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Ed Clarke leaves Capitol to be development head at Kudos
Kudos Pictures has hired Ed Clarke as head of development. Clarke spent the last three years at Capitol Films as head of development and acquisitions.Kudos Pictures, which was lead producer on David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, is the film arm of Kudos Film and TV. Its forthcoming productions include wildlife documentary ...
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Revamped Baker Street partners with Darkside on Kitchen Games
UK producer and film financier Baker Street Entertainment is partnering with London based animation studio Darkside Entertainment on ambitious new $8m (£4m)CGI animated feature, The Kitchen Games. The film comes billed as 'a tale of cutlery from opposite sides of the table, which compete once a year to decide who ...
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EFP selects 22 producers for Cannes Producers on the Move
The Hamburg-based, pan-European promotional organisation European Film Promotion (EFP) has selected 22 aspiring European producers for its Producers On The Move networking initiative to take place during the Cannes Film Festival next month.Since being launched in 2000, Producers On The Move has enabled over 140 up-and-coming European producers to meet ...
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BFI London IMAX sets record with U2 3D
U2 3D's run at the British Film Institute's London IMAX has proven a triumph, as the venue has become the highest grossing cinema in the world for the concert movie.The film has generated $442,127 (£223,235) to date on the UK's biggest screen since its February 22 release and has reported ...
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Natalie Portman lines up for Ecosse's Wuthering Heights
Natalie Portman has signed up to play Cathy Earnshaw in John Maybury's new adaptation of Wuthering Heights.Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae's UK-based Ecosse Films is producing. HanWay Films is handling sales.Bernstein said: 'I'm delighted that we have attracted an actress of Natalie Portman's calibre to Wuthering Heights, she will bring ...
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21, Leatherheads kick off overseas campaigns in Europe as Horton hurtles away
Fox International's Horton Hears A Who! remains the leading Hollywood export and looks like the one to beat this weekend as executives expect it to cross $100m.The family film has amassed $93.9m and opens in 10 territories including Greece on April 10.The romantic comedy 27 Dresses is doing well on ...
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Salt Shakers: rebranding Luminafilms
What's in a name' A lot if it is misleading. That is why Lumina Films has this week rebranded as The Salt Company.Lumina was originally founded in Spain to sell the Latin American films produced by Buena Onda Films. But since 2005, Lumina has been London-based with a more diverse ...
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Industry opinion: Investors remain key to sustainable UK industry
To comment email michael.gubbins@emap.com. To see feedback, click hereEarlier this month, the UK government closed a tax loophole which had promised to finance a number of British films. It was the second year running the Treasury had cracked down on so-called sideways loss relief, through which investors wanted to offset ...
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Scottish Screen to invest $1.5m in specialist exhibition
Scottish Screen has announced that it will invest $1.5m (£750,000) in the specialist exhibition sector in Scotland. The funds are part of along-term strategy to promote the development and provision ofcultural cinema programming throughout the country. Among the fundingrecipients are the Glasgow Film Theatre, Dundee Contemporary Arts andthe Edinburgh International ...
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Metrodome picks up extreme-skiing story Steep
Metrodome Distributions has acquired full UK rights to extreme-skiing documentary Steep, which it plans to release towards the end of 2008. Director Mark Obenhaus' feature documentary is the story of the dangerous sport of big-mountain skiing. It features many of the sport's greatest athletes, including the late Doug Coombs, considered ...
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Met Film School announces new advisory board
The Met Film School has announced the formation of its new advisory board, comprising eleven accomplished industry professionals. The board will draw on its varied knowledge and expertise to advise on the future direction of the school and thereby help to enrich the student experience.The advisory board is headed by ...
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The Edge Of Love to open Edinburgh festival on June 18
John Maybury's The Edge Of Love will be the opening gala for the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 18.The Dylan Thomas love triangle drama stars Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys and Cillian Murphy.Maybury is expected to attend the gala with Knightley, Miller and Rhys.Knightley's mother Sharman Macdonald ...
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French comedies dominate international weekend
French cinema enjoyed yet another impressive weekend in the international arena as two comedies accounted for 12.7% of the international top 40 revenue. New entry Disco was the highest entry in the chart this weekend, coming in at number two with an $8.7m take from Belgium, France and Switzerland. The ...
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UK Film Council unveils $36m boost for regional films
The UK Film Council has announced an £18m boost for English regional film funds over the next two years.$15.4m (£7.7m)will be shared between the nineRegional Screen Agencies (RSAs)in each of the next two years.It is aimed to boost the wide variety of work supporting and developinglocal film industries.Each RSA will ...
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Metrodome acquires full UK rights to Warlords
Metrodome Distribution has acquired full UK rights to Peter Chan's action film The Warlords. The film has earned $40m at its domestic box office, making it one of China's most successful domestic theatrical releases ever. Metrodome is looking to release the film nationwide later this year. The Warlords has been ...
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UK Film Council to invest $35.4m in film in regions
The UK Film Council will be investing a total of $35.4m (£18m) over the next two years in the English regions to help them boost their local film industries and open up access for the public to British film heritage.This support comes from two sources of funding: $30.3m (£15.4m) from ...
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Jungle Cineclub launches season of Brazilian films
Jungle Cineclub is to hold its first monthly screening of Brazilian films at the Rich Mix Cinema, Shoreditch on April 10. For its first season from April-November, the event will be themed around the social origins of violence in Brazilian cinema.Paulo Morelli's City Of Men will open the event, which ...
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BAFTA/LA launches inaugural Comedy Festival as part of BritWeek
BAFTA/LA will launch the inaugural BAFTA/LA British Comedy Festival from April 28 to May 1, honouring the best in British cinema and television.The event will run as part of BritWeek, the series of UK-centric series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the British Consul General in Los Angeles.Winners will ...
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Britdoc lines up Larry Charles as keynote
Borat and Seinfeld director Larry Charles has lined up as the keynote speaker for this year's third-annual Britdoc festival. He will also offer a sneak preview of his film Religulous starring Bill Maher.This year's Britdoc festival themes are comedy and music in documentary, with scheduled visitors including Nitin Sawhney, St ...
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UK's City Screen takes overNewman software from AAM
City Screen, which runs the UK's Picturehouse cinemas, has acquired the Newman software business from Arts Alliance Media.Newman is the box-office and cinema management web-based software platform that City Screen has helped develop since its inception.City Screen said: 'theacquisition guarantees the continued development of the software to meet its ambition ...