All Screen articles in 22 Mar 2012 – Page 3
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NewsTribeca unveils narrative, documentary competitions and Viewpoints
Tribeca Enterprises chief creative officer Geoff Gilmore and incoming artistic director Frederic Boyer, previously artistic director of Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, have unveiled the first tranche of selections for the upcoming 11th festival, set to run in New York from Apr 18-29.
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NewsSusan Morris joins London law firm Halebury
Media and technology law firm Halebury has appointed Susan Morris as a senior media lawyer.
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Ballroom Marfa selects Cutter for exposure through The Reading
The Nicholl Fellow winning screenplay from Dion Cook will benefit from the initiative to showcase top quality writing, launched last year by the Texas-based non-profit arts group Ballroom Marfa.
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Louisiana Film Prize lures inward investment with $50,000 pot
The Inaugural award from the Louisiana Film Prize Festival will go to global filmmakers whose short film must shoot in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
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NewsExclusive Media, Cross Creek announce start of Rush
Ron Howard has begun shooting on the dramatic tale of the rivalry between 1970s Formula 1 icons James Hunt and Niki Lauda starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl.
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NewsLily Collins joins cast of Informant Media’s Writers
Kristen Bell, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff and Liana Liberato have also come on board the project, which as previously announced will star Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly. Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel’s fledgling financing and sales house The Solution introduced the project to buyers in Berlin and CAA represents US ...
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Los Angeles Irish Film Festival founder-director named Irish woman of the year
Lisa McLaughlin will be honoured by the Mayor and city council of Los Angeles with a lunch at a St Patrick’s Day event on Mar 17.
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Frankenweenie to get IMAX treatment for October release
Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film will be remastered into the IMAX format ahead of the worldwide day-and-date release through Disney on Oct 5.
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Image takes North American rights to Freak Dance
The satire about performers who strive to master a notorious dance move in order to win a contest features Amy Poehler and Tim Meadows.
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Jesse Owens to open Full Frame, Stanley Nelson honoured
The world premiere of Laurens Grant’s film will screen at the event in Durham, North Carolina, on Apr 12 and is the filmmaker’s first feature for PBS.
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Alcon Entertainment to produce Wally Pfister’s directorial debut
The Oscar winning cinematographer recently completed work on The Dark Knight Rises and will commence principal photography in early autumn from an untitled screenplay by newcomer Jack Paglen.
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Classic Media acquires rights to children’s favourite Noddy
The company secured the property in a deal with Chorion on behalf of the Enid Blyton estate.
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Women In Film Foundation announces annual Film Finishing Fund
Grants up to $15,000 will be given to films by, for and about women to cover post services such as online editing, sound mixing, colour correction and closed captioning.
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NewsApril shoot for I Give It A Year
Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Rafe Spall and Simon Baker will star in Dan Mazer’s directorial debut, produced by Working Title.
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Screen Media takes North American rights to Heleno
Jose Henrique Fonseca’s biopic of the 1940’s Brazilian footballer Heleno de Freitas has just screened at the Miami International Film Festival and will open theatrically in summer.
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Cranston, Kendrick among cast on CBS comedy Get A Job
The company has confirmed the cast of Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller and Christopher Mintz-Plasse on the tentatively titled story about graduates strugging to adjust to post-college life.
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Joe Jenckes to head production at Benaroya Pictures
The new appointee produced Margin Call and worked closely with financier Michael Benaroya and will serve as executive producer on Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe and Elizabeth Olsen.
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NewsSierra / Affinity closes key territories in 'best EFM to date'
CEO Nick Meyer has hailed the company’s most successful sales trip to Berlin as the team licensed multiple territories to Sony for genre title Wer and closed deals on Heat, Everly and Sundance hit Celeste And Jesse Forever.
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NewsDeool, Byari share best feature at India’s National Film Awards
Two films made in regional languages – Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s Deool and Suveeran’s Byari – will share the best feature film honours at the 59th edition of India’s National Film Awards.