All Screen articles in 25 Oct 2012 – Page 3
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Gravitas Ventures bulks up Halloween slate
The digital distributor has announced its upcoming VoD horror acquisitions for October and November.
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Eli Roth cements The Green Inferno cast ahead of Peru shoot
Worldview Entertainment’s eco-horror film is on the runway for a Nov 5 start. Exclusive Media will commence sales at the AFM and Roth will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Aftershock co-writer Guillermo Amoedo.
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NewsNegri defends Cornelius Cinema in Kasander financial controversy
Livio Negri, the Italian-based executive producer of Ben Sombogaart’s To Be King, has responded to remarks made about financial problems on the production by the film’s Dutch producer Kees Kasander [pictured].
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CommentWatching 'Withnail' with The Queen
The bizarre experience of sitting in the cinema with royalty.
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NewsFilmNation heads to AFM with Hold On To Me
Carey Mulligan and Robert Pattinson will star in James Marsh’s thriller in the vein of To Die For. CAA represents US rights.
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FeaturesThrough the window
Recent VoD releases in the US have underlined the potential of shrinking release windows for independent distributors. Geoffrey Macnab explores the UK market, where excitement about multiplatform releasing is tempered by a wariness of alienating exhibitors.
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FeaturesIan Lewis, Sky Movies
As it moves into production, Screen talks to Sky Movies head Ian Lewis about the company’s varied innovations.
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CommentStraughan: 'I know that I don’t know anything'
BAFTA-winning screenwriter [pictured] spoke at the BFI Southbank last night as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriter Lecture Series.
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NewsQueen visits BFI; Royal Collection to be digitised
The Queen, alongside an invited audience of members from the British film industry, watched a screening of rare works from the BFI National Archive, which has looked after the Royal Collection since the late 1960s.
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CommentJaws dropped at budget of Bali opening night film
Indonesian producer Lavesh M Samtani [pictured] reveals budget of Jakarti Hati as it opened Balinale Film Festival.
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NewsStudioCanal to show first footage of Ben Stassen’s Thunder at AFM
Other StudioCanal AFM buzz titles include Jaume Collet-Serra’s air-flight action thriller Non-Stop reuniting the director with Liam Neeson [pictured].
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NewsNew projects from Riklis, Norgaard, Farhadi to receive Eurimages support
Eurimages grants €5.4m of support to 18 European co-productions.
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NewsProtagonist hits AFM with Yann Demange’s '71, Monsters sequel
EXCLUSIVE: StudioCanal has pre-bought UK rights to ‘71; Protagonist’s slate also includes Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England and Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant.
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NewsMarc Evans to direct Birthright
Israeli-Palestinian comedy was presented at last week’s Pixel Pitch at PttP’s Cross-Media Forum.
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NewsPanorama to commence sales at AFM on The Voices
EXCLUSIVE: Marjane Satrapi will direct Ryan Reynolds in the psychological thriller for producers Mandalay Vision and Vertigo Entertainment. Panorama sales chief Kim Fox will introduce the project in Santa Monica next week.
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NewsJohnny Depp in talks to star in Alcon’s Transcendence
Wally Pfister’s feature directorial debut is set to commence shooting early next year and will go through the company’s output deal with Warner Bros.
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Breakthrough Entertainment to show Cas & Dylan footage at AFM
Jason Priestley makes his feature directorial debut on the caper to star Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany.
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NewsThe Hunger Games, Arthur Christmas nominated for BAFTA Children's Awards
Gary Ross’ popular adaptation [pictured] and Aardman’s animation receive two nods each.
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NewsTechnicolor unveil latest initiatives at Technology Days showcase
The two-day invitation-only event highlighted initiatives in fields including 3D, visual effects, audience response measurement and piracy deterrence.