All Screen articles in 22 Mar 2012 – Page 7
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NewsEdinburgh Film Festival to close with Disney-Pixar's Brave
It will be the European premiere of the film, which is set in Scotland and features the voices of Billy Connolly, Kelly Macdonald and Robbie Coltrane.
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NewsSales veteran Pascal Diot to head Venice Film Market
The Venice Film Festival under the artistic direction of Alberto Barbara has announced that French industry professional Pascal Diot will act as director of the new Venice Film Market to take place from Aug 30-Sept 3 over the first few days of the festival.
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NewsCreative England appoints talent development team
Caroline Cooper Charles, Anna Seifert Speck and Wendy Bevan Mogg have been appointed to Creative England’s talent development team.
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NewsJulian Fellowes to adapt Gypsy for Universal
Barbra Streisand and Joel Silver – the latter making his first foray into Broadway musicals – are adapting the project for the studio.
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Image takes all US rights to SXSW thriller The Tall Man
Jessica Biel stars as a nurse whose son is snatched by a figure of local folklore who has abducted children from the town of Cold Rock for years.
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Phase 4 picks up North America on That’s What She Said
Carrie Preston’s raunchy female comedy premiered at Sundance in the NEXT section and will open day-and-date theatrically and on VOD later this year.
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NewsJeremy Irons in final talks to join Alcon’s Beautiful Creatures
The in-demand British actor whose recent appearances include Margin Call and the upcoming The Words (pictured with Bradley Cooper) is poised to sign on to the supernatural love story.
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Jack Ledwith to receive 2012 CinemaCon Passepartout Award
The svp of international distribution for Universal Pictures will receive the honour at the annual exhibition convention in Las Vegas on Apr 23.
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NewsIndia’s Trigno to remake The Infidel in Hindi
India’s Trigno Media has acquired rights to develop a Hindi version of UK comedy The Infidel, which was a hit at the UK box office in 2010.
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NewsGimme The Loot, Beware Of Mr Baker win at SXSW
The festival announced the winners of the narrative and documentary jury prizes on Tuesday evening (13).
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NewsThe Match Factory closes pre-sales on Sally Potter drama
EXCLUSIVE: Untitled Sally Potter drama starring Elle Fanning, Annette Bening, Christina Hendricks and Alice Englert is shooting now in and around London.
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NewsNorthern Film & Media, Film4, Skillset launch development programme
The 12 week intensive programme will be headed up by Ivana Mackinnon, Kate Leys and Jo McClellan.
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NewsKlitschko documentary sold to Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures has picked up global rights to Sebastian Dehnhardt’s documentary Klitschko about the boxing brothers Vitaly and Vladimir.
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Oscilloscope Laboratories takes US rights to Samsara
The third feature from Mark Magidson and Ron Fricke premiered in Toronto last autumn and will open theatrically this summer.
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NewsLFS, Skillset launch industry programme for UK producers
Skillset-backed Fast Forward: the Whole Story tutors include Colin Vaines, Rebecca O’Brien.
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NewsCameron Bailey gets new Toronto title
Cameron Bailey becomes artistic director, TIFF, in move to streamline and integrate programming.
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NewsEC launches public consultation on rules for state film support schemes
The European Commission publishes 12-page draft Cinema Communication which “intends to create a level playing field between member states and to encourage cross-border productions.”
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NewsChloë Moretz, Rupert Grint join The Drummer
The youngsters will star alongside Aaron Eckhart and Vera Farmiga in the biopic based on the last six years of the life of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
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NewsAcademy sets 85th awards ceremony for Feb 24, 2013
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has decided not to implement a drastic date change as previously mooted.
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NewsBobby Paunescu, Jared Underwood among Solar Pictures co-founders
The financier and filmmaker Bobby Paunescu and former Comerica Entertainment senior executive Jared Underwood have partnered on the feature production venture with producer Kearie Peak and business affairs and acquisitions expert Christopher Taylor.















