All Screen articles in 19 December 2005 – Page 3
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Becker Films sells Control to four territories
Becker Films International(BFI) has signed off on four deals for Control,the upcoming biopic about Joy Division front man Ian Curtis. Paradiso has thefilm in Benelux, La Fabrique de Film in France, Momentum Pictures in the UK and sister companyDendy in Australia and New Zealand."It seems to have struck achord with ...
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Celluloid Dreams picks up Royston Tan's 4:30
French sales outfit CelluloidDreams has acquired worldwide rights excluding Japan and Singapore to 4:30, the latest film from young Singapore writer/director Royston Tan whose credits include 15.The film is a quiet andintrospective drama about urban loneliness with only two main characters, aChinese boy and his Korean tenant. "We view 4:30 ...
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Waddington to direct $40m Cortes epic Conquistador
Gianni Nunnari's LosAngeles-based Hollywood Gang Productions is ramping up on the 16th centurySpanish-language epic Conquistador,set to begin shooting in Brazil and other parts of South America in September2006.Brazil's Andrucha Waddington(Me You Them, House Of Sand) willdirect the project from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan translated by historianand writer Carlos Bardem.Relativity ...
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Peter La Terriere to produce Quiver
Ex-Trainspotting hardman and former Bond villain RobertCarlyle is to star as Cupid in a new romantic comedy, Quiver, being set up by London-based First Foot Films. Frenchactress Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach) will play the woman whobreaks his heart. Also in the cast is James McAvoy.Scripted by Liam Gavin, Quiver is ...
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Sogepaq sells Goya-nominated Virgins to US
Spain's Sogepaq has sold allrights for the US to Picture This! Entertainment on Alberto Rodriguez's coming-of-age drama 7Virgins (7 Virgenes).The announcement comes onthe same day the film turned heads with six nominations for the Spanish FilmAcademy's Goya Awards including in the best film, director and original scriptcategories.7 Virgins, a Tesela ...
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New Spanish studio secures its first international production
Additional reporting by Nancy Tartaglione-VialatteThe third installment in France'shugely popular Asterix series will shoot at Spain'snew City of Light studio complexnext year, marking the studio's first major international production.The budget of around $95.6m (80m Euros)Asterix At The Olympic Games (AsterixAux Jeux Olympiques) isexpected to begin shooting next May or June ...
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Gerardmer elects Hideo Nakata as President
TheGerardmer Fantastic Film Festival (January 25-29 2006) has named director Hideo Nakata as president of the main jury for its13th edition. TheJapanese thrill master has previously been to Gerardmerwith Ring in 2000 and Dark Water in 2003 which took both thecritics and grand prizes that year.Frenchwriter, director and actor Sam ...
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Obaba and Princesas dominate the Goyas
Montxo Armendariz's Obaba andFernando Leon's Princesses are thefrontrunners in the nominations for the 20th anniversary edition of Spain's Oscar-equivalent Goya Awards, which willtake place January 29.Obaba, aBasque Country-set adaptation of an award-winning novel, earned 10 nominationsincluding in the best film and director categories. The movie is Spain's nomination to the ...
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LSL Productions embarks on Harry Nilsson doc
Los Angeles-based LSL Productions has commenced production on thedocumentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him') about the late singer-songwriter.LSL is independently financing the project, which will get itsworld premiere at the 2006 Santa Barbara Film Festival.Nilsson, a multi-Grammy winner who The Beatles famously describedas their ...
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Kong opening day strong, but not record-breaking
King Kong fell short of delivering the gargantuandomestic opening day results Universal executives had been hoping for onWednesday as the picture generated approximately $9.8m from 3,568 theatres.Studiospokespeople quickly shifted their focus to the weekend, predicting mightygrosses on the back of strong word-of-mouth."We knew weweren't launching a sequel and it's at ...
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Damon teams with Ramco, Mosfilm for War And Peace miniseries
Mark Damon'sForesight Unlimited has teamed up with Russia's Ramco Films and Mosfilm Studioson War And Peace, aneight-hour mini-series budgeted in the $60m-$70m range. Ron Hutchinsonwill write the epic and discussions are underway with directors. Damon, SergeKonov, Leonid Minkovski and Alexander Shishkin will produce and Foresight willhandle worldwide sales. Production isset ...
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Exhibitors call for clarification on Chinese cinema ownership
Exhibitors speaking at aCineAsia panel on Wednesday said they're urgently seeking clarification on China's regulations concerning foreign investment in thecinema industry. In a session entitled "ChinaExhibition: Applying the Global Experience to the China Market", Warner BrosInternational Cinemas (WBIC) and South Korea's CJ CGV spoke of the challengesthey face in the ...
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Egypt's bid to try and entice foreign production
In a bid to compete with Moroccofor foreign productions coming to North Africa and the Middle East, Egyptian filmindustry officials are expected to recommend a single government entity to handlelocation shoot permissions, replacing the Byzantine system of multipleauthorities that exists now. Film industry veterans led by producer Khaled Alkhamissi are ...
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Bergman promoted to president of Walt Disney Studios
Alan Bergman has been promoted to president of The Walt DisneyStudios.Bergman will continue to report to studio chairman Dick Cook andoversees strategy and operations for all the company's business units,including Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, Buena Vista Pictures Distributionand Buena Vista Pictures Marketing."Alan is the quintessential strategist whether he's exploringnew ...
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TPS and Canal Plus back at the negotiating table
FollowingSunday's announcement of merger negotiations between rival satellite platformsTPS and Canal Plus, France's writers, directors, producersassociation (ARP) has called for careful reflection by the government beforeallowing such a marriage.In a pressrelease, ARP stressed the importance of meeting with government officials inorder to "reinforce the conditions of maintenance and development ofindependent ...
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Atmo and Zentropa to partner on animation film
Swedishproduction outfit Atmo and Lars Von Trier's Zentropa are partneringon an unusual new cartoon venture - an adult-themed, English-language animatedsatire which promises to lay bare the political tensions at the heart of modernEurope.Metro, asthe animated feature is called, is written and directed by TarikSaleh (whose Guantanamo Bay documentary Gitmo received ...
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Rangel joins Warner Bros as Latin American anti-piracy executive
Lucia Rangel has joined Warner Bros as vice president ofanti-piracy operations for Latin America.The Brazilian-born executive will oversee all of the studio'santi-piracy operations in the region, working closely with Warner BrosEntertainment's anti-piracy regional teams and business units.Rangel joins Warner Bros from the Motion Picture Association,where she served as vice president ...
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Academy rejects Dutch Oscar entry
Dutch Oscar candidate, Bluebirdhas been rejected for this season's Academy Awards. The film was first made fortelevision and therefore does not qualify. Bluebirddid get its theatrical release, but only after its premiere on television. Producer Egmond Film tried topersuade the Academy to accept Bluebirdbut to no avail. The Netherlandswill now ...
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Obaba and Princesas dominate the 20th Goya Awards
Montxo Armendariz's Obaba and Fernando Leon's Princesses are the frontrunners in the nominations for the 20th anniversary edition of Spain's Oscar-equivalent Goya Awards, which will take place January 29.Obaba, a Basque Country-set adaptation of an award-winning novel, earned 10 nominations including in the best film and director categories. The movie ...
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Kong kicks off global reign today in over 10,000 theatres
Universal's much-anticipated King Kong opens in North America today [Wednesday]on more than 7,500 screens in 3,568 theatres.The scope of the holiday tentpole opening matches the scale ofPeter Jackson's picture, which clocks in at just over three hours.This is Universal's second biggest domestic release of all timebehind Hulk, whichlaunched in more ...