All Screen articles in 6 December 2008
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Intervision Partners to make Spanish big budget epic
Spanish/US production outfit Intervision Partners is in advanced negotiations with The Weinstein Company to put together a major project billed as the 'Spanish Joan Of Arc'. The film will tell the story of Agustina Raimunda Maria Saragossa Domenech, a famous Spanish heroine who defended her country's independence during the Peninsular ...
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Isabelle Huppert to head Cannes jury
Isabelle Huppert will preside over the jury for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Friday.The Cannes veteran has previously been to the festival 25 times in and out of competition and also served as a mistress of ceremony and as a member of the jury.In 1978, ...
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NewsIsabelle Huppert to head Cannes jury
Isabelle Huppert will preside over the jury for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival.The Cannes veteran has previously been to the festival 25 times in and out of competition and has also served as a mistress of ceremony and as a member of the ...
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The Web Today January Archive - International film news on the web
January 2 Hollywood starts '09 with little to celebrate - LA TimesFantasy films flicked off Hollywood list - New Zealand HeraldCould 2009 be the year of 3-D' - The GuardianJanuary 3Hollywood starts '09 with little to celebrate - LA TimesJanuary 4Slumdog Millionaire' producer on adventures in film - Financial TimesUniversal ...
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Madagascar 2 continues to lead international with $32.2m weekend
DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa entered 2009 as the top international release and held on to the crown over the weekend courtesy of an estimated $32.2m haul through PPI that raised the tally to $340m.Active in 6,771 sites in 60 territories, the animated sequel has now overtaken the $338m ...
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Waltz With Bashir, Happy-Go-Lucky win with National Society
Waltz With Bashir was named best picture of the year by the National Society of Film Critics with 26 votes, ahead of Happy-Go-Lucky and Wall-E tied in second place with 20 votes apiece.Sean Penn ran away with the best actor prize for Milk on 87 votes, followed by Mickey Rourke ...
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Marley & Me soars past $100m after second weekend on release
With no major new releases in play the top seven titles stayed put as Fox's comedy Marley & Me started the year as top dog and tore past $100m in its second weekend. Overall box office gained 7.4% on the same weekend last year as the top 12 releases grossed ...
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Relativity Media completes acquisition of Rogue from Universal
Relativity Media has completed its purchase of Rogue Pictures from Universal Pictures, Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh announced on Sunday [January 4].Relativity acquired Rogue's entire library, more than 30 projects in development and ownership of Rogue's producing deals, which encompasses relationships with Wes Craven and Intrepid.The first picture set for release ...
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Kawase, Taiwan's Wei among HAF line-up of 27 projects
Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase and Wei Te-sheng, director of Taiwanese blockbuster Cape No. 7, are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for the seventh edition of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). Kawase, who was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2007 for Mourning Forest, ...
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SCREEN REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2008
In the first of a three-part review of the year. Screen looks at some of the key issues for the international film industry in 2008. Click to see full story.CRUNCH TIME: harsh economic conditions push online distribution and D-cinema to centre stage, says Michael GubbinsREALITY BITES:A bleak year for the ...
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China's box office up by 27% to $617m in 2008
China's overall box office reached $617.13m (RMB4.22bn) in 2008, a 26.7% increase on the previous year, according to figures from the Film Bureau under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT). The figures mark the sixth year in a row that box office has grown at a rate ...
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Toho, Kadokawa join forces on digital delivery
Japan's Toho and Kadokawa Holdings will partner with telecommunications giant NTT to implement digital distribution of feature films to their cinemas beginning this spring. Toho will upgrade 31 of its sites with servers and digital projectors while Kadokawa Cineplex will upgrade all 14 of its sites. After installations are complete, ...
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Departures finds US home with Regent Releasing
Regent Releasing has picked up Yojiro Takita's Japanese foreign language Oscar submission Departures for North American distribution.Regent's West Coast general manager and executive vice president distribution and acquisitions Mark Reinhart negotiated the deal with Satoko Ishida of Shochiku. The company plans a limited release this summer.Departures earned 13 Japanese Academy ...
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UK Blu-ray sales reach record levels
The home entertainment market, including Blu-ray, remains healthy despite difficult trading conditions across the retail sector according to figures released by the British Video Association.The figures show that 1.5 million Blu-ray discs were sold in December alone, up almost 400% against the same period in 2007. In total 3.7 million ...
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Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Dark Knight among PGA nominees
The Curious Case Of Benjamin, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Milk and Slumdog Millionaire will contest the Producers Guild Of America's The Darryl F Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award.Man On Wire, Standard Operating Procedure and Trouble The Water are the documentary nominees while Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E will ...
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Herwitz takes on world sales to Sundance competition entry Adam
The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has signed on to represent worldwide rights toMax Mayer’s Sundance dramatic competition entry Adam.
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Visit Films takes worldwide rights to The Missing Person
Ryan Kampe and Sylvain Tron's Visit Films has boarded worldwide rights to Noah Buschel's The Missing Person, set to premiere at Sundance and receive its market premiere in Berlin.Michael Shannon, red hot following his stand-out turn in Revolutionary Road, stars alongside Amy Ryan, and Tony Award winner Frank Wood as ...
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Hong Kong box office up by 8% despite downturn
Hong Kong's box office grew by around 8% to $140.26m (HK$1.09bn) in 2008 according to figures from local film industry body, the Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA). The growth compares to anuptick of 11.5% in 2007 after several years of flat revenues in Hong Kong. MPIA chief executive Brian Chung ...