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05 Apr 2012

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A Green Story to open LA Greek Film Festival

The film will receive its world premiere on May 31 and chronicles the life of Earth Friendly Products founder Van Vlahakis and his rise from impoverished immigrant to business leader.
French director Claude Miller dies after long illness

Career spanned 50 years and some 20 pictures including Garde à Vue, Deadly Circuit (Mortelle Randonnée), L’Effrontée and The Little Thief (La Petite Voleuse).
Jessica Lange joins cast of classic period drama Therese

Riding high on the success of the first season of American Horror Story, the actress has become the latest star to sign up to the French potboiler.
Matias Meyer’s The Last Christeros wins CinéLatino

Picture about fight for religious freedom by Roman Catholic rebels premiered at Toronto and also screened in Rotterdam.
Michael Lynton named CEO of Sony Corporation Of America

Nicole Seligman will become president, outgoing Sony Corp chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer and his successor Kazuo Hirai announced on Thursday (29).
Pathé Films reorganizes French operation

Veteran Jean-Claude Bordes takes on production consultant role as 35-year-old Vivien Aslanian is promoted to head of distribution.
The Pact

Dir: Nicholas McCarthy. US. 2012. 89mins
Tim Roth named president of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Jury

Twenty films to screen in the Official Selection sidebar will be announced at the festival’s press conference on April 19.
A Royal Affair reigns supreme on opening weekend

Danish director Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair has had one of the strongest weekend openings ever for a local film, securing 91,578 admissions (including previews) from 101 Danish screens.
AAM signs deal with independent exhibitor GI Group

Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is continuing its UK digital roll out into independent cinemas by signing a VPF deal with GI Group.
Academy promotes preservationist Randy Haberkamp

The director of educational programmes and special projects since 2003 becomes the newly minted MD of programming, education and preservation.
Action for Children renews industry five-a-side event

Film industry five-a-side football competition to take part at Millwall stadium on April 29, 2012; teams from Lionsgate, Momentum, StudioCanal, Skillset among others.
AFI FEST announces dates for 2012 edition

The Los Angeles-based event is set to take place this year from Nov 1-8.
Alden Ehrenreich replaces Jack O’Connell on Alcon’s Beautiful Creatures

The supernatural love story is part of Summit International’s sales slate and production is set for later this month in and around New Orleans.
Alesia Weston to head Jerusalem Film Center

Finally white smoke comes out at the Jerusalem Film Center (JFC). After many long months of deliberation, the board of directors has named its new head of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the Israeli Film Archive and the Jerusalem Film Festival.
All In Good Time

Dir: Nigel Cole. UK. 2012. 93mins
American Reunion

Dirs: Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg. US. 2012. 112mins
Amy Beecroft to head distribution at Solar Pictures

The executive most recently served as svp of international sales at FilmNation and has worked on such films as The King’s Speech, Sanctum, The Road and Rian Johnson’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Looper.
Amy Brenneman, Jess Weixler join romance Look Of Love

As previously announced Annette Bening, Ed Harris and Robin Williams are on board the Mockingbird Pictures project. Exclusive Media handles international sales and will be actively pre-selling in Cannes.
Anchor Bay Films takes North America on Bait 3D

Arclight handled international sales and managing director Gary Hamilton produced what is purportedly Australia’s first 3D action film along with Todd Fellman and Peter Barber.
Anna Friel, Romola Garai to star in Having You

The film is the first feature to come out of new UK production company Holland Park Pictures.
Arclight appoints Clay Epstein as VP sales and acquisitions

His sales duties will primarily include all rights in Germany, Benelux, Scandinavia and UK as well as TV library sales worldwide.
BAMcinemaFest unveils fourth annual selection

The North American premiere of Jonathan Caouette’s Walk Away Renee (pictured) is among the 11-strong roster set to screen in Brooklyn from Jun 20-Jul 1.
Battleship

Dir: Peter Berg. USA. 2012. 130mins
Battleship, Titanic 3D to duke it out at int’l box office

UPDATE: Universal’s Battleship has amassed $25m through UPI in its first three days in 26 territories, opening number one in 24.
BBC gearing up for UK’s first scripted 3D project

The BBC is developing British TV’s first 3D comedy drama as part of a two-year trial across multiple genres.
BFI acquires COI moving image collection

