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Darabont to shoot in Philly

Frank Darabont, Oscar-nominated director of The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, has announced that he will shoot his next flick, the crime thriller Law Abiding Citizen, entirely in Philly. According to a statement from the Greater Philadelphia Film Office,...

Tenant announced for Norristown film studio

Feverpitch Pictures, producer of “Just Add Water” and “The Speed of Life,” said Wednesday it will be a tenant in a planned film-production studio in Norristown, Pa. It will be part of Norristown Studios, a 280,000-square-foot site that will include eight sound studios...

Law Abiding Citizen in Philly?

According to http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/film_production_newlisting.html]My Entertainment World Law Abiding Citizen "may" be filming in Philadephia this Fall. Their site currently reads: LAW ABIDING CITIZEN - Fall, 2008 - Philadelphia, PA; Details...

Film music outfits pair up

The Film Department has partnered with Downtown Music Publishing to form film music company TFD Music. Downtown Music will serve as the worldwide administrator for TFD music copyrights and master recordings, and will offer music supervision and soundtrack consulting...

FILMING HERE?

[b]GB.Net Note: Law Abiding Citizen is an independent film that has received a SAG waiver. Filming will go forward regardless of a SAG strike.[/b] Unless a Screen Actors Guild strike gets in the way, there's word Catherine Zeta-Jones and Gerard Butler may be in town...

RCV racks up Cannes deals

[i]Host of market titles bought by Dutch distributor[/i] AMSTERDAM -- RCV Entertainment, part of the Canadian-based Entertainment One Group, has picked up some of the hot Cannes market titles. RCV will release the new Mel Gibson thriller "Edge of Darkness," as well as...

FRANK DARABONT GOES BACK TO PRISON (Blog)

You can't keep Frank Darabont out of the joint. The director has just signed on to a new film, Law Abiding Citizen, and like The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption, prison features heavily into the story. This time it's a criminal mastermind who is behind bars but...

Fresh contenders ready for Cannes

[i]New Line Intl.'s exit creates opportunity for indies[/i] As the international film community gets ready to head to the south of France next week, a seismic shift and a few other movements are realigning the balance of power among the major film sales companies. New...

SAG, Film Dept. ink first deal

If there is an actors strike, at least one indie film company won't be affected. The Film Department said Wednesday that it has inked completion agreements with SAG for nine pictures that are gearing up for production in the spring and summer. The announcement comes...

SAG Gets the Indie Spirit

Actors are used to working for scale on indies. Now they're just glad they'll be working. The Screen Actors Guild sealed an interim deal with independent film producers on Wednesday that ensures its members will be able to finish some upcoming features even if the...

SAG signs interim pact

[i]Guild aims to pact with indies[/i] After two days of contract negotiations with the majors, the Screen Actors Guild is looking to put some pressure on the studios by signing interim deals with indie feature producers that would allow actors to continue working on...

Indie working on knight moves

The Film Department, the indie production outfit run by Mark Gill and Neil Sacker, has won a bidding war for "Galahad," a revisionist King Arthur spec from newcomer Ryan Condal. Gill and the company's Robert Katz will produce with Energy Entertainment's Brooklyn...

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