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Posted: Mon., Jun. 4, 2001, 3:18pm PT

Danish prod'n house Thura folds 'Jewel'

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Danish production house Thura Film has folded the production of "The Jewel of the Desert and the Hidden Testament" after pubcaster TV2 dropped out of the project.

Helmed by Thomas Borch Nielsen, the first film in the series opened in February but failed to win critical acclaim or box office coin. Despite that, the Danish Film Institute invested $600,00 in the sequel.


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