All Screen articles in 26 June 2009 – Page 5
-
NewsClooney and Heslov's Smokehouse moves to Sony
George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s production company Smokehouse Pictures are in final negotiations to sign an exclusive two-year theatrical development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
-
NewsKimmel plans July shoot for Thom Fitzgerald's Cloudburst
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is financing and presenting the feature comedy Cloudburst, which is set to star Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker.
-
NewsAcademy invites 134 artists/executives to become members
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has revealed this year’s list of artists and executives invited to join the Academy.
-
NewsParamount continues cuts in literary arm, production execs
Following the ousting of Brad Weston and John Lesher, Paramount is now shutting its New York-based literary office and trimming a number of production staff.
-
NewsTim Bevan gives evidence to Communications Committee
Tim Bevan, co-founder of Working Title Films and incoming chairman of the UK Film Council, will appear before the House of Lords Communications Committee today (July 1).
-
NewsTwo more Korean exhibitors increase ticket prices
Korean exhibitors Lotte Cinemas and Cinus have joined Megabox in raising ticket prices, in an almost industry-wide move that marks the first ticket price increases in eight years.
-
NewsTransformers 2 boasts huge international weekend gross of $162m
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed a huge $162m in the international marketplace over the weekend, the fourth highest international weekend gross of all time.
-
NewsHandMade Plc shares suspended as it fails to produce accounts
Shares in HandMade Plc, the UK-based film company, were suspended yesterday (June 30) as it emerged the company has yet to publish audited accounts for the year to December 31, 2008.
-
NewsLondon UK Film Focus retains its pull with international buyers
The London UK Film Focus, the annual showcase for new British Films, launched Monday (June 29) attracting more than 100 international buyers to the capital.
-
NewsGlasgow lifts 29 year ban on Life Of Brian
Monty Python’s Life Of Brian can be shown in Glasgow for the first time after councillors lifted a ruling that effectively banned the film from the city’s cinemas for 29 years.
-
NewsThe Pirate Bay sold to Swedish software firm for $7.7m
Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory (GGF) is to acquire controversial file-sharing website The Pirate Bay for $7.7m (SEK 60m).
-
NewsBBC Films and Origin Pictures to make Ordinary Thunderstorms
David Thompson’s production company Origin Pictures and BBC Films have secured film rights to William Boyd’s new novel Ordinary Thunderstorms, ahead of its publication in September.
-
NewsParamount in talks to merge home entertainment division
Paramount Pictures, owned by media company Viacom, is reported to be in talks with Sony Pictures and Fox over a merger of its home entertainment division.
-
NewsArthur Allan Seidelman to direct Chickadee
Arthur Allan Seidelman is to direct Chickadee, the true story of an Italian immigrant girl who takes her abusive grandfather to court and wins a landmark ruling.
-
NewsTilda Swinton takes Scottish film festival on tour
Actress Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins, the former director of the Edinburgh Film Festival, are hitting the Highland trail with the first travelling film festival ever staged in the UK.
-
NewsParamount International launches Shanghai-based office
Paramount Pictures International has launched its new China office, based in Shanghai, which officially opens today (July 1).
-
NewsPinball starts UK shoot on Erotology
Director Ashley Horner has started principal photography on his second feature, Erotology, being shot at locations around Northeast England.
-
NewsBerlin's World Cinema Fund backs seven projects with $315,000
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund jury has selected five new film projects for production funding and two for distribution funding.
-
NewsDark Sky plans midnight theatrical events for Deadgirl
Dark Sky Films has unveiled an unusual theatrical distribution pattern for its provocative festival hit Deadgirl.
-
NewsComic-Con Film Festival announces 64 selections
The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival has announced the selections for its festival, which runs concurrent to larger San Diego Comic-Con (July 23-26).