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15 November, 2006 By Adam Dawtrey Source: Variety ‘The Flying Scotman’ MGM has acquired worldwide rights, excluding a handful of European territories, to Douglas Mackinnon’s debut movie, “The Flying Scotsman,” a biopic of Scottish cycling champion Graham Obree. Pic stars Johnny Lee Miller as Obree, a talented amateur who battled mental illness and the cycling […]

21 February, 2006 By Tammie Rosen Source: news.bbc.co.uk Country music star Dolly Parton is to perform at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles next month. The 60-year-old singer will sing her Academy Award nominated song Travellin’ Through, from the film Transamerica. Kathleen “Bird” York is also due to perform her shortlisted song In The Deep, […]

19 October, 2006 Source: ScreenDaily.com Based on an original script by Rae Brunton, the film is a high octane, gory scare-fest in the tradition of Aliens, Predator and The Descent. Set in an unnamed Eastern European country ravaged by war, the film focuses on a world-weary team of battle-worn mercenaries who are hired by a […]

17 May, 2006 CANNES — Neve Campbell has joined the cast of Richard Attenborough’s “Closing the Ring,” alongside Shirley MacLaine and Mischa Barton. Attenborough has started the second leg of shooting in Toronto, having completed several weeks of filming in Belfast. Pic, sold worldwide by ContentFilm, is an epic love story spanning two continents and […]

10 March, 2006 By Staff Reporter Source: Worldscreen.com Fireworks International is bringing to MIPTV the new one-hour drama series Whistler, produced by Blueprint Entertainment and Boardwatch Productions for broadcast on The N and CTV later this year. The series is against the back-drop of Whistler, Vancouver, where the 2010 Olympics will be held. It follows […]

23 August, 2006 By Robbert Blokland in AmsterdamSource: ScreenDaily.com The film will have its world premiere Sept 1 at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, where it is screening in competition. The $21.8m (€17m) wartime thriller is the most expensive predominantly Dutch-language production ever made and tells the story of a Jewish girl (Dutch actress Carice […]

1 September, 2006 By Roderick Conway Morris Source: International Herald Tribune Dame Helen Mirren has described her role as Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears’s “The Queen” as “the most frightening, intimidating” that she has ever played. Although dealing with events that took place nearly a decade ago, this absorbing, funny and sometimes moving film delivers […]

16 March, 2006 The Tribeca Film Festival announces the feature selections for the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival presented by American Express in its Spotlight and Discovery sections, along with several other New York-made titles being screened out of competition in the NY Specials section. These three categories encompass 60 works in a vibrant mix of […]

17 March, 2006 By Manohla Dargis Source: Nytimes.com Glibly funny and eager to please, the film version of Christopher Buckley’s novel “Thank You for Smoking” is not unlike the down-and-dirty habit of its title. Like cigarettes, this wisp of a film from the newcomer Jason Reitman won’t do much for your brain cells, but it […]