All Screen articles in 4 September 2008
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Bettany, Connelly take voyage with Darwin film Creation
Husband and wife actors Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly will play Charles Darwin and his wife Emma Darwin in the upcoming feature Creation for Oscar-winning UK producer Jeremy Thomas.Jon Amiel will direct, and the cast will also feature Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones and Benedict Cumberbatch.The film is not described as ...
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Interview: British Film Institute chairman Greg Dyke
When Greg Dyke was appointed chairman of the British Film Institute (BFI) earlier this year, he was asked why he wanted the job. Why would the former director-general of the BBC and one of the most powerful figures of the UK media industry want to throw in his lot with ...
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In Focus: D-cinema divide hangs over the digital switch
Every period of radical change goes through an initial 'what if'' stage where enthusiasts and sceptics try to predict the future.Digital cinema has been rather longer than most in the 'what if'' foothills, partly because of lack of engagement with the issues but mainly because the technology has been out ...
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UPI opens Mamma Mia! in South Korea as gross nears $275m
A trio of high profile Universal films are shaping up for another strong weekend as Mamma Mia! opens in six territories through UPI including South Korea on September 4.The musical adaptation has amassed $263.5m so far and should surge towards the $275m mark over the next week.The action adventure Wanted ...
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Joey Monteiro joins Bold Films as svp worldwide marketing
Joey Monteiro has joined Bold Films in the newly created position of senior vice president of worldwide marketing.Monteiro will report directly to president of worldwide distribution Stephanie Denton, with whom he previously worked at Lionsgate.The new hire will oversee tomorrow’s [Sept 6] world premiere of John Stockwell’s Middle Of Nowhere ...
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Focus promotes Kujawski, Stewart as Spencer steps down
Focus Features has promoted Peter Kujawski (pictured) to senior vice president of international sales and Gabrielle Stewart to manager of international sales.Kujawski steps up from vice president to replace Tim Spencer - who is leaving the film business to pursue other opportunities - and has been with the company since ...
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Insurer Fireman's Fund opens new London office
Feature film insurance company Fireman's Fund is expanding by opening a London office. The office will offer film underwriting to European production companies.Ian Mercer, an insurance executive with 20 years of experience in the UK and US, will head the new office, located on Leadenhall Street.Fireman's Fund will work with ...
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Zurich Film Festival to honour Costa-Gavras
The Zurich Film Festival will presents it Golden Eye Award to film-maker Constantin Costa-Gavras in recognition of his career as a director, writer and producer.ZFF director Karl Spoerri announce the tribute. Paris-based, Greek-born Costa-Gavras will attend the award ceremony on Oct 4 and the festival will also host a retrospective ...
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Children's Orchestra, Enemigos Intimos among LALIF official lineup
The North American premieres of Paulo Thiago's Brazilian drama The Children's Orchestra and Fernando Sarinana's Mexican drama Enemigos Intimos are among the line-up at the 12th annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), set to run from September 12-19.The roster includes the US premieres of Issa Lopez' Mexican comedy ...
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Council Of Europe plans Film Policy summit in Krakow
The Council of Europe will gather film policy experts, film industry insiders and government officials at its film policy forum, Shaping Policies For The Cinema Of Tomorrow, scheduled for Sept 11-13 in Krakow, Poland.Topics to be addressed include the challenges of globalization, changing digital technologies, and the impact of film ...
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UK leads the pack for European Film Awards shortlist
The European Film Academy has announced the 44 titles on this year's selection list for the European Film Awards. Nominations, after votes from 1,800 members, will be announced Nov 8 at the Seville European Film Festival and the 21st EFAs will be presented Dec 6 in Copenhagen.The list represents 27 ...
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Metrodome takes on Caine, Moore thriller Flawless
Metrodome Distribution has acquired full UK rights to Michael Radford's Flawless, starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore. The deal was negotiated by Stephen Margolis of Future Films andMark WilliamsatPierce/Williams Entertainment, and for Metrodome by CEO Peter Urie, General Manager Distribution Sara Frain and Business Affairs Manager Kate Edwards.Metrodome plans a ...
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Jordan enters Oscars for first time with Captain Abu Raed
The list of submissions for the Foreign Language Oscar keeps growing as Jordan officially submits Captain Abu Raed by Amin Matalqa.Jordan's independent submission committee selected the festival hit, which marks Jordan's first entry for the Oscars.H.E. Mr. Munir Nassar, chairman of the Oscar Submission Committee for Jordan, said: 'These are ...
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Jamie Babbit to direct Breaking The Girl for Myriad
Principal photography is set to commence in Vancouver in November on Myriad Pictures' erotic thriller Breaking The Girl with Brittany Snow in talks to star.Jamie Babbit will direct from a story by Mark Distefano and Guinevere Turner about a young college woman's disastrous plot to kill a rival student.Myriad is ...
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Strand takes US rights to Terence Davies' Of Time And The City
Strand Releasing has picked up US rights from Hanway Films to Terence Davies' Of Time And The City.The Hurricane Films production premiered at Cannes and receives its North American premiere here on Sunday [Sept 7]. Davies narrates a deeply personal tribute to his home town and uses archival footage and ...
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Fiennes to direct River Road's Coriolanus in Serbia
River Road Entertainment will film a modern-day version of Shakespeare's Coriolanus in Serbia. Ralph Fiennes will direct and play the lead in the film and was part of a USAID group that evaluated Serbia as a location for shooting this film in July.The film is a tragedy based on the ...
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Paul Allen's Vulcan to make film on life of George Washington
Paul G Allen's Vulcan Productions has signed Nicholas Meyer to write a screenplay about the life of George Washington.Nick Wechsler is attached to produce with Richard Hutton and Michael Caldwell on behalf of Vulcan.'Washington was the indispensible man, the physical embodiment of America's revolutionary ideals and identity,' Allen said. 'As ...
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Regent buys Mendoza's Serbis for US from Fortissimo
Regent Releasing has acquired North American rights from Fortissimo Films to Filipino film-maker Brillante Mendoza's drama Serbis, which will get its North American premiere here.Serbis follows the exploits of a Filipino family that runs a dilapidated porn theatre and was the first Filipino film to play in competition in Cannes ...
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Production begins on The Butterfly Effect: Revelation
Production has begun in Detroit on BenderSpink, FilmEngine and After Dark Films' sci-fi thriller The Butterfly Effect: Revelation.Chris Carmack stars as a young man who travels back in time to track down the killer of an old love and winds up unleashing a serial killer on an unsuspecting world. Rachel ...
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Paramount Vantage picks up sales rights to Jordan's Ondine
Paramount Vantage has boarded international sales on Neil Jordan's fantasy romance Ondine starring Colin Farrell, Stephen Rea and Alicja Bachleda and will commence pre-sales here.The film is currently shooting in Ireland and stars Farrell as a fisherman who catches a woman from the sea whom his daughter believes is a ...