All Screen articles in 1 July 2007 – Page 4
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On location: Hero Wanted
Small-town America has been recreated in detail on a Bulgarian backlot. Theodore Schwinke visits the set of Hero Wanted. The traffic lights are always green and the theatre posters promote only Nu Image pictures. Otherwise Nu Boyana's Ilientzi set, on the ourtskirts of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, is a convincing replica ...
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On location: Good
Fluctuations in the exchange rate caused problems for a UK production looking for savings in Hungary. Louise Tutt reports. The $16m UK production of Good headed to Hungary in search of savings but almost lost out as a result of exchange rate fluctuations.Lured to Budapest by the 20% tax allowance ...
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Hounsou steps up to Summit's Get Some
Summit Entertainment has cast two-time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) to star opposite Sean Faris and Amber Heard in its action/drama Get Some. Also cast in the story of a Florida fight club for teens is Cam Gigandet (The OC). A Mandalay Independent Pictures production, Get Some is to ...
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Romania: youth and experience
Romania's potential as a location gained momentum with the arrival of Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth last year, but can the territory keep pace with its neighbours' Theodore Schwinke reportsRomania is in a unique position in Eastern Europe in being better known for its homegrown cinema than as a ...
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The East European picture
Eastern Europe is well-established as a cheaper alternative to shooting in the US or the UK. But how do international producers choose between the packages on offer' Theodore Schwinke reportsBudapest airport on a Friday night is like the canteen at Pinewood,' says Chris Symes, executive producer of Universal's Hellboy 2: ...
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Poland: film city targets pole position
Despite a lack of tax incentives, an ambitious new studio and financial support from the Polish Film Institute is making the territory an attractive prospect for international film-makers. Theodore Schwinke reports.The Polish Film Institute recently unveiled plans to build Film City, a 10-stage studio near Warsaw. When completed in 2009, ...
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Czech Republic: 'More expensive than Budapest'
Can the Czech Republic retain its competitive edge when it comes to production' Theodore Schwinke reportsOn paper, the Czech Republic's production service sector is looking healthy. Andrew Adamson is shooting Walden Media's The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian at Barrandov's new 4,000 square metre stage, which also hosted Eli Roth's ...
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Bulgaria: Nu Boyana on the block
Nu Image's transformation of Boyana studios has placed Bulgaria on the film map. Now other producers want a piece of the action. Theodore Schwinke reportsBulgaria is a country showing significant promise. Since the transformation of Boyana studios by Nu Image last year there has been a steady stream of low-budget ...
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Hungary: on the ascendant
New studios and a significant tax rebate mean that Hungary is challenging the Czech Republic as the hottest production hub in the region. Theodore Schwinke reportsThe Hungarian capital of Budapest and its surroundings are packed with productions, despite a recent rise in the Hungarian forint against the dollar and euro. ...
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Effie Brown's Duly Noted lines up Mos Def for two films
Producer Effie Brown's Duly Noted Inc production company has signed actor and hip-hop artist Mos Def (The Italian Job) to star in and executive produce Bobby Zero, from writing-directing team Markus and Mason Canter, aka The Flying Canter Brothers (Chasing The Horizon). In his first romantic lead, Mos Def will ...
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Maya buys world on August Evening after LAFF premiere
New US production, distribution and exhibition company Maya Entertainment has acquired Chris Eska's August Evening for worldwide distribution. The deal was sealed after the film's world premiere in the narrative competition of Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival. Written and directed by Eska and produced by Connie Hill and Jason ...
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Cruise, Wagner to make Thursday presentation at Cinema Expo
Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, the new heads of the reactivated United Artists (UA), will make a presentation to delegates at Cinema Expo International in Amsterdam on Thursday evening, screening five-and-a-half minutes of footage from UA's first feature Lions For Lambs in which Cruise stars.They will be joined in the ...
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Christie crosses 3,000 digital cinema systems mark around globe
US visual solutions company Christie says it has become the first manufacturer to install more than 3,000 digital cinema systems around the world, giving it a nearly 80% share of the emerging digital system market. The company says that by the end of the year it expects to have installed ...
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2929 signs on with Cherry Lane Music Publishing
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company has added 2929 Productions to its roster of film industry clients. Under a multi-year, worldwide administration agreement the New York-based music publisher will represent and exploit all 2929-owned music while securing performance rights fees from various music publishers worldwide.Los Angeles-based 2929 is owned by Todd ...
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Palm Pictures to provide content to social media network imeem
Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures has formed a strategic content partnership with imeem, the San Francisco-based 'social media network' that claims more than 16 million active users. The partnership will kick off on June 29 with online screenings of The Method (El Metodo), Marcelo Pineyro's award-winning 2005 Argentinian drama. Palm says ...
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Awards heat for Cotillard starts early with Hollywood Award nod
La Vie en Rose star Marion Cotillard is to receive the Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Breakthrough Actress of the Year Award at the festival's October 22 awards ceremony in Beverly Hills. Cotillard plays French chanteuse Edith Piaf in Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose, which was released theatrically in the ...
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Denzel Washington to receive Kubrick honour from BAFTA/LA
Denzel Washington is to receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles (BAFTA/LA).The two-time Oscar-winning actor will be presented with the honour at the 2007 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britianna Awards on November 1 at Los Angeles' Century Plaza Hotel.Washington ...
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Animation veteran Seibert launches feature outfit Frederator Films
Animation veteran Fred Seibert is launching Frederator Films, a new US company that plans to make 2D animated genre features with budgets below $20m. Among the company's first projects is a big screen version of Cartoon Network hit Samurai Jack. Seibert, a one-time president of Hanna-Barbera and creative director of ...
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Warner Bros Germany to distribute Breloer's Buddenbrooks
Warner Bros. Pictures Germany will distribute writer-director Heinrich Breloer's feature film debut Buddenbrooks - Ein Geschaeft Von Einiger Groesse which begins shooting from Aug 1. The adaptation of Thomas Mann's novel Buddenbrooks about the life and decline of a 19th-century mercantile family is being produced by Bavaria Film and Colonia ...
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Locarno picks 13 Middle Eastern projects for Open Doors lab
Locarno film festival organisers have selected 13 projects from 120 submission for this year's Open Doors co-production lab. The lab is focused on projects from the Near and Middle East. The selections include new films from directors Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (James' Journey to Jerusalem) and Tawfik Abu-Wael (Thirst).Open Doors runs Aug ...