Screen
17 May 2012
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Coppola at the Mercy of Highsmith
Bruno Coppola and Joseph Pierson have acquired the film rights to Patricia Highsmith’s A Suspension of Mercy. -
A celebration of Zentropa
After 20 years, the iconic Danish production outfit Zentropa is going stronger than ever, with historical drama A Royal Affair packing out Danish cinemas and Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt in Competition here in Cannes. -
Alberto Barbera plans key changes for Venice
Among the changes are a market infrastructure and a cut in the number of films in official selection. -
Annila, Kaukomaa, Giddings partner for babysitter thriller
EXCLUSIVE: English-language project to shoot in 2013 in Finland and Sweden. -
Artificial Eye, Alta, Bim head for Mungiu’s Hills
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch’s other hot sellers in Cannes include Holy Motors, Suspiria remake, Dark Touch. -
Bankside moves into Athale's Wasteland
EXCLUSIVE: Luke Treadaway, Iwan Rhoeon, Matthew Lewis and Gerard Kearns star in the heist story. -
BB King doc lands UK deal; Brewer readies Nat King Cole, Slash films
EXCLUSIVE: GFM Films has sold UK rights to G2 Pictures for BB King: The Life of Riley. -
Beta takes on Rupert Everett's Happy Prince
Everett will star as Oscar Wilde. -
Beta's Cannes slate includes The Notebook, Orange Honey, Two Lives
Slate also includes Toke C. Hebbeln’s Shores Of Hope. -
BFI London Film Festival revamps programme sections
New competition sections to be added, and ‘clusters’ will be grouped by themes. -
Blind Spot plans prequel and sequel to Iron Sky
Stealth Media has sales rights to the first Nazis on the moon film. -
Blue Bird, Kauwboy and Sister nominated for inaugural EFA Young Audience Award
Three films to be screened on June 10 with winner voted for by the audience of 10-13 year olds after the screenings. -
Booming Cannes Market adds Doc Corner
Buyers can screen some 350 documentary titles in the dedicated space. -
Cannes 2012 gallery
NEWLY UPDATED: A slideshow of photos from the festival and market. -
Cannes deals roundup for Atrix, Hungarian National Fund, Cinema Republic
Hot titles include The Children From Mount Napf and 18 Meals. -
Cannes Deals Roundup: Room 237, 7th Floor, Speechless, Student, many more
Deals from The Film Sales Company, Phantom Film, Film Factory, M-Appeal, Media Luna, and more. -
Cannes Market continues on Cinando
Industry professionals can carry on screening its films on the market’s Cinando database long after the festival ends. -
Cannes Producers Network 2012
UPDATED Photos from select speakers at the Producers Network. -
Cannes sexism debate explodes on eve of festival
Opinion piece in Le Monde by group of female filmmakers accuses Cannes Film Festival of shutting women directors out. -
China’s Wanda Group buys AMC Entertainment
China’s Wanda Group has signed an agreement with AMC Entertainment Holdings to buy out 100% of the US entertainment group for $2.6bn. -
Chris Parks talks future hopes for 3D
The founder of Vision 3 talks about the company’s work on films including Jack The Giant Killer and Gravity. -
Clifford Werber
Clifford Werber of Fluent Entertainment talks about the company’s studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films, and its new deal with Sony. Jeremy Kay reports. -
Content takes on Complicit
Content has taken world rights to MI5/terrorism drama Complicit directed by Niall MacCormick (Albatross). -
Dark Shadows lacks bite as Avengers makes it a hat-trick in the UK
Disney/Marvel’s superhero epic spends third consecutive week at the top of the chart; Warner Bros.’ gothic comedy opens in third. -
Dolby upgrades PRM4200 to support 48 fps
Dolby has upgraded its Dolby Professional Reference Monitor PRM-4200 to include support for projecrs being shot at 48 frames per second (fps). -
Duncan Jones shoots for K5’s Ian Fleming film
Moon and Source Code director Duncan Jones will direct a new film about James Bond author Ian Fleming. -
eOne takes Rezo’s The Horde
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One has picked up multi-territory, including North America and the U.K, on the Russian epic The Horde. -
Film Collaborative launches LGBT initiative for distribution
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Collaborative has launched a new distribution initiative for LGBT films, FestSelects. -
Film4 goes monster mad with Ben Wheatley
EXCLUSIVE: Film4 is in discussions with potential co-financiers here on Kill List and Sightseers director Ben Wheatley’s planned cops-and-monsters film Freakshift. -
Fortissimo takes on Serbian debut Redemption Street
Fortisimmo Films has acquired Serbian director Miroslav Terzic’s debut feature Redemption Street. -
