All Screen articles in 14 November 2003 – Page 6
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Lux sales outfit launches with Mother Teresa
Italian production outfit Lux Vide, which is now part-owned by international producer and financier Tarak Ben Ammar, has established a new international sales label to handle world-wide distribution on its first major feature film, Mother Teresa.The $11m English-language film, which is due to be released theatrically next spring, is directed ...
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KMI sells Instant Karma
Kathy Morgan International (KMI) is handling international sales on the $70m live-action-CGI black comedy Instant Karma, which stars Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Pierce Brosnan.New Line is in talks to take domestic rights on the film by first-time writer-director Paul Hernandez , which is due to go into production in ...
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KMI sells Instant Karma
Kathy Morgan International (KMI) is handling international sales on the $70m live-action-CGI black comedy Instant Karma, which stars Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Pierce Brosnan.New Line is in talks to take domestic rights on the film by first-time writer-director Paul Hernandez , which is due to go into production in ...
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Mikado swoops on high-profile pair
Italian arthouse distributor-producer Mikado has acquired local distribution rights to two critically acclaimed films: Kim Ki-duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter'And Spring and Peter Webber's acclaimed Girl With A Pearl Earring.Spring, Summer was sold by Cineclick Asia and Bavaria Films, while Girl was sold by Pathe International UK.Meanwhile, Mikado is currently ...
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Jobson's Purifiers heads to Park
Park Entertainment has taken on The Purifiers, a martial arts genre flick that is the second film by hot director Richard Jobson.The Scottish critic-turned-novelist and, most recently, film-maker Richard Jobson was the toast of London on Tuesday night (Nov 4) when his debut feature 16 Years Of Alcohol was feted ...
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Lau, Wong quartet to rise at Fortune Star
Hong Kong-based Fortune Star Entertainment makes its Mifed debut this year with a slate headed by two new pictures by Infernal Affairs co-director Andrew Lau.The micro-studio, which is attached to News Corp's Star TV division, has also sealed a two-picture production and sales deal with US-based director Kirk Wong and ...
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Lau, Wong quartet to rise at Fortune Star
Hong Kong-based Fortune Star Entertainment makes its Mifed debut this year with a slate headed by two new pictures by Infernal Affairs co-director Andrew Lau.The micro-studio, which is attached to News Corp's Star TV division, has also sealed a two-picture production and sales deal with US-based director Kirk Wong and ...
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Fortissimo to sell Love worldwide
Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world rights outside North America to PS I Love You, the second film by Dylan Kidd, director of the award winning Roger Dodger.The film is a romantic comedy with an all-star cast headed by Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden, Gabriel Byrne, Topher Grace, Paul ...
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Fortissimo to sell Love worldwide
Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world rights outside North America to PS I Love You, the second film by Dylan Kidd, director of the award winning Roger Dodger.The film is a romantic comedy with an all-star cast headed by Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden, Gabriel Byrne, Topher Grace, Paul ...
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First Look takes Stateside worldwide
First Look Media has acquired worldwide rights to Reverge Anselmo's $16m romance Stateside, which features a star-studded cast including Rachel Leigh-Cook, Jonathan Tucker and Val Kilmer.Meanwhile, First Look Media's worldwide licensing division, Overseas Filmgroup, has named industry veteran Amy Beecroft as its director of international distribution. She will handle international ...
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Toho-Towa, Strike get Dawn together
Marc Abraham and Tom Bliss' new production outfit Strike Entertainment has struck a multi-year distribution deal with Toho-Towa in Japan kicking off with Strike's first production Dawn Of The Dead. Strike sealed a four-year, first-look deal with Universal Pictures in May 2002 for distribution in the US and numerous other ...
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Toho-Towa, Strike get Dawn together
Marc Abraham and Tom Bliss' new production outfit Strike Entertainment has struck a multi-year distribution deal with Toho-Towa in Japan kicking off with Strike's first production Dawn Of The Dead. Strike sealed a four-year, first-look deal with Universal Pictures in May 2002 for distribution in the US and numerous other ...
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De Palma signs on for Signature's Dahlia
Brian De Palma has signed on to direct The Black Dahlia, the film of the James Ellroy classic noir novel which is being sold here by new sales company Signature Pictures International. Josh Hartnett is in negotiations to star in the film which is being produced by Art Linson, who ...
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De Palma signs on for Signature's Dahlia
Brian De Palma has signed on to direct The Black Dahlia, the film of the James Ellroy classic noir novel which is being sold here by new sales company Signature Pictures International. Josh Hartnett is in negotiations to star in the film which is being produced by Art Linson, who ...
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Turin's new chiefs first festival line-up
The Turin Film Festival (Nov 13-21), Italy's second most prominent film event, has unveiled its 21st line-up, which includes Italian-French actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's debut feature, It's Easier For A Camel and David Gordon Green's All The Real Girls.Dedicated to emerging and cutting-edge international filmmakers, it will be the first ...
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Whore does good business
Spain's Dolores Pictures is fast ramping up sales on its hot Daryl Hannah-starring picture, Whore (Yo Puta).Directed by Luna (sic) and produced by Dolores Pictures's Jose' Magan, the Euros 5m English-language picture has been sold to Germany (Tiberius), France (97 Distribution), Italy (DNC), Hong Kong (Intercontinental), Scandinavia, Central and Latin ...
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Weitz brothers comedy comes into Focus
Focus Features has picked up international rights to the new, as yet untitled, comedy from Chris and Paul Weitz, the film-making duo behind About A Boy and American Pie. Focus picked up the rights from parent company Universal Pictures which is distributing in North America.Dennis Quaid stars in the film ...
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Weitz brothers comedy comes into Focus
Focus Features has picked up international rights to the new, as yet untitled, comedy from Chris and Paul Weitz, the film-making duo behind About A Boy and American Pie. Focus picked up the rights from parent company Universal Pictures which is distributing in North America.Dennis Quaid stars in the film ...
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Renaissance has Big Plans
The UK's Renaissance Films has added its first ever foreign-language picture to its slate and from this week is pitching an Australian romantic drama starring Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush.The company's first non-English picture is Big Plans, a Danish comedy by Jesper Nielsen, director of hit Okay. It is the ...
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Renaissance has Big Plans
The UK's Renaissance Films has added its first ever foreign-language picture to its slate and from this week is pitching an Australian romantic drama starring Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush.The company's first non-English picture is Big Plans, a Danish comedy by Jesper Nielsen, director of hit Okay. It is the ...