new-look Geneva Digital Market

  08-11-2024 12:54 via screendaily.com
  
  For the first time, the industry activities took place under the same roof as those of the festival.
  
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• Romas Zabarauskas’ neo-Nazi thriller ‘The Activist’ boarded for sales (exclusive)

  08-11-2024 12:46 via screendaily.com
  
  The Lithuanian-language title is the third in Zabarauskas’ queer trilogy.
  
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• Les Arcs unveils projects for 2024 Coproduction Village

  08-11-2024 11:03 via screendaily.com
  
  10 of the 18 projects are fiction feature debuts.
  
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• ‘Carnival Is Over’: Tallinn Review

  08-11-2024 10:00 via screendaily.com
  
  A couple attempt to escape Brazil’s criminal underworld in Fernando Coimbra’s darkly comic drama
  
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• ‘Alpha.’: Seville Review

  08-11-2024 10:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Frosty drama sees an estranged father and son battle for dominance in the unforgiving Swiss Alps
  
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• ‘Everyone Is Going To Die’ starring Jaime Winstone sells to North America, Spain (exclusive)

  08-11-2024 02:41 via screendaily.com
  
  The North American release is set for February 2025.
  
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• AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford on why US buyers must rediscover “appetite for risk”, future location of AFM

  08-11-2024 01:36 via screendaily.com
  
  “I’m a huge admirer of A24 and Neon who have shown if you’ll take a part in something creatively, you can have really high levels of success.
  
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• Lionsgate reports “disappointing” results after theatrical slump

  08-11-2024 01:20 via screendaily.com
  
  Several releases in the quarter “didn’t live up to our standards or our projections.”
  
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• ‘Cosmos’: Thessaloniki Review

  07-11-2024 23:03 via screendaily.com
  
  The burgeoning relationship of a sixtysomething couple crosses the cultural divide in this pensive Mexico-set drama
  
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• WestEnd Films reveals first look at ‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’; Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders join cast (exclusive)

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall and Lily Allen also star.
  
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• US producers eyeing up UK indie tax credit

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Amid challenging conditions for production in the US, the UK’s enhanced tax credit for £15m films is proving alluring for American indies.
  
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• UK’s indie tax credit eyed up by US producers

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Amid challenging conditions for production in the US, the UK’s enhanced tax credit for £15m films is proving alluring for American indies.
  
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• SXSW thriller ‘7 Keys’ opened up for sales (exclusive)

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Wilkinson plans for ’7 Keys’ to be the first in a trilogy of genre films through a female lens, with a horror and action movie in the works.
  
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• Sola Media’s animated feature ‘A Sloth Story’ scores US deal (exclusive)

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Blue Fox is planning a theatrical release early next year.
  
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• Production wraps in Puerto Rico on Terrence Howard noir ‘Dime Detective’; Cineville Selling at AFM (exclusive)

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Moovy Studios LLC production in association with Lee Caplin/Picture Entertainment follows troubled detective in San Juan.
  
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• Incredible launches horror sequel ‘Amsterdamned II’, reveals first look

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Dutch sales agent Incredible Film has revealed a first look at Amsterdamned II, Dick Maas’ sequel to his 1988 horror, Amsterdamned, which is in production in Amsterdam.
  
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• First look at ‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’; Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders join cast (exclusive)

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall and Lily Allen also star.
  
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• EST N8 in talks with AFM buyers on Indonesian horror thriller ‘The Hole’ (exclusive)

  07-11-2024 14:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Hanung Bramantyo directed story which blends noir with supernatural horror.
  
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• Night Edge Pictures introduces trio of Thai horrors at AFM (exclusive)

  07-11-2024 14:29 via screendaily.com
  
  The company is part of a Thai delegation attending this year’s market.
  
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• Allison Gardner, Glasgow Film CEO and festival director, to retire in 2025

  07-11-2024 12:58 via screendaily.com
  
  Gardner will step down in October 2025 after more than 30 years with the organisation.
  
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• Orwa Nyrabia to leave International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in 2025

  07-11-2024 12:28 via screendaily.com
  
  The Syrian filmmaker will oversee his seventh and final edition as IDFA artistic director later this month.
  
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