All Screen articles in 21 July 2006 – Page 2
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Stormbreaker (aka Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker)
Dir: Geoffrey Sax. UK-US-Ger. 2006. 93mins.Geoffrey Sax's Stormbreaker, the first in whatthe producers are hoping will become a new British movie franchise to rival Spy Kids or Harry Potter, announces its intentions right at the outset. The audienceare treated to a frantic chase in which James Bond-style superspyIan Rider (Ewan ...
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AFM expands as record numbers expected
Anticipating recordattendance at the upcoming American Film Market (AFM) in November, organisersIFTA have added a full floor of offices at Le Merigot Hotel in Santa Monica.The expansion supplements the offices added in 2004 and 2005, and marks themost exhibit space ever provided by the AFM in its 27-year history.The AFM's ...
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Hadida signs Bassett to direct Solomon Kane adaptation
As the COMIC-COM comic-book convention gets underway in San Diego,Paris-based producer Samuel Hadida has announced his Davis Films is movingahead on the epic adventure adaptation Solomon Kane.Based on the fantasy bestseller The Savage Tales Of SolomonKane by Robert E Howard,whose creations include Conan The Barbarian and King Kull, the story ...
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Toronto makes song-and-dance about Bollywood
TheToronto International Film Festival will present world premieres from fourIndian filmmakers along with a Gala presentation of Karan Johar's New York City-set Bollywood-Hollywood romancer NeverSay Goodbye whose superstar cast thatincludes both Amitabh Bachchan and Shak Rukh Khan. The premieres include Kabir Khan's multiingual KabulExpress. Starring John Abraham, the film wasshot ...
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Bond 22 to open on May 2, 2008
Columbia Pictures willrelease Bond 22 on May 2, 2008,franchise producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli confirmed in a jointannouncement yesterday [20] with Sony and MGM.Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the British super-spy in an announcement that precedes his first outing as 007 in the highly anticipated Casino ...
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Sheffield DocFest unveils early plans for autumn event
The Sheffield DocFest 2006 (Oct 30-Nov 5) hasannounced several films in this year's programme. The 13th festival will include Paul Watson's Making a Documentary, MAD; Joe Angio's How To Eat YourWatermelon In White Company (And Enjoy It); Alan Berliner's Wide Awake; Anna Bucchetti'sDreaming By Numbers; and Sergei Loznitsa's Blockade.Also, the ...
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Disney to cut 650 jobs in restructuring
The WaltDisney Co. will cut 650 jobs worldwide as part of a major new restructuring.The studio will now focus on more Disney-branded family films, aiming to produceand distribute about 10 Disney live-action andanimated titles per year, but only two to three more adult Touchstone titles per year. Amongthose leaving will ...
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Hannah McGill tapped for Edinburgh post
The Edinburgh International Film Festival(EIFF) has appointed Hannah McGill as its new artistic director. She replacesShane Danielsen, who will step down after nextmonth's festival as his five-year tenure comes to its scheduled end. McGill starts her post on Sept 1. She hasbeen working with EIFF since 2001 as a programme ...
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Sway (Yureru)
Dir: Miwa Nishikawa. Jap.2006. 119mins.Japanese film-maker Miwa Nishikawa may have beenmentored by acclaimed director's Hirokazu Kore-eda, but his latest feature, Sway, lacks the veteran's pacing and distinguished handling of drama.A supposed thriller thatuses a seemingly accidental death to deal with the malaise afflicting aJapanese family, and through it Japanese society, ...
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The Queen gets North American coronation at NYFF
The 44th New York FilmFestival will open on Sept 29 with the North American premiere of StephenFrears' drama The Queen starringHelen Mirren as the current British monarch Elizabeth II (pictured) in the immediate aftermath of Princess Diana's death.The status and timing of the premiere suggests the picture is a shoo-in ...
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India, UK start short documentary scheme
Eight Indian film-makers will be given the chance to create athree-minute documentary film under the new Independence In3 Minutes scheme. The shorts programme is timed to the 60thanniversary of India'sindependence from the UK.Indian film-makers are invited to pitch proposals for a shortdocumentary about Indian independence and what it means to ...
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TWC promotes Robinson to vp production and development
Eric Robinson has beenpromoted to vice president of production and development at The WeinsteinCompany (TWC).Reporting to co-president of production Michel Cole and based in New York,Robinson will work on developing and producing projects for the studio,focusing mostly on animated material.As a vice president of production and development he currently oversees ...
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Plinyminor seals sales deal with Voltage
Los Angeles andLouisiana-based production company Plinyminor has signed a deal with salesagency Voltage Pictures to handle foreign sales on six new titles.All pictures will get a US theatrical release through Omni Releasing and arelikely to air on the SCI-FI Channel. Plinyminor is in talks for a long-termhome entertainment deal.The titles ...
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Perlman joins Classic as vp digital media
Classic Media hashired Andrew Perlman to the new position of vice president of digital media.Perlman will be responsible for managing the mobile and online contentdistribution strategy for the company's 3,000-plus library, which includessubsidiary Big Idea's VeggieTalesbrand.Perlman will manage strategic partnerships with the likes of Google, Sprint,and MobiTV, oversee the development ...
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Hanbando, Sinking Of Japan both score on home turf
Korea and Japan came out of rainy three-day weekends with nationalistic blockbusters Hanbando and Sinking Of Japan topping their respective box office charts.As political tensionsbetween Japan and the rest of Asia heighten in the real world, Kang Woo-suk's action fantasy Hanbando tells the story of Japaneseinterference in North and South ...
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here! climbs on board Mr Leather
here! Films has picked upfirst-time filmmaker Jason Garrett's documentary Mr Leather, which chronicles nine men as they compete to becrowned Mr Los Angeles Leather.The picture was a sell-out at the recent Outfest in Los Angeles and alsoscreened at the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and the PhiladelphiaInternational Gay & ...
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UK's Cinesite lands work on The Golden Compass
UK post-production company Cinesite has been struck a major deal for visual effectswork on New Line's forthcoming The GoldenCompass. TheGolden Compass is New Line's first in a planned trilogy based on PhillipPullman's His Dark Materials books.Chris Weitz will direct the story of a young girl whotravels through parallel universes. TheUK ...
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Hermann and Groenewold launch new producer-distributor
Former Senator Filmexecutive Benjamin Herrmann and media fund manager David Groenewoldhave launched an as-yet-unnamed new theatrical distribution company andproduction house to handle primarily commercial German films.The distribution arm's firsttitles are:Philipp Stoelzl's Nordwand, starring Johanna Wokalek and Benno Fuermann in a drama about the failed first ascent of thenorth wall of ...
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Salvador
Dir: Manuel Huerga. Sp-UK. 2006. 138mins.Based on the true story of a dashing Spanish anarchistand his execution as General Franco's last political prisoner, Manuel Huerga's Salvadoris never an overtly bad film but does pantingly flirtwith disaster during its overlong running time.While well-mounted, withexcellent production values and convincing action, theatrical prospects ...
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Magic Box strikes Czech deal with Warner Bros
Warner Home Video (WHV) hasstruck a deal with Czech independent home entertainment company Magic Box tolicense and distribute Warner Bros' new releases and library titles as ofOctober this year. In April, Warner Bros CzechRepublic managing director Ladislav Stastny told ScreenDaily.comthat falling revenues had lead to the decision to phase out ...
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