All Screen articles in 25 February 2002 – Page 3

  • News

    Culkin kills for Party Monster role

    2002-02-21T23:56:00Z

    Macauley Culkin is in final negotiations to star as Michael Alig in Party Monster, the movie about the notorious murdering New York party promoter that is being produced by Killer Films and sold internationally by Fortissimo Film Sales. Ed Pressman and JohnSchmidt's ContentFilm has also come on board as co-financier ...

  • News

    Oz pay-TV players call for Hollywood price sanity

    2002-02-21T22:19:00Z

    Kim Williams, the new chief executive of Australia's dominant pay-TV player Foxtel, has called on the Hollywood studios that supply his industry to stop "pricing us into oblivion."Instead, Williams asked his US film suppliers to work with the Australian pay TV sector to find a new commercial model that replaces ...

  • News

    Denmark's DFL to develop system for Microsoft

    2002-02-21T22:16:00Z

    Denmark's Digital Film Lab (DFL) has moved into a new direction with a contract from Microsoft Corp./LA to develop the implementation of High Definition in a future version of the Windows Media Player. 'To be recognised as the right partner to carry out development for Microsoft has been a very ...

  • Reviews

    The Cockettes

    2002-02-21T20:25:00Z

    Dir: David Weissman & Bill Weber. US. 2002. 99mins.This marvellously evocative documentary was a clear audience favourite at the Sundance Film Festival, and was equally well-received at its Panorama screening in Berlin this week. A bidding war for US rights is underway and international arthouse buyers are also likely ...

  • News

    Mar del Plata continues despite cash crisis

    2002-02-21T18:25:00Z

    Argentina's Mar del Plata International Film Festival will push ahead this year despite the country's deep economic crisis. 'We need to keep the festival going even more than ever, it would be a shame if it lost its A-list festival status as a result of its cancellation, ' said ...

  • News

    Coscia takes charge of Argentina's film institute

    2002-02-21T18:22:00Z

    Local filmmaker Jorge Coscia takes over the reins of Argentina's national film institute INCAA this week, filling a void that left the state-backed entity in limbo and many film productions in the lurch. Coscia replaces Jose Miguel Onaindia who resigned following the ouster of President Fernando de la Rua in ...

  • News

    Gaga weighs major investment in live-action Tekken

    2002-02-21T18:19:00Z

    Japan's Gaga Communications is in talks to co-produce a live-action feature version of Namco's hit game Tekken with Namco and the US production Crystal Sky Entertainment.Currently in pre-production, Tekken is scheduled to go before the cameras in April 2003 and be released worldwide in 2005 at a reported overall budget ...

  • News

    Almodovar Talks to Euro theatres for premiere

    2002-02-21T18:15:00Z

    Pedro Almodovar's eagerly anticipated new film Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella) will not receive its world premiere at one of this year's top film festivals as might be expected. Instead promotion will focus initially on just three key European territories so that the director can get back to work ...

  • News

    Rings sets new Polish box office record

    2002-02-21T17:40:00Z

    The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (international box office total $434m to date) achieved a record-breaking opening in Poland over the weekend. With a three day gross of $1.9m (zlo 8.1m) the film was well ahead of the country's previous highest openings, including local hits Pan ...

  • News

    Screen International AFM news round-up

    2002-02-21T16:06:00Z

    A round-up of the latest news taken from the Screen International AFM dailies For related stories from the 2002 American Film Market - type: AFM into the search bar at the top of the Screendaily homepage.Lions Gate Films International has sold a slew of territories on its award-winning Monster's Ball ...

  • Reviews

    On_Line

    2002-02-21T14:38:00Z

    Dir: Jed Weintrob. USA. 2001. 85mins.A romantic comedy about a group of young New Yorkers looking for sex and possibly even love on the Internet, On_Line offers a refreshing alternative to such feeble Hollywood attempts to milk the theme as the Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks movie You've Got Mail. Shot in ...

