All Screen articles in 19 May 2003 – Page 7
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UA pulled in by Green's Undertow
United Artists has acquired rights in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and South Africa to David Gordon Green's next film The Undertow which is being sold here by Content International. Gordon Green is the acclaimed young film-maker behind George Washington and All The Real Girls.UA president Bingham Ray ...
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Zentropa pushes into TV
Denmark's prolific production outfit, Zentropa, has plans to expand their activities in TV series and drama both domestically and internationally. To head their new department they have hired the experienced Bo Mortensen from national broadcaster TV2, who's credits include the long running Hotellet (The Hotel) and the upcoming The Defence ...
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Alliance Atlantis picks up international to Milwaukee
Alliance Atlantis has acquired international rights to Cannes Critics Week entry Milwaukee, Minnesota which was the closing night film of the Slamdance Film Festival. The film, which stars Troy Garity, Alison Folland, Bruce Dern, Hank Harris, Debra Monk and Randy Quaid, is about a man who can hear fish talking ...
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Blanchett to star as Beatrix Potter for Phoenix
Cate Blanchett has taken the lead role in Phoenix Pictures' Miss Potter, the biopic of Beatrix Potter, which will be directed by Bruce Beresford. Blanchett, who is also attached to star in Alias Grace for Working Title Films, will play the young spinster who became a bestselling author with her ...
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Blanchett to star as Beatrix Potter for Phoenix
Cate Blanchett has taken the lead role in Phoenix Pictures' Miss Potter, the biopic of Beatrix Potter, which will be directed by Bruce Beresford. Blanchett, who is also attached to star in Alias Grace for Working Title Films, will play the young spinster who became a bestselling author with her ...
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China hot for Infernal Affairs
Media Asia's Infernal Affairs franchise is such a hot property on the Chinese mainland that a local distributor has snapped up the first two films before either has been cleared by the mainland authorities for theatrical release.China's Stellar Megamedia Corp (SMC) has acquired mainland theatrical rights to both Infernal Affairs ...
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China hot for Infernal Affairs
Media Asia's Infernal Affairs franchise is such a hot property on the Chinese mainland that a local distributor has snapped up the first two films before either has been cleared by the mainland authorities for theatrical release.China's Stellar Megamedia Corp (SMC) has acquired mainland theatrical rights to both Infernal Affairs ...
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Matrix Revolutions aims for global day, date - and hour - release
Producer Joel Silver is aiming for a global day, date and hour release for the third Matrix installment, Revolutions, on November 5. "We're still working it out logistically, but the audience is ready," he said - no matter what way it is structured, a simultaneous global release would see one ...
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Matrix Revolutions aims for global day, date - and hour - release
Producer Joel Silver is aiming for a global day, date and hour release for the third Matrix installment, Revolutions, on November 5. "We're still working it out logistically, but the audience is ready," he said - no matter what way it is structured, a simultaneous global release would see one ...
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Anglo-Korean co-production backs art thieves
Expanding its production operations, Korean sales house E Pictures has put together one of the first British-Korean co-productions and acquired two key properties for adaptation. The $15m action title Four For The Kings is a project by Korea's Zenith Entertainment and the UK's Spice Factory. The film sees a gang ...
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Anglo-Korean co-production backs art thieves
Expanding its production operations, Korean sales house E Pictures has put together one of the first British-Korean co-productions and acquired two key properties for adaptation. The $15m action title Four For The Kings is a project by Korea's Zenith Entertainment and the UK's Spice Factory. The film sees a gang ...
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Anglo-Korean co-production backs art thieves
Expanding its production operations, Korean sales house E Pictures has put together one of the first British-Korean co-productions and acquired two key properties for adaptation. The $15m action title Four For The Kings is a project by Korea's Zenith Entertainment and the UK's Spice Factory. The film sees a gang ...
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Beacon duo ascend Summit
Summit Entertainment is in final negotiations to seal yet another international distribution deal - with Armyan Bernstein's Beacon Pictures. Summit is not selling any Beacon films at Cannes but is expected to be selling key territories on Beacon's first two films Ladder 49 and Raising Helen by MIFED.Beacon signed a ...
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Beacon duo ascend Summit
Summit Entertainment is in final negotiations to seal yet another international distribution deal - with Armyan Bernstein's Beacon Pictures. Summit is not selling any Beacon films at Cannes but is expected to be selling key territories on Beacon's first two films Ladder 49 and Raising Helen by MIFED.Beacon signed a ...
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Basinger tops Oscar Wilde scandal
Kim Basinger is heading to the Riviera to shoot A Good Woman, based on Oscar Wilde's celebrated play Lady Windermere's Fan, for worldwide sales agent Beyond Films.Director Mike Barker is to start shooting the scandalous drama in August with a cast including Joseph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Wilkinson. Basinger ...
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Basinger tops Oscar Wilde scandal
Kim Basinger is heading to the Riviera to shoot A Good Woman, based on Oscar Wilde's celebrated play Lady Windermere's Fan, for worldwide sales agent Beyond Films.Director Mike Barker is to start shooting the scandalous drama in August with a cast including Joseph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Wilkinson. Basinger ...
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Mother Theresa joins cannibal tale on Blue Spice slate
Anglo-Italian production outfit Blue Spice has closed a $80m deal with Italy's Lux Vide to co-produce five major feature films. It is also lining up a new thriller with Malcolm MacDowell about real-life Russian cannibal, The Monster of Rostov.The Blue Spice-Lux deal will extend over 2 years. The first production ...
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Mother Theresa joins cannibal tale on Blue Spice slate
Anglo-Italian production outfit Blue Spice has closed a $80m deal with Italy's Lux Vide to co-produce five major feature films. It is also lining up a new thriller with Malcolm MacDowell about real-life Russian cannibal, The Monster of Rostov.The Blue Spice-Lux deal will extend over 2 years. The first production ...
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New-look FilmFour boasts tantalizing slate
A best-selling novel generating interest from a host of US companies, a comedy about a rock legend and a thriller about a brutal killing are amongst the avowedly 'catholic' debut slate of the UK's restructured FilmFour under Tessa Ross.Highlights include The Lovely Bones, UK auteur Lynne Ramsay's highly anticipated adaptation ...
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New-look FilmFour boasts tantalizing slate
A best-selling novel generating interest from a host of US companies, a comedy about a rock legend and a thriller about a brutal killing are amongst the avowedly 'catholic' debut slate of the UK's restructured FilmFour under Tessa Ross.Highlights include The Lovely Bones, UK auteur Lynne Ramsay's highly anticipated adaptation ...