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Slingshot and Screen WM to co-produce seven features
UK regional screen agency Screen WM and new digital studio Slingshot Studios have struck a slate co-financing deal that will cover seven features during the next two years. Screen WM's production funds will finance 25% of film budgets, with the rest covered by Slingshot and its financing partners. Screen WM ...
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Bruce Dickinson-penned Chemical Weddingstarts shooting
London-based Focus Films has started production on supernatural horror film Chemical Wedding. Julian Doyle, who edited Terry Gilliam's Brazil and Time Bandits, will direct. The story is based on an original screenplay by Bruce Dickinson, frontman of Iron Maiden. Dickinson will provide the soundtrack to the film. Warner Music has ...
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Liberation plans Oct theatrical release for Manufacturing Dissent
Los Angeles and London-based Liberation Entertainment is planning a UK theatrical run for the documentary Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore. The film will open Oct 5 at London's Prince Charles Cinema.Director/producers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine made the film that chronicles Michael Moore's transition from film-maker to liberal icon and ...
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NPA to offer producer training at BFI Southbank
The UK's New Producers Alliance has partnered with the British Film Institute to offer the NPA's 9-Point Producer Training Sessions at the new BFI Southbank's Delegates Centre starting from September 2007.The 9-point programme includes the following sessions: role of the producer, company set-up, developing a project, market and audience, finance, ...
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Film4 partners with Edinburgh theatre for new talents
Film4 and Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre are starting a new $59,800 (£30,000) partnership to explore the crossover between theatre and film.The initiative will let Channel 4, Film4 and Traverse select promising new theatre talents to build long-term relationships working in film and television. The programme includes a first-look deal for plays ...
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The Darjeeling Limited will close London Film Festival
The London Film Festival will close Nov 1 with the UK premiere of Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. The director will be in London to also give an interview as part of the festival's TCM Screen Talks.Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman star as three American brothers who try ...
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Raindance announces international feature programme
The 15th Raindance Film Festival, which runs Sept 25-Oct 7 in London, has announced this year's programme of features and feature documentaries. Highlights include Kim Ki-Duk's Breath, John Barker's Bunny Chow, Japanese blockbuster The Amazing Lives Of The Fast Food Grifters by Mamoru Osuii, US paparazzo-related project Being Michael Madsen ...
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Pusan Promotion Plan selects 35 projects for 10th edition
The Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) has announced the line-up for its tenth anniversary edition. 35 projects from 18 countries have made the final cut, out of more than 200 submissions. Once again the PPP mixes masters and newcomers, including Cannes Camera D'Or winner Bahman Ghobadi, Berlinale Silver Bear winner Wang ...
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Pathe and BBC Films team for live-action Jungle Book
Pathe and BBC Films are working together on a $50m live-action version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books. The comedy adventure will start preparations in September 2007 with director John Downer, who has previoulsy worked on nature-oriented films including Pride. Richard Kurti & Bev Doyle (Robin Hood) are writing the ...
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Edinburgh's Powell jury includes Geoff Gilmore and Kate Dickie
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), which kicks off Wednesday with Hallam Foe, has named the members for its members of the Michael Powell Award jury. The jury includes Sundance Film Festival director Geoff Gilmore, UK writer Jonathan Coe, actresses Natalie Press and Kate Dickie, and critic Jay Weissberg. The ...
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UTV partners with Virgin for new superhero books and films
India-based UTV Motion Pictures and its SpotBoy production arm are working with Virgin Comics, a division of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, to collaborate on four new superhero franchises. The brands will be leveraged across publishing, film, animation and gaming. The stories will initially be released as graphic novels published worldwide ...
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Edinburgh works with Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation
The Edinburgh International Film Festival will present two films from Martin Scorsese's new non-profit World Cinema Foundation.EIFF artistic director Hannah McGill said the festival will screen Moroccan documentary Transes and Brazilian feature Limite, both restored by the foundation (Limite will be presented partially restored).The screenings are the first public showings ...
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BBC's Alexei Boltho takes Paramount acquisitions post
Alexei Boltho, who is currently business development manager for BBC Films, will take on a newly created acquisitions post at Paramount Pictures International (PPI). As of Aug 20, Boltho will be PPI's Director Co-production and Acquisitions, working out of Paramount 's London headquarters, which will in September move from Hammersmith ...
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Universal, LoveFilm, News International work on Bourne USB promo
In an unusual marketing initiative, UK newspaper News Of The World will give away exclusive Bourne UltimatumUSB sticks with the Aug 12 edition of the newspaper at select WHSmith stores. The promotion from Universal Pictures, LoveFilm and News International will let users plug the sticks into PCs or MACs to ...
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Archer named interim director general for UK's Industry Trust
The UK's Industry Trust for IP Awareness has today announced the appointment of Paul Archer as interim director general. Archer will take the position from Aug 13 when current director general, Liz Bales, departs for maternity leave. Bales will return in spring 2008. Archer previously served as video sales director ...
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Birds Eye View encourages opening-weekend attendance
The UK's female-centric film festival Birds Eye View is starting a new initiative, the First Weekenders Club, to support features directed by women. During the crucial first weekend at the box office, Birds Eye View will contact its subscribers about selected films to raise both awareness and audience numbers. 'We ...
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Terence Davies among 6 finalists for Digital Departures funding
Northwest Vision and Media has selected six finalists in its Digital Departures micro-budget scheme. The six teams now working on scripts and three will be greenlight by an industry panel for funding of $502,000 (£250,000) each. The projects are: documentary Time And The City written and directed by Terence Davies ...
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Sigur Ros film to get UK theatrical release after Reykjavik premiere
Shooting People Films is working with EMI for a planned UK theatrical release of band Sigur Ros' first film, Heima. Lilo & Stitch director Dean DeBlois led the project, using an Icelandic crew. The documentary-style project was filmed at 15 locations last summer during the band's tour of Iceland. The ...
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Park Circus takes on world rights to Icon back catalogue
UK distributor Park Circus has struck a deal with Icon Entertainment International to handle Icon's back catalogue worldwide, both theatrically and non-theatrically. The library includes more than 350 titles such as The Passion Of The Christ and The Big Easy. The deal represents Icon productions and also other properties including ...
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Ascot Elite takes German-speaking rights to This Is England
Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite has taken all German-speaking European rights to Shane Meadows' This Is England from sales company The Works International. Meadows' somewhat autobiographical story of a young boy influenced by skinheads in 1980s England won the best film and best newcomer (Thomas Turgoose) awards at the British ...