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Books@MIFF given thumbs up

Publishers and literary agents have responded enthusiastically to the inaugural books-to-film networking event, Books at MIFF, held last Thursday in Melbourne. The event, part of the Me...

In brief

Spielberg buys film rights to ‘The Unknown Terrorist'Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks Studio has reportedly paid ‘a massive sum' to secure the film rights to Richard Flanagan's novel The Unkn...

No damages allowed in Tolkien lawsuit

The heirs of J R R Tolkien and publisher HarperCollins have joined together to launch a US$150 million lawsuit against New Line Cinema, the producer of the films of 'The Lord of the Rings', claiming a...

The most litigated short story ever?

A short story by pulp writer Cornell Woolrich that was the basis for Hitchcock's film Rear Window and which was subsequently the subject of a long-running court battle that ran until 1990, is again in...

Bookseller dabbles in filmmaking

US bookseller Mitchell Kaplan is involved in a plan to make The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society into a Hollywood film.

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37South's Books at MIFF--call for submissions

37 South 2008, the Melbourne International Film Festival’s film co-financing market, is now open for submissions from publishers and literary agents (film rights holders) who wish to participate...

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