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Colin Firth & Emily Blunt Team For Lying, Thieving Dark Comedy
Yep, more new projects from Cannes. Bear with us. Deadline reveals that Colin Firth and Emily Blunt are set to pair on an untitled dark comedy that Focus Features International is selling around the market on the Croisette. Written by Becky Johnston ("Seven Years In Tibet," "The Prince Of Tides") Firth will play "a man who hates his job and is hated by his ex-wife and son. Feeling he missed his one shot at living the dream, he fakes his death and buys a new identity. Along the way he meets a woman (Blunt) who is also trying to leave…»
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Studio Nu Image Plotting Massive Piracy Crackdown With Legal Case
Source: FilmShaft - Studio Nu Image Plotting Massive Piracy Crackdown With Legal Case
Piracy is the bane of movie studios. Whether it be some douche bag hiding a camera under his coat in a cinema or screeners being copied and uploaded online, piracy and file-sharing are causing business bigwigs to get angry and start firing off.
Nu Image, the studio behind Sly Stallone's bozo action flick, The Expendables, are hoping to launch a massive legal battle to sue 23,000 people who downloaded their movie through BitTorrent. The studio believes it has the IP addresses of those who 'stole' the flick instead of being good consumers and going to see it at the pictures.
But will legal loopholes and other weaknesses ruin the gambit? Past cases have fallen flat on their arses. The legal action has been filed by Us Copyright Group, founded by law firm Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver. They are seeking compensation worth hundreds of thousands,»
- Martyn Conterio
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