All Screen articles in 19 May 2003 – Page 8
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Brideshead Revisited to be revisited
Warner Bros has finalised a deal to develop and produce Ecosse Films' feature adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, the celebrated Evelyn Waugh novel which the hit TV series turned into the quintessential British heritage production.Writer Andrew Davies said he has a "darker", "more heterosexual" take on Waugh's novel than Granada's series, ...
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Publicity stunt boosts box office
A publicity stunt has reaped solid box office results for Spanish/Mexican co production Asesino En Serio in Mexico. In a bid to replicate the controversy-driven box office success of El Crimen Del Padre Amaro, Altavista organised a street protest against the dark comedy at its premiere. Only when the local ...
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Biblical passion on the rise
While Mel Gibson's Passion is in the cutting room, another biblical movie has just finished shooting in Toronto.Directed by Philip Saville, Word By Word from the Gospel of St John is a $20m picture produced by LA-and Toronto-based Cidif Communications, a subsidiary of Silvio Sardi's Milanese production outfit Cidif Entertainment ...
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Distant Horizon buys remake rights to two Asian pictures
South African studio group Distant Horizon has picked up remake rights to two Asian pictures, adding to its stable of international properties in development.From Hong Kong's China Star Entertainment it has picked up rights to My Father Is A Hero, a political-action picture directed in 1995 by Corey Yuen and ...
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Distant Horizon buys remake rights to two Asian pictures
South African studio group Distant Horizon has picked up remake rights to two Asian pictures, adding to its stable of international properties in development.From Hong Kong's China Star Entertainment it has picked up rights to My Father Is A Hero, a political-action picture directed in 1995 by Corey Yuen and ...
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Aishwarya Rai to star in period epic The Rising
Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai - who paraded here yesterday alongside her fellow Cannes jury members - is to star in Capitol Films' The Rising, a period epic set against the 1857 Indian mutiny that fuses western and Indian filmmaking styles.The story of the friendship between an Indian soldier and British ...
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Aishwarya Rai to star in period epic The Rising
Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai - who paraded here yesterday alongside her fellow Cannes jury members - is to star in Capitol Films' The Rising, a period epic set against the 1857 Indian mutiny that fuses western and Indian filmmaking styles.The story of the friendship between an Indian soldier and British ...
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European indie sales agents fight their corner
Under pressure from all sides, Europe's independent film sellers are to fight back through a new organisation, which launches today in Cannes as part of 'Europe Day.'The initiative, which sees national federations of film sellers' bodies pact together, is launched as the initiative of Jacques Le Glou, former boss of ...
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Intermedia benefits from cost-cutting, eyes T4
IM Internationalmedia AG, the corporate parent of Intermedia, has announced its second consecutive positive quarterly result - scoring EBITA of Euros 4.3m for the first quarter 2003 as compared to a negative Euros 5.4m in the first quarter of 2002. The results come just as Intermedia prepares to launch its ...
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Intermedia benefits from cost-cutting, eyes T4
IM Internationalmedia AG, the corporate parent of Intermedia, has announced its second consecutive positive quarterly result - scoring EBITA of Euros 4.3m for the first quarter 2003 as compared to a negative Euros 5.4m in the first quarter of 2002. The results come just as Intermedia prepares to launch its ...
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Chow joins Yeoh in $30m costume epic
Chow Yun-Fat has joined Michelle Yeoh in the cast of $30m costume drama Hua Mulan which is being produced by Yeoh's Mythical Films and Han Entertainment.Described by Han managing director Thomas Chung as "Braveheart meets Ran", the film is scheduled to shoot in China from mid-August. Peter Pau, who directed ...
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Chow joins Yeoh in $30m costume epic
Chow Yun-Fat has joined Michelle Yeoh in the cast of $30m costume drama Hua Mulan which is being produced by Yeoh's Mythical Films and Han Entertainment.Described by Han managing director Thomas Chung as "Braveheart meets Ran", the film is scheduled to shoot in China from mid-August. Peter Pau, who directed ...
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Optimum bags Comandante, Animal Factory for UK
UK distributor Optimum Releasing has acquired four films including Steve Buscemi's gritty prison drama Animal Factory, starring Edward Furlong and Willem Dafoe, and Oliver Stone's Fidel Castro documentary Comandante.The distributor also picked up Brazil's Man Of The Year and Chinese festival favourite Blind Shaft from Grupo Novo de Cinema and ...
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Travolta joins The Punisher
John Travolta has joined Thomas Jane in the cast of The Punisher, the latest actioner from a Marvel Comics character which is being produced by Artisan Pictures and Marvel Studios and sold here by Summit Entertainment.Travolta will play the lead villain in the film Howard Saint, a man involved in ...
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Travolta joins The Punisher
John Travolta has joined Thomas Jane in the cast of The Punisher, the latest actioner from a Marvel Comics character which is being produced by Artisan Pictures and Marvel Studios and sold here by Summit Entertainment.Travolta will play the lead villain in the film Howard Saint, a man involved in ...
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UK outfit plans Imax studio
Aiming to tap into an anticipated rise in large-format releases such as The Matrix: Reloaded, UK production company North Star Entertainment is planning to create a 3D Imax studio. The Bradford-based company is setting up offices in London and Toronto and developing a 3D Imax science fiction feature.
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UK outfit plans Imax studio
Aiming to tap into an anticipated rise in large-format releases such as The Matrix: Reloaded, UK production company North Star Entertainment is planning to create a 3D Imax studio. The Bradford-based company is setting up offices in London and Toronto and developing a 3D Imax science fiction feature.
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Golden Scene scares up Lau's Park
Hong Kong buyer Golden Scene is also attending Cannes as a seller for the first time this year with horror title The Park, directed by Andrew Lau, whose credits include hit crime thriller Infernal Affairs.The film, which stars Bobo Chan, Tiffany Lee and Edwin Siu, wrapped in Thailand at the ...
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Universe handles Hui's Goddess
Universe Films Distribution has picked up international rights to the next film from Hong Kong director Ann Hui, Jade Goddess (working title), which is currently shooting in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan. The cast is headed by rising mainland actress Vicky Zhao, Hong Kong star Nicholas Tse and ...
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First Look Thais up Tesseract
First Look Media has acquired worldwide rights excluding Japan and Thailand to Oxide Pang's The Tesseract, an English-language thriller based on Alex (The Beach) Garland's bestselling novel starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Saskia Reeves and Thai child actor Alexander Rendel.First Look has also acquired worldwide rights to Simon De Selva's Lethal ...