All Screen articles in 19 May 2004 – Page 4
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Tartan launches with Hell into US
The UK's Tartan Films is tomake its debut as a US distributor with Catherine Breillat's Anatomy Of Hell,which it will release on August 27.The UK distributor andproducer announced plans to launch into US distribution earlier this year.Other titles set so far for a US release include Ji-Woon Kim's Tale Of ...
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Senator sells Long Weekend
Senator International hasclosed multiple deals on Gold Circle Films' comedy The Long Weekendstarring Chris Klein and Brendan Fehr. Universal Pictures, which has a domesticdistribution deal with Gold Circle, took the film for Germany, Aurum for Spain,Pasatiempo for Latin America, Cathay for Singapore, CP International for CISand the Baltics, DFW for ...
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FRANCE 14 May
Van Helsingscared up nearly 1 million admissions its first week in release with arespectable $6,902 per screen average. Les Choristes remains in thesecond spot after 8 weeks with last week's number one Mariages! down tothird position.There wasvery little movement at the box office but the films that dropped off did ...
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IDT signs deal to acquire Manga Entertainment
US-basedanimation and live-action producer-distributor IDT Entertainment has signed anagreement to acquire Manga Entertainment, the largest distributor of animeoutside Japan.The move effectively makes IDT one of the largest animedistributors in operation and strengthens the hand of its DVD and videodistribution subsidiary Anchor Bay Entertainment at a time when the worldwideanime market ...
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The Football Factory
Dir: Nick Love. UK 2004. 90minsNick Love's low-budget, digitally shotadaptation of John King's novel is an energetic and creditable addition to whatseems to what seems to be blossoming into a mini-genre in its own right - thefootball hooligan film. Other forthcoming additions to the genre include TheYank, with Elijah Wood ...
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Media Asia revs up Initial D with Infernal Affairs talent
Hong Kong productionpowerhouse Media Asia has confirmed the directors and cast for its big-budgetcar racing drama, Initial D, which reunites key talent from its hugelysuccessful Infernal Affairs trilogy.As expected, InfernalAffairs directing duo Andrew Lau and Alan Mak will direct the US$8m comicbook adaptation, which is scheduled to start shooting in ...
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AFM increases stakes in autumn market battle
The fight to be thepredominant autumn market stepped up a gear with the AFM's announcement that ithas over 200 companies committed to exhibit at the Loews in Santa Monica thisautumn (Nov 3-10)."We've had a tremendousresponse from AFM exhibitors. Our new alliance with AFI Fest will make theupcoming AFM bigger and ...
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Spice Factory taps into South Africa
Jason Piette andMichael Cowan's Spice Factory has joined forces with South Africa's Film Afrikato co-produce films with South Africa, which is seen in the UK as a burgeoningco-production partner.The deal comes asthe UK and South Africa are expected to forge an official co-production treaty.Spice Factory, a highly active co-producer and ...
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Almodovar toys with trio
Spain's El Deseo is preppinga new English-language drama from director Isabel Coixet for an autumn shootprior to cranking up Pedro Almodovar's as-yet undecided next film in 2005.Almodovar, whose latestfeature, Bad Education (Mala Educacion) inaugurates Cannes, has threescripts in development, according to producer Agustin Almodovar. The directoraverages one film every two ...
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Media Asia dials up Feng's Phone, Thieves
Premier Hong Kong studio Media Asia has picked upinternational sales rights to Cell Phone, the most recent film by one ofChina's most accomplished directors' Feng Xiaogang. The smash hit complementsthe group's burgeoning star-driven production slate which is unveiled atCannes.Cell Phone, a light-hearted drama about thea TV chat show host (Cannes ...
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Assassination Of Nixon proves popular
Senator International hascompleted key territory sales on Niels Mueller's The Assassination OfRichard Nixon which stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Don Cheadle andscreens in Un Certain Regard on May 17.UGC has taken the film forFrance, Lucky Red for Italy and Wise Policy for Japan, while Senator hasextended its sales agency ...
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Baeres 'had to destroy' Intertainment
The wild ride ofIntertainment Licensing CEO Rudiger "Barry" Baeres took a solemn turn onTuesday as Baeres described the collapse of his company to a jury in a SantaAna, California federal courtroom.Testifying inIntertainment's $100m film-budget fraud lawsuit against Franchise Pictures andits CEO, Elie Samaha, Baeres recounted how he became a pariah ...
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BBC's Tweenies head for the big screen
Arclight hasstarted selling international rights to the feature film version of hit BBCchildren's television show, Tweenies.The $15m familycomedy starts shooting in the UK this September for release summer 2005. It is being co-produced by Tell Tale Films,Spice Factory and UK tax fund Movision, which will also co-finance.The film has beenwritten ...
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Billie Piper falls into Spirit Trap horror
British popsinger-turned-actress Billie Piper is to star in Spirit Trap, a horrorfilm set to start shooting this month for the UK's Archangel Filmworks andSpice Factory.Directed by DavidSmith from a script by himself and Phil O'Shea, the film is set in an Englishtownhouse where an evil legacy haunts a group of ...
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Boorman heads Rai Cinemas' English-language drive
Italy's Rai Cinema is liningup a John Boorman Roman epic as part of move to bankroll a slate of Englishlanguage features, and is also backing new Italian projects from Cannesveterans Marco Bellocchio and Pupi Avati.John Boorman is in talks todirect an adaptation of Marguerite Yourcenar's historical novel, Memoirs OfHadrian, a ...
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Liam Neeson mulls Breakfast
Neil Jordan hasapproached Liam Neeson to join the cast of his upcoming black comedy BreakfastOn Pluto.Neeson would playthe father of the main character, a boy who flees Ireland to end up as atransvestite prostitute in London, who will be played by rising Irish starCillian Murphy.Jordan, whostarts shooting for Pathe Pictures ...
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British talent headlines Moviehouse slate
UK-based sales company Moviehouse Entertainment has struck a three-film partnership with Subotica Entertainment, the Irish producer of Sundance success Song For ARaggy Boy.
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Wild Bunch gets cash injection
French sales and productionoutfit Exception Wild Bunch has received a cash infusion from NY based DaedalusMedia Partners, with further capital being injected by Paris-based IrisCapital.Wild Bunch is now understoodto have $40m in funds. The funds will be used "to acquire, co-finance anddistribute high-quality theatrical motion pictures in the internationalmarketplace and ...
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Lakeshore, Screen Gems dig into Romanian Cave
Romania again confirmed its attraction for footlooseinternational productions, with the start this week of principal photography onCave, the supernatural underground thriller from Lakeshore Entertainmentand Screen Gems.Cave, reportedly budgeted at some $20m, is the featuredebut of acclaimed commercials director Bruce Hunt, who was also second unitdirector on The Matrix.The action follows ...
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Chilean director shoots in Palestine for Vision
French-based sales companyVision International has picked up rights to Chilean picture Ultima Luna,currently in final edit. Ultima Luna was directed by Miguel Littin,Salvador Allende's former Minister of Culture.Uniquely, for a Chilean,Spanish and Mexican co-production, Ultima Luna was 100% shot inPalestine and is an entirely Arabic-languageproduction. It centres around the wave ...