All Screen articles in 25 September 2009 – Page 11
-
NewsWerc Werk Works to back Jill Sprecher's latest
Werc Werk Works, the independent production and finance outfit behind Todd Solondz’s Life During Wartime, will produce and fully finance The Convincer, the latest film from Jill Sprecher (13 Conversations About One Thing)
-
NewsNew Wave picks up Rivette, Dumont films for UK
UK art house distributor New Wave Films has picked up a title apiece from Venice and Toronto.
-
NewsDogwoof takes UK rights to Mettler's Petropolis
Austria-based Autlook Filmsales has sold UK rights to Dogwoof for Peter Mettler’s documentary Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives On The Alberta Tar Sand.
-
NewsOdd Lot Int'l sells B-Girl to Screen Media in North America
Odd Lot International has sold North American rights to its drama B-Girl to Screen Media Films and closed a raft of key international sales.
-
NewsMiddle East Int'l Film Festival unveils 33 narrative, doc Black Pearl contenders
The Middle East International Film Festival’s (MEIFF) new executive director Peter Scarlet has hailed a “stong slate” of films at next month’s event that draws from established and emerging Middle Eastern and North African talent.
-
NewsAlliance signs Canadian output deal with Apparition
Alliance Films has signed a Canadian output deal with Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad’s new distribution outfit Apparition, which opened its doors in August.
-
NewsContentFilm sells French rights to Doors doc to MK2
ContentFilm has sold French rights to When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors to MK2.
-
NewsChristoph Waltz to play villain opposite Seth Rogen's Green Hornet
Christoph Waltz, in the running for Oscar consideration for his star turn in Inglourious Basterds, will play the villain in The Green Hornet.
-
-
News120dB Films, Tax Credit Finance merge
Leading independent financers 120dB Films and Tax Credit Finance have merged to form 120dB Films Tax Finance.
-
-
-
-
-
NewsRevolver appoints Lucy Savage as head of TV and new media
Revolver Entertainment has appointed Lucy Savage to the new role of head of TV and new media. It is part of the distributor’s ongoing expansion.
-
NewsTyler Perry scores second North American number one debut of 2009
Tyler Perry pulled of his second number one launch of the year as Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself opened top through Lionsgate on an estimated $24m.
-
NewsFinal Destination on top overseas with $17.3m weekend haul
The Final Destination led Hollywood’s overseas box office charge with a $17.3m haul from approximately 2,900 screens in 28 territories through Warner Bros Pictures International and independent distributors for a $55.25m running total.
-
NewsHyde Park International wields Machete from Rodriguez
LA-based sales outfit takes on action thriller starring Danny Trejo and his Heat compadre Robert De Niro.
-
NewsHausner's Lourdes sells to Palisades in the US
Philippe Bober’s CoProduction Office has closed a raft of deals on Jessica Hausner’s Lourdes, which earlier this week won the FIPRESCI Award in Venice.
-
NewsMeyer's Sierra launches with Play, Day
Nick Meyer is assembling the initial slate on his Los Angeles-based international sales company Sierra Pictures and is talking to buyers in Toronto about Passion Play and Mother’s Day.