Freida Pinto dances into Desert
Richard Raymond to direct story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian. -
Fremaux's Femmes
A nod to “Egalite” in Cannes. -
French Connection links with Korean Dream Capture
French Connection is partnering with Korean Dream Capture Studios to develop an English-language adaptation of Peter May’s thriller The Killing Room, the third tome in his so-called China thrillers. -
French indie hub Commune Image makes market debut
Production “commune”, which supported indie pictures Donoma and La Désintégration, launches partying road movie En Pays Cannibal at Cannes market. -
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson lines up Reykjavik shoot for Staying Alive
EXCLUSIVE: Iceland’s Ljosband producing with UK’s F&ME. -
Gangs Of Wasseypur to open London Indian Film Festival
Third edition of the festival to take place June 20-July 3. -
Gens planning Monet art heist caper
EXCLUSIVE: French genre director Xavier Gens is set to direct a comedy crime caper inspired by the real-life robbery of Claude Monet’s Impression, Soleil Levant from a Paris museum in 1986. -
Hard times for soft money
Are Europe’s film tax credits under threat from the European Commission? Geoffrey Macnab reports on the truth about controversial new rules under discussion. -
Iron Sky director revives Hitler in 3D
EXCLUSIVE: Adolf Hitler is to be recreated in digital 3D in I Killed Adolf Hitler, the new live action sci-fi feature from the team behind hit Iron Sky. -
It’s as easy as one-two-three
Ian Sandwell takes a look at how the forthcoming horror anthology The ABCs Of Death came together. -
K5 chugs with more Night Train sales
K5 International has sold Bille August’s Night Train To Lisbon to Eastern Europe (EEAP ), Latin America (Swen), and Italy (Archibald). -
Kanye in Cannes: The sequel
Hoping for another Kanye West interaction as he presents his debut short film Cruel Summer. -
Katayoun Shahabi docs in Cannes
Iranian producer Katayoun Shahabi is working on a feature-length documentary revolving around two former veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, one hailing from Iran and the other from the United States. -
Larry Clark preparing Paris-set skateboarding picture
EXCLUSIVE: Larry Clark is set to shoot a French-language picture taking inspiration from the skateboarding scene around Paris’ Trocadero Gardens this summer, the first film for the Kids and Ken Park director shot outside the United States. -
Les Films du Losange fetes 50 years
As Haneke’s Amour premieres, MD Margaret Ménégoz talks about the company’s storied history. -
Lewis, Brown-Findlay, Capaldi line up for Leon's Driven
EXCLUSIVE: Damian Lewis, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Peter Capaldi and Iwan Rheon will star in actor/writer/director David Leon’s debut feature Driven. -
Lightning Entertainment to sell Whole Lotta Sole, Kikoriki
EXCLUSIVE: The Santa Monica-based company will commence talks with international buyers here on the comedy Whole Lotta Love starring Brendan Fraser and Russian 3D animation Kikoriki: Team Invincible produced by Timur Bekmambetov. -
Lost In Siberia finds itself in Germany; White Tiger loses its grip in Russia
Screen casts a glance over the international box office. -
LUFF to host premieres from Whitecross, Temple
EXCLUSIVE: The London UK Film Focus (25 to 28 June), the annual screening event that brings the world’s top buyers to London, has announced a raft of high profile premieres for this year’s event. -
Madagascar 3 uses HP technology
HP is also an official partner at the Cannes Film Festival, showing a multi-touch wall. -
Marsan, Froggatt liven up with Pasolini's Still Life
Eddie Marsan [pictured] and Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey’s Anna) will star in Still Life, which starts shooting tomorrow in London and Southeast England. -
Media Luna likes Lilet
Media Luna has boarded international sales for Jacco Groen’s Lilet Never Happened, produced by Springfilm and F&ME. -
Mexico unveils revamped Cineteca
Here in Cannes, the Mexican Film Institute unveiled the restoration and redevelopment plans for the Cineteca Nacional, the world’s biggest cinematheque. -
Mike Gunter named COO of Stereo D
Stereo D, the subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group specializing in 2D to 3D conversions of theatrical films, has named Mike Gunter as chief operating officer. -
Music Box Films acquires North American rights to Starlet
Music Box has picked up all North American rights to Sean Baker’s drama Starlet following its premiere at SXSW and will release in the autumn. -
Night Train To Lisbon
Bille August recruited some of Europe’s most acclaimed actors for Night Train To Lisbon, the first film under a new partnership between Studio Hamburg and C-Films. Wendy Mitchell visited the set of the film. -
