All Screen articles in 08 January 2009 – Page 11
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NewsMandate Pictures signs first-look deal with comedy outfit Rough House
Mandate Pictures has signed a two-year first-look deal with David Gordon Green, Jody Hill and Danny McBride’s(all pictured) new Rough House Pictures comedy production venture.
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NewsShoreline takes worldwide rights to Bolivian Oscar entry Zona Sur
Morris Ruskin’s LA-based Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Juan Carlos’ Valvidia’s Bolivian foreign language Oscar and Golden Globes submission Zona Sur (Southern District).
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NewsNew Moon seeks to retain overseas crown before Avatar touchdown
Summit Entertainment’s New Moon has reached $321.5m overseas and should register another solid weekend as it surges towards the $350m mark.
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NewsJulianne Moore to receive Santa Barbara's Montecito Award
Julianne Moore, a strong Oscar contender for her performance opposite Colin Firth in A Single Man, will receive the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Montecito Award.
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NewsA Prophet takes Prix Louis Delluc in France
Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet has won France’s Louis Delluc prize for 2009. The film is France’s entry for the foreign language Oscar.
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NewsSummit sets US release for Polanski's The Ghost Writer for first half of 2010
Summit Entertainment will release Roman Polanski’s retitled The Ghost Writer in North America in the first half of 2010.
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NewsAvatar, Harry Potter 6 among 15 Oscar effects contenders
Fifteen films have been selected as semi-finalists for the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ achievement in visual effects award.
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NewsParamount Digital Entertainment takes worldwide rights to talhotblond
Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) has acquired worldwide distribution rights excluding US television to Barbara Schroeder’s documentary talhotblond.
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NewsAnchor Bay takes select territories on Steve Austin action H2K
Anchor Bay Films has acquired US, UK and Australian rights to the next ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin action feature, Hunt To Kill (H2K).
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NewsSamson & Delilah continues winning streak at AFI Awards
Warwick Thornton’s Samson & Delilah has proved its critical prowess once again, this time at Australia’s most prestigious awards ceremony, the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, held Dec 12 in Melbourne.
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NewsSanta Barbara announces four Virtuosos honourees
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will present 2010 Chopin Virtuosos Award to Carey Mulligan (An Education), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) and Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man).
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NewsDisney's Princess belle of the ball on $25m as annual box office record tumbles
The Princess And The Frogstruck a blow for the 2D animated musical as Buena Vista expanded it wide, stealing the number one spot from The Blind Side with an estimated $25m weekend haul.
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NewsAFI announces ten films of the year
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced its ten films of the year ahead of the awards luncheon in Los Angeles on January 15.
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NewsHaneke, White Ribbon triumph at European Film Awards
Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) was the big winner at this year’s European Film Awards, taking awards for European film, director and screenwriter of the year.
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NewsThe Hurt Locker takes two main awards from LA Film Critics
The Hurt Lockerclaimed the two top honours from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association as president Brent Simon and the group awarded it with the best film prize and the best director award for Kathryn Bigelow.
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NewsSpanish director Antoni Sole to make English-language 3D horror
Barcelona-based director and producer Antoni Sole is set to shoot the horror film Web Cam in 3D with Michael Madsen, Robert Englund and Estella Warren attached to star.
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NewsJeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner among Critics Choice Awards contenders
The Hurt Locker, A Serious Man and Inglourious Basterds are nominated for best picture in the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics Choice Awards announced earlier today [December 14].
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NewsMorenita, La Soga, Traces Of The Trade, Gaining Ground win in Bahamas
Alan Jonsson Gavica’s Spanish drama Morenita (pictured) has won the sixth Bahamas International Film Festival’s New Vision Award.
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Jorge Ballos, Luis Pedron announce SoHo International Film Festival
New York talent agent Jorge Ballos announced the launch of the SoHo International Film Festival will take place on February 18.