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LONDON -- The British Board of Film Classification has clamped an all-out ban on the DVD release of writer-director Nick Palumbo's 'Murder Set Pieces' in the U.K. It is only [...]

LONDON -- Revenue for VOD services will top $10 billion within the next five years, according to a report published here Thursday. The report from Informa Telecoms & Media indicates [...]

BERLIN -- A documentary about the events of Sept. 11 featuring interviews with Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo and Gore Vidal has been creating buzz at the European Film Market [...]

BERLIN -- Walt Disney Studios International on Monday became the latest company to join the growing group of studios to sign up for a digital-print future. The studio's overseas distribution [...]

BERLIN -- James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff are in negotiations to star in 'Perrier's Bounty' to be directed by Ian Fitzgibbon from a script by Mark O'Rowe. Set in contemporary [...]

BERLIN -- Fluctuating currencies, more conservative investment behavior and the ever-present threat of a global economic downturn are all grabbing headlines ahead of the year's first major European-set buying and [...]

LONDON -- Claire Danes, Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill and Imogen Poots have joined the cast of Richard Linklater's 'Me and Orson Welles,' an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by [...]

LONDON -- British director John Maybury will take on one of English literature's most famous properties after signing up to helm a new big-screen adaptation of 'Wuthcring Heights.' Maybury will [...]

LONDON -- Joe Wright's 'Atonement' leads the field of nominations announced Wednesday for this year's British Academy Film Awards, securing 14, ahead of the Coen brothers' 'No Country for Old [...]

LONDON -- Film4, the filmmaking arm of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, has joined forces with investment house Ingenious and production and distribution banner Vertigo Films to set up sales company [...]

LONDON -- Media rights company ContentFilm is in the early stages of a deal with Canada's Peace Arch Entertainment that will see Peach Arch snap up the London content king […]

LONDON -- Paul Thomas Anderson's 'There Will Be Blood' has earned three major nominations in this year's London Film Critics' Circle awards race. Anderson's tale of U.S. oil prospectors in […]

LONDON -- One-third of all modern cinema screens worldwide will be digitized by 2010, according to the latest report on digital-cinema rollout published Monday. For Europe, wide-scale digital conversion could […]

LONDON -- Irish eyes were smiling Thursday after the Irish Film Board secured an 18% gain in its 2008 budget to 23.2 € million ($33.7 million). In addition, the Irish […]

LONDON -- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is revamping the voting procedure for its movie award for foreign-language features ahead of next year's British Academy Film Awards. […]

LONDON -- Producerturned-director Matthew Vaughn's U.K.-based production banner MARV Films has inked a three-year, first-look deal with publishing house Quercus Publishing, the parties said Monday. The deal aims to supply […]

LONDON -- U.K. independent distributor Transmedia International Releasing has said buon giorno to U.K. and Irish tights for Giuseppe Tornatore's 'La Sconosciuta' (The Unknown Woman), the company said Thursday. The […]

LONDON -- Anton Corbijn's 'Control' was the big winner at Wednesday night's British Independent Film Awards, walking off with best movie and director honors and two actor awards. Corbijn's black-and-white […]

LONDON -- A frenzy of multiplex building and the digital conversion are 'revolutionizing' the Indian cinema experience and Hill fuel gains in admissions and revenue for the territory, according to […]

LONDON -- French exhibition chain Circuit George Raymond (CGR Cinemas) has sealed a deal with U.K.-based digital distribution supplier Arts Alliance Media to digitalize its entire 400-screen circuit, the parties […]

LONDON -- Studio facilities company Pinewood Shepperton, home of James Bond and Harry Potter, unveiled ambitious expansion plans for its famous Pinewood site Thursday. The studio site on the outskirts […]

LONDON -- The Writers Guild of Great Britain is linking arms across the pond with WGA members by pledging support for the ongoing strike action stateside. The WGGB has called […]

LONDON -- Inward investment--overseas cash invested in filmmaking here--stood at 324 million £ ($667.5 million) for the first six months of the year compared with 253 million £ for the […]

LONDON -- Aider more than 10 years in development, digital cinema finally took off this year, with 4,627 screens converted through September, nearly 5% of the global total. The news, […]

LONDON -- BBC Films has hired Paula Jalfon as its commercial manager, with responsibility for managing third-party financing at the U.K. pubcaster's filmmaking unit. Jalfon joins from U.K.-based financier Ingenious, […]

