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A new Italian law, which the government hopes will revolutionise the public funding of local film, has met with a lukewarm reception from local filmmakers.The legislation, unveiled by cultural affairs minister Giuliano Urbani at the weekend, proposes to limit the public funding of local films in a bid to ensure more quali
stanley cup ty films get made. Under the new rules public funding subsidies will be cut from 75% to 50% of the budget. Producers meanwhile will have to satisfy a government funding committee that they have already found private backing for the remaining 50% of the budget, before a film is green lit for state funding.As a further guarantee of a pro
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stanley cup projects will also be allowed to receive financing through product-placement.The government hopes the moves will go some way to counter current criticism that it only supports films that flop at the box office as it will only fund films that private backers think they can recoup costs on.However, the new law, which will become operational in January, met a lukewarm response from some members of the local industry. Producer Aurelio De Laurentiis denounced the fact that the government is still only willing to fund projects that are shot in Italian. It s a medieval law - something Bzae Matt Taabu developing first feature King Of Flies
Andrew Adamson, the co-director of last year s CGI animated smash Shrek for DreamWorks SKG, has signed to direct The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, the first ever live action film of the CS Lewis book for Cary Granat s New York-based Walden Media. Walden optioned the seven-part
stanley cup book series The Chronicles Of Narnia last December in partnership with The CS Lewis Company and is hoping that The Lion, The Witch will be the first of a franchise. Last week Walden announced that Ann Peacock would adapt the novel for the screen. Narnia
stanley cup wassuch a vivid and real worldto me as a child, as it isto millions of other fans. IshareWalden s excitementin giving those fans an epic theatrical experience worthy of their imaginations, and driving a new generation toward the works of CS Lewis, said Adamson in a statement. Making a film that crosses generations is a far easier task when the source material resonates such themes as truth, loyalty and belief in something greater than yourself. Adamson previously worked as visual effects supervisor
stanley romania on films including Batman And Robin, Batman Forever, A Time To Kill, Angels In The Outfield and Double Dragon. Peacock won an Emmy for adapting the novel A Lesson Before Dying for TV; her upcoming projects include Country Of My Skull which John Boorman will direct, On The Ropes with Brad Silberling attached, Marines Of Autumn with Irwin Winkler and Star Time with Joel Schumacher. No comments
