All Screen articles in 05 Jan 2012 – Page 4
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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol explodes at UK box office on £8.2m
Fourth instalment in the MI franchise beats newcomer The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, but figures boosted by previews.
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Berlin's Panorama selects new films from Gatlif, Hamburger, Schlöndorff
Berlinale unveils first 20 films in Panorama sections, with Indignados and Elles opening Panorama Special.
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Kaleidoscope signs urban thriller Victim
UK outfit acquires drama written by and starring Ashley Chin and Michael Maris.
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Norway sees 2011 boost in admissions and best results for local films in 36 years
2011 cinema attendance up 5.7% on 2010; national films take 24.5% marketshare.
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Norlin takes over Stockholm's production grant
Lisa Aschan had been originally awarded the $700,000 prize.
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Meryl Streep to receive honorary Golden Bear in Berlin
She will be presented with the lifetime achievement award at a screening of The Iron Lady during the upcoming Berlinale.
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Paramount slate generates $5bn worldwide in 2011
Paramount celebrated another table topping performance for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in the week the studio announced its films crossed $5bn worldwide in 2011.
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Demi Moore, Eric Roberts, Adam Brody join Lovelace
The publicity machine behind the upcoming biopic about the porn star Linda Lovelace has unveiled the latest round of casting.
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Ghost Protocol enters 2012 as top int'l film on $37m hold
Ghost Protocol soared past $225m thanks to an estimated $37m weekend haul from 54 markets through Paramount Pictures International (PPI) that propelled the running total to $225.3m and ensured supremacy for the third consecutive weekend.
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Alberto Barbera succeeds Marco Mueller as Venice head
In a surprising turn of events, but which had been largely leaked in Italian wire reports, the board of the Italian Biennale arts organisation in a vote on Tuesday (Dec 27) has not confirmed Marco Mueller in the role of artistic director.
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Jessica Chastain, Howard Shore to receive PSIFF honours
The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) has announced its final two honours of the current awards season.
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Ghost Protocol targets $200m heading into New Year
The Tom Cruise behemoth has raced to $169.3m and Paramount Pictures International (PPI) will look to retain its box office crown with strong holiday holdovoer business.
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Breakaway Media on board world sales of Dolphin Boy
Mark Austin’s Breakaway Media and Pamela Rosenberg’s Hemisphere Productions in association with First Hand Films are handling worldwide sales on the documentary, which will screen at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January.
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Ghost Protocol leads US holiday weekend on $27m
The fourth entry in Paramount’s Mission: Impossible action franchise climbed two places after expanding wide just before the holiday weekend and added an estimated $26.5m for $58.9m.
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PPI reports $43m int'l holiday weekend for MI:4
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol ruled the roost for the second weekend thanks to an estimated $43m haul that drove up the running total to $140m through Paramount Pictures International (PPI).
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Twilight Portrait picks up Russian press award, director writing New York-set comedy
Writer-director Angelina Nikonova to team again with Twilight Portrait star and co-writer Olga Dykhovichnaya.
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Paramount leads 2011 studio int’l share with record $3bn
Paramount Pictures International (PPI) has become the first company to reach the milestone for international ticket sales in a calendar year, a fitting testament to the strategic mastery of former president Andrew Cripps.
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Stephen Daldry to receive Palm Springs director honour
Daldry, whose latest film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close opens in the US on Dec 25, will collect the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Director Of The Year Award on Jan 7.
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Nat Geo Films segues into joint venture with Hyde Park
UPDATE: Daniel Battsek has transitioned to a consultancy role and will advise a new partnership between Hyde Park / ImageNation and National Geographic Features Group.