All Screen articles in 23 Feb 2012 – Page 15
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NewsVera Farmiga to play Fleetwood Mac singer in The Drummer
The Oscar nominated actress joins Aaron Eckhart in the Beach Boys film and will play singer-songwriter Christine McVie. W2 is co-financing the project and represents international sales.
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Instinctive Films launches talent agency
The Berlin-based finance, production and development company has partnered with Das Imperium Management to establish an international talent agency network.
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NewsDeluxe expands UK digital cinema operation
The company is building a new £4m purpose built facility in Soho.
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Stealth Media Group’s Foreverland to screen in Berlinale
The film, based on a script by Shawn Riopelle and Maxwell McGuire, tells the story of a man stricken with cystic fibrosis who is tasked with taking his friend’s ashes to a healing shrine in Mexico.
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NewsMiramax inks on-demand deal with BT Vision
Chicago, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, The English Patient included in deal.
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NewsDavid Stead joins HanWay as finance director
Former 19 Entertainment exec heads to HanWay in move to bolster the company’s film-financing operations.
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NewsUK domestic productions down, co-productions up in 2011
Inward investment reached a record high in 2011, whilst the number of films shooting in the UK fell slightly in 2011; independent British films recorded best ever year at the UK box office.
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NewsMasterImage 3D appoints Adam MacDonald
He will be responsible for the company’s digital cinema division in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Russia.
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NewsBerlinale Competition rounds out with Wang Quan’an epic White Deer Plain
Berlin favourite Wang returns to Competition with sweeping epic starring Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Yuqi and Wu Gang.
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Strategic Partners co-production spotlight on UK and US
The co-production market is scheduled to take place from Sept 13-16 in Halifax, Canada.
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Film Comment selects 32 to screen in May
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s handpicked selection of films for this year’s Film Comment festival will include films that are alternately previewing prior to their theatrical release or films that may never come back to the big screen.
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NewsCreative England distributes £465,972 in Film Culture Lottery Funding
39 projects have received funding through Creative England’s first round of Film Culture Lottery Awards, including Sheffield Doc/Fest, Bristol Encounters and the Bradford International Film Festival.
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NewsDisney acquires controlling interest in India’s UTV
Citing the move as a “cornerstone” of its growth strategy, Walt Disney Company bought the interest through an unnamed subsidiary. UTV is one of the sub-continent’s leading media and entertainment companies.
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NewsEndgame to finance Steven Soderbergh’s Bitter Pill
Jim Stern’s LA-based financing and production company has boarded the project, until recently known as Side Effects, and is in talks with 1984 Private Defense Contractors to co-finance. FilmNation handles international rights and will introduce to buyers at EFM next week.
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Paramount to distribute Universal home entertainment in Brazil
Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) and Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) have agreed terms for a five-year deal commencing in the second quarter.
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NewsMyriad acquires international rights to Nobody Walks
Ry Russo-Young’s Sundance entry will be presented to international buyers at the EFM in Berlin next week. Magnolia previously acquired US rights in Park City and plans a significant theatrical release.
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NewsColumbia, Hasbro, Adam Sandler go to Candy Land
The companies are teaming up with Sandler’s Happy Madison to adapt Hasbro’s 1949 fantasy board game.