All Screen articles in 7 November 2002 – Page 7
-
News
Schoendorffer shoots Spybound for TF1
Irreversible pair and real life couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel are to star in Spy Bound (Agents Secrets), a big-budget thriller to be directed by Frederic Schoendorffer.The Euros15m French-language film is produced by Doberman-producer Eric Neve through his company La Chauve Souris and makes its market splash as the ...
-
News
Vivendi faces two new US investigations
One week after becoming the subject of a criminal probe in France, Vivendi Universal has now officially fallen under US scrutiny. The company will be examined by the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York and the Security and Exchange Commission's Miami office. The ailing media giant ...
-
News
Wild Bees, Hukkle win Cottbus prizes
Wild Bees and Hukkle - the Czech Republic and Hungary's candidates for the Foreign Language Film Oscar - were among the prize-winners at this year's FilmFestival Cottbus which closed on Sunday evening with an overall 15% increase in attendances over 2001.Bohdan Slama's Wild Bees (Divoke Vcely) received the Euros12,000 main ...
-
News
Norway, Austria, Colombia, Chile submit Oscar contenders
Four more countries have unveiled their candidates for the foreign language film category at next year's Academy Awards.Norway has selected Trygve Allister Diesen's Hold My Heart (Tyven, Tyven); Colombia has put forward Lisandro Duque's Los Ninos Invisible (The Invisible Children); Chile is sending animated film Ogu Y Mampato En Rapa ...
-
News
Christmas comes early as Santa Clause 2 flies atop the box office
Disney's The Santa Clause 2 brought some advance Yuletide magic to the North American box office over the weekend with a number one $29m opening, according to studio estimates released today (Nov 3). The debut was more than double that grossed by Columbia's action-comedy opener I Spy, which disappointed with ...
-
Reviews
The Santa Clause 2
Dir: Michael Lembeck. US. 2002. 98 mins.Eight years after the original family comedy became, in the US at least, a surprise Christmas smash, The Santa Clause 2 finds star Tim Allen back in the red and white suit for a pleasantly warm 'n' fuzzy - if typically overstuffed - holiday ...
-
News
Christmas comes early as Santa Clause 2 flies atop the box office
Disney's The Santa Clause 2 brought some advance Yuletide magic to the North American box office over the weekend with a number one $29m opening, according to studio estimates released today (Nov 3). The debut was more than double that grossed by Columbia's action-comedy opener I Spy, which disappointed with ...
-
News
Universal, Gaga form Japanese joint venture
Universal Pictures Japan and Gaga Communications have teamed up to form a two-picture joint venture which will see Gaga handle theatrical distribution rights on Universal's Blue Crush and Universal handle video rights on Gaga's Kill Bill. The ground-breaking joint venture was initiated by Gaga which approached Universal about Imagine Entertainment's ...
-
News
Flying Scotsman shooting time-table derailed
The future of The Flying Scotsman was placed in jeopardy yesterday (October 31) with the news that the£3.3 million production has lost one of its main investors. The sudden death of one of the partners in Americana Films has resulted in the withdrawal of their 27% share of the budget. ...
-
News
Turin festival unveils cutting edge line-up
The Turin Film Festival (Nov 7-15), Italy's leading cutting-edge event, has unveiled a brimming 20th edition line-up, which includes David Cronenberg's Spider, Toy Love by New Zealand director Harry Sinclair, and John Frankenheimer's last film, Path to War.The festivalwill open with competition title Pumpkin, Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder's ...
-
News
Rick Sands gets COO stripes at Miramax
Rick Sands, the chairman of worldwide distribution at Miramax Films, has been promoted again, this time to chief operating officer. Sands, a familiar face on the international festival and market circuit who oversees all international deals for the company, will continue to oversee domestic and international sales and distribution and ...
-
News
Tongue-twisting challenge faces Oscar foreign language selectors
Some two dozen countries have now unveiled their entries for next year's best foreign-language Oscar, a race that has already thrown up some intriguing choices including an English-language film, The Touch, as Hong Kong's preference, and a Hungarian entry that is entirely dialogue free. The UK, meanwhile, has submitted a ...
-
News
Pandora picks up international rights to Polish Brothers' latest
LA-based sales and financing outfit Pandora has acquired international rights, excluding English-speaking territories, to Northfork, the latest film from the eccentric film-making duo of Mark and Michael Polish (Twin Falls Idaho, Jackpot).Paramount Classics has all English-speaking rights to the film which was directed by Michael Polish from a script by ...
-
News
Ganis acquires feature film rights to Bush docu
Sid Ganis' Out of the Blue... Entertainment has optioned the feature film remake rights to Journeys With George, Alexandra Pelosi's acclaimed video diary of George W Bush's 2000 presidential campaign that will air on HBO on US Election Night, Nov 5. Ganis and Nancy Hult Ganis will produce the feature ...
-
News
UK submits The Warrior as Academy Award contender
The UK has submitted Asif Kapadia's Hindi language film The Warrior as its official entry in the best foreign language film category at the Academy Awards.It is the first time the UK has submitted a film to the Oscars whose language is not indigenous to the UK. In 2000, Welsh ...
-
News
Age of Realism kicks in for MIFED
There's a joke among US sellers that "even the buyers that don't pay aren't buying" at the moment. These sellers certainly lean towards gloom and doom in their conversations; indeed it's unlikely that a movie the size of Gangs Of New York could generate the eye-popping sales numbers today which ...
-
News
Age of Realism kicks in for MIFED
There's a joke among US sellers that "even the buyers that don't pay aren't buying" at the moment. These sellers certainly lean towards gloom and doom in their conversations; indeed it's unlikely that a movie the size of Gangs Of New York could generate the eye-popping sales numbers today which ...
-
News
The Magdalene Sisters make an impact in Ireland
Peter Mullan's critically acclaimed feature The Magdalene Sisters saw a mighty opening in the country where it is set, Ireland, last week for distributor Momentum Pictures.The drama, which won the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival, has taken $252,100 (£162,100) from 31 screens as of Wednesday Oct 30, ...
-
News
Last call for 2003 festival calendar
On January 10 Screen International publishes its 2003 festival calendar. This will include more film and TV events than any other film and TV industry calendar. If you have not already sent us details of your event, then you only have two weeks to do so. The deadline for entries ...