All Screen articles in 13 February 2009 – Page 2
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Magnolia kicks up US rights to Ong Bak 2
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Thai martial arts action title Ong Bak 2 from Sahamongkolfilm International. Magnolia is planning a theatrical release for the film under its Magnet Releasing genre label. The company released the first Ong Bak film, also starring Tony Jaa, which grossed more than $4m ...
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ReviewsThe Inheritors (Los Herederos)
Dir: Eugenio Polgovsky. Mexico. 2009. 90mins.Eugenio Polgovsky’s remarkable documentary, made on a budget of just $35,000, is a day-by-day study of the lives of several groups of child labourers in rural Mexico. Filmed in the sort of up-close detail that only one-man productions shot over long ...
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Bernard Rose's Kreutzer Sonata picked up by IFC Films for US
IFC Films has picked up US rights to Bernard Rose's The Kreutzer Sonata and will release it this year on its Festival Direct movies-on-demand label. The film, which stars Danny Huston, Elisabeth Rohm and (in a cameo) Anjelica Huston in a dissection of modern marriage based on the Tolstoy novella, ...
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Zhao Wei to star in Mulan for Beijing-based Starlight
Beijing-based Starlight International has announced that it will produce and invest in a live-action version of Chinese classic folk story Mulan, set to star Chinese actress Vicky Zhao Wei (Red Cliff). Jingle Ma will direct the film which is scheduled to start shooting in mid-February. The budget of the film ...
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Sponge teams with CJ CGV to release indie titles
Korean importer/producer Sponge Entertainment has announced a deal with leading exhibitor CJ CGV to screen a slate of Sponge's upcoming local independent films. The films will be screened under the CGV Movie Collage label, an arthouse/independent cinema brand at CGV multiplexes. Sponge Entertainment, best known for importing and distributing arthouse ...
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NewsSteven Spielberg's Boom Blox gets video game BAFTA nomination
Boom Blox, a game developed by US based EA Casual Games in collaboration with director StevenSpielberg, has been nominated for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards.
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Singh moves from Sony India to PVR Pictures
Uday Singh, executive vice president of production at Sony Pictures India, has left his post after 12 years with the studio to take up theposition of CEO at PVR Pictures. Before taking over production, Singh headed up distribution at Sony Pictures India. In his new role, he will oversee both ...
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Icon to re-release Man On Wire
Icon Films will be re-releasing James Marsh's Man on Wire, following its win at the 2009 BAFTA Awards for Outstanding British Film. The film is nominated for best documentary at this year's Academy Awards which take place on February 22. Man on Wire first opened theatrically in the UK inAugust ...
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UK film tax credit under scrutiny
The House of Lords communications committee launched an inquiry into the contribution of the UK film and television industries to the British economy yesterday. The Committee will focus on how the contribution might be increased. The peers will also review the role of the UK Film Council and examine the ...