The BFI is to obtain the Central Office of Information’s entire moving image archive collection when it closes on March 31.
Bill Straus launches sales agency BGP in New York

The former New Line executive and producer kicks off his boutique domestic operation with the upcoming Tribeca premiere The Playroom starring John Hawkes.
BT Vision signs FX content deal

BT Vision has signed a content deal with FXUK - bolstering its offering ahead of the launch of a dedicated entertainment portal.
Bully

Dir: Lee Hirsch. US. 2012. 98mins
Catherine McCormack to star in The Fold

She plays a priest who forms a friendship with a migrant worker in the feature debut of UK film-maker John Jencks.
Charlize Theron joins CinemaCon roll of honour

Theron will receive the CinemaCon Distinguished Decade Of Achievement in Film Award on Apr 26. She won the Oscar for Monster in 2004 and earned a Golden Globe nomination earlier this year for Young Adult.
CinemaCon to honour Taylor Kitsch, Judd Apatow

Kitsch recently starred in TV series Friday Night Lights and will next be seen in Universal’s May 18 release Battleship.
City Screen adds second Brighton venue, eyes central London expansion

EXCLUSIVE: Picturehouse takes over programming of ICA from ICO, consults on Regent Street Cinema.
Clare Dundrow joins Kaleidoscope

Clare Dundrow, formerly of Momentum and Anchor Bay, has joined Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment as senior product manager.
CMG adds SXSW audience award winner Eden to Cannes slate

Jamie Chung won the special jury award in Austin for best performance in the true story of a young woman who gets sucked into the world of sex trafficking.
Condé Nast ramps up film, alternative content pipeline

President of the entertainment group Dawn Ostroff has brought on Jeremy Steckler as evp of motion pictures and Michael Klein as evp of alternative programming.
Constantin and SamFilm continue successful collaboration; von Garnier to direct first German film since 1996

Leading German distributor Constantin Film is continuing its collaboration with SamFilm after the box-office success of the Munich-based production house’s adaptation of the Enid Blyton classic Famous Five book series (Fünf Freunde).
CPH PIX launches with Dreyer show, Iron Sky

Local productions screening include Carlsen’s Memory of My Melancholy Whores.
Creative England appoints head of communications

Paul Smith was previously head of comms at PACT.
Creative England to expand presence in East of the UK

Two new roles are being created in the region, whilst Creative England is taking over ownership of the region’s locations database.
Creative England to host nationwide networking events

Sessions have already taken place in Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol.
Dallas Int’l Film Festival to honour Sidibe, Pollack

Precious star Gabourey Sidibe will receive the festival’s Dallas Shining Star Award at the awards dinner on Apr 20 while costume designer Bernie Pollack is in line for a Dallas Star Award.
Dardennes to be guests of honour at Bergman Week

Double Palme D’Or winners the Dardenne brothers are to be guests of honour at this year’s Bergman Week (June 25 to July 1) on the island of Fårö in Sweden.In visiting Fårö, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne follow in the footsteps of such previous guests as Ang Lee and Kenneth Branagh.The Belgian filmmakers will be presenting their latest film, The Kid With A Bike. There will also be a screening of their favourite Ingmar Bergman movie, the hospital-set drama Brink Of Lif
Dark Tide

Dir: John Stockwell. US. 2011. 114mins
Deals round-up: Dark Castle, After Dark prepare action slate

Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Home Entertainment and Courtney Solomon’s After Dark Films will release an initial wave of five action films under the label After Dark Action.
Digital Domain, Galloping Horse to co-produce animated feature

Digital Domain Media Group and China’s Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co will collaborate on the production of an animated feature The Legend Of Tembo.
Disney forms Chinese partnership to develop animation content

The Walt Disney Company has formed a partnership with China’s Internet service provider Tencent Inc and China’s state-owned China Animation Group to co-develop original animation content for China and international markets.
Disney sets Apr 4 2014 for Captain America sequel

The blockbuster season will start early in two years’ time now that Marvel Studio’s super-patriot has secured an April berth Captain America 2.
Disney signs deal with Google for UK YouTube, Google Play TVOD service

Disney extends YouTube deal to UK, range of portfolio titles available
Dogwoof takes on sales for guitarist doc Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet

Film won awards at Cinequest and now headed for Full Frame and HotDocs.
Dwayne Johnson to receive CinemaCon action award

