All Screen articles in 23 March 2007 – Page 5
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Cinematographer Freddie Francis dies
One of Britain's leading cinematographers and Hammer horror directors Freddie Francis died in London on March 17, aged 90.Born in London on December 22, 1917, Francis' early career included working as a clapperboy for BIP and British & Dominions, and as a director-cameraman of training films for the Army's Kinematograph ...
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EFP unveils Picture Europe! Programme
London's Curzon Cinemas has been selected as one of the venues along with Berlin's CineStar Original complex and Madrid's Princesa Cinemas for European Film Promotion's new promotional venture Picture Europe!, which will present national box-office hits from all over Europe in three week-long film programmes. The initiative will kick off ...
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More tax concern for UK film
The beleagured UK film industry has received yet another blow with limits announced to the Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) that had been seen as one of the brighter prospects for revival.Chancellor Gordon Brown announced in his Budget that there would be a limit of $3.9m (£2m) on qualifying investment eligible ...
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Nordisk buys stake in Solar Films, first up Lordi horror
Danish major Nordisk Film has purchased 'a significant stake' of leading Finnish production company Solar Films in a deal that Solar CoB and CEO Markus Selin described as 'an important step for Finnish film and television into the international market.' For the last four years, Selin has delivered the number-one ...
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Tim Burton to receive Golden Lion at Venice
US director Tim Burton will receive the Golden Lion for Career Achievement at the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival, the Biennale announced Wednesday. Burton will receive the award on September 5 during a special 'Tim Burton Day' in the Lido's Palazzo del Cinema. Burton - who has presented ...
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Barrandov in talks about Bond 22
Barrandov Studios says it has met with representatives of MGM, Columbia Pictures and Eon Productions to discuss hosting the 22nd James Bond film in Prague.Barrandov Studio Tomas Zelazko told the Czech daily Hospodarske noviny that no decision on the shooting location had been made yet, but that the producers had ...
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Elijah Wood to lead voice cast for Focus Features' 9
Elijah Wood will lead an all-star ensemble on Focus Features' upcominganimated epic 9 from Shane Acker, which is currently in production.Joining Wood on the voice cast are Jennifer Connelly, John C Reilly,Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, and Crispin Glover.Tim Burton is producing with Timur Bekmambetov, the Russian creator ofthe Night Watch ...
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Shamrock to invest $50m in digital 3-D company Real D
Shamrock Capital Growth Fund, part of Roy Disney's investment vehicleShamrock Holdings, is investing $50m in Beverly Hills-based digital3-D system manufacturer Real D.The deal gives Shamrock Holdings a minority stake in Real D, which hasequipped more than 700 screens in 14 countries and is expected to bein more than 1,000 screens ...
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Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival to screen 12 world premieres
Tribeca Film Festival parent company Tribeca Enterprises and ESPN yesterday announced the screenings for the inaugural Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, which will take place during the 12 days of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival from Apr 25-May 6.The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival will screen 14 feature-length films including 12 world ...
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Toronto's Hot Docs unveils lineup with 26 world premieres
The Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival has unveilled the line-up for its 14th edition with 129 films from 30 countries and more than 1,700 industry delegates from around the world. Among the 26 world premieres screening are Oscar-winner John Zaritsky's The Suicide Tourists, an exploration of a Swiss organization ...
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IFC First Take to release Resnais, Honore films in US
IFC Entertainment has acquired US rights to the French dramas Private Fears In Public Places and Dans Paris.Both titles will go out through IFC's day-and-date distribution venture IFC First Take, with Private Fears set for Apr 13 and Dans Paris scheduled to open in late summer.'French cinema maintains a large ...
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Emily Blunt to play the queen in The Young Victoria
Emily Blunt, who earned rave reviews for her role as Meryl Streep's uptight assistant in The Devil Wears Prada, has been cast in the lead of Initial Entertainment Group's (IEG) upcoming drama The Young Victoria.Blunt will play the young Victoria who became the Queen of England aged 18. The film, ...
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Workpoint Entertainment opens new studios in Thailand
Thailand's status as an international shooting hub was given a further boost with the opening of a new 500m baht ($15m) studio by Workpoint Entertainment. The purpose-built studio consists of five NC 30-approved soundstages, one of which is the largest in Asia with 1,760 sq in size. The fully air-conditioned ...
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Hong Kong's Emperor makes Home Run with new production slate
Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures has unveiled a slate of new productions that have been developed by COO Philip Chan who joined the company last summer to ramp up its production activities.The slate includes in-house productions and projects to be co-produced with partners from other Chinese-speaking markets including mainland China, ...
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Grand Brilliance buys two from GreeneStreet
Malaysia's Grand Brilliance, which is making its Hong Kong Filmart market debut as a buyer, has picked up Gary the Tennis Coach starring Sean William Scott and Barry Munday starring Luke Wilson and Emily Mortimer from GreeneStreet Films International on the first day of the market. The company has also ...
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Golden Scene takes Hong Kong rights to Blood Brothers
On the first day of Filmart, Taiwan's CMC Entertainment has sold gangster epic Blood Brothers to Hong Kong distributor Golden Scene. The debut film by Alexi Tan will open across Chinese-language territories in August.'Golden Scene is known for distributing high quality commercial pictures,' said producer Terence Chang. 'I look ...
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Mandarin Films banks on Wong's Wonder Woman
Hong Kong's Mandarin Films is commencing sales on Barbara Wong Chun-chun's upcoming comedy drama Wonder Woman here at Filmart.Gigi Leung and Fiona Sit will head the cast of the film which follows a local career woman during the period from the handover of Hong Kong until the present day.'Barbara will ...
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The Host wins the most at inaugural Asian Film Awards
Bong Joon-ho's hit monster movie The Host was the big winner at the inaugural Asian Film Awards last night, scooping four out of ten prizes including best film and best actor for Song Kang-ho. The film, which is South Korea's biggest-grossing local production, also picked up best cinematographer for Kim ...
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Korea's Cineclick Asia merges with Fantom Entertainment Group
Major Korean sales agent Cineclick Asia has merged with the KOSDAQ-listed Fantom Entertainment Group.Originally a purveyor of golf equipment and clothing, Fantom in the past two years has expanded its businesses to include film, TV and music production and distribution. Its talent management stable includes actors like Lee Jung-jae (Typhoon) ...
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Asia needs education and government funding for mid-budget films
Better education and more government funding for new Asian film-making talents could be the secrets to making more successful mid-budget Asian films, experts told Filmart attendees at a Tuesday panel.The region has already had some good news with the Hong Kong government's recent promise to create a $38.4m (HK$300m) fund ...