All Screen articles in 19 May 2003 – Page 10
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Love Hurts (Amarte Duele)
Dir: Fernando Sarinana. Mexico. 2002. 110mins.Having proved his box-office mettle in his native Mexico, producer-turned director Fernando Sarinana has been building an international profile with such offerings as Hasta Morir (Til Death, 1994), Todo El Poder (Give Me Power, 1999) and his pitch-black fresco of Mexico City grotesques, Ciudades Oscuras ...
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Poirier, Rashid boost Alliance Atlantis slate
Alliance Atlantis has acquired international rights to two new films - That Touch Of Pink, which is the feature directorial debut of Ian Iqbal Rashid, and Chemins de Traverse which is the latest from acclaimed French director Manuel Poirier (Western).Both films were picked up by Charlotte Mickie, Alliance Atlantis' international ...
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Poirier, Rashid boost Alliance Atlantis slate
Alliance Atlantis has acquired international rights to two new films - That Touch Of Pink, which is the feature directorial debut of Ian Iqbal Rashid, and Chemins de Traverse which is the latest from acclaimed French director Manuel Poirier (Western).Both films were picked up by Charlotte Mickie, Alliance Atlantis' international ...
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Shoreline launches Riptide horror division
Shoreline Entertainment CEO Morris Ruskin has teamed up with former advertising executive Steve Chicorel to form Riptide Entertainment, a new division of horror and action films for worldwide sales.The first two films from Riptide are based on the Judge Dredd comic book series about law enforcement in an apocalyptic future ...
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Young Hannibal Lecter joins Dino-sized slate
The grandfather of international sales Dino De Laurentiis arrives in Cannes next Tuesday (May 19) with seven major territories to sell on his $150m Alexander The Great epic as well as a brand new Hannibal Lecter project currently being plotted by Lecter's creator Thomas Harris.The Lecter Variation, which is being ...
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Young Hannibal Lecter joins Dino-sized slate
The grandfather of international sales Dino De Laurentiis arrives in Cannes next Tuesday (May 19) with seven major territories to sell on his $150m Alexander The Great epic as well as a brand new Hannibal Lecter project currently being plotted by Lecter's creator Thomas Harris.The Lecter Variation, which is being ...
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German-UK development venture formed
Germany's MagicWorx has formed a development joint venture with What's The Story, the production outfit of UK casting directors Ros and John Hubbard (Lord Of The Rings) to join forces on developing high-profile feature projects budgeted at between $2m-$20m, with the majority being between $5m-10m.This move comes after the two ...
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Muccino, Ozpetek lead Nastri D'Argento nominations
In what is shaping up to be a landmark year for Italian cinema, red hot local directors Gabriele Muccino and Ferzan Ozpetek have earned nine nominations each at the Nastri D'Argento, Italy's second highest film accolade. Hot on the heels of Muccino's ensemble bittersweet drama, Remember Me, and Ozpetek's Facing ...
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Senator closes Grudge sales
Senator International has closed a slew of deals leading into Cannes on The Grudge, the English-language remake of the hit Japanese film Ju-on. The film has been sold to Nippon Herald for Japan, Planeta for Spain, I Vision for South Korea and A Film for Benelux.Takashi Shimizu, who directed the ...
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Senator closes Grudge sales
Senator International has closed a slew of deals leading into Cannes on The Grudge, the English-language remake of the hit Japanese film Ju-on. The film has been sold to Nippon Herald for Japan, Planeta for Spain, I Vision for South Korea and A Film for Benelux.Takashi Shimizu, who directed the ...
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CJ shoots first fully financed film
After years as a co-investor or distributor, Korean major, CJ Entertainment has begun production on its first fully financed picture. Filming started this week on comedy The Greatest Expectation, by first time director Oh Sang-hoon. Production is handled through CJ's new production division, which is headed by Seok Dong-jun, senior ...
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Groundhog remake completes cast
Amores Perros star Goya Toledo has joined the cast of Il Giorno della Civetta, the Italian-Spanish remake of Groundhog Day, which starts shooting in the Canary Islands on Wednesday. Toledo will feature alongside popular local comedian Antonio Albanese, who will star in the lead role played by Bill Murray ...
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Hong Kong sellers journey to Cannes
Media Asia has chosen to stay at home but several other Hong Kong sellers and buyers have made the trip to Cannes as the SARS crisis in the territory appears to be diminishing. Among the Hong Kong sellers who can be found either on the Croisette or in the Riviera ...
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Greenaway's Suitcases open for business
Peter Greenaway's opus The Tulse Luper Suitcases, has secured a clutch of key sales ahead of the world premiere on the last day of competition (Sat 24) of the first instalment: The Moab Story. Handled by Fortissimo Film Sales, the picture has been sold to Triangel Films for Scandinavia, Atalanta ...
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Vapor rises with Bullock, Fiennes
Buyers are abuzz at the casting attachments of Sandra Bullock and Ralph Fiennes to Renaissance Films' romantic fable Vapor which has been written and will be directed by Neil LaBute. Set to start production in the second half of the year, the film is the story of a struggling actress ...
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Vapor rises with Bullock, Feinnes
Buyers are abuzz at the casting attachments of Sandra Bullock and Ralph Fiennes to Renaissance Films' romantic fable Vapor which has been written and will be directed by Neil LaBute. Set to start production in the second half of the year, the film is the story of a struggling actress ...
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New Benelux buyer grabs Shara
Newly formed Dutch distributor Bright Angel Distribution has inked its first acquisition. It has bought all-Benelux rights to Cannes competition film Shara (Sharasoyju), which screens on the last Saturday of the festival. The deal was struck through French sales house Flach Pyramide International.The film, directed by Japanese director Kawase Naomi, ...
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Sundance in Bed with Lions Gate comedy
Lions Gate Films International has sold US rights to Spanish comedy The Other Side Of The Bed to The Sundance Channel for theatrical release as part of its Sundance Film Series. The film, which marks the first ever US deal for Lions Gate International outside its domestic sister operation, rounds ...
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Kinowelt back in distribution business
The reincarnated Kinowelt will be back in business as a theatrical distributor from July 1 under the management of Michael Koelmel and Bertil le Claire.Kinowelt's distribution activities will concentrate in future on 10-12 select titles each year and the distribution arm is set to begin in August with the animation ...
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Shochiku flies with Scorsese's Aviator
Japan's Shochiku has stepped in as the first distributor to buy Martin Scorsese's The Aviator from Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group (IEG). IEG is producing as well as handling international sales on the film which is set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Barry Pepper. Nicole Kidman, who was attached to ...