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EXCLUSIVE: Trio of films to explore theme of the the past .Israeli film-maker Avi Nesher is due to start shooting the first film in a trilogy of works devoted to the theme of the past this autumn. Theyre all based on really strange true stories, Nesher told ScreenDaily. InPast Life, the past is a villain, inPast Tenseit is a mystery and in the final film it will be a lover. I was a film critic before I became a director. I figure that if I invent anything Im probably ripping off old movies I once saw which is why I like to work with real-life flights of fantasy, continued Nesher, whose credits includeThe Wonders 2013 , The Matchmaker 2010 andThe Secrets 2007 . The past is a complicated issue in Israel. We deal with a Jewish past and an Israeli past. Sometimes theyre parallel, sometimes theyre the same, sometimes theyre conflicting. Past LifeThe first feature,Past Life, is due to start shooting in Jerusalem in mid-October before moving to Germany and
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Former Inferno Distribution vice president of production and development Amanda Blue has been named vice president of development and
stanley uk acquisitions at Myriad Pictures.Blue will travel to Sundance in her first outing for the company.She previously worked as Capital Films and as an assistant to writers Dana Stevens and Ed Solomon. At Inferno she worked on Smother, produced by Jay Roach and starring Diane Keaton, and the upcoming Japanese movie remake Hachiko starring Richard Gere. We are thrilled to have Amanda as par
stanley cup t of the team here at Myriad, president and CEO Kirk D Amico said. She has a great eye and ear. Amanda will be responsible for bringing in new material and expanding our slate in both the commercial and quality film genres. Myriad announced the first project under its deal with comic book creators Studio 407 yesterday and will commence production on the horror title Hybrid.Myriad s slate includes the Patricia Highsmith adaptation Cry Of The Owl with Paddy Considine and Julia Stiles, and the supernatural thriller Not Forgotten with Simon Baker and Paz Vega.TopicsAmericasUnited States No comments Related articles News Myriad Pictures to co-finance Chris Keyser s feature debut
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