All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 11
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NewsJeremy Thomas to be honoured by Academy
Veteran UK producer Jeremy Thomas will be celebrated with a tribute evening from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) in London on Thursday.
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CommentThe Greatest Showman On Earth
The late Dino De Laurentiis can be remembered for a spectacular producing career but he also invented the foreign sales business and spawned a breed of international movie moguls.
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CommentThe Horror, The Horror
The American Film Market (AFM) highlighted the increasing diversity and creative richness of the horror genre, as buyers snapped up original and ingenious movies from around the world.
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NewsRuby/BBC's Sex Education leads Brit List of hot screenplays
The 35 scripts on this year’s list also include Saul Dibb’s adaptation of Suite Francaise and screenplays by Paul Andrew Williams, Jack Thorne and John Hodge.
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FeaturesWorld Exclusive
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East talk to Mike Goodridge about building Exclusive Media Group, now in its third year of operations, into a diversified global operation for the digital age
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CommentFalling Stars?
Are movie stars losing their power in the film business? At the AFM as well as in the executive offices of the studios, the appetite is for high concepts and visionary film-makers over pricey star vehicles.
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FeaturesExclusive's Nigel Sinclair and Guy East
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East talk to Mike Goodridge about building Exclusive Media Group, now in its third year of operations, into a diversified global operation for the digital age
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CommentBarriers to entry in Japan
In a brutal Japanese market for world cinema, the Tokyo International Film Festival is doing everything in its power to encourage buyers to take on foreign films.
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NewsUniversal strikes multi-territory deal for The Troll Hunter
Universal Pictures International (UPI) has acquired a host of territories on The Troll Hunter, the verite-style CGI creature feature from Norway which caused a sensation after its secret screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas last month.
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NewsNon-Lottery, non-BFI film funding to be chopped in half as part of UK's budget cuts
After yesterday’s sweeping cuts across the board by the UK government, it has emerged that film-sector funding outside Lottery funds and the British Film Institute (BFI) has been slashed by over 50%.
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CommentMiddle East Is Middle East
Tarak Ben Ammar, Ed Pressman and others gave the UAE states plenty to think about at the Circle Conference last week in Abu Dhabi.
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CommentFacing The Film Industry
How did Ed Vaizey measure up in his first public address of the industry since abolishing the UK Film Council?
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NewsPuttnam challenges Jeremy Hunt to explain UKFC abolition
Lord Puttnam tracks UK government backing for film over the last century in a new article, claiming the culture secretary has betrayed his own party’s role in the evolution of the industry.
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NewsMonika Wagenberg becomes director of Cartagena Film Festival
Monika Wagenberg has been named the new director of the Cartagena Film Festival (FICCI) which will next take place in Cartagena, Colombia, Feb 24 to March 3, 2011.
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FeaturesGraham King
With two mega-budget films in production under a new deal at Sony Pictures and the launch of their own distribution outfit, FilmDistrict, Graham King and his business partner Tim Headington have become Hollywood’s most ambitious empire-builders.
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NewsFestival Scope launches online platform with festival hits
Festival Scope, the new online platform which allows screenings of select films from the world’s major film festivals for industry subscribers, has gone live with a lineup including the winning films from this summer’s Sarajevo, ERA New Horizons, Paris Cinema, Taormina and Locarno Open Doors.
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CommentA Smiley Face For Europe
StudioCanal has stepped up to fully finance Working Title’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It is a significant deal for all parties.
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CommentThe Foreign Film Conundrum
Foreign language films made with a mainstream wide-audience sensibility often fall through the cracks when being sold overseas. So why the snobbery?
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CommentPandora’s Lightbox
This year’s Toronto Film Festival is coming to an end, having successfully opened its new C$200m film centre over last weekend, but keeping everybody happy during this year’s event was a tough task.