All Screen articles in 30 March 2005 – Page 3

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    Jordan readies Our Lady for FilmFour

    2005-03-30T00:00:00Z

    FilmFour,the film division of broadcaster Channel 4, and production company Wild Child Films haveacquired the rights to the novel Our LadyOf The Forest, with Neil Jordan to direct.ConorMcPherson, best known for the acclaimed play The Weir, wrote the screenplay, based on David Guterson's novelabout a troubled teenage girl who claims ...

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    Showtime lines up first six films in Masters Of Horror series

    2005-03-30T00:00:00Z

    ShowtimeNetworks, IDT Entertainment's New Arc Entertainment, Industry Entertainment andNice Guy Productions have announced the first six titles in their Masters OfHorror series by acclaimedgenre filmmakers, set to begin production in Vancouver in April.John Landis (AnAmerican Werewolf In London) will direct Deer Woman starring BrianBenben, which Landis co-wrote with his son ...

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    Monster movie scores $4.7m pre-sale to Japan

    2005-03-30T04:00:00Z

    The Host, a big-budget monster movie to be shot by one ofKorea's most respected directors, clinched a massive $4.7m pre-sale to Japan'sHappinet .Pictures at the recent Hong Kong FilMart.The deal, which includes a $1.5m investment stake plusdistribution rights for Japan, is unusually high for a film which is still twomonths ...

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    Avica unveils plans for Irish digital cinema network

    2005-03-30T04:00:00Z

    US digital cinema outfit Avica has unveiled plans tobuild a digital exhibition network on 515 screens across Ireland, both Northand South.Avica has launched a new subsidiary, Digital Cinema Ltd(Ireland) (DCL), backed by Euros 40m in venture capital, to install thenetwork.Avica claims that "Ireland will be the world's firstdigital nation" as ...

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    Warner Bros restructures global brand management division

    2005-03-30T04:00:00Z

    Warner Bros Entertainment'sGlobal Brand Management has announced its line-up of senior executivesresponsible for promoting properties throughout the company's divisions.Joining executive vicepresident of global brand management Diane Nelson are new vice presidents Irika Slavin, Sandy Yi, Lisa St Amandand Amber Fredman. The quartet will support Warner Bros Global BrandManagement's directive ...

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    Celador promotes Colson to joint managing director

    2005-03-30T04:00:00Z

    Celador Films, the film armof the UK TV company behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire', has promotedChristian Colson to joint managing director.Colson, previously directorof production and development, will share the role with chairman and Celadorfounder Paul Smith. Since joining Celador fromMiramax Films in 2002, Colson has completed Separate Lives, ...

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    Strand announces US pick-ups of Berneri, Marconi films

    2005-03-30T05:00:00Z

    Strand Releasing hasacquired US rights to Anahi Berneri's Argentina-set drama A Year WithoutLove (Un Ano Sin Amor) and Rodolphe Marconi's French romance The LastDay (Le Dernier Jour).A Year Without Love premiered in the Berlinale's Panorama Section, where it won the Teddy Award for best feature for its chronicle of a ...

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    Gong Li lands leading role in Mann's Miami Vice

    2005-03-30T05:00:00Z

    Gong Li hasjoined Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx in the cast of Michael Mann's upcoming MiamiVice project forUniversal Pictures.The Chinesestar, whose credits include a handful of Zhang Yimou classics, Farewell My Concubine, 2046 and the upcoming Memoirs Of A Geisha, will play Isabella, the Chinese-Cubanwife of an international crime syndicate ...