All Screen articles in 30 April 2009 – Page 14
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Summit launches four at Cannes including new Pattinson romance
Summit Entertainment is presenting four new titles to buyers at Cannes this year including two new Summit productions - a romantic drama starring Twilightsensation Robert Pattinson and a generational love story set in Italy starring Amanda Seyfried.
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Potter star Jason Isaacs joins the cast of Skeletons
Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, has joined the cast of Skeletons,which is currently shooting in Derbyshire. He joins cast members Ed Gaughan, Andrew Buckley andPaprika Steen.
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Focus and Universal Pictures strike deal with UFA Cinema
Focus Features International (FFI) and Universal Pictures International (UPI) have formed a distributionand co-financing partnership with German film production and distribution operationUFA Cinema(UFA).
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Coco sashays into France as Germany embraces Comrade Couture
France:Coco Before Chanel opened on April 22 for 67,713 admissions in its first day, about 30,000 less than Zac Efron vehicle 17 Again. The film is playing on 424 screens and has received strong reviews from most of the mainstream press. In the picture, Audrey Tautou stars as the eponymous ...
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Liv Ullman to star in Bergman sequel
Norwegian director-actress Liv Ullmann, the muse of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, will star in Swedishdirector’s Stig Bjorkman’s Scenes From An Artistry (Scener Ur Ett Konstnärskap), the sequel to ImagesFrom The Playground (Bilder Från Lekstugan).
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UK Shadow Culture Minister promises piracy crackdown
Jeremy Hunt, Conservative Shadow Secretary for Culture, has promised to introduce legislation totackle piracy if the Tories are elected next year.
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Distant Horizon picks up Butcher for North America
Upstart Korean production and distribution company INew Entertainment has sold Kim Jin-Won’shorror feature debut The Butcher to Distant Horizon for North American distribution.
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Summit hires David Slade to direct third Twilight film
David Slade has been hired to direct The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third in Summit Entertainment’s Twilight series based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.
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Bleiberg takes international rights to The Vicious Kind
Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired international rights to Lee Toland Krieger’s romantic thriller The Vicious Kindand will launch the film at the Cannes market.
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Hong Kong film festival announces shorter run for 2010
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has announced that the 34th edition of the festival will run over 16 days in 2010 (March 21-April 6), compared to the 23-day run it had this year.
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EuropaCorp appoints Steve Rubin as international marketing chief
EuropaCorp, the French film company founded by Luc Besson, has appointed industry veteran SteveRubin to head a newly created international marketing division.
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Hollywood is a 'cornerstone in America's creative economy' says MPAA
Hollywoodis a “cornerstone in America’s creative economy”, according to Dan Glickman, chairmanand chief executive of the Motion Picture Association of America.
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Sky Sitney appointed as artistic director of Silverdocs Festival
The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival has appointed Sky Sitney as artistic director. She willtake over the role immediately.
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Swedish director Runge jumps from Simon And The Oaks
Swedish award-winning director Björn Runge has walked out on the $5m (SEK 45m) production of Simon And The Oaks (Simon Och Ekarna), claiming the film’s producers were limiting his freedom.
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Star Trek reviews boldly praise Abrams' remake
JJ Abrams’ $150m Star Trek has received glowing praise from early reviews following its UK premierein London last night (April 20). Critics claim it will revitalise the franchise.
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Taras Bulba tops $14m in Russia and Ukraine
Director Vladimir Bortko’s epic adventure Taras Bulba grossed $1.6m in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend.
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Don McKellar wins Writers Guild of Canada prize for Blindness
Screenwriter and actor Don McKellar won the Canadian Screenwriting Award for Blindnessas the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) celebrated the best of writing in Canadian film and television.