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A Walk To Beautiful wins IDA's top award for 2007 documentaries
Mary Olive Smith's A Walk To Beautiful took top honours in the feature competition at the 2007 International Documentary Association's (IDA) Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards Gala in Los Angeles at the weekend.The film chronicles the challenges of five women in Ethiopia as they try to rebuild their lives after suffering ...
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Golden Compass rules international box office with $55m opening
As expected The Golden Compass ruled the waves at the weekend following an estimated $55m overseas haul through New Line International from approximately 5,000 screens in 25 territories. Click here for review.Chris Weitz's adaptation of Philip Pullman's acclaimed fantasy adventure soared to the top of the charts in every country, ...
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Compass disappoints domestically with $26.1m gross
The Golden Compass secured the number one spot with ease at the weekend however New Line executives will be disappointed with the estimated $26.1m estimated three-day gross.By contrast New Line's The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring opened in December 2001 on $47.2m, The Two Towers launched ...
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Louis Gossett Jr leads cast of The Least Among You
Principal photography has commenced in Los Angeles on the inspirational drama The Least Among You starring Louis Gossett Jr and newcomer Cedric Sanders.Mark Young wrote and is directing the story of a promising African-American student whose early dreams of escaping ghetto life are dashed only for him to discover a ...
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Pfeiffer/Kutcher romance begins shooting in Vancouver
Insight Film Studios has begun principal photography in Vancouver on the romance Personal Effects starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Ashton Kutcher.Voltage Pictures introduced the project to foreign buyers at AFM and has completed pre-sales in more than 25 territories.The story centres on a man who arrives in a small town seeking ...
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AMC to install 100 IMAX digital projection systems in 33 major US cities
Giant-screen pioneer IMAX Corp. and US exhibitor AMC Entertainment have signed a joint-venture agreement to install 100 IMAX digital projection systems at AMC locations in 33 major US markets. The agreement promises to double IMAX's installed base by 2010. The US Nasdaq exchange responded to the news by boosting IMAX's ...
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Josh Lucas signs on for Morahan's $15m God's Spy
Josh Lucas with lead the cast in God's Spy, alongside Jordi Molla, Giancarlo Giannini, and Peter O'Toole. Andy Morahan will direct the $15m UK-Canada co-production. Cardinal Pictures' Lovett Bickford will produce in association with Local Films' executive producer Kim Leggatt. Brian Phelan wrote the script, based on true events that ...
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New Line is hoping Compass will be golden in 27 territories
The Golden Compass should direct New Line International (NLI) toward sparkling returns this weekend as the fantasy adventure launches in 27 territories.Early results indicate a mighty gross as the film took $4.3m from nine advance launches on Dec 5 that produced eight number one opening days. The UK led the ...
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Jason Lee to star in dark comedy Thicker for Feverpitch
Jeffrey D Erb and Joe Nicolo's Feverpitch Pictures has lined up the dark comedy Thicker to star Jason Lee and Christopher Lloyd.Erb and Nicolo will produce with Leslie Zemeckis and Terry Nemeroff will direct Thicker, which the producers describe as a tale of 'lethal greed and even deadlier desire.'Production is ...
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Goldwyn, Red Envelope team to buy domestic rights to Trumbo
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Red Envelope Entertainment have jointly acquired Peter Askin's documentary Trumbo about the life of blacklisted Oscar winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.The partners plan a late spring 2008 release on the film, which recounts Trumbo's eventful life through his letters and is based on his son Christopher's stage ...
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Halle Berry to receive Achievement Award at Palm Springs in Jan
Halle Berry will collect the 19th Annual Palm Springs InternationalFilm Festival's (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award on January 5 2008.Berry stars opposite Benicio Del Toro in Susanne Bier's debutEnglish-language drama Things We lost In The Fire and earned praisefrom festival chairman Earl Greenburg for her 'dramatic acting andpowerful emotion'.Berry won ...
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Gosling to receive Santa Barbara's first Independent Award
Ryan Gosling will receive the first Independent Award at the 23rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), which runs from January 24-February 3 2008.The Independent Award was established to recognise an actor who has made 'a significant and unique contribution to independent film' and will be presented to Gosling on ...
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Universal moves Wanted into prime summer 2008 release slot
Universal Pictures has moved its graphic novel adaptation Wanted starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy into a prime summer 2008 slot.The film was scheduled to open on March 28 but will now go out on June 27 2008.'After an early look at Wanted, we are certain that it fulfils its ...
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Warner to handle three pictures from Media Rights Capital
Warner Bros Pictures has signed a distribution agreement with Los Angeles-based Media Rights Capital (MRC) to handle three upcoming projects from the recently formed company.Warner Bros will handle worldwide distribution on Robert Rodriguez' family film Shorts as well as domestic distribution on Richard Kelly's thriller The Box starring Cameron Diaz, ...
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Rossellini, Dunst to present shorts at Sundance
Films directed by Isabella Rossellini and Kirsten Dunst are among 83 entries in the Sundance Film Festival's short film line-up.Festival programmers said global submissions grew by 15% over last year as they sifted through 5,107 hopefuls from 17 countries.Dunst arrives in the US Short Films programme with Welcome, which stars ...
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Randy Quaid comedy to open Slamdance Film Festival
Randall Cole's comedy about a doomed gambler Real Time starring Randy Quaid will open the 14th Slamdance Film Festival on January 17 2008.Event president and co-founder Peter Baxter and his team whittled down more than 1,200 submissions to the final roster of 29.Entries include Steve Clark's rites of passage tale ...
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No Country off to flying start with National Board Of Review wins
The National Board of Review has announced the first winners of the North American 2007 awards season, naming Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country For Old Men best film of the year.The Coen Brothers' unflinching adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's crime thriller also takes the best adapted screenplay prize, while the ...
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Kiarostami, Panahi and Puiu among CineMart 2008 selections
CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, has selected 39 projects for its 2008 edition, out of a record 550 entries. CineMart, celebrating its 25th anniversary, runs Jan 27-31, 2008 and comes with prize money of Euros 25,000.The selections are low- and medium-budget features including new projects ...
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Italy heats up as Beowulf leads international box-office chart
Italian box office may typically be dormant during summer months but it's making up for it now as three titles generated nearly $7m this weekend, accounting for 5.5% of the international top 40's revenue.For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.New entry Winx Club: Il Segreto Del ...
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Myriad signs one year, first look deal with comic book outfit Studio 407
Myriad Pictures has entered into a one-year first-look deal to make live-action features with Bangkok and US-based comic book creator Studio 407.Studio 407's US staff will operate out of Myriad's Santa Monica offices for the duration of the deal. Myriad get first look at all potential feature adaptations from Studio ...