All Screen articles in 26 May 2011 – Page 2
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NewsLightning heads to Croisette with comedy-horror The Revenant
Kerry Prior’s festival hit follows horror comedy about two slackers who become zombies and use their newfound powers to become vigilante crime fighters. David Anders, Chris Wylde star.
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NewsBrendan Fraser signs on to William Tell: 3D for Moyer, Arclight Films
Fraser will play the title role in the upcoming family action film William Tell: 3D, which Arclight will introduce to Cannes buyers.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest and EIFF to host joint premieres
Both festivals now take place in June; documentaries to be screened at both festivals will include James Marsh’s Project Nim.
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CommentFertile Ground
This year’s Guiding Lights mentoring programme produced more than just films, as Sarah Cooper discovered at the wrap party.
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FeaturesShekhar Kapur
The director of Elizabeth: The Golden Age talks about producing documentary, Bollywood, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, which is screening in official selection at Cannes.
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FeaturesXavier Marchand and Victor Loewy
Momentum president Xavier Marchand and Alliance Films CEO Victor Loewy discuss the success of The King’s Speech, the pay TV market and the virtual print fee.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office April 29-May 1
Thor lays siege to a buoyant international market, taking $89.2m at an average of $10,613 in 54 territories.
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Fortissimo jumps on Fortnight title Sur La Planche
Fortissimo Films has acquired international rights to Moroccan director Leila Kilani’s Sur La Planche which is screening in the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes this year.
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India’s NFDC to promote six filmmakers at Cannes
India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) will be promoting six local filmmakers at this year’s Cannes, part of a range of activities designed to increase collaboration between Indian and overseas film industries.
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FeaturesNYFEST, Hudson River Park, New York
Celebrities battle it out during the 1st annual NY Film & Entertainment soccer tournament, run in conjunction with Tribeca Film Festival.
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Spielberg bulks up on DreamWorks’ Lincoln cast
Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill and Joseph Cross are in talks to join.
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NewsCBS locks up US rights to The Woman In Black
CBS Films has preemptively acquired US distribution rights for the gothic horror starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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NewsFIP dives into thriller business with Mortensen on Plan
Fox International Productions (FIP) has brokered a deal for the worldwide rights to Everybody Has A Plan starring Viggo Mortensen and Soledad Villamil from the 2010 foreign language Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes.
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Sundance entry Crime After Crime to open in New York
The film recently won the San Francisco International Film Festival’s Golden Gate Award for investigative documentary feature and focuses on two rookie lawyers who take on a wrongful imprisonment case.
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NewsThe Film Department to shut down on May 27
Company co-heads Mark Gill (pictured) and Neil Sacker took the decision after they were unable to raise $200m in recapitalisation.
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Wes Bentley signs on to Lionsgate’s Hunger Games
The studio’s weekly casting announcement for the upcoming young adult thriller brings the star of American Beauty into the mix.
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Archstone Distribution to launch Tombstone genre label
The Tombstone Distribution slate comprises a number of Archstone titles such as monster film Snow Beast and the Michael Madsen genre title Amsterdam Heavy.
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NewsThor, Fast & Furious Five line up for international showdown
Both PPI’s Thor and UPI’s Fast & Furious Five have already crossed $100m overseas and are expected to dominate the landscape this weekend.
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Odin’s Eye acquires 9/11-themed drama The Space Between
Sydney-based Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has picked up international rights to Travis Fine’s The Space Between, starring Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo (The Fighter).
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