All Screen articles in 25 April 2013 – Page 2
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NewsTribeca triumph for The Rocket
Kim Mordaunt’s Australian entry [pictured] has won The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced on Thursday evening [25].
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NewsUniversal dates Dracula for Aug 2014
The studio announced on Thursday [25] that the origins story will open on Aug 8, 2014.
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NewsWarner Bros launches UK training
Studio to offer scholarships, apprenticeships and trainee roles on Warner films shooting in UK.
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NewsReliance plans Graceling franchise
The Indian giant has acquired rights to Kristin Cashore’s bestselling young adult fantasy trilogy in partnership with Kintop Pictures.
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NewsCinema Guild lands Cousin Jules
The Cinema Guild announced on Thursday [25] that it has acquired all distribution rights to a digitally restored version of Dominique Benicheti’s 1972 documentary Cousin Jules.
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NewsDeparted writer in le Carré talks
Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan is an advanced talks to pen a feature adaptation of new John le Carré spy novel A Delicate Truth.
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NewsAardman, StudioCanal team on Shaun the Sheep film
Aardman Animations is to partner with StudioCanal on the production of a feature based around claymation character Shaun the Sheep.
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NewsDepicT! launches new award
Encounters’ micro short filmmaking competition has introduced a cinematography award and boosted its overall prize fund to £3,000, in partnership with the Royal Photographic Society.
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NewsDogwoof takes Muscle Shoals
UK distributor Dogwoof has picked up Sundance music doc Muscle Shoals ahead of its premiere at Sundance London.
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NewsOddLot, Summit line up Draft Day
Shooting on the dramedy is set to commence on Apr 25 in New York, Summit Entertainment and OddLot Entertainment announced on Wednesday [24].
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NewsFFI to sell Amy Winehouse doc
Focus Features International (FFI) will handle worldwide sales on the new documentary from Senna and The Warrior director Asif Kapadia and will kick off pre-sales next month in Cannes.
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NewsTFI unveils TAA, Sloan winners
Terence Nance’s narrative project The Lobbyists and Lyric R Cabral and David F Sutcliffe’s documentary (T)ERROR prevailed at the 10th Annual Tribeca All Access (TAA) Creative Promise Awards on Wednesday night [24]. Newton’s Laws Of Emotion won the inaugural TFI Sloan Filmmaker Prize.
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CNN Films, Cinedigm acquire Our Nixon
Penny Lane directed the documentary that CNN will broadcast in August and Cinedigm will release theatrically.
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NewsIMAX, Picturehouse cut Metallica deal
In a move that illustrates the growing must-see cachet of the giant screen company, Nimród Antal’s Metallica Through The Never will be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format and released wide in North America exclusively in IMAX theatres for a one-week run starting on Sept 27.
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NewsRealD opens Latin America office
The 3D cinema specialist has set up a hub in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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NewsZach Braff turns to Kickstarter
UPDATE: Hot on the heels of Kristen Bell’s Veronica Mars campaign, Zach Braff has targeted a $2m raise to get his directorial follow-up to Garden State off the ground and had already received $1.54m or 57% in pledges as the end of the first day [24] approached.
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NewsThree promoted at Sundance Selects / IFC
Lauren Schwartz will head film publicity and Shani Ankori will head marketing for the company’s distribution labels, Sundance Selects and IFC Films.
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K5 takes Cutie and the Boxer
K5 International has secured the rights to Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer, screening this week at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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NewsNetflix to stream up to 20 originals
Netflix could launch up to 20 original commissions in the next couple of years, according to Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings.