All Screen articles in 19 December 2004 – Page 2
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NORDIC REGION Production listings - December 17
DENMARK - December 17IN PRE-PRODUCTIONDE 3 DUSKETERER(Wise Guy Productions Inc) Co-prod:SCanbox Entertainment. Budget: DKK 7.5m. Dist: SCanbox Entertaiment (Den).Youth comedy. Exec prods: Jorgen Kristiansen, Mads Peter Ole Olsen. Prod(s):Thomas Stegler, Marcella Lindstad. Dir: Martin Schmidt. Scr: Dennis Jurgensen.Shooting from May 15 until July 7, 2005.Contact: Marcella Lindstad, Wise Guy Productions, ...
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ROMANIA 17 December
Despite a much laterrelease than in most international territories, Shark Tale proved anearly Christmas success in Romania when it opened with 12,500 admissions lastweek on just five prints.Shark Tale opened a line of animation releases at theRomanian cinemas and will be followed by Pinocchio 3000 on December 17and Polar Express ...
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Refn's Pusher II dominates Danish Oscar nods
Nicolas Winding Refn's drama PusherII (With Blood on my Hands - Pusher II) bagged the most nominations forthe Danish Film Academy's ROBERT awards with 12 nods including best film,director, script and actor Mads Mikkelsen.However, Pusher II, which doesn't open locally until Dec 25, faces competition from other films including PaprikaSteen's ...
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Toronto critics vote for Sideways
AlexanderPayne's Sideways addedToronto to its growing quiver of awards season kudos. The Toronto Film CriticsAssociation named Payne's bittersweet comedy Best Picture of 2004 andperformers Paul Giamatti and Virginia Madsen Best Actor and Best SupportingActress.The othermultiple award winners were Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, with Michel Gondry named Best Directorand ...
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Ghobadi to consult on the rebuilding of cinema in Iraq
Bahman Ghobadi's Iranianforeign language Academy Award entry Turtles Can Fly yesterday (15) became the first picture to open inan Iraqi theatre since the end of the war.Ghobadi was due to attendthe screening at the Crystal Theatre in Arbil City and has also been invited bythe interim Iraqi government to conduct ...
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Harper promoted to vice chairman at Fox
Robert Harperhas been promoted to vice chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE), where hewill assume new global strategic, creative and managerial responsibilities withparticular focus on interdivisional synergy.Harper joinedthe Fox marketing department in 1985, rising to president four years later. Hewent on to become an independent producer based on the lot ...
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TLA picks up domestic rights to gay festival hit Dorian Blues
TLA Releasinghas picked up US theatrical and home entertainment rights to TennysonBardwell's award-winning gay coming-of-age tale Dorian Blues.TLA partner and director of acquisitions Richard A Wolffnegotiated the deal with attorney Steven C Beer on behalf of Day Dreamer Films.The distributorplans a September 2005 release for Dorian Blues, which stars Michael ...
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Global appetite wanes for French film
Some 330 French films werereleased in at least one territory around the world in the first eleven monthsof 2004, according to French film export body Unifrance. The films achieved 33 million admissionsaround the world, down 11% on the same period in 2003.Several factors explain thedownturn, including the fact that local ...
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Focus acquires Alzheimer Case remake rights
Belgium's foreign-languageOscar contender The Alzheimer Case (De Zak Alzheimer) has beenbought for English-language remake by Focus Features of the US.The Flemish-language thriller,directed and co-written by Erik Van Looy, sees an assassin with a failingmemory become caught in a web of government intrigue. It was produced by HildeDe Laere and Erwin ...
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Mobius acquires script about games tournaments
Production andinternational sales house Mobius Entertainment has acquired the comedy project Rockit, which centres on the competitive worldof rock, paper, and scissors tournaments.The pitch wasbrought in by Mobius executive Amanda Blue, who will oversee the development ofthe project.Styled as being in the vein of Dodgeball, the picture exposes the burgeoning ...
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Italian admissions soar in 2004
Admissionsin Italy are up 8.5% to 98 million according to new figures from research bodyCinetel.The admissions relate to the period Dec 1 2003 and Nov 302004 and led to an Italian box office take of Euros 577m.Cinetel data only measures admissions and takings from 75% ofItalian screens, but is the ...
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Leading French producer Rene Cleitman dies
Leading French producer ReneCleitman, who founded the Hachette Premiere empire, died yesterday aged 64.Specialising in large-budgetand event pictures, Cleitman produced over 20 features including the five-timesOscar nominee Cyrano De Bergerac, Tenue De Soiree, The Horseman On The Roof,Tango, Monsieur Hire and Urga.He also became the inadvertentvillain of Lost In La ...
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Packer sells - and jointly buys - Hoyts
Australian media mogul Kerry Packer's private company Consolidated Press Holdings (CPH) is selling Hoyts, but the Australian and New Zealand cinema chain is staying in the family.Two publicly-listed companies, West Australian Newspapers Holdings and Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) - nearly 40% of which is owned by CPH - ...
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BBC should invest more in UK films, say MPs
The BBC should invest more inBritish film production and in showcasing UK films on its television channels,says an influential report drafted by Members of Parliament.The House of Commons CultureCommittee investigation into the BBC is published today as part of the processleading up to the corporation's Charter renewal at the end ...
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VIP backs three more Hollywood projects
Leading German private mediafund VIP Medienfonds is to invest in new features by Steven Zaillian, BruceBeresford and Paul McGuigan - in addition to its joint venture with RolandEmmerich.The VIP 3 and VIP 4 fundswill be partnering Columbia Pictures for Zaillian's $74m All The King's Menwhich is being produced by Mike ...
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INTERNATIONAL 16 December
The Incredibles currently seems unstoppable at the top of theinternational chart with its latest weekend gross nearly double that of thesecond placed title. Last weekend saw a number one debut in Germany gross $5.7m(Euro 4.3m) from 751,000 admissions adding to holdover territories and takingthe animated film passed $150m internationally.In German-speakingSwitzerland ...
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Once more with Passion
Christ will rise again inthe UK at Easter next year. UK distributor Icon Film Distribution has announcedthat Mel Gibson's 18-certificate blockbuster film, The Passion Of The Christ,will receive a theatrical re-release in the UK on March 25 (Good Friday), 2005.Exhibitor response to theidea will dictate the scope of the release ...
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Van Gogh's last film debuts on the Internet
0605, the last film of murdered Dutchfilmmaker Theo van Gogh, was released on the Internet on Sunday. The thriller,which reconstructs a fictional conspiracy around the murder of Dutch politicianPim Fortuyn, is the first European feature film to be legally broadcast theInternet before its theatrical release.0605, which refers to the date ...
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Sea Inside is top Goya contender
Alejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside dominated the nominations at Spains Goya Awards, the local Oscar equivalent, with 15 nods including best film and director.No other title came close to as many nods as Sea, which last weekend picked up best director and actor prizes at the European Film Awards in ...
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POW! teams up with films and other products with CIA
Stan Lee andGill Champion's Los Angeles-based POW! Entertainment will co-produce andco-develop an animated series of titles and products with Celebrities In Action(CIA).The projectincludes direct-to-DVD titles, features, video games, clothing, publishing andother consumer products."After havinginvented countless fictional characters over the years, what a kick it is to betackling a project as ...