All Screen articles in 14 April 2000
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Depp, Paradis in talks to star in Quixote
Johnny Depp is expected to play opposite his real-life partner Vanessa Paradis for the first time in Terry Gilliam's £20m plus The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (Screendaily, March 17).Depp, who along with Paradis is in serious talks to board the project according to sources involved with the production, would ...
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UPC joins Disney, Sony in Benelux movie channel
Netherlands-based cable operator UPC has confirmed that it has boarded a joint venture between Disney and Sony to launch a 24-hour premium movie channel for Belgium and the Netherlands (Screendaily, February 4).Dubbed CineNova, the channel is scheduled to launch May 18 in the Netherlands and in Belgium in September. It ...
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Macbean to exit Itel for drama school
Andrew Macbean, CEO of UK-based TV programming distributor Itel, is resigning from the company. It is understood that he plans to go to drama school. His exit appears to have been prompted by the proposed merger between Itel's parent company United News & Media and Carlton Communications, which has its ...
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Prisa set to float 25% of shares in June
Spanish media conglomerate Grupo Prisa has revealed that it plans to float between 20-25% of its shares in June. "Prisa will grow stronger, be in better condition to preserve its independence and attract necessary resources to embark on new projects," Prisa president Jesus de Polanco said at a shareholders' meeting ...
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Eagle sets aside $20m for production
Newly capitalised Italian distributor Eagle Pictures is stepping up international production and has earmarked $20m from a $300m war chest to invest in feature films, television mini-series and documentaries.According to Eagle president Giampaolo Sodano the company is looking to board a greater number of international co-productions and English-language TV movies. ...
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Applause sets Hur's Spring Day as first project
Applause Pictures, the ambitious start-up pan-Asian production company, has unveiled its first project, One Fine Spring Day, a co-production with Korea's Uno Films and Japan's Omega Projects, to be directed by Christmas In August director Hur Ji-Ho.The drama, which has a budget of under $4m (HK$30m), is tentatively scheduled to ...
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Norway postpones funding revamp
Norway's incoming culture minister, Ellen Horn, has pushed back the restructuring of the government's film financing policy from May to autumn, to take on board recommendations from directors' association, Norwegian Film Directors (NFD).The NFD is calling for higher funding levels for the film sector, but has suggested that not all ...
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New Latin aims for crossover hit with Luminarias
US producer-distributor New Latin Pictures plans to open romantic comedy Luminarias on more than 60 screens in California, in a bid to repeat the success of its first crossover Latino release Nueba Yol.The $1.5m feature, directed by UCLA drama professor Jose Luis Valenzuela, will open May 5 in greater Los ...
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Pearson close to TalkBack acquisition
Pearson Television, the TV arm of the UK's Pearson Group, is close finalising a $110m (£70m) deal to buy London production company, TalkBack Productions, according to UK newspaper the Financial Times, which is owned by Pearson. Several media companies including Endemol and the UK's Carlton Communications are understood to have ...
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DND converts to Instinct; cranks up Voices
Melbourne-based DND Productions has changed its name to Instinct Entertainment as it gears up to start production on Till Human Voices Wake Us, set to star Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce.Human Voices is the first directorial effort of writer Michael Petroni who won the best new script award for ...
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Harvey Entertainment completes acquisition of PM
The Harvey Entertainment Group has completed its acquisition of George Shamieh's PM Entertainment Group following the securing of a $25m, five year revolving credit facility from Chase Manhattan Bank.$15m of the funds have already been committed, enabling Harvey to complete the acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of PM, ...
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Goodbye Casanova opens LA Italian Film Awards Week
The second annual Los Angeles Italian Film Awards Week will open on April 25 with the world premiere of Mauro Borrelli's Italian/American comedy Goodbye Casanova starring Giancarlo Scandiuzzi, Yasmine Bleeth and Flea, the lead bassist from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.The event which runs April 25-29 is designed to introduce ...
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Birkin to head Un Certain Regard jury
Paris-based British actress and singer Jane Birkin will chair the jury for the 2000 Cannes Un Certain Regard sidebar. Birkin made her first Cannes appearance 33 years ago for her supporting role in Michelango Antiononi's London-set title Blow-Up. She recently starred in Deborah Warner's The Last September, along with Michael ...
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CineMedia shuffles pack for digital future
German film services group, CineMedia Film is re-shuffling its board of directors in order to best position the company for a high tech future.Co-founder Holger Heims joins the supervisory board taking the place of Markus Hoelzl. Hoelzl in turn moves over to the management board to take over financial responsibility ...
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28 Days
Dir: Betty Thomas. US. 2000. 103 mins.Prod cos: Tall Trees, Columbia Pictures. US dist: Sony Pictures. Int'l dist: Col TriStar. Prods: Celia D. Costas, Jenno Topping. Scr: Susannah Grant. DoP: Declan Quinn. Prod des: Marcia Hinds. Ed: Peter Teschner. Music: Richard Gibbs. Main cast: Sandra Bullock, Dominic West, Steve Buscemi, ...
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Atherton commercials house gears up UK film arm
Cylo Film, the UK production arm of newly-revamped New York-based commercials house the Atherton Group, has launched into feature development and production under recently-appointed head of film and TV Hans Baernhoft and managing director Susie Brooks-Smith.Along with a multi-picture deal with Denmark's Zentropa Internationale, Cylo is developing family film Tooth, ...
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Redbus set to float in second quarter
Fast moving film-to-Internet operation Redbus Film Group has confirmed that it will float on the London Stock Exchange during the second quarter this year in a move that is understood to put a $400m-$500m price-tag on the company.Redbus, which is re-branding itself as filmgroup, has appointed ABN AMRO Rothschild as ...
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Telstra, Pacific form Internet alliance
Australian telecommunications giant Telstra has formed a strategic alliance with Hong Kong-based Pacific Century Cyber Works (PCCW), the largest Internet group in Asia outside Japan.The billion dollar deal creates one of the largest Internet, data and business services groups in the pan-Asian region. It covers an Australian-based interactive content service, ...
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Balkan countries team up for promotional network
Film institutes from 11 Balkan and Southeast European countries are banding together to launch a pan-regional promotional body, dubbed the Network of Southeastern European Cinema Institutions (NSECI).The network was created during a meeting organised by the Greek Film Centre last weekend on the Greek island of Hydra. The meeting aimed ...
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Australia's RGM agency forms packaging venture
Sydney-based talent agency RGM Associates, which boasts clients including Cate Blanchett and Anthony La Paglia, has formed a joint venture that will work with producers to package and raise finance for film and TV projects. Partnering with RGM is Black Rock Entertainment, the new Melbourne-based entity created by former Scanbox ...