All Screen articles in 19 May 2003 – Page 3
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Menemsha flies to Argentinian Moon
Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has boarded Avellaneda's Moon, the next film from Son Of The Bride team of Juan Jose Campanella and star Ricardo Darin. Menemsha is pre-selling the Argentinian film in Cannes, the first time that it has done so, based on the film-maker's pedigree.Son Of The Bride has ...
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Menemsha flies to Argentinian Moon
Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has boarded Avellaneda's Moon, the next film from Son Of The Bride team of Juan Jose Campanella and star Ricardo Darin. Menemsha is pre-selling the Argentinian film in Cannes, the first time that it has done so, based on the film-maker's pedigree.Son Of The Bride has ...
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Summit severs Artisan ties
Summit Entertainment has reclaimed the 5% stake it sold to Artisan Entertainment in 1998 as part of the two companies' initial international distribution agreement. The companies last month renewed their five year agreement from 2003 to 2005 kicking off with Marvel Studios' actioner The Punisher starring Thomas Jane and John ...
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Wild Bunch cleans up with new Assayas
Separation from StudioCanal has not dented the ability of Wild Bunch to pack a punch on the Croisette: not only does Vincent Maraval's French sales house boast a trio of films in competition, it also part-financing Olivier Assayas' reunion with his ex-wife Maggie Chung. Assayas, who last year had Demonlover ...
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Fandango finds Australian Tom, picks up Kusturica
Dynamic Italian producer Domenico Procacci, whose Fandango outfit produced Critics Week closing film B&B and The Cormoran, is continuing to ramp up his international production and distribution labels. Procacci has boarded upcoming Australian picture Missing Tom, through the Australian company he runs with directors Rolf de Heer and Richard Lowenstein.At ...
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Fandango finds Australian Tom, picks up Kusturica
Dynamic Italian producer Domenico Procacci, whose Fandango outfit produced Critics Week closing film B&B and The Cormoran, is continuing to ramp up his international production and distribution labels. Procacci has boarded upcoming Australian picture Missing Tom, through the Australian company he runs with directors Rolf de Heer and Richard Lowenstein.At ...
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Fandango finds Australian Tom, picks up Kusturica
Dynamic Italian producer Domenico Procacci, whose Fandango outfit produced Critics Week closing film B&B and The Cormoran, is continuing to ramp up his international production and distribution labels. Procacci has boarded upcoming Australian picture Missing Tom, through the Australian company he runs with directors Rolf de Heer and Richard Lowenstein.At ...
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Bim backs Resnais musical
Bim, Valerio De Paolis's Rome distribution outfit, has added Alain Resnais's upcoming musical Pas Sur La Bouche to its impressive international production slate, and has also decided to start producing Italian pictures for the first time.Pas Sur La Bouche is Resnais's first directorial effort in five years. The farcical love ...
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Bim backs Resnais musical
Bim, Valerio De Paolis's Rome distribution outfit, has added Alain Resnais's upcoming musical Pas Sur La Bouche to its impressive international production slate, and has also decided to start producing Italian pictures for the first time.Pas Sur La Bouche is Resnais's first directorial effort in five years. The farcical love ...
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Grupo Novo boast hot Brazilian slate
Quinzaine entry Filme De Amor tops the slate of leading Brazilian sales company Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV which comes to Cannes with some of its strongest titles to date. "I think we'll see happy times for Brazilian cinema at the Cannes Marche this year. We'll be taking ...
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Grupo Novo boast hot Brazilian slate
Quinzaine entry Filme De Amor tops the slate of leading Brazilian sales company Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV which comes to Cannes with some of its strongest titles to date. "I think we'll see happy times for Brazilian cinema at the Cannes Marche this year. We'll be taking ...