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Director Roman Polanski – Arrest background and news round-up

Roman Polanski Arrest Backgrounder
No doubt you’ve heard the rumblings and innuendo about acclaimed film director Roman Polanski’s arrest in Zurich Switzerland on US charges of sex with a 13 year old girl stemming from a incident at Jack Nicholson’s house in the 1970s. It’s a touchy subject to discuss and for those who grew up in …

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Comic-Con Content from Sony features Cataclysmic Events and Extraterrestrials Refugees

Sony Pictures released a load of clips from panels and pressers at Comic-Con. Chill out for a few minutes this weekend and check the round-up of filmmakers talking to the fans about many aspects of the craft including some special guests making introductions and appearances.
Remember, there are plenty more videos clips, still pictures and news …

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Tyler Perry’s new Madea movie – I Can Do Bad All by Myself

Seems no other filmmaker cranks out the content like Tyler Perry who makes a couple major features a year – mostly based around Madea, a sassy Grandma with trouble written all over her – but also brings a message with her madness!
The newest installment is “I Can Do Bad All by Myself ” – here’s …

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Vancouver Sun Article helps spread the fan-centric MovieSet Vision

Gillian Shaw of the Vancouver Sun newspaper shared the MovieSet story with her readers in an article called “Online and on the set” on June 9, 2009.
The article ran as a full page on the Entertainment section and you can explore two versions online in both the Technology and Entertainment sections. The print edition includes …

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Filmmaking Tips and Soliloquies about Screenplays, Directing and Promotion

Here’s a round-up of articles about filmmaking, screenwriting, film promotion which caught my eye over the past few days, … enjoy this buffet of useful behind the scenes anecdotes from throughout the phases of a film’s life.
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Sure lots of actors have blogs and Twitter account but it’s nice to see an actor really laying it …

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MovieSet brings you to the “Agora” Press Conference at Cannes

Rachel Weisz and Director Alejandro Amenabar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman standing against religious dogma and persecution.
As the Roman Empire declines, Hypatia struggles to preserve scientific knowledge amid the clash of zealots in Alexandria, whose rising Christian population grows increasingly militant toward Jews and worshipers of …

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Starlets out and about at Cannes Film Festival

The MovieSet.com correspondents are at the Cannes Film Festival checking out premieres, interviews, press conferences and well, … the Starlets.
Here are a few favorites photos. Alas the lovelies are often accompanied by their leading men but we’ll let it slide for now … In the meantime, Which of these lovely lasses makes your heart pitter-patter?
Abbie …

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MovieSet at Premiere of ‘Up’! Listen in on Director Pete Docter and Producer John Lassester!

For the first time in its history the Festival de Cannes screened an animated movie to open the festival.  Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, and produced by John Lassester, Disney/Pixar’s “Up” was screened for the first time on May 13th during the prestigious award festivals opening ceremony.
MovieSet correspondent Phillipe (feeel-eep) Nakov was AT …

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Q&A with Battle for Terra director, Aristomenis Tsirbas

By Quinn Bender
Three years ago, the filmmakers behind Battle for Terra were told that making a sci-fi action-adventure epic outside the studio system was an impossible feat. Undaunted, the team of first-time feature animation producers, along with untested feature animation director Aristomenis Tsirbas, set out to find out if it was true.

The idea for Battle …

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