All Screen articles in 30 March 2007 – Page 4
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Cusack, Hayes join voice cast of TWC's Igor
John Cusack and Sean Hayes have joined the voice cast of Exodus Film Group's CG-animated comedy Igor, which The Weinstein Company (TWC) is scheduled to release in North America on Oct 24, 2008.Cusack will voice the title character of Igor, a mad scientist's assistant who secretly harbours dreams of becoming ...
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India's UTV launches world cinema distribution venture
Mumbai-based entertainment giant UTV plans to bring world cinema to the Indian market through a joint venture with local distributor Palador Pictures, UTV Palador, which encompasses arthouse theatres, a DVD label and a movie channel. Unveiled at the FICCI-Frames conference in Mumbai on Tuesday, UTV Palador plans to release more ...
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Franco-German co-productions backed with $974,850 by FFA/CNC
New feature films by Jaco van Dormael and Martin Provost have received a total of $974,850 (Euros 730,000) backing by the German-French Funding Commission which is administered by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and France's CNC to promote co-production between the two countries. $467,393 (Euros 350,000) was awarded to ...
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Hoyts tries for record-breaking screen at $30m Auckland multiplex
A new Hoyts 10-screen multiplex cinema in Auckland, New Zealand, may house the world's largest 35mm cinema screen.The $30m Hoyts Sylvia Park, in Auckland's Mt Wellington, will open March 29 with a large 30.67-meters-wide and 13-meters-tall screen. The company has appliced with Guiness World Records to see if the screen ...
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Von Trotta plans biopic of medieval visionary Hildegard von Bingen
Hildegard von Bingen, one of the most important women of the medieval age, will be the subject of veteran German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta's next feature film. The project will go into production at locations in Hessen and Bavaria from late summer after many years of research and preparation. Hildegard ...
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Pinewood Shepperton sees turnover up 22% in 2006
Pinewood Shepperton today released its preliminary results for the year ended Dec 31 2006. It was a robust year for the company, with turnover up 22% at $80m (£40.7m) and operating profit 'before exceptional items' up 70% at $17.9m (£9.1m).The company's increasing diversification into television also seems to be bearing ...
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Artificial Eye buys Rivette and Costanzo titles after Berlin
UK distributor Artificial Eye has announced two more acquisitions on the back of the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. The company has taken UK rights to Jacques Rivette's Don't Touch The Axe (Ne Touchez Pas La Hache) starring Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Michel Piccoli and Bulle Ogier. It also acquired Saverio ...
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Du Toit returns as programming co-director at PSIFF 08
The Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced that Helen du Toit will return as co-director of programming alongside the current director of programming Carl Spence for the 2008 edition.Du Toit most recently served as programme director of the Vancouver Film and Television Forum, and also programmed for various film ...
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Emerging to screen Global Film Initiative programmes in US cinemas
Distributor Global Film Initiative (GFI) is expanding its reach through a deal with Emerging Pictures that enables GFI's touring Global Lens 2007 series to screen in digitally equipped cinemas. 'Up to now we have been limited by the costs and logistics of screening only 35mm film,' GFI executive director Kristin ...
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Harper named Regency chairman and CEO
Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE) vice chairman Robert Harper has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Regency Filmed Entertainment. He replaces David Matalon who left the company earlier this month to return to his own production company.Harper will oversee Fox-based Regency's film production unit, New Regency Productions, as well ...
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Kadokawa returns to directing with historic love story
Genghis Khan producer Haruki Kadokawa has announced his return to the director's chair after a 10-year absence. At a press conference held in central Tokyo yesterday, Kadokawa announced he will direct a film starring 17-year-old Korean actress Ara, who made her film debut in a supporting role in the producer's ...
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Revolver takes prizes for Kidulthood DVD marketing
Indie distributor Revolver Entertainment beat the major studios at the British Video Association Awards 2007, taking the Best Feature Film Marketing Award for the DVD release of urban drama Kidulthood. The judges, which picked the Kidulthood campaign over those for bigger releases including Cars and The Da Vinci Code, said: ...
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Filmstreet gets rights to Beatles-signed band's story
Los Angeles-based Filmstreet Productions has taken the film rights to new book All You Need Is Luck or How I Got A Record Deal By Meeting Paul McCartney. Paul Tennant's book is about three teenage musicians in Liverpool in 1967 who became the first group signed to the Beatles' Apple ...
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Huayi's The Assembly adds new mainland China funding partners
Shanghai Film Group, Beijing New Film Group and Zhejiang Film and TV Group announced that they will partner with Huayi Brothers to invest in Feng Xiaogang's $10m war movie The Assembly. The three groups signed the partnership deal Monday in Beijing. Together with Huayi Brothers, the four mainland Chinese investors ...
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Film London adds companies to work placement scheme
Film London's Company Placement Scheme has added some new companies in its second year, including Film & Music Entertainment (F&ME), Headline Pictures, Ipso Facto and Warp X. Returning companies in the scheme include Diverse Productions, Number 9 Films and Tigerlily Films. The scheme offers six-month paid work placements to those ...
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CobraVision competition grows to 50-second shorts
CobraVision, Cobra Beer's short film competition, is introducing a new format in its third year. For the past two years, CobraVision had screened slots of 10 five-second films during advertising breaks on itv2, itv3 and itv4. From May 1, the five-second slots will be replaced with a 50-second film playing ...
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UTV and ROMP reunite for four films over three years
Indian entertainment conglomerate UTV and filmmaker Rakeysh Mehra's company Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Productions (ROMP),which teamed up for last year's hit film Rang De Basanti, have reunited. Together they will invest $64.9m (Rs2.8bn)in four films to be produced over three years. Among the films, to be directed by Mehra, are Dilli-6 ...
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Indian film industry to double in value to $4bn in five years
India 's film industry is estimated to more than double in value to $4.05bn (Rs175bn) by 2011, compared to the $1.96bn (Rs84.5bn) it was worth in 2006, according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report presented at the FICCI-Frames conference in Mumbai today. Domestic box office, which was worth $1.48bn (Rs64bn) in 2006, ...
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Paramount nabs multiple territories on Sleuth starring Jude Law
Paramount Pictures International has acquired UK, Australia, New Zealand and South African rights to Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth. The film, recently shot at the UK's Twickenham Film Studios, stars Jude Law and Michael Caine in an updated version of Anthony Shaffer's play, with a new script by Harold Pinter. The screenplay ...
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BT Vision Download adds films from Warner Bros
British Telecom has announced new content deals for its BT Vision Download Store, a UK-based download-to-own service. Warner Bros will let the BT service offer downloads of recent films including Happy Feet, The Prestige, A Scanner Darkly, and franchises including the Batman films, the Harry Potter series and the Matrix ...