All Screen articles in 08 January 2009 – Page 2
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NewsMark Zoradi out as Disney continues to shuffle the pack
In the biggest executive departure since the arrival of Rich Ross as chairman, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi has exited his post.
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NewsSony to adapt Quebecois action comedy hit Fathers And Guns
Sony Pictures has acquired remake rights to Fathers And Guns based on Emile Gaudreault’s action comedy De Pere En Flic that became the highest grossing French-language film ever released in Quebec and Canada this summer.
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NewsEssential, Gigapix team up on children's film slate
Essential Entertainment has signed a multi-picture deal with Gigapix Studios for five G and PG-rated live-action children’s films through its subsidiary Recess Films.
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NewsSony Classics takes US on Campanella's Secret
Argentinian director Juan Jose Campanella’s new drama The Secret In Their Eyes, starring Ricardo Darin, has been sold by Latido Films to Sony Pictures Classics for distribution in the US.
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NewsThora Birch, Taryn Manning join Cypress Moon's Bonnie & Clyde project
Tonya S Holly of Alabama-based Cypress Moon Studios has cast Thora Birch, Taryn Manning and Cloris Leachman in The Story Of Bonnie And Clyde.
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Features
Griff The Invisible
A romantic comedy about a superhero and a scientist in a world that just wants them to be normal
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NewsInferno turns up the heat as Arabian Nights leads $30m AFM charge
Inferno chiefs Bill Johnson and Jim Siebel have taken more than $30m in multiple territory sales on key AFM titles Arabian Nights, The Killer Elite and The Kids Are All Right.
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NewsTwenty films submitted for Academy Award animation race
Up to five animated films could be nominated in this season’s Oscar race after the Academy announced it had received 20 submissions.
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NewsJ K Simmons to receive Denver's John Cassavetes Award
J K Simmons will be honored with the 2009 Starz Denver Film Festival’s John Cassavetes Award.
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NewsRoss ushers in the new guard at Disney in major reshuffle
Acknowledging the fundamental shift in the way audiences consume entertainment, Disney chairman Rich Ross today [November 11) unveiled a restructure of marketing, distribution, and operations. He said the move would equip the studio to “find innovative ways to provide quality entertainment that is readily available.”
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NewsIFC steps into Toronto thriller Cracks for North America
IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Jordan Scott’s boarding school thriller Cracks starring Eva Green.
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NewsSony unleashes 2012 in global day-and-date rampage
Sony launches the disaster movie 2012 across the globe this weekend in a thunderous assault echoing that unleashed by the elements in Roland Emmerich’s film.
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NewsFocus Features CEO James Schamus unveils 'audacious' 2010 slate
Unveiling a 2010 theatrical slate that Focus Features CEO James Schamus called “as audacious as any in our history”, the company has announced its six confirmed releases on the back of strong sales at AFM through Focus Features International.
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NewsKOFIC presents reform plan to culture ministry
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC), led by recently-appointed chairman Cho Hee-moon, reported on a plan for reform today (November 11) to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Yoo In-chon.
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Features
Route Irish
Two soldiers work as private security contractors in Iraq, but when one of them is killed, the other rejects the official explanation and investigates the truth of his friend’s death
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NewsStockholm International Film Festival reveals jury
The Stockholm festival jury, chaired by producer Olivier Guerpillon, will also include Screen International’s reviews editor and film critic Fionnuala Halligan, Swedish actress Linda Englund, director Björn Stein and singer Maria Andersson. The festival will run from November 18-29.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn snaps up US rights to thriller Harry Brown
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired all US rights to Harry Brown starring Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer following its UK premiere on Wednesday night [11].
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NewsMartin Scorsese to receive HFPA's Cecil B DeMille award
Martin Scorsese will receive the Cecil B DeMille Award for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field” at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 17, 2010.