All Screen articles in 12 May 2005 – Page 2
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Britney Spears adds heat to Celsius slate
A new Britney Spears project,the Janis Joplin biopic starring Pink and a $16m portmanteau picture featuringauteurs old and new headline an impressive debut slate for ThierryWase-Bailey's start-up sales outfit Celsius.Pregnant pop princess Spears is attached as producer on $55maction drama Trading Paint set in the rough and tumble world of ...
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Hooligans
Dir. Lexi Alexander.US-UK. 2005. 108mins.An exciting, if superficial, exploration of footballviolence in the UK, this tight little drama is a showcase for an exceptionalpair of young British actors and German-born debut feature director LexiAlexander. Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood, clearly eager to breakout of hobbit mode, acquits himself ...
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Goldwyn, Lecker promoted at Samuel Goldwyn Films
Peter Goldwyn has been promoted to vice president of acquisitions andTamara Lecker to director of acquisitions and development at Samuel GoldwynFilms.Goldwyn will continue to pursue projects from the company's Los Angeles officeand will work closely with president Meyer Gottlieb in negotiating pre-buys andbringing completed projects to the company.Lecker will continue ...
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Curse holds key to second Wallace & Gromit film
Wallace& Gromit could soon be the subject of a second full-length feature filmfrom Nick Park, assuming the first, The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, is a big box office hit forDreamWorks when it is released in North America on Oct 7.Ifgreenlit, the Wallace & Gromit sequel might even be squeezed into ...
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International quiet before Star Wars storm
Major territory releases for US films are few and farbetween this weekend as the marketplace waits for Star Wars: Episode III tomake its global entrance next week.Fox International's Kingdom of Heaven, currently theinternational box office leader after its launch in 99 territories lastweekend, opens in Japan, its only remaining major ...
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Bauer Martinez moves into US distribution
Philippe Martinez' BauerMartinez Studios has launched a US distribution venture with a high profileslate that boasts the $40m John McTiernan actioner Riders Of The Storm, £30m thriller The Flock from Andy Lau, as well as Bauer Martinez'co-production Modigliani andfirst acquisition The Groomsmenfrom Ed Burn's Black and Tan Productions.Backed by an ...
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Warner Bros to take North America on August Rush
Warner Bros is set to take NorthAmerican distribution rights on August Rush and come on board as a producingpartner.The move was announced inCannes yesterday by production company Southpaw Entertainment, Warner Bros andsales outfit Odyssey Entertainment.Freddie Highmore (FindingNeverland, Charlie AndThe Chocolate Factory) is to star asthe eponymous August Rush, an orphan ...
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Loggerheads, Summer Storm bookend NewFest 2005
New York premieres of Tim Kirkman's drama Loggerheads and MarcoKreuzpaintner's Summer Storm bookend the 17th Annual NewFest, thegay, lesbian and transgender event which runs from Jun 2-12.Loggerheads premiered at Sundance earlier this year and stars Kip Pardue, BonnieHunt and Michael Learned in the story of a drifter whose arrival in ...
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Real Madrid scores with Sogepaq
Spain'sSogepaq has picked up worldwide rights including Spain to a surprise new filmabout - and starring - the Real Madrid football club called Real, The Movie.Mixing factwith fiction and action from real-life players David Beckham, Zinidine Zidane,Ronaldo and Raul, Real shot across five countries and is aco-production with the mega-club's ...
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Valley to hit LA heights
The North American premiere of David Jacobson's Un Certain Regard entry DownIn The Valley will open the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival, which runs from Jun16-26.George Clooney will receive the inaugural Spirit of Independence Awardon June 25 and will take part in an on-stage interview with critic andcommentator Elvis Mitchell ...
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Queens join Golden parade
Hong Kong-based sales agent GoldenNetwork Asia has added Thai director Nonzee Nimibutr's big-budget actionadventure The Queens Of Pattani to a busy Cannes slate. Produced by Nimibutr's Cinemasia with backing from Thai studioSahamongkol, the ambitious two-part feature is scheduled to start shooting nextJanuary for delivery by the end of 2006. Loosely ...
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Queens join Golden parade
Hong Kong-based sales agent GoldenNetwork Asia has added Thai director Nonzee Nimibutr's big-budget actionadventure The Queens Of Pattani to a busy Cannes slate. Produced by Nimibutr's Cinemasia with backing from Thai studioSahamongkol, the ambitious two-part feature is scheduled to start shooting nextJanuary for delivery by the end of 2006. Loosely ...
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X goes for Zucker punch
X World Sales has landeddistribution deals for North America and Central and Eastern Europe for DaniLevy's Go For Zucker! - An Unorthodox Comedy (Alles Auf Zucker!) which received 10German Film Award nominations this week.Speaking to ScreenDaily.com, X-Filme creativepool's head of business and legal affairs Andro Steinborn said that First RunFeatures ...
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Fortissimo scores pre-Cannes sales on high profile pair
Fortissimo Films has secureda slew of sales on two titles - The Night Listener starring Robin Williams and Berlin Golden Bear winnerU-Carmen eKhayelitsha - in therun-up to the Cannes market. The Night Listener, the recently-wrapped adaptation of ArmisteadMaupin's bestselling novel, has been sold to Australia and New Zealand (VillageRoadshow), Benelux ...
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Strand shells out on turtle drama
NewYork-based Strand Releasing has acquired US rights for Tim Kirkman's Loggerheads from Andrew Herwitz's Film SalesCompany.Strandco-presidents Jon Gerrans and Marcus Hu are now planning a November release for the familydrama which premiered in official selection atSundance earlier this year.Herwitz has also sold Israeli rights toShani Films and expects to ...
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Frears set for The Queen and Di
In a move likely to ruffleestablishment feathers in the UK, Stephen Frears is going ahead with TheQueen, his long-gestating featureabout the death of Princess Diana, "the people's princess." Co-financed by Pathe Pictures and Granada Screen, The Queen is scheduled to shoot in September. It is likely toair first on TV ...
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Hyde Park, Odd Lot team for multi-picture deal
Hyde Park Entertainment and Odd Lot Entertainment have struck a deal toco-produce and co-finance a raft of features over the next 12 to 18 months,starting with the erotic thriller Trap For Cinderella to be directed byIain Softley. Hyde ParkInternational, the new sales division headed up by Lisa Wilson, will handlesales ...
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Chiesa sells Invisible Children to Japan, Germany
Rome-based sales agentAdriana Chiesa Enterprises (ACE) has sold rights for international project AllThe Invisible Children to Gaga forJapan, Telemunchen (Germany) and PCV (Greece).The seven-director projectfor UNICEF/World Food Programme boasts Jury president Emir Kusturica and memberJohn Woo among its contributors. Spike Lee became the lastdirector to join the project when he ...
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Lemming jump starts Cannes festival
The 58th CannesFilm Festival gets underway today with the opening ceremony and competitionscreening of Dominik Moll's Lemmingat 19.30.Festival delegates have beenpouring into Cannes over the past two days in preparation forthe start of the festival.According to official Cannes figures, 8281 delegates from 79 countries have registered for the Cannes market, ...
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Street racers on track for Cannes
Bill Johnson and JimSeibel's Los Angeles-based sales and distribution house Inferno Distributionwill be revving up interest at Cannes on Joey Curtis' street racing drama 4NOZA, which played in official selection at Berlinearlier this year.Inferno has acquired allinternational rights to the picture, which won the best cinematography award atSundance 2003 and ...