LONDON -- Ballooning fees paid out to stars, rising production costs and shrinking DVD sales spell big trouble for the movie business, according to a report published Monday. Medium- to […]

SANTA MONICA -- Gary Howsam, CEO of growing production and sales company Peace Arch Entertainment, has been arrested and placed on administrative leave. The company said Howsam was arrested Monday […]

SANTA MONICA -- A walk around the halls of the American Film Market throws up a mess of horror stories, and that's not counting the plethora of scary rifles being […]

SANTA MONICA -- The American Film Market has clocked an all-time attendance record this year, having registered 8,343 attendees, a 1.6% increase from 2006, organizers said. Jonathan Wolf, IFTA executive […]

SANTA MONICA -- U.S.-based production outfit Red Ridinghood Prods., headed by producer Jerry Wolff, has sealed a three-picture production and distribution deal with U.K. indie production and sales banner 111 […]

SANTA MONICA -- The weekend came to a close at the American Film Market on Sunday with sales and finance houses adding cast to projects to encourage buyers to splash […]

SANTA MONICA -- Gerard Depardieu has joined the cast of 'Kalach,' a French-language movie directed by Yves Renier that is being touted at the American Film Market by Pascal Diot's […]

Rigel Entertainment glued two deals for Stuart Gordon's 'Stuck' as the American Film Market began, striking a German-speaking rights deal with Constantin Films while selling the title to Gulf Films […]

The American Film Market opened its doors Wednesday with organizers predicting that the next eight days should see deals worth $800 million spanning more than 1,000 projects. Independent Film & […]

LONDON -- Oscar nominee Michelle Williams will star alongside Gael Garcia Bcrnal in Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's first English-language movie, 'Mammoth,' Memfis Film producer Lars Jonsson said. Moodysson's project is […]

LONDON -- The best actor category for the 10th annual British Independent Film Awards spans the generations, with newcomer Sam Riley, Jamie Bel, Cillian Murphy, Viggo Mortensen and Jim Broadbent […]

LONDON -- Diversify or die is the message facing U.K. movie producers looking to build a career in film here and abroad. That stark reality came through loud and clear […]

LONDON -- ITV, the U.K.'s largest commercial broadcaster, held its hands up Thursday to charges that about 10 million calls to primetime shows including 'The X Factor' and 'Ant and […]

LONDON -- The BBC on Thursday confirmed hefty job losses and budget cuts straddling the entire organization, while BBC Films--the U.K. pubcaster's filmmaking arm--received a welcome fillip for its own […]

LONDON -- The Times BFI London Film Festival kicked off Wednesday with the unspooling of David Cronenberg's London-set Russian gangster noir 'Eastern Promises' at the Odeon Leicester Square. The red-carpet […]

LONDON -- MTV Networks International and Arab Media Group, the largest media group in the United Arab Emirates, said Tuesday that they are joining forces to launch Nickelodeon Arabia. The […]

LONDON -- Former MGM and Universal Studios highflier Chris McGurk said Monday that he thinks there is an opportunity to build a powerful production base in the U.K. to fuel […]

LONDON -- 'Fear(s) of the Dark,' a collaboration of graphic authors and comic artists, is the surprise addition to this year's RomeFilmFest, organizers said Thursday. The movie will take an [...]

LONDON -- Paramount Pictures International on Thursday sealed a nonexclusive long-term deal with physical digital-service provider Arts Alliance Media to forge a pact to supply movies in digital format, joining [...]

LONDON -- Thousands of job cuts might be in the offing at the BBC, though a representative of the pubcaster Tuesday would neither confirm nor deny the widespread speculation. The […]

LONDON -- U.K. exhibition chain Cineworld Group said Monday that it has signed a deal with Real D for 3-D cinema technology. The pact will see Cineworld roll out 3-D […]

LONDON -- Government-backed British funding body the U.K. Film Council said Monday that it is signing a co-distribution agreement with its South Korean counterpart the Korean Film Council. The pact […]

LONDON -- Oscar-winning animator Nick Park said Wednesday that he is naming back to the small screen for the next comic adventure starting Wallace and Gromit. The animator is making […]

LONDON -- BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter unveiled Tuesday her long-anticipated shake-up of the pubcaster's BBC Films. Tranter has restructured the filmmaking unit, pledging that its 'funding is secure' and […]

LONDON -- James Purefoy has been cast as puritan swordsman Solomon Kane in a movie of the same name to be made from the stories of Robert Howard. Purefoy, who […]