All articles by Chris Evans – Page 6
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NewsSpain’s Arcadia Motion Pictures to make gothic Snow White film
Ibon Cormenzana’s Arcadia Motion Pictures are set to produce an alternative version of Snow White set in 1920s Spain, written and directed by Pablo Berger and starring Maribel Verdu.
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NewsRelativity chooses Fresnadillo to direct The Crow remake
The Spaniard beat out his countryman Francisco Javier Gutierrez for the job and will now go ahead for Relativity and Ed Pressman, the producer behind the 1994 original.
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NewsAvalon picks up 13 Assassins, Pina for Spain
Spanish indie Avalon Distribution has picked up Takashi Miike’s samurai tale 13 Assassinsand Wim Wenders’ 3D dance film Pina from HanWay Films for release in Spain.
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FeaturesAs Luck Would Have It
Cult Spanish director Alex De La Iglesia follows the success of his Silver Lion winning film The Last Circus with this dark film starring Salma Hayek, which was blacklisted for five years before being rescued by Spanish producer Andres Vicente Gomez.
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NewsSpain’s Lazona to adapt Ugly Duckling series for big screen
Madrid based outfit Lazona is in development on two new projects, one a coming-of-age comedy with popular director Roberto Santiago and the other a film adaptation of the International Emmy-nominated series Ugly Duckling (Patito Feo).
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NewsTornasol to work with Cell 211 director Daniel Monzon on murder mystery
Spanish outfit Tornasol Films, producers of Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes, will work on an English-language murder mystery film with director Daniel Monzon, hot off his huge success with Cell 211.
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NewsTorrente 4 grosses record $20m in its first week in Spain
Santiago Segura’s comedy Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis has blown away the competition and set new records as it amassed an incredible $20m in its first week at the Spanish box office up to Mar 20.
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NewsLatido secures more sales on key titles
Spanish outfit Latido Films has sold theatrical rights for The Diary Of Carlota to Brave Film for Italy and 80 Days to ABC for Netherlands and Belgium, and TV rights for No Return to SBS in Australia.
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NewsSND takes on Iglesia’s As Luck Would Have It for France
French distributor SND has picked up theatrical distribution rights to Alex De La Iglesia’s new Spanish-language dark comedy As Luck Would Have It, starring Salma Hayek, from the film’s producers.
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NewsJulia’s Eyes director to make English-language horror Venom
The Orphanage producers Rodar Y Rodar have revealed a new slate of projects to Screen, including Julia’s Eyes director Guillem Morales’ $17m English-language horror-thriller Venom.
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NewsArgentina and Chile dominate the Toulouse Films In Progress titles
The Latin American Film Screenings of Toulouse has announced its six projects which will compete in the 19th Films In Progress programme, all of which are either Chilean or Argentinian co-productions.
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NewsLuis De La Madrid readies thriller Chonicle Beyond The Border
Renowned Spanish director/editor De La Madrid to make thriller Chronicle Beyond The Border
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NewsSitges director faces pornography complaint over A Serbian Film
Spanish festival heads rally to support Angel Sala over the accusations.
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FeaturesRed Lights
Hot off the huge success of his first English-language film Buried, Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes moves on to an even bigger thriller with heavyweights Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver.
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NewsAurum picks up Man On A Ledge and Gone for Spain
Aurum has picked up Spanish rights to Asger Leth’s thriller Man On A Ledge, starring Ed Harris, Sam Worthington and Jamie Bell, and Heitor Dhalia’s thriller Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried.
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NewsAlta Films pick up Midnight In Paris for Spain
Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Midnight In Paris has been sold to indie outfit Alta Films for release in Spanish theatres through their distribution wing Alta Classics.
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NewsTriPictures pick up Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark for Spain
Major distributor TriPictures has taken Spanish theatrical rights to the Guillermo Del Toro backed horror Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark from Miramax.
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NewsDeaPlaneta pick up The Awakening for Spain
Major distributor DeaPlaneta has picked up Spanish theatrical rights to Nick Murphy’s supernatural thriller The Awakening from Studio Canal at the EFM.
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NewsFilmax to produce English-language horror The Returned
Major Spanish studio Filmax is set to make a new horror project titled The Returnedwith Manuel Carballo in the director’s chair, following his success with Exorcismus.
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Black Bread sweeps the board at the Goya awards
De La Iglesia confirms resignation as Academy president