German producers Philipp Kreuzer and Jörg Schulze are launching maze pictures, a film and TV shingle designed to develop, finance, produce and co-produce high-end content for the local and international markets. Among the first projects for the Munich- and Berlin-based outfit is the adaptation of The … Read entire story.
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UPDATED, 6:45 PM Monday: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 pulled off a surprise of its own when international box office figures were retallied today. MJ2 reclaimed the top spot following an unexpected two-day “preview” surge by the Chinese title Surprise that appeared to give it the lead over … Read entire story.
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Tom Hughes (The Game, About Time) has been cast as Prince Albert in ITV’s upcoming event series Victoria. Jenna Coleman stars in the eight-part drama as the titular queen with Hughes playing her first cousin, suitor and eventual husband. The drama begins with the early life of Queen Victoria, … Read entire story.
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UPDATE, 1:15 PM PT: Some late-breaking info shows that the first official weekend of the Chinese box office blackout resulted in the No. 1 film internationally. Surprise (aka Surprise You’ll Never Think Of: Journey To The West, or Surprise – Journey To The West) made $17M on the Saturday/… Read entire story.
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UPDATE, Refresh for latest: Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth has been crowned Best European Film of 2015 at the European Film Awards in Berlin. The movie led the nominations coming in and ended up with the top prize as well as a Best Actor nod for Michael Caine and a Best Director nod … Read entire story.
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