All Screen articles in 27 Sept 2012 – Page 5
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NewsFifteen countries in inaugural Cockatoo Island film competition
Ten of the 15 feature films in competition at Sydney’s Cockatoo Island Film Festival are debut films, which fits the competition aim of giving attention to emerging directors.
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Amazon Studios options horror novel Seed
Amazon’s original content arm has added Ania Ahlborn’s gothic tale to its development slate.
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FeaturesLooper: how an international independent came together
Screen’s US editor Jeremy Kay talks to director Rian Johnson, his producer Ram Bergman and producer/financier Jim Stern about how they packaged the film and how China’s DMG came on board.
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CommentIron Sky's new extended cut to offer 25 minutes of extra footage
Iron Sky director Timo Vuorensola is also working on I Killed Adolf Hitler and TV series Deus X.
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NewsBedlam adds Olwyn Silvester, Stella Nwimo
Bedlam Productions appoints Olwyn Silvester as director of production, Stella Nwimo to production and development role.
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NewsFinland heats up international appeal with first Finnish Film Affair
Works in progress presented to international buyers and sellers include new films from Honkasalo and Louhimies, plus the animated family sequel Niko 2.
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NewsDoha Film Institute appoints Abdulaziz Al Khater as CEO
Also, Doha festival adds new venue for opening and closing ceremonies and other events.
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NewsHere And There director Lungulov starts work on Monument
Originally titled Monument To Michael Jackson, the black comedy will shoot for six weeks on location in Serbia and Macedonia.
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NewsSaffery Champness acquires RSM Tenon’s film and TV unit
UK accountant’s film unit, run by John Graydon [pictured] and Nigel Burke, acquired by rival firm; all current film contracts to transfer to Saffery Champness.
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DCMS opens tax relief consultation for high-end TV drama
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is nailing down the criteria used to decide which programmes are eligible for the proposed drama tax relief for high-end TV.
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NewsBFI Future Plan to invest £500m over next five years
Three areas of concentration are education and audiences, filmmaking and film heritage; Film Fund will rise to £24m annually by 2017.
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NewsEuropaCorp, Relativity sign Kevin Costner for McG thriller
The untitled project centres on a dying secret serviceman who undertakes a volatile drug trial that could extend his life and allow him to reconnect with his estranged family in exchange for one final mission.
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Unified Pictures, Savage Bunny, Bron Studios get Trust Me
William H Macy, Felicity Huffman, Sam Rockwell and Amanda Peet to star in dark comedy alongside writer-director Clark Gregg. UTA Independent Film Group represents domestic rights and Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International is handling foreign sales.
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NewsJake Gyllenhaal joins Alcon Entertainment’s Prisoners
Hot on the heels of the promising box office debut of End Of Watch, the actor is set to reunite with his An Enemy director Denis Villeneuve.
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CommentAsterix and Obelix: in Britain 3D -- Catherine Deneuve massacres the French language, à l’anglaise
The high-profile cast of Laurent Tirard’s highly anticipated Asterix and Obelix: in Britain 3D — led by Gérard Depardieu, Edouard Baer and Catherine Deneuve — were out in force on Sunday afternoon for a packed, first public preview of the film at Paris’ iconic, 2,800-seat Grand Rex cinema.
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NewsBullhead's Roskam talks Buda Bridge, The Tiger, The Faithful
The Belgian director discusses forthcoming projects at Binger-Screen interview in Utrecht.
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NewsShooting begins on John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary
McDonagh’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Guard stars Brendan Gleeson [pictured], Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly and Aidan Gillen, among others.
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FeaturesWayne Borg
Bill Gates will be among speakers discussing the future of the ‘digital frontier’ at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Media Summit. Wendy Mitchell talks to Wayne Borg of organiser Twofour54