All Screen articles in 22 Mar 2012 – Page 5
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NewsThe Blind Side producer Molly Smith launches Belle Pictures
Smith, who will remain Hilary Swank’s partner at 2S Films, will make features and TV in association with Alcon Entertainment in a four-year discretionary first-look deal.
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NewsMGM cements int’l network with Lusomundo, Selim Ramia deals
Hot on the heels of clearing debt and securing a $500m revolving credit facility, the revitalised studio’s co-chairmen and CEOs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum say they have effectively sealed their global distribution network with two fresh multi-year agreements.
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NewsWes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to open Cannes
The American indie darling’s ensemble piece will kick off proceedings on the Croisette on May 16, the same day as the film’s release in France through StudioCanal.
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FeaturesKevin Macdonald
Oscar winning director Kevin Macdonald talks about the challenges of making his latest documentary about reggae legend Marley.
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NewsChadwick, Harris circle Mandela biopic Long Walk to Freedom
EXCLUSIVE: Anant Singh’s long-gestating Nelson Mandela biopic heats up with Justin Chadwick in advanced talks to direct and Skyfall actress Naomie Harris in talks to star as Winnie Mandela opposite Idris Elba.
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NewsK5 snaps up international rights to SXSW screener King Kelly
Andrew Neel’s sparky drama is made up entirely of camera phone diaries and follows an aspiring internet star as she embarks on a hedonistic quest to reclaim a stash of narcotics.
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NewsEarliest Charles Dickens film discovered
The oldest surviving film featuring a Charles Dickens character – The Death Of Poor Joe - has been discovered by BFI curator Bryony Dixon.
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CommentMoo-vie making
A competition launched by UK magazine Farmer’s Weekly has inspired us to come up with our own agriculturally themed film titles.
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NewsPenny Woolcock amongst Bertha Britdoc grantees
Fourteen grants totaling £230,000 have been awarded through The Bertha Foundation and BRITDOC’s new Connect Fund and Documentary Journalism Fund.
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NewsRoyo, Eigenberg, Press star in Calloused Hands
Writer/director Jesse Quinones’ debut about a promising baseball player from a tough background is executive produced by Effie Brown.
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NewsThe Loved Ones, The FP to get Tugg treatment
Both films have played on the midnight circuit and will get the benefit of the web-based service that enables people to vote which films screen at their local theatres.
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Josh McLaughlin joins Focus Features as svp production
The executive most recently served as evp at Chernin Entertainment and starts work this month, reporting to president of production Jeb Brody.
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NewsPhase 4, Kevin Smith fall for Slamdance winner Bindlestiffs
The North American rights deal brings in the first film under the recently announced partnership to get the branding support of the Kevin Smith’s SModcast Pictures Presents label.
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Film Sales Co boosts slate with SXSW, MIP TV titles
Andrew Herwitz has taken on sale rights to Mark Kendall’s SXSW premiere La Camioneta, about a man who buys a decommissioned yellow school bus and drives it to his native Guatemala to use as a private bus.
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Lionsgate takes US, UK rights to Hummingbird
Jason Statham stars in the thriller, set to begin shooting in London on Monday (Mar 12). The studio negotiated the deal with worldwide rights holder IM Global.
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Steve Beeks extends contract as Lionsgate lays off 80 staff
On the day (Mar 9) when management at the post-merger studio were reportedly letting go of approximately 12% of the workforce, Lionsgate chose to announce that Beeks had signed a new contract to continue as co-COO and had been named president of the motion picture group.
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NewsLorax prevails in US on $39m as John Carter slumps
Disney’s much hyped and roundly condemned sci-fi adventure limped into action in second place on an estimated $31m as Dr Seuss’ The Lorax stayed top in its second weekend and surged to $122m.
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NewsInt'l arena spares Disney’s blushes as Carter takes $71m
The sci-fi spectacle opened in 51 territories on $70.6m led by a typically muscular Russian debut of $17.5m that made up for the film’s disappointing North American debut.