The star of the summer’s upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation will collect the CinemaCon Action Star Of Year Award in Las Vegas on Apr 23.
Edinburgh Film Festival plans Shinji Somai retrospective

Films by the Japanese director to screen will include Sailor Suit And Machine Gun and Wait And See.
EIFF talent lab enters second year

The four day programme will run as part of the upcoming Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Emily Watson, Anna Friel join The Poisoners

Film Bridge International holds worldwide rights to the comedic tale about women left to run a farm community during the first world war with only German POWs for company. Jon Amiel will direct and Jeanna Polley of London-based The Producers is producing.
Ender’s Game to open in US on Nov 1, 2013

The young adult sci-fi project was one of the highlights of the Cannes 2011 market and Sierra / Affinity handles international sales. Summit holds US rights.
Eros switches listing from London to New York

India’s Eros International is switching its listing from the UK’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), through which it aims to raise up to $250m.
EU committee calls for better recoupment and windows flexibility for online distribution

Flexibility of release windows, fair remuneration for rights holders for online distribution and net neutrality called for in European Parliament committee report.
Farhadi to receive first EU MEDIA Prize

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, About Elly) will be presented with the first EU MEDIA Prize.
Film London launches education programme for exhibition sector

Cultivate to offer film education programmes for those working in cinema and festival sector; April launch.
Film Movement acquires US rights to Hitler’s Children

Chanoch Ze’evi’s Israeli documentary will open theatrically in New York in the third quarter followed by a limited national rollout and day-and-date VoD launch.
Film Solutions to open London office

The European headquarters of the digital asset management company will be headed up by Nick Bull.
First FrameWork 2012 workshop to run April 27-May 2 in Malta

TorinoFilm Lab has organised the wokshop in partnership with the Malta Film Commission.
Focus, Working Title to start UK shoot on Bana / Hall thriller

The untitled story of former lovers who must collaborate at a terrorism trial stars Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall. Focus holds worldwide rights and will commence pre-sales in Cannes.
French government supports Toulouse studios project

Raleigh-backed project to build studios near southern French city of Toulouse wins government support as construction of Luc Besson’s Paris Cité du Cinema studios is completed.
Game Of Thrones season 3 to shoot in Northern Ireland

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is returning to Belfast for a third series of its award winning fantasy series Game Of Thrones; the production will be based at the city’s Paint Hall studio, taking advantage of its two new sound stages.
Gary Ross drops out of Hunger Games sequel

Speculation over who will direct the follow-up to Lionsgate’s $460m-plus global smash looks set to drag on after Ross and studio issued statements on Tuesday (10).
Gemma Went appointed director of social media at Premier PR

She will be tasked with expanding the use of social media across Premier.
Global Screen to handle sales of Oops! Noah Is Gone

Global Screen is to handle international sales for Ulysses Filmproduktion’s 3D CGI animation film Oops! Noah Is Gone… which is expected to go into production at the end of year as a co-production with Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland.
Gravitas Ventures promotes Melanie Miller to vp of acquisitions

The newly created title will see Miller oversee a five-person team charged with feeding 500 titles a year into the VoD pipeline.
Hair Apparent

Stop the presses! British film industry is middle class.
Hammer confirms Woman In Black follow up

Hammer is developing the follow up to The Woman In Black, which will be based on a new original story by Susan Hill.
Haxan Films, Amber Entertainment to shoot Exists

The Blair Witch Project co-director Eduardo Sanchez is directing the horror-thriller about friends who encounter Bigfoot in the woods.
Headhunters to expand in the UK

Momentum’s thriller to play in an additional 22 cinemas from tomorrow.
High Horses & High Art

The Cannes Film Festival came down hard this week on a hapless blogger who published a faux competition lineup. But, as Thierry Fremaux made clear, Cannes is a serious business and tomfoolery will not be tolerated.
Hunger Games stays top on $61m, charges past $250m

Lionsgate’s cash cow has become the fastest non-sequel to cross $250m in the US and reached the milestone on its tenth day of release. New arrivals Wrath Of The Titans and Mirror Mirror had to settle for second and third places, respectively.
Imagine that

Four-fifths of the international film community believe mainstream audiences crave more imaginative films, according to a recent survey.
International Buddhist Film Festival returns to London

The 10th edition of the International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) is to take place in London, from April 11-15.
International Film Festival Of Liège

Liège, Belgium, April, dates TBC
International productions, foreign investment boost film jobs in Paris

