All Screen articles in 20 March 2009
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NewsPathé, Warner Bros strike UK-Ireland distribution deal
Source: Pathe UK ‘The Duke’ Warner Bros. Entertainment is set to distribute all Pathé titles in the UK and Ireland from later this year. The new agreement will kick off on September 3 with the release of Roger Michell’s The Duke, starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. ...
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Dennis Quaid named Male Star Of The Year at ShoWest
Dennis Quaid will receive the ShoWest 2009 Male Star Of The Year Award at a ceremony in Las Vegas on April 2.This summer Quaid is part of the voice cast for Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions' 3D release Battle For Terra and stars in Paramount's tentpole action release G.I. Joe: Rise ...
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Relativity Media expands Rogue brand into lifestyle company
Following the solid opening weekend for Rogue Pictures' horror remake The Last House On The Left, the company's new owner Relativity Media has announced that Rogue will be expanded into a lifestyle company.Relativity chief Ryan Kavanaugh said today [March 16] that Rogue will encompass a clothing line and social networking ...
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Sony Classics takes on US rights to Warner's Coco Before Chanel
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US rights to Anne Fontaine's biopic Coco Before Chanel starring Audrey Tautou.Warner Bros, whose Warner Bros France division produced the picture with Haut Et Court, Cine@, Warner Bros France and Films Distribution, will release in France on April 22 and retains rights for Latin America, ...
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BD Fox Independent launches self-distribution service
Industry marketing executive Brian Fox' BD Fox Independent has launched a self-distribution division to provide a one-stop shop for film-makers.The company most recently handled distribution, marketing and publicity responsibilities on the theatrical release of Hope And Redemption: The Lena Baker Story, which opened last weekend in Atlanta and grossed $18,850 ...
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Weinsteins take US, Latin America, Germany on Nowhere Boy
The Weinstein Company has acquired all US, Latin American and German rights from HanWay Films to Sam Taylor-Wood's John Lennon coming-of-age picture Nowhere Boy, which began filming on March 8 in Liverpool and at Ealing Studios.This is the first acquisition since the arrival of former Lionsgate executive Tom Ortenberg as ...
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Senator picks up North America on Shana Feste's The Greatest
Senator Distribution has picked up North American rights from Endeavor and CAA to Shana Feste's feature directorial debut The Greatest starring breakout British actress Carey Mulligan.The picture premiered at Sundance and stars Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon as parents whose grief over the accidental death of their son is made ...
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Jeff Framer takes over from David Borshell at Image Entertainment
Jeff M Framer has been named president of home entertainment licensee, producer and distributor Image Entertainment following the departure of David Borshell after nearly 25 years at the company.Framer has been with Image Entertainment since 1990 and has served as the company's CFO for the past 15 years. He assumes ...
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Balsmeyer's Lightbulb switches on 33rd Cleveland Film Festival this week
Jeff Balsmeyer's Lightbulb, the rags-to-riches story of two brothers who come up with a revolutionary gizmo, will open the 33rd annual Cleveland International Film Festival on March 19th.The film, which stars Dallas Roberts, Jeremy Renner and Ayelet Zurer (soon to be seen in Angels And Demons), is based on the ...
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Girl With Dragon Tattoo reaches 1.26m admissions in Scandinavia
Danish director Niels Arden Oplev's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (aka Men Who Hate Women/Män som hatar kvinnor) is set to become the largest Scandinavian film success ever.After its third weekendof release,had reached 1.26 million admissions in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In Norway it opened only last Friday (March ...
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Iain Smith resigns from Scottish Screen-Creative Scotland board
Leading British producer Iain Smith (Wanted, Children Of Men) has announced his resignation from the joint transitional board of Scottish Screen and Creative Scotland.Smith has explained that his resignation was prompted by a sense of frustration at the on-going process of merging Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council into ...
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Renny Harlin's Finnish biopic Mannerheim delayed due to financing
Finnish Hollywood director Renny Harlin's comeback to local filmmaking, the $12.6m (Euros 10m) Mannerheim, which was scheduled to have its world première in Helsinki on Jan 15 next year, has been delayed and is now expected to open during the autumn 2010.The biopic of Finnish historical legend Carl Gustaf Emil ...
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Mungiu's Tales From The Golden Ageto open Transilvania
The eighth edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival will open May 29 with the local premiere of Tales From The Golden Age, an omnibus film written and produced by Cristian Mungiu. Wild Bunch is handling international sales on the film, which is tipped for Cannes, where Mungiu won the ...
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Suzanne Noble joins Optimum as head of publicity
Suzanne Noble has joined UK distributor Optimum Releasing as head of publicity. Most recently she worked on a freelance basis for Momentum Pictures and was involved with their The Young Victoria campaign. Prior to that she spent two years as VP, international publicity at The Weinstein Company, where she developed, ...
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Jude, Komanderev win best pitch prizes at Sofia Meetings
At the Sofia International Film Festival's sixth Sofia Meetings, atotal of 22 projects werepresented in the Second Films Pitching lineup, the Plus Minus One selection of debut and third features, and the new Sofia Cinelinks Sarajevo programme.At the end of the two days of pitches and one-to-one meetings with potential ...
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Lesbian Vampire Killers sells to France, Scandinavia, Benelux, Brazil
London-based sales company AV Pictures has sold Phil Claydon's Lesbian Vampire Killers to a number of new territories. Deals have been signed with La Fabrique de Films for France, Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia, European Film Partners for Benelux and Imagem Films for Brazil. The comedy horror has already been sold ...
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Breathless wins big at Deauville Asian festival
South Korea's Breathless was the big winner at the 11th Deauville Festival of Asian Film which wrapped on Sunday evening. Yang Ik-June's film, a feature directorial debut in which he also stars, is a brutal look into domestic violence in South Korea. The film also took the International Critics Prize.In ...
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Snow and Age Of Stupid win at UK's Birds Eye View Film Festival
As the Birds Eye View Film Festival drew to a close on March 13, Aida Begic's Snow was awarded the festival's Best Feature prize. It tells the story of a Bosnian village populated only by the mothers, daughters, wives and sisters of their murdered Muslim men.Jurors for the Best Feature ...
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Cannes Atelier selects 15 projects including Lerman's Moral Sciences
The Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup of participants for the fifth edition of the Atelier de la Cinefondation program.The scheme was begun in 2005 and is a means to help directors with the financing and completion of their projects.The roster of 15 filmmakers will attend the Cannes Film ...