All Screen articles in 29 July 2008 – Page 2
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Lionsgate secures five-year $340m revolving credit facility
Lionsgate has secured a five-year $340m revolving credit facility with JPMorgan and Wachovia Bank that replaces the previous $215m facility with JPMorgan.'This new facility is another component of Lionsgate's strong balance sheet, a key driver of our growth in the future,' Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns said.'With $371m in cash ...
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Dark Knight's international weekend even bigger than estimates
The Dark Knight grossed $2m more at the weekend in international markets than initially thought as $67.7m and more than 8.7m admissions from 7,135 screens in 51 markets raised the running total to $128.3m.Click here to see full international weekend reportWarner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) executives announced the actual results ...
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Apice promoted in creative services at Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures' worldwide creative services group has promoted Matt Apice to vice president of digital production.Apice continues to report to the group's executive vice president Dan Wolfe and assumes a brief that includes co-ordination of post-production operations with other departments and identifying emerging technologies.'As a former editor, Matt has become ...
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Revolver, Warp, Metrodome selected for $1m digital scheme
The National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts (NESTA) and the UK Film Council have selected the 12 UK businesses to participate in the new Digital Innovation in Film initiative.The $1m programme, announced in March, is jointly run by NESTA and the UKFC and will help small film companies ...
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Ward's Rain Of The Children wins at Era New Horizons
Poland's Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wroclaw has given its Grand Prix to Rain Of The Children.New Zealand director Vincent Ward's film is described as 'an intimate docufiction,' telling the story of the film-maker's own interest in the turbulent life story of an old Maori woman. Other films in ...
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Seoul's CinDi fest increases prize money, unveils line-up
The 2nd Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (CinDi 2008) has announced its full line-up which will include competition films from last year's top award-winners Yu Guangyi and Woo Ming Jin - each bringing their second and third films Survival Song and Days Of The Turquoise Sky, respectively. The Invitation Section ...
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Thai star Tony Jaa goes missing from Ong Bak sequel
Thai film studio Sahamongkol held a press conference in Bangkok on Friday (July 25) to confirm that Ong Bak star Tony Jaa has been missing for the past two months. The martial arts star was directing and starring in the sequel to 2003 hit Ong Bak when he disappeared. However, ...
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Andrea Arnold starts UK shoot for Fish Tank
Andrea Arnold has started shooting her follow-up to Cannes prize winner Red Road. The new feature Fish Tank stars Hunger lead Michael Fassbender with Kate Jarvis, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths, and Harry Treadaway.Artificial Eye has already acquired the UK theatrical rights; ContentFilm International is handling worldwide sales. The film is ...
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India's UTV crosses $5m in US market in first six months
UTV Motion Pictures has announced that it has entered the list of top 20 film distributors in North America in the first half of 2008, by becoming the first Indian film studio to cross the $5m revenue mark.The ranking is based on US box office figures for the first six ...
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First Light gets kids' shorts on Virgin Atlantic planes
First Light Movies, the initative to get UK youngsters making films, has struck a deal for five of its shorts to be shown on Virgin Atlantic planes.First Light-funded films made by six- to 18-year-olds will be shown on Virgin Atlantic's inflight entertainment system from July to November.The selected films are: ...
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First Light gets kids' shorts on Virgin Atlantic planes
First Light Movies, the initative to get UK youngsters making films, has struck a deal for five of its shorts to be shown on Virgin Atlantic planes.First Light-funded films made by six- to 18-year-olds will be shown on Virgin Atlantic's inflight entertainment system from July to November.The selected films are: ...
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Three And Out gets simultaneous DVD/VOD launch
Sky Television and Worldwide Bonus Entertainment have struck a deal to release UK feature Three And Out simultaneously on DVD and Sky Box Office.Three And Out will be offered on Sky Box Office and Sky's online VOD service for a four-month window priced around $8 per viewing.The DVD retail and ...
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Sierk promoted to deputy role in acquisitions/sales at Telepool
Thomas Sierk has been named deputy head of acquisitions & sales for German-speaking territories at Telepool.He reports to the division's new head Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann, who takes her post as of January 2009.Sierk is a law graduate who has worked at Telepool since 2003.Higuchi-Zitzmann said: 'In Thomas Sierk I have found ...
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Theo Angelopoulos pulls Dust of Time from Venice
Just one day before theVenice Film Festival announces its line-up (Tuesday), one of the most eagerly-awaited world premieres, Theo Angelopoulos' Dust of Time has been pulled from the selection.The decision by the Greek auteur and his producers came after screenings slots could not be found that would have allowed leading ...
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Chaser takes top awards at Korea's PiFan fest
The 11th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) awarded Na Hong-jin's serial murderer thriller The Chaser with its top Best of Puchon prize and the European Federation of Fantastic Films (EFFF) Asian Award. The film also took best actress for Seo Young-hee. 'We had great rains over the weekend and ...
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Oz filmmakers urged to seek different subject matter
Scripts must reflect big ideas that are unique and engaging, local distributors and potential overseas partners told the Australian and New Zealand filmmakers pitching projects as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival's financing market 37South. While hardly a new or surprising message, it is a crucial one at a ...
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Arranged wins best picture at Japan's Skip City fest
US-based directors Stephan Schaefer and Diane Crespo's Arranged has won best picture at the 5th annual Skip City International Digital Cinema Festival (July 19-27). The accolade also carried a $92,700 (Y10m) cash prize by fest sponsor Sony. Arranged tells the story of two female teachers in Brooklyn, one Jewish and ...
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Studios parade 2008 and 09 blockbusters at Comic-Con
Sam Raimi will commence exploratory work this week on a new instalment in his iconic Evil Dead series, the director told Comic-Con attendees.Speaking after he unveiled footage from his upcoming horror release Drag Me To Hell, a back-to-roots exercise following the grand scale of the Spider-Man franchise, Raimi said he ...
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Warner's Knight crosses $300m in record time in North America
The Dark Knight demolition derby continued apace as Warner Bros' world-beating action epic grossed an estimated $75.6m to set a new second weekend record and crossed $300m in another new mark of 10 days.Christopher Nolan's phenomenon currently stands at $314.2m and trails Iron Man by a whisker as the second ...