All Screen articles in 06 November 2009 – Page 5
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NewsHyde Park, Imagenation, MDA partner with Dave Stewart on Street Dancing
Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Imagenation Abu Dhabi have unveiled the first project under their strategic alliance with Singapore-based MDA, teaming up with songwriter Dave Stewart’s Weapons Of Mass Entertainment on Street Dancing.
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NewsFilms Distribution closes US, Japan deals on The Horde
Films Distribution has sold French zombie movie The Horde to IFC Films in the US and to Showgate in Japan
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NewsExam gets UK deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has picked up UK rights to Stuart Hazeldine’s directorial debut, the UK thriller Exam, and is collaborating with the producers on a theatrical release for the film in January.
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NewsImage takes domestic rights to Accidents Happen
Image Entertainment, Inc. has snapped up all North American rights to Bankside Films’ bittersweet drama Accidents Happen starring Geena Davis.
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NewsTF1 buys Media Asia’s Chen Zhen for France
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Distribution has sold The Legend Of Chen Zhen, directed by Andrew Lau and starring Donnie Yen, to France’s TF1.
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NewsSony appoints David Kaminow worldwide strategic marketing chief
David Kaminow has been appointed to the newly created position of president of worldwide strategic marketing at Sony.
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NewsWe Distribution sells Bodyguards to E1, CJ
Hong Kong’s We Distribution has sold Cinema Popular’s $23m action thriller Bodyguard & Assassins to E1 Entertainment for the UK and Canada, CJ Entertainment for Korea and Gulf Films for the Middle East.
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NewsMDA unveils first project from International Film Fund
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has announced the first project under its International Film Fund (IFF), a Singapore-China-Korea co-production, Neon Sign, to be directed by Korea’s Pil Gam-Sung.
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Magic Lantern, TF2 Ventures sign $10m development deal
Magic Lantern Entertainment has concluded a $10m development funding deal with TF2 Ventures via its Innovation Entertainment label for up to 20 films over the next three to five years.
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Buyers snap up rights to Arclight's Bait 3D
Arclight Films has closed multiple territory sales on its shark thriller Bait 3D that Russell Mulcahy is set to direct in Queensland in April 2010.
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Film Production Capital boosts financing clout with $50m deal
Will French’s tax credit-based financier Film Production Capital (FPC) has secured more than $50m for the financing and acquisition of tax incentives for US productions filming in tax incentive states. French is meeting with producers at AFM.
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NewsPonyo and Disney's Princess to bookend London Children's film fest
Hayao Miyazaki’s animation Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea and first UK screening of Disney’s The Princess And The Frog will bookend the 5th London Children’s Film Festival (LCFF), which runs November 21 – 29.
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NewsCameron's Avatar forces Chinese blockbusters to shift release dates
Four Chinese blockbusters have changed their January release dates to avoid competing with James Cameron’s Avatar, which will go out on January 1.
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NewsMat Whitecross's Moving To Mars opens 16th Sheffield Doc/Fest
The 16th Sheffield International Documentary Festival opened last night (November 4) with the world premiere of Mat Whitecross’ film Moving To Mars.
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NewsParlay Films Vamps it up at AFM with Amy Heckerling project
Lisa Wilson’s Parlay Films has acquired all international rights to the romantic comedy Vamps, which will be written and directed by Amy Heckerling.
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NewsInaugural Sundance Film Festival USA mini-tour to launch in January
The Sundance Film Festival will take eight film-makers and their films from the 2010 line-up on the road to eight cities under the Sundance Film Festival USA initiative.
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NewsJulien Temple to direct F&ME’s Fake!
British director Julien Temple has joined forces with Film & Music Entertainment (F&ME), the London-based production company run by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor, to direct the company’s long-gestating $15 million art heist movie Fake!
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NewsDas, GreeneStreet hire Miguel Sapochnik to direct Contortionist's Handbook
Sriram Das’ Santa Monica-based Das Films and GreeneStreet Films have hired British film-maker Miguel Sapochnik to direct The Contortionist’s Handbook. Production is due to start in May next year.
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NewsFinecut unveils second collaboration with Trapero
Korea’s Finecut is co-producing and handling international sales on Argentinean director Pablo Trapero’s new film, tentatively titled Carancho, marking their second collaboration following Lion’s Den.