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All Americas articles – Page 336
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Francois Velle to direct The Narrows for Serenade
Serenade Films has signed Francois Velle to direct the drama The Narrows, which is set to begin filming in New York later this month.The Narrows stars Kevin Zegers as a 22-year-old Brooklyn man that dreams of escaping his family's criminal roots and becoming a photographer.Vincent D'Onofrio, Sophia Bush, Eddie Cahill ...
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American World signs international rights to Codeblack slate
Mark Lester's Los Angles-based American World Pictures (AWP) has struck a deal to sell foreign rights to African-American-owned studio Codeblack Entertainment's slate at Cannes.The eight-strong Codeblack roster includes The Hit starring Blair Underwood and James Russo, I Tried starring Bone Thugs and Harmony, Flip The Script starring Robin Givens, and ...
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Roadside deal with Goldwyn/IDP comes to an end
Samuel Goldwyn Films announced yesterday that its three-year deal to provide marketing and distribution servicing to Roadside Attractions through its theatrical releasing arm IDP Distribution has come to an end.IDP Distribution and its staff will continue to distribute Goldwyn's theatrical film releases in the United States.Roadside Attraction co-president Howard Cohen ...
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Pellington to direct Henry Poole Is Here for Lakeshore
Los Angeles-based Lakeshore Entertainment is teaming up for the fourth time with director Mark Pellington on the drama Henry Poole Is Here starring Luke Wilson.Joint senior vice presidents of international sales Jonathan Deckter and Elisabeth Costa De Beauregard will begin sales in Cannes next week on the story of a ...
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Son Of Rambow to open Seattle Film Festival
The 33rd Annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) will kick off with Garth Jennings' coming-of-age drama Son Of Rambow and close with the North American premiere of Laurent Tirard's period comedy Moliere.All in all 405 features will screen during the May 24-Jun 17 festival. Events include the new Planet Cinema ...
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Cotter's Continental signs option to board non-Warner Initial films
Continental Pictures, Colin Cotter's recently announced financing and sales company, has signed a deal with Initial Entertainment Group, in which Cotter is still a partner, whereby Continental will have the option to board Initial projects not taken up by Warner Bros under its first-look studio deal.Continental is Cotter's new initiative ...
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Little, Lightning team up to sell Fan-Demanium
Los Angeles-based sales and distribution companies Lightning Entertainment and The Little Film Company have jointly acquired international sales rights to football documentary Fan-Demanium.The parties will commence sales at Cannes next week on the project, which shot during the 2006 World Cup in Germany and follows 10 fans from around the ...
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Ocean's Thirteen to open ninth annual CineVegas
The ninth annual CineVegas Film Festival that runs in Las Vegas from Jun 6-16 will open with Ocean's Thirteen following the film's out of competition screening in Cannes.Ocean's Thirteen producer Jerry Weintraub will be presented with the Vanguard Producer Award during the opening night festivities at the Palms Casino, the ...
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Smart joins Malloy in swing dance romance Love N Dancing
Amy Smart will join Tom Malloy and a cast of swing dancing champions in Trick Candle Productions and Dolger Films' West Coast swing dance romance Love N' Dancing.Robert Iscove will direct from a screenplay by Malloy about a bored English teacher and her swing dancing instructor who fall in love ...
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Sundance Channel takes Film Movement's Man
North American distributor Film Movement has licensed Jose Henrique Fonseca's Brazilian crime caper Man Of The Year (O Homem Do Ano) to the Sundance Channel.Man Of The Year tells the story of an ordinary person who is propelled into destiny after the seemingly innocuous act of dying his hair blond.Murilo ...
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GSFI gets Expired for worldwide sales
GreeneStreet Films International (GSFI) will arrive in Cannes buoyed by the acquisition of worldwide rights to Cecilia Miniucchi's Critics Week romantic comedy Expired.Sales chief Ariel Veneziano will introduce to the project to buyers at the market next week. Expired stars Samantha Morton and Jason Patric as diametrically opposed characters who ...
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Arts Alliance enters US market with acquisition of Hart Sharp
London-based Arts Alliance Media has expanded into the US with the acquisition of New York-based Hart Sharp Video. Hart Sharp develops, acquires, markets and distributes films for home video, DVD and digital platforms. Past releases include Super Size Me! The deal, announced by AAM CEO Howard Kiedaisch and Hart Sharp ...
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International delegates at Tribeca see room for growth
Proximity to Cannes is still an issue, say international attendees, but those who attended found it a useful pre-Cannes meeting point and appreciated the 75 world premieres in the programme. Wendy Mitchell reports...The Tribeca Film Festival has clearly stated that one of its aims is to increase the presence of ...
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Fortissimo takes on Mexican Critics Week selection Bad Habits
Fortissimo Films has taken worldwide rights outside the Americas to Bad Habits (Malos Habitos), screening as part of Cannes Critics' Week. Simon Bross' feature won best film in the Mexican section at the 22nd Guadalajara International Film Festival. The story follows a family with diverse eating disorders. Ximena Ayala, Elena ...
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New York's LaSalleHolland restructures as Sweet 180
New York-based management and production company LaSalleHolland has been restructured and renamed as Sweet 180. Company president Lillian LaSalle said: 'I restructured the company to accommodate a smaller but more prestigious client list. I'm excited about our new partnerships within the industry and I feel the new name reflects the ...
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Robert Forster joins the cast of Fried's Fire Bay
Robert Forster has joined Kuno Becker on the cast of Randall Fried's Bay Of Pigs drama Fire Bay, which is set to begin shooting on Jul 16 in Mexico.Fried's Los Angeles-based DragonFire Films will produce with Structured Capital Group Inc from New York City. Hector Lopez and Tony Mark are ...
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Sony Acquisitions Group signs pact with Inferno
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has signed a multi-year, co-financing and domestic distribution deal for all-media rights to films produced by Inferno Distribution.The non-exclusive agreement is structured as a first-look deal that effectively turns Inferno into a producer on certain projects for the studio with the ability to sell ...
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Wind Dancer names first two thrillers from development fund
US-based Wind Dancer Films has announced the first two thrillers from its recently established development fund.Crescendo is based on a story by Wind Dancer's Matt Williams and will be written by Andrew Klavan and centres on a traumatised concert violinist plagued by visions of her late father.House Of War is ...
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2929 takes on international sales to Gracie
2929 International will commence sales in Cannes on Davis Guggenheim's true-life drama Gracie based on a tragedy that struck the family of actress Elisabeth Shue.Set in 1978, Gracie tells the story of a 16-year-old girl who won the right to play competitive football on her high school boy's team after ...
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Screen Media Ventures to sell three at AFM
New York-based distributor Screen Media will introduce three new theatrical projects to buyers in Cannes through its new sales arm Screen Media Ventures.Walker Payne is a small-town drama about a man forced to make heart-breaking choices to save his two daughters and stars Judd Payne, Jason Patric and Sam Shepard.Matt ...