Olivier Assayas and Chantal Akerman tributes planned at French Film Festival UK
20th edition, which runs Nov 8-29, to also honour Yves Montand and Georges Méliès. -
Oscar winners Cotillard and Farhardi unite on Paris-set feature
Shoot set to take place in Paris this autumn; Memento Films International to launch international sales at Cannes. -
Post-production house Halo upgrades facilities
London post-production house Halo Films has upgraded its facilities in several key areas in preparation for large forthcoming studio productions that will be mixing with Halo over the summer. -
Pretty In Pink
Scrubbing up for the Cannes party launching Goddess. -
Prime Focus World appoints new global CFO
Prime Focus World, global provider of visual effects, 2D to 3D conversion, and animation services, has announced the appointment of Zenith Equity Partners founder Massoud Entekhabi as Global Chief Financial Officer. -
Protagonist books The Sweeney into eOne for US
EXCLUSIVE: eOne continues to ramp its US distribution slate with the acquisition of Protagonist’s The Sweeney, which the distributor had previously picked up for UK and Canada; deals flow for Nick Love’s crime-drama and Vertigo’s Viking epic Hammer of the Gods. -
Revolver celebrates 15 years with a new look
Company unveils new logo designed by uber-cool artist Shepard Fairey’s Studio Number One. -
Rolli coming back to big screen
EXCLUSIVE: Taavi Vartia to direct Rolli And The Golden Key. -
Romeo team could work with Swarovski again
Screenwriter Julian Fellowes and producer Ileen Maisel plan to develop future projects with Swarovski Entertainment, which backed their new Romeo and Juliet. -
Savage strikes on Roskam’s Faithful
Roskam’s film noir is one of several projects that the Belgian production outfit is working on. -
Scandis get Sensational with Mubi
The new subscriber offering from Mubi, which has launched in Turkey two months ago, will next launch in Norway on July 17, with Sweden and Denmark following in the weeks after, with Finland and Iceland in the autumn. -
Senator joins A Most Wanted Man
Senator Film Production has joined the A Most Wanted Man as a co-producer. -
Senator plans German-language adaptation of Sparks' The Rescue
Germany’s Senator Film has acquired the rights to Nicholas Sparks’ novel The Rescue to make as a German language film set and shot in Germany. -
Special offer on Cannes streaming talks and debates
Screen International is partnering with Cannes Eco, a TV show being filmed during this year’s Cannes Film Festival, to make available to subscribers online live streaming for a series of interviews, roundtables and media content. -
StudioCanal reports record Cannes market
Paddington, Mood Indigo, I Give It A Year, Serena and King of Soho lead sales pack. -
Susan Sarandon to star in Michael Tully's Ping-Pong Summer
Septien director Michael Tully has landed Susan Sarandon to star in 1980s-set comedy Ping-Pong Summer. -
The Weinstein Company tucks into Haute Cuisine
Wild Bunch confirms sale of Christian Vincent’s culinary-themed tale to the Weinsteins. -
Thomas Vinterberg
Some 14 years after Festen, Thomas Vinterberg is back in Competition at Cannes with his latest drama, The Hunt. It’s been a long road back, he tells Mike Goodridge. -
Transmedia Next conference evolves in UK
Weiler, von Staden, Ondine talk transmedia in London. -
TrustNordisk strikes French deal with Pretty Pictures for Call Girl
EXCLUSIVE: Mikael Marcimain’s polticial thriller stars Pernilla August. -
uCarmen team plans La Boheme film
EXCLUSIVE: The South Africa theatre project is one of 16 projects on packed slate from UK’s F&ME. -
UK Film Centre in Cannes to include talks about Inbetweeners, micro-budget filmmaking and digital vs film
Speakers to include Damian Jones, Peter Carlton, and Charlotte Bruus Christensen. -
UK private investment firm buys Cinesite
Private equity house Endless LLP has acquired visual effects house Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount. -
uMedia wages sci-fi War
EXCLUSIVE: Company also working on thrillers Maelstrom and The Scent of Adam. -
Victor Rego promoted to senior VP, GM of Les Films Seville
Marie-Claude Roussel joins the team as Director of Marketing -
Vinterberg moves into The Commune; Hunt sales heat up for TrustNordisk
Thomas Vinterberg is poised to make a feature film version of his play, The Commune, which he staged successfully at the Burgtheater Vienna. -
Weinsteins close on US rights to Code Name Geronimo
Harvey Weinstein is within grasp of his own version of the Navy SEAL raid that resulted in the death of Osama Bin Laden after his company was poised to acquire US rights to the Cam Gigandet and William Fichtner starrer on Wednesday night (16).