Ile de France Film Commission study shows number of people employed in the cinema and audiovisual sector in greater Paris region grew in 2010.
Intouchables nears 90,000 admissions in the Netherlands

Smash hit French comedy-drama leaps 69% in its second weekend.
John Boyega joins cast of Half of a Yellow Sun

Attack the Block star joins Thandie Newton and Chewitel Ejiofor on cast of Potboiler’s drama.
Jonathan Helfgot to head marketing at Walden Media

The new evp of worldwide marketing previously served as svp of marketing and research at Fox and worked on the likes of Avatar and X-Men First Class.
Josh Hutcherson to receive CinemaCon breakthrough award

The star of global hit The Hunger Games (pictured, far right) will collect the honour at the annual Las Vegas convention’s awards ceremony on Apr 26.
Judy Davis to receive San Francisco honour

The actress will collect the 2012 Peter J Owens Award at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival on Apr 26.
Katy Perry 3D documentary to be released in July

Part Of Me looks at the superstar’s life on- and off-stage.
Ken Loach begins production on Spirit Of 45

The BFI Film Fund, Film 4 and Channel 4 backed feature documentary will focus on the significance of the year 1945 in British history.
Kim Basinger to star in new feature by Morgenthaler; One Two wraps Israeli debut Youth

Kim Basinger is set to take the lead role in Danish writer-director Anders Morgenthaler next feature film Petit which will be shooting mainly in Hamburg this summer.
Laura Linney to receive Dallas Star Award

Top brass at the Dallas International Film Festival also confirmed that Josh Radnor’s previously announced Liberal Arts will play as the opening night screening, while Todd Louiso’s Hello I Must Be Going and Marius A Markevicius’ The Other Dream Team earn Centerpiece slots.
Lee Hirsch

Fresh from the successful limited release of Bully in the US, director Lee Hirsch talks to Screen about his childhood battle with bullying, the filming of his documentary and the ratings fight with the MPAA.
Left Bank eyes £40m sale

Left Bank Pictures is considering putting itself on the market for as much as £40m after appointing broker About Corporate Finance.
Legendary Entertainment completes $278m refinance

The amount comprises $128m in new financing from new and existing investors and a $150m credit facility structured and arranged by JPMorgan, Bank Of America, Royal Bank Of Canada and UBS.
Liam Hemsworth to star in Paranoia for IM Global

Stuart Ford’s production, financing and sales powerhouse has snagged some Hunger Games magic for its upcoming thriller and is in advanced negotiations with Harrison Ford and Oscar nominee Gary Oldman.
Lincoln Center hosts Icelandic film series

The Film Society of the Lincoln Center will host a series of Icelandic films, Images From The Edge: Classic and Contemporary Icelandic Cinema, from April 18-26.
Lionsgate rings changes in international operations

The studio has confirmed that Helen Lee Kim will step down as president of international after Cannes, as first reported on Screendaily last month. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger will lead the new team and made the announcement on Thursday (12).
Lionsgate’s Jim Packer talks Netflix series Orange is the new Black, Endgame series 2 and new pilots

Screen talked to Jim Packer, Lionsgate president of worldwide television and digital distribution during MIPTV.
Lithuanian parliament sets May 8 tax incentive vote

The Baltic state is set to become the latest European country to join the circle of production hubs offering tax rebates to film producers.
Locarno's Casa Del Cinema project secures funding

The Locarno Film Festival’s long gestating Casa Del Cinema project has taken a major step forward following a CHF 10m donation by the recently established private foundation Fondazione Stella-Chiara.
Lockout

Dir: Stephen St. Leger and James Mather. France-US. 2011. 95mins
Love

Dir: Doze Niu. China. 2012. 127mins
Malaga Festival to show new co-productions by Benoit Jacquot, Daniel Burman

The Malaga Film Festival (April 21-28) is planning its most international line-up ever.
Marc-Daniel Dichant to oversee expansion at Falcom Media

Marc-Daniel Dichant has joined producer-distributor Falcom Media to oversee an expansion of its production output.
Mark Welton named president of IMAX Theatres

Welton most recently served as the company’s evp of corporate and digital development and theatre operations and will report to IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond.
Marketing Movies Online conference planned for June 13 in London

Marketing Movies Online will hold a digital marketing conference and networking event at the London FIlm Museum on June 13.
Mic Kramer to head international publicity at Paramount

