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The turbulent UK agency scene, where three leading players have changed ownership in as many months, is increasingly looking for a slice of the producing action - to the point of taking producer credits and fees instead of the usual commissions.Among the ventures no
stanley cup w producing or seriously looking at raising their production profile are ICM UK, leading local agency Peters Fraser Dunlop, Seifert Dench, Luc Roeg and Charles Finch s Artists Independent Network AIN and, on a TV level at least, Michael Foster s Artists Rights Group. Representation is definitely heading in that direction, here and, for some time now, in the States, says Roeg.The timing of PFD s recent sale to sports management outfit CSS Stellar and Curtis Brown and ICM s management buy-outs is probably just coincidence - certainly in Curtis Brown and PFD s case, the upheaval has more to do with senior agents looking to
stanley cup realise some value from their companies and their younger colleagues wanting a share.But PFD is lookin
stanley cup g at developing or producing film and TV material - it was one of the reasons for the sale, says joint chairman Anthony Jones. Everything is possible. At ICM, UK chief Duncan Heath is finalising a management buy-out from his US parent with a view to freeing himself from US regulations stipulating that agents cannot operate as producers. Heath is developing projects with Mike Newell and Martin Campbell through his recently-formed deal with the US Catch 23 Entertainment. He says he will n Mdsl ASC names Lighthill president
Source: TIFFFahrenheit 11/9The world premiere of Michael Moores Fahrenheit 11/9 exploring life in the United States under president Trump will open TIFF Docs at the Toronto International Film Festival, whileDavid GordonGreensHalloweenand Shane BlacksThe Predatorreceive their world premeres in Midnigh
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stanley cup dness selections include the world premieres of Peter Stricklands In Fabric, about a cursed dress, and the first Indian film ever to screen in the section, Vasan Balas The Man Who Feels No Pain.Sam Levinsons Sundance breakout Assassination Nation gets its Canadian premiere, while programme closer Diamantino from Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, opened in Cannes and is a North American premiere. This years Midnight Madness slate promises another idiosyncratic confluence of established and emerging genre filmmakers, said Midnight Madness programmer Peter Kuplowsky. To complement some of the buzziest provocations on the festival circuit, I have sought to curate an eccentric array of World Premieres that demonstrate the dexterity of genre cinema as a canvas for both sublime satisfaction and stunning subversion. That includes the sections two much-anticipated sequels, The Predator and Halloween, each of which boldly and brilliantly builds upon its mythic iconography to thrilling and surprising effect. The Midnight Madness programme:Assassination Nation U
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