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Greenhalgh’s Nowhere Boy tops annual Brit List poll
He captured the last days of Joy Division's lead singer Ian Curtis with his screenwork for Control and now his script based on the early days of John Lennon tops the 2nd annual Brit List which sorts the most liked and recommended unproduced screenplays in the UK and Ireland.
Cannes’ Hunger, Tulpan and Snow among ‘European Discovery’ noms
FIPRESCI and EFA Board members picked a Cannes trio of quality films in Steve McQueen's Hunger, Aida Begiç's Snow and Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan, and added Tatil Kitabi (Summer Book) by Seyfi Teoman to a category which awards and upcoming-and-coming filmmaker for a first full-length feature film.
Winterbottom/Whitecross go from Shock Treatment to ‘Shock Doctrine’
Screen Daily (09.21) reported a couple of days back that The Road to Guantánamo team of
Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross are now working on a documentary based on Naomi Klein's third novel, Shock Doctrine.
Daily Recommendation 09.29.08: Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney's Oscar-winning 2008 TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE receives a second chance at making a first impression after failing to grab audiences via a proper theatrical pattern release.
Miramax are ‘Back’ in Business with Hicks
THR reports that The Boys Are Back in Town now has the proper footing and have the Aussie-shot film saw Miramax Films come in and acquire the North American and Western European rights (excluding Spain).