The studio veteran most recently served as head of publicity at GK Films and will start in his new position as evp of international publicity on Apr 16.
Michelle Pfeiffer joins CinemaCon honourees

The star of Warner Bros’ upcoming gothic comedy Dark Shadows will collect the 2012 Cinema Icon Award in Las Vegas on Apr 26.
Millennium Entertainment moves on US rights to The Babymakers

IM Global has been selling international rights to the comedy caper which premiered at SXSW in March. The Alliance Films network will release in Canada, the UK and Spain.
Miramax expands international sales team, inks UKTV deal

Mathilde Rottier gets promotion; Stuart Shaw, Astrid De Berardinis and Alexandra Tullberg join London office as sales directors; outfit inks first multi-title, linear deal in UK.
Mirror Mirror

Dir: Tarsem Singh. US. 2012. 95mins
Movie Mindgames

As the summer blockbusters start rolling out of Hollywood, we should appreciate the skill that goes into making them so addictive.
MPAA rings changes in legal team structure

Senior evp and global general counsel Henry Hoberman has moved Linda Kinney into the new role of svp and associate general counsel in the Washington office and promoting Dan Robbins svp and associate general counsel in LA.
My Way, The Intouchables bookend COL•COA

The 16th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels film festival will run from Apr 16-23, opening with the Claude Francois biopic My Way and closing with another French hit, comedy-drama The Intouchables (pictured).
New Asian site

See all of Screen’s latest Asia-Pacific news, reviews, box-office analysis, interviews and features.
Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis to star in You Are Here

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner wrote and will make his feature directorial debut for Gilbert Films. Lionsgate is handling international sales.
Paramount, YouTube strike online rental deal

Despite ongoing legal action between parent companies Viacom and Google over an alleged piracy incident stemming back to 2006, the companies said YouTube would make close to 500 titles available online.
Paula Wagner, Rick Nicita to chair 2012 Ischia Global Film & Music Festival

The tenth annual summer event will take place on the Italian island from Jul 8-15.
Production begins in New Orleans on horror comedy Hell Baby

Darko Entertainment’s Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta and Ted Hamm are producing with Principato-Young’s Peter Principato and Paul Young and Garant/Lennon Productions.
Production underway on 2929 and StudioCanal’s Serena

Susanne Bier has begun filming in Prague on the $25m period romantic epic starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Toby Jones.
Recreation, Incentive Capital head to MIPTV with library deal

Ariel Veneziano’s LA-based Recreation and Salt Lake City-based Incentive Capital will kick off their new partnership by collaborating on international distribution on the 850-plus film and TV catalogue.
Red Granite to handle sales on Out Of The Furnace

President of international sales Danny Dimbort and co-president Christian Mercuri will begin talks with buyers in Cannes on Scott Cooper’s gritty follow-up to Crazy Heart. Relativity Media holds US rights.
Red Granite, Mythology, Phoenix partner on Jonathan Hoag

The fledgling LA-based production, finance and sales company is teaming up to fully finance and co-produce The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag. Alex Proyas will direct and his Mystery Clock Cinema also produces.
Reliance commits to second round of funding for DreamWorks

The Indian giant is understood to be pledging a second round of capital but the studio will narrow its focus to three to five tentpoles a year, according to a report in the New York Times.
RiverRun unveils inaugural Spark Award winners

The North Carolina festival will honour actors David Oyelowo and Brady Corbet and multi-hyphenate Amy Seimetz on Apr 20.
RLJ Acquisition buys Image Entertainment, Acorn Media Group

RLJ Companies chairman and Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L Johnson said the newly created RLJ Entertainment would become one of the largest independent digital and video content distributors in the world.
Roger Shannon sets up regional round table initiative

Shannon, who heads up the Film and Television department at the University of Edge Hill in Liverpool, is running a series of round table discussions to bring regional film-makers, businesses and academics together.
Roland Joffe

Screen talks to the veteran director about the challenges of shooting Singularity and looking ahead to forthcoming films including The Archbishop And The Antichrist.
SAG, AFTRA agree union merger in historic vote

Effective immediately, the new SAG-AFTRA becomes the largest union in the entertainment industry and will represent more than 150,000 actors, broadcasters, dancers, news writers and other media professionals.
Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival sets 2013 dates

