All Finance articles – Page 62
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NewsJosh Berger: Harry Potter key to UK VFX boom
It was the growth of the Harry Potter franchise that set up the UK film industry to be a world leader in visual effects, Josh Berger, president and MD Warner Bros. Entertainment UK, Ireland and Spain said today during his keynote at MBI’s Creative Week Media Summit.
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NewsBIM founder takes stake in The Wonders producer
Carlo Cresto-Dina’s Italian production company tempesta has sold a 20% stake to BIM founder Valerio De Paolis.
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NewsRussian cash for Solondz, Fiennes projects
Films by Todd Solondz, Ralph Fiennes and Andrei Konchalovsky as well as an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s White Nights, starring Daniel Brühl, are among 12 projects to be supported by Russia’s Ministry of Culture this year.
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NewsTake Down first to $50m Welsh fund
Take Down, a thriller starring Jeremy Sumpter [pictured] from the director of I Know What You Did Last Summer, is to be the first feature to receive investment through the Welsh Government’s new £30m ($50m) Media Investment Budget.
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NewsNyman Libson Paul launch new film funding initiative
Entertainment accountancy firm Nyman Libson Paul has launched an innovative new funding initiative called The Movies Begin Ltd (TMB), intended to help producers at the early stages of financing their films.
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NewsScreen Australia backs Blue Dog, Downriver
Sequel to local box office hit Red Dog wins Screen Australia backing alongside a thriller starring Kerry Fox.
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NewsChina's Kylin ploughs $20.5m into Brosnan film
EXCLUSIVE: Investors say their contribution to period drama The Moon And The Sun is China’s biggest financial contribution to a non-studio movie produced outside mainland China. [Exclusive first image]
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NewsZentropa put under "strict control"
Lars von Trier and Peter Aalbæk Jensen’s Zentropa Entertainments has been put under “stricter control” by the Danish Film Institute over future state support for its productions and its auditor has been reported to the National Audit Committee.
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NewsEU-US free trade talks under fire
The TTIP free-trade talks between the EU and US continue to come under fire from a growing chorus of European film-makers and EU Culture Ministers.
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NewsCzech duo win Kieslowski prize
In Cannes, the eighth annial Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast award has gone to Merican Chick.
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NewseOne revenue up 30%
The Group reported revenue of $1,303m, up 30% on 2013, and underlying EBITDA up 48% on 2013 at $147m.
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NewsRotterdam's HBF backs 11 projects
Each project will receive contributions from IFFR’s fund towards script and project development.
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NewsWorldview gains $200m cash infusion
Worldview Entertainment has raised $200m that includes a capital raise from existing and new investors to bring the equity and debt level to $350m.
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NewsGlacier mints $100m production fund
EXCLUSIVE: Glacier Films backer and producer Vladimir Poliakov is launching a $100m fund to ramp up production at the year-old company.
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NewsScreen Flanders awards nine titles
EXCLUSIVE: A total of €2m is to be distributed in the first round of 2014 for Screen Flanders Economic Fund.
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NewsBFI, BBC back David Hockney doc
David Hockney documentary will be produced by Kate Ogborn (The Deep Blue Sea).
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NewsUK Film Centre on £10m question
Speakers at roundtable including the BFI’s Ben Roberts and StudioCanal’s Danny Perkins.
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NewsElectric secures $50m capital infusion
Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has accessed a $50m capital infusion in the form of corporate and production credit facilities from First Republic Bank.
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NewsWorldview boards doc 52
Worldview Entertainment announced it will finance and produce Joshua Zeman’s documentary 52.
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NewsUK financiers add development fund
EXCLUSIVE: Piccadilly Pictures backs BBC Films, Charles Dance projects.