All Screen articles in 26 May 2011 – Page 4
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NewsJames Robson joins Grant Thornton corporate finance division
The UK accountancy firm is expanding its media business.
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NewsHyde Park Imagenation, BBC to co-finance Lost Christmas
The joint venture between LA-based Hyde Park Entertainment and Imagenation Abu Dhabi has partnered with the BBC to co-finance John Hay’s Lost Christmas.
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Strong response to Asian Short Film Awards
The inaugural Asian Short Film Awards@ScreenSingapore has received 90 entries from 15 countries and regions since it opened for submissions two months ago.
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NewsKaleidoscope adds Mercenaries to Cannes slate
UK sales outfit adds action-epic to festival slate
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NewsNorthern Film and Media to become private company
NFM is relinquishing its status as a regional screen agency in favour of a new business model; it will sit outside of the Creative England structure.
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NewsSky recruits Ann Mensah to head drama team
Former Head of Drama, BBC Scotland and Head of Independent Drama, BBC joins Sky
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NewsGenerator Entertainment back former soldier's spy-thriller
Sven Hughes’ directorial debut The Federation backed by UK producers
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NewsTribeca Film takes North American rights to Turkey Bowl
Kyle Smith’s real-time comedy set in Los Angeles premiered at SXSW and follows a group of friends who gather to play a backyard game of American Football.
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NewsRob Marshall, John DeLuca to remake The Thin Man for Warner Bros
The Lucamar partners have signed on to Warner Bros’ remake and Marshall will direct his Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 star Johnny Depp.
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NewsMaya boards sales on Hammers and Repeaters for Cannes
Comedy A Bag Full Of Hammers premiered at SXSW and stars Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury and Rebecca Hall. The story follows two misfits who form an unlikely family when they encounter an abandoned child.
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NewsFox International becomes first to cross $1bn in 2011
The studio reached the milestone on May 8; the 11th year it has accomplished the feat.
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NewsBrisbane Film Festival announces new $27,000 doc prize
The winner of the Brisbane International Film Festival’s (BIFF) new global documentary competition will walk away with US$27,000.
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NewsSenator Film sets up Munich base after 17-year absence
Germany’s Senator Entertainment has established two new production arms in Munich after 17 years’ absence from the Bavarian capital.
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NewsMemorial service announced for advertising veteran Peter Howard-Williams
Former Rank Screen Advertising MD to receive London memorial service on May 25
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Withoutabox adds festivals to innovative submission system
Abu Dhabi, CPH PIX (Copenhagen), Guadalajara, New York, Stockholm and Warsaw have all linked to the International Film Festival Submissions System.
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HFPA welcomes trio of new members
Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros, Barbara Gasser and Mirai Konishi have been admitted to the organisation.Ballesteros writes for the Ilta-Sanomat, Kouluainen and Suosikki (Finland), while Gasser writes for M-Starmedia Verlag and Maxima (Austria) and Konishi writes for CUT and eiga.com (Japan).All three were voted in at the membership meeting on May 6 ...
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NewsFocus takes US rights to Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley will star in the story of neighbours who fall for each other as earth faces imminent destruction.
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NewsLionsgate to commence production on Chainsaw Massacre
The film partners Lionsgate with Nu Image. Lionsgate holds US rights and Nu Image is selling in Cannes.
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NewsEssential to commence sales on Pan starring Eckhart, Robb
Aaron Eckhart and AnnaSophia Robb will star in the dark spin on Peter Pan that was originally set up at New Line as a directing vehicle for Guillermo del Toro.
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FeaturesThor retains UK box office crown
The UK box office displays decent depth as five films gross over $1.6m (£1m) for the first time in eight weeks.