All Screen articles in 16 May 2008 – Page 3
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Iron Man strong, Caspian promising internationally
Iron Man has maintained its grip on the international marketplace for a third straight weekend, grossing an estimated $25.6m for an international total to date of $206m.The comic book-based blockbuster's nearest challenger was The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which started its international roll-out with a promising estimated $20.7m from ...
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Prince Caspian takes crown at North American box office
Buena Vista's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian dominated the North American box office over the weekend, though its estimated opening gross of $56.6m was short of most projections.Paramount's Iron Man and Fox's What Happens in Vegas held up well in their third and second weekends respectively, but Warner's Speed ...
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Poisson Rouge puts on the Ritz
Producer Christopher Granier-Deferre of London-based Poisson Rouge Pictures will work with Mrs Henderson Presents writing and producing team David and Kathy Rose to develop a feature based on the life of Cesar Ritz. Ritz was the flamboyant entrepreneur behind the success of the The Ritz Hotel.'He really changed the way ...
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HanWay sells Wenders' Palermo to UK's Axiom
Axiom Films, has bought all UK rights to Wim Wenders Cannes Competition title Palermo Shooting from HanWay Films.The film has also been pre-sold in France (Ocean), Germany (Senator) and Italy (BIM).The film has its Cannes debut on Saturday and HanWay will host a private buyers screening mid-week.Axiom already acquired a ...
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Ealing slate includes Oliver Parker, Amma Asante and new St Trinian's
Ealing Studios' new productions will include Oliver Parker's next Oscar Wilde adaptation Dorian Gray -- about the man who tries to escape aging -- and a Holocaust love story directed by Amma Asante.Ealing's head of studio Barnaby Thompson will produce Dorian Gray. Ben Barnes, who plays Prince Caspian in the ...
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BBC's slate includes Mighty Boosh film, Debbie Issit's Nativity
BBC Films has announced a full development slate following its recent restructuring. The production arm of the Beeb is following The Other Boleyn Girl and is at work now adapting the script for The Boleyn Inheritance - one of the sequels also written by Philippa Gregory.The book is told through ...
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The Warlords march into France, Germany
Hong Kong 's Media Asia Distribution has sold Peter Ho-sun Chan's The Warlords, starring Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro, to KSM in Germany and ARP in France. The big-budget historical epic was the top-grossing local film at the Chinese box office last year, grossing around $29m (RMB200m). ...
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Image Entertainment finds its Chosen One
Image Entertainment has taken on all US rights to The Chosen One starring Rob Schneider, one of the company's largest-ever acquisitions. The deal was signed here in Cannes by Image Entertainment UK managing director Wendy Rutland with Q Black Media. Image will release the film in early 2009 and ...
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Goa festival boosts prize money for Peacock awards
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), to be held in Goafrom Nov 22 to Dec 2, has quadrupled its prize money to $175,000.The government-run festival's top honour in its competition section,the Golden Peacock, will have a cash purse of $100,000, while twoSilver Peacocks will have a combined $75,000. ...
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Cinefile picks UK rights to Gardener
Scottish distribution company Cinefile have bought all UK rights to Jean Becker's Dialogue Avec Mon Jardinier (Conversations With My Gardener). The film opened in France in June 2007, recording admissions in excess of 1.2 million and earning a Best Actor Cesar nomination for Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Daniel Auteuil stars as a ...
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IFC Films takes Brisseau's latest A L'Aventure to US
IFC Films has pre-bought US rights to Jean-Claude Brisseau's drama A l'Aventure, which is expected to premiere at one of the major festivals this autumn.Brisseau wrote the story of a frustrated woman who explores hypnotism in search of the ultimate sexual satisfaction. Carole Brana, Arnaud Binard and Lise Bellynck star ...
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Voyage To The Pyranees (Le Voyage aux Pyrenees)
Dir/scr. Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu.France. 2008. 102 mins.A marital farce about misunderstandings, the great blue yonder and (apparently supernatural) gender-swapping, Journey To The Pyrenees is brisk, witty and often daft. This love letter to the film-makers’ native region is a gift for its two leads, Sabine Azema and Jean-Pierre Darroussin, ...
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Friedenson confirmed as svp of international marketing at Vantage
Shyama Friedenson has been confirmed as senior vice president of international marketing at Paramount Vantage.Friedenson will report directly to studio president Nick Meyer, with whom she previously worked as head of international marketing at Lionsgate.She will oversee the growth of the international division with senior vice president of international sales ...
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Citigroup's CEC launches financial advisory services division
New York, Los Angeles and Paris-based Citigroup merchant banking affiliate Continental Entertainment Capital (CEC) will begin offering financial advisory services to North American and European clients.CEC CEO Benjamin Waisbren will personally advise clients and lead a team of experienced investment banking professionals located in North America and Europe. CEC already ...
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Supermodel Julia Ordon to star in Seven Arts' thriller Catwalk
US financing, production and sales company Seven Arts Pictures has signed international supermodel Julie Ordon to star in its horror film Catwalk.Ordon will be in Cannes to support the project, which is in pre-production, and will play an upstart model who enters the business at a time when a serial ...
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Transformer picks up Japanese rights to The Adventures Of Power
Morris Ruskin's Shoreline Entertainment has sold Sundance title The Adventures Of Power to Transformer in Japan.Ari Gold directs and stars as a small town dreamer who aspires to become the world's greatest air drummer. Entourage's Adrian Grenier also stars alongside Michael McKean and Jane Lynch.Shoreline's Brian Sweet brokered the deal ...
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Focus takes on international rights to Amenabar's Agora
Focus Features International (FFI) has picked up international rights excluding Spain to Alejandro Amenabar's English-language historical saga Agora starring Rachel Weisz.Agora takes place in fourth century Egypt as the legendary female astronomer and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria fights to preserve the Library of Alexandria's collection from civil unrest caused by ...
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ReviewsJe Veux Voir (I Want To See)
Dirs: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige. Lebanon-France. 2008. 75mins.
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Blind Loves (Slepe Lasky)
Dir: Juraj Lehotsky.Slovakia. 2008. 76mins.A film its actors will never see, Blind Loves traces four blind people in theSlovakRepublicand investigates, in a seamless meld of documentary and fiction, how they experience love. Touching and original, this first full-length outing from documentary and music-video director Juraj Lehotsky ...