The 28th annual jamboree will take place from Jan 24-Feb 3.
Scott Miller, Kimberly Roush earn senior Academy stripes

Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences COO Ric Robertson made the announcement on Wednesday (28).
Scott Steindorff, Andy Kleinman launch Stone Village Media

Kleinman, a former general manager at the social gaming company Zynga, has come on board the new media marketing and distribution venture and will lead it in his capacity as chief business officer.
Screen Media takes North American rights to Shuffle

Kurt Kuenne’s thriller will receive its international premiere in Belgium next week. Screen Media plans a third quarter release.
Shanghai Calling to open LA Asian Pacific Film Festival

The festival will screen 188 films from more than 20 countries and is set to run from May 10-20.
Shooting underway on Portugese production The Right Juice

The film will be the first English language feature to come out of Portugal’s Algarve region.
Shooting underway on The List

Sienna Guillory and Bill Paterson have joined the cast of Klaus Hüttmann’s The List.
Sky acquires licence to kill in 007 switch

ITV is set to be shaken and stirred by the loss of the James Bond film franchise for the first time in more than 35 years.
Sleepless Night

Dir: Frédéric Jardin. France. 2011. 98mins
Snowtown takes top prizes at Australia’s critics awards

Australia’s critics last night (April 10) gave Snowtown a resounding thumbs up, presenting it with three key awards: best film, best director for Justin Kurzel and best actor for Daniel Henshall.
Song Of Silence, Jai Bhim Comrade take top prizes at HKIFF

Chen Zhuo’s Song Of Silence took the Firebird Award for best feature in the Young Cinema awards of this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), while Anand Patwardhan’s Jai Bhim Comrade took the Firebird documentary prize.
Strand Releasing takes US rights to California Solo

Robert Carlyle plays a former pop star who faces deportation from the US following a drunk driving arrest. Marshall Lewy’s film premiered at Sundance in January.
Sunny, The Viral Factor to bookend Udine's Far East Film Festival

14th edition of the festival, which takes place in Udine, Italy, runs April 20-28.
Svengali

Rock and roll comedy Svengali is the first feature to come out of Martin Root and Jonny Owen’s new London based production company Root Films.
Thailand’s censorship board bans local Macbeth

Thailand’s Film Censorship Board has banned a local horror adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Shakespeare Must Die, directed by Ing K.
The Cold Light Of Day

Dir: Mabrouk El Mechri. US-Spain. 2012. 93mins
The Guillemots, Glen Hansard to perform at Sundance London

The two musical acts have been added to the opening night of Sundance London, which kicks off on April 26.
The Hunger Games charges past $300m in US

Lionsgate’s action smash has grossed more in North America than any film in the Twilight series and stands at $459.9m worldwide.
The Hunger Games conquers all comers at the UK box office

Lionsgate’s adaptation defeats Pirates!, Wrath Of The Titans and StreetDance 2 to retain top spot for second consecutive week.
The Lady, The Source bookend Sonoma Int'l Film Festival

A pair of films from EuropaCorp will open and close the 15th annual Sonoma event, set to run in the Californian Wine Country from Apr 11-15.
The Other Cinema to host Kassovitz's La Haine in London and Paris

Free Tottenham screening to employ young people from Broadwater Farm.
The Other Son

Dir: Lorranie Lévy. France-Israel. 2012. 106mins
The Three Stooges

Dirs: Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly. US. 2012. 92mins
The X-Files writer Frank Spotnitz talks new UK spy series Hunted, working in the UK and a feature sequel to The X-Files

Frank Spotnitz talks to Screen about new UK spy-thriller series Hunted - produced by Kudos and BBC - and the UK as an exciting hub for big-budget TV.
Think Like A Man

Dir: Tim Story. US. 2012. 122mins
Titanic 3D enjoys epic opening day in China

Fox’s 3D re-release records the distributor’s biggest ever opening day in the territory.
Titanic 3D prepares to set sail in global voyage

International preview: All hands will be on deck at Fox International this weekend as the second biggest film of all-time returns in its new format, although there will be a couple of major obstacles to navigate.
Titanic 3D sails into top spot at UK box office

Fox’s re-release dethrones The Hunger Games with strong $4.4m (£2.8m) debut.
Touchback

Dir/scr: Don Handfield. US. 2012. 120mins
Tribeca Film Festival to close with The Avengers