  • News

    Summit solidifies Anschutz ties with Crusader

    2002-02-21T02:14:00Z

    Hoton the heels of yesterday's alignment with Cary Granat's Walden, SummitEntertainment has closed a long-term agreement with Howard Baldwin's CrusaderEntertainment to represent its product in international territories. BothWalden and Crusader are backed by Denver-based billionaire Phillip Anschutz andhis Anschutz Group which also controls one sixth of the US exhibition market.Firsttitles ...

  • News

    Pathe signs writer for Newell's Seven Fires

    2002-02-21T02:11:00Z

    The UK's PathePictures has signed Randi Mayem Singer, the writer of last year's blockbusterMrs Doubtfire, to write the screenplay for The Seven Fires Of Mademoiselle, the film of Esther Vilar's novel whichMike Newell is to direct.Judy Counihanand Lila Rawlings' Pearl Pictures is producing the film which is set inKennedy-era Washington ...

  • News

    UK's Medusa gets Ichi fingers for Miike

    2002-02-21T02:09:00Z

    HongKong's Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG) has struck a pan-European deal withthe UK's Medusa to handle Miike Takashi's ultra-violent Ichi TheKiller.The deal seesMedusa take all rights in East and West Europe. While the film may have itsgreatest potential in the home entertainment sector, Ichi has played numerous European festivalsand Medusa is ...

  • News

    Miramax gets in family way with Keystone

    2002-02-21T02:06:00Z

    Miramax Filmsand its genre releasing company Dimension Films have signed a multi-year,multi-picture co-financing agreement for family entertainment projects producedby Keystone Entertainment. Miramax is the distributor of Keystone's family filmfranchise Air Bud.Under the deal, Miramax has the optionto acquire US rights to Keystone's movies and has agreed to release a minimumof ...

  • News

    GMI cleans out Bedroom, as buyers hail Hero

    2002-02-21T01:59:00Z

    Even before he arrived at this week's American Film Market, David Linde and his Good Machine International (GMI) had closed a large range of sales already on new titles Hero, Ash Wednesday and Zhou Yu's Train, as well as completing worldwide sales on Oscar-nominated drama In The Bedroom.UniversalPictures bought In ...

  • News

    THINKFilm puckers up for Last Kiss

    2002-02-21T01:52:00Z

    THINKFilm, the new North American distributor founded by Jeff Sackman, has acquired all North American rights to The Last Kiss (L'Ultimo Baccio), Gabriele Muccino's award-winning romantic comedy which shared the world cinema audience award at the Sundance Film Festival last month. The company, under distribution chief Mark Urman, plans to ...

  • News

    Winchester crosses Divide, unveils UK releases

    2002-02-21T01:50:00Z

    WinchesterFilms is introducing a new action picture from Wind Dancer Films to buyers, hasidentified another film from its relationship with The Donners Co and hasunveiled the first slate for its UK distribution company headed by MickSouthworth.TheWind Dancer project, The Divide, will be directed by Wind Dancer principal Matt Williams (WhereThe ...

  • News

    Till's Signpost points towards Larry Gordon pact

    2002-02-21T01:06:00Z

    StewartTill's fledgling Signpost Films, which kicked off its slate with the $55m Bulletproof Monk starring Chow Yun-fat, is now set to addto its pipeline through a pact with heavyweight producer Larry Gordon, theformer 20th Century Fox production chief.It is anticipatedthat Gordon will produce at least one film a year, which ...

  • News

    Poon joins Hong Kong's Fortune Star Pictures

    2002-02-20T20:39:00Z

    Peter Poon has joined Hong Kong-based broadcaster Star TV as general manager of Chinese-language programming division, Fortune Star Pictures.Poon was formerly deputy general manager at Hong Kong's Media Asia Group, where he took particular responsibility for international distribution.Fortune Star's credits include feature film I Do and 30-part drama series Devil ...