All Screen articles in 13 January 2005 – Page 4

  • News

    Bangkok festival goes ahead with tsunami fundraising mandate

    2005-01-07T04:00:00Z

    Organisers atthe Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) said yesterday (Jan 6) thatthe event will go ahead as planned next week, with a new focus on raising moneyfor victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.In conjunction with the Tourism Authority of Thailand,organisers said they would siphon "significant" portions of festival revenuesto relief ...

  • News

    StudioCanal acquires rights to Wong's Lady

    2005-01-07T04:00:00Z

    France'sStudioCanal has acquired all rights outside the US and Asia on the next filmfrom director Wong Kar Wai, A Lady From Shanghai.StarringNicole Kidman, it is being produced by Birth and Ken Parkproducer Jean-Louis Piel. Althoughthe film will not be classified as a French co-production, StudioCanal willparticipate as a financial co-producer ...

  • News

    Morrissey takes the hot seat opposite Stone in Instinct 2

    2005-01-07T04:00:00Z

    Rising Britishstar David Morrissey (pictured) has been cast opposite Sharon Stone in the upcoming BasicInstinct 2: Risk Addiction.Michael Caton-Jones will direct the film which is due to start shooting forMario Kassar and Andy Vajna's C2 Pictures in London in March.Stone reprises her famous role from the 1992 original asthe mysterious ...

  • News

    Boll announces $107m production fund for new video game movies

    2005-01-07T04:00:00Z

    Frankfurt-based BOLL KG hasraised $107m with its production investment fund to finance feature films basedon video games, according to CEO and director Uwe Boll. The new money will bedirected toward the coproduction partnership Boll established withVancouver-based service production specialist Brightlight Pictures. The partners are working ona slate of projects that ...

  • News

    Grey officially named head of Paramount

    2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

    After days of open speculation, Brad Grey has been confirmed asthe new chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Motion Picture Groupand will start work in his new role on or before Mar 1.Grey's appointment follows an extensive job search put into placeafter the current incumbent Sherry Lansing announced last ...

  • News

    Ocean's Twelve eyes Korean haul

    2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Barely one week after Ocean's Twelve smashed through the $100m barrier the Warner Brosrelease seeks an assured follow-up when it opens in South Korea today (7). The caper sequel has amassed $113.9m and goes out in theAsian territory through Warner Bros Pictures International on an unspecifiednumber of screens. The 2001 ...

  • Reviews

    Deck Dogz

    2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Steve Pasvolsky.Aust. 2004. 88minsOscar-nominatedlive-action short director Steve Pasvolsky graduates to full-length featureswith Deck Dogz, a small-scale teen action drama that confidentlytranscends its narrow focus of three Australian adolescents on a skateboardingodyssey.Opening wide (150 screens)at home on Jan 6 during school holidays, it's unusual for an Australian movieto so aggressively ...

  • News

    Valladolid fest chief named head of Spanish film institute

    2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The director of the International Film Festival ofValladolid, Fernando Lara, has been confirmed to replace Manuel Perez Estremeraas head of Spain's national film institute ICAA. Lara is expected to step into his new post this week. He hasbeen in charge of the Valladolid festival for 21 editions, shaping it into ...

  • News

    UK box office hits record high in 2004

    2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The UK box office in 2004 was the highest on record,according to final figures compiled by Nielsen EDI.2004 finished 3.5% up with £838.7m compared to2003's £810.04m. This is ahead of 2002's previous recordgross of £812.2m Admissions totals for December have yet to be fullycalculated, though latest Carlton Screen Advertising (CSA) ...