BERLIN and LONDON, February 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinewood Studios and Studio Hamburg are today launching a Joint Venture that will allow European and International filmmakers to take advantage of their joint infrastructure and skills when producing feature films in Germany.

British actor Daniel Craig was taken to the hospital after he sliced open a finger doing an action scene, a spokeswoman for the new James Bond adventure said.

By Sarah Arnott Pinewood Shepperton's annual revenues took a major hit from the strike by the US Writer's Guild, which forced the studios to postpone the prequel to the blockbuster film The Da Vinci Code.

The Policy Partnership is losing its managing partner Andrew Smith to film and TV studio operator Pinewood Shepperton. Smith will join the company in June as group corporate affairs director A former Tory parliamentary candidate, Smith leaves the agency after 11 years.

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Fire ripped through the James Bond film set at Britain's Pinewood Studios on Sunday, destroying equipment and damaging the building but no one was believed to be hurt, the fire brigade said.