In a major coup for the New York event, Joss Whedon’s highly anticipated summer release will round out festivities on Apr 28. Disney will release the film worldwide on May 4 in what is expected to usher in a massive blockbuster season.
Tribeca Film Institute names Sloan student screenwriter winner

Grainger David of NYU’s Tisch School Of The Arts will receive the 2012 Alfred P Sloan Foundation Student Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting at an evening reception in New York on Thursday (5).
Tribeca Online Film Festival line-up to include Babygirl

The world premiere of Macdara Vallely’s drama is one of four selections from the main festival that top brass unveiled on Monday (9). The roster will run concurrently with the main festival from Apr 18-29.
Tribeca's triumph

Securing The Avengers for its closing night slot is a coup for Tribeca’s organisers and an indication of the festival’s growing status.
Tropfest to launch New York festival at Bryant Park

The short film festival has teamed up with Starz Cinema, NBC 4 and WNYC Radio, Citi, Thompson Hotels and Film Society Lincoln Center to launch the June event.
Turnaround story

After the premium VoD controversy at last year’s CinemaCon, exhibitors are ready to talk about other hot topics including 2012’s improved box office, digital virtual print fees and the ongoing fight against piracy.
TV Tax Credit – Enabling the UK to Strike Back

Wiggin partner Charles Moore says new TV tax credit in UK could boost the UK economy by about £1bn per year.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey among Tribeca Disruptive awards recipients

The Tribeca Film Festival in association with Harvard Business professor Clay Christensen and the Disruptor Foundation team will host the Tribeca Distruptive Innovation Awards on Apr 27.
UK animation campaigners eye tax breaks on development

Campaigners for animation tax breaks are urging the government to include the cost of development within the new policy, expanding benefits beyond the existing equivalent film credit.
Unconditional

Dir: Bryn Higgins. UK. 2012. 90mins
Unfinished Spaces

Dirs: Alysa Nahmias, Benjamin Murray. US. 2011. 86mins
Uwe Boll back in the director's chair for Bailout

Maverick German director Uwe Boll has been reunited with the Vancouver-based independent production house Brightlight Pictures Inc. for his new feature project The Bailout which has begun shooting in the Canadian city before travelling to New York.
Warner Bros Italia takes territories on The Best Offer

Geoffrey Rush and Jim Sturgess have joined Oscar winning director Giuseppe Tornatore’s $21m English and Italian-language film, purportedly a love story set in the luxurious world of Viennese art auctions.
Warner Bros' Wrath looks to starve Lionsgate's Hunger

International preview: Warner Bros Pictures International’s fantasy action sequel Wrath Of The Titans will aim to seize the initiative this weekend from Lionsgate’s global smash The Hunger Games
We The Party

Dir/scr: Mario Van Peebles. US. 2012. 104mins
Wild Bunch to introduce Suspiria remake in Cannes

David Gordon Green will direct the Dario Argento remake and Crime Scene Pictures will produce with First Sun and Memo Films. CAA represents US rights.
World Picture Films options Gilna's The Gift Of Lightning

Young Irish playwright David Gilna has sold the rights to his autobiographical play The Gift Of Lightning to World Picture Films.
Wrath Of The Titans

Dir: Jonathan Liebesman. US-Spain. 2012. 99mins
Wrath rules the waves on $43m as Titanic makes a splash

Updated: Warner Bros Pictures International’s action fantasy dominated outside North America for a second straight session as the running total climbed to an estimated $152.5m and $211.3m globally.
Wrath towers over international arena on $78m launch

Warner Bros Pictures International’s fantasy action sequel Wrath Of The Titans plundered a healthy number from 60 markets and according to the distributor ranked number one in 46 countries.
Wu, Eberts strike Allied Productions East JV

Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios has announced its second of three partnerships in the US in a deal with financier-producer Jake Eberts. First on the runway is the immigrant drama Mission Boys from Secretary screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson.
Zeitgeist takes China Heavyweight, RT gets Dylan's Blood

The distributor brokered the US rights deal to Yung Chang’s latest film with EyeSteelFilms.
Zero Charisma comedy shoot on the runway

Shooting on the Magic Stone Productions and Shark Films project is set to begin on Apr 2 in Austin, Texas, after the filmmakers raised money through a crowd-funding campaign last spring and received a $5,000 grant from the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund.
Zombie 108

Dir/scr: Joe Chien. China. 2012. 87mins

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