All News articles – Page 2885
-
NewsThe Match Factory befriends Garbarski's Vijay, starring Bleibtrau, Arquette
EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory has picked up rights to Sam Garbarski’s comedy My Friend Vijay, starring Moritz Bleibtreu and Patricia Arquette.
-
News
Metrodome takes five in Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Metrodome adds to The Guillotines acquisition with five more pick-ups in Cannes.
-
NewsExclusive Media eyes Millennium Entertainment acquisition
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Sinclair (pictured) and Guy East’s ambitious company is said to be in early talks with a view to entering the domestic distribution arena as it emerged that at least another three new domestic distributors plan to launch within the next 12 to 18 months.
-
NewsCannes market buoyed by new equity, new titles
There were two deluges in Cannes. The torrent of scripts from new sales companies heightened the sense of anticipation heading into the market, but by the rain-soaked midway point a clearer sense of reality had set in.
-
NewsFortissimo takes on Serbian debut Redemption Street
Fortisimmo Films has acquired Serbian director Miroslav Terzic’s debut feature Redemption Street.
-
News
Hong Kong’s Sundream eats up Dead Sushi
Japan’s Office Walker has sold Noboru Iguchi’s Dead Sushi to Hong Kong’s Sundream Motion Pictures.
-
NewsMadagascar 3 uses HP technology
HP is also an official partner at the Cannes Film Festival, showing a multi-touch wall.
-
NewsFrench indie hub Commune Image makes market debut
Production “commune”, which supported indie pictures Donoma and La Désintégration, launches partying road movie En Pays Cannibal at Cannes market.
-
News
Michael Wrenn joins Arclight Films
Wrenn’s areas of expertise include sales and acquisitions, production, development and distribution. He will be based in the Sydney office.
-
NewsTLA Releasing takes worldwide rights on Terracino’s Elliot Loves
Elliot Loves charts the adventures of Dominican-American Elliot Ayende as a nine year-old who is best friend to his single mother and as a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.
-
News
Screen South unveils new partnerships in Cannes
The former regional screen agency is still going strong as a separate entity outside Creative England.
-
NewsJelly T sweetens up Danish box office; The Taste Of Money debuts in South Korea
Screen casts a glance over the international box office.
-
News
Russian Cinema Fund, Kazakhstan producers guild launch LA initiative
The scheme will give Russian and Kazakhstan film-makers the chance to learn new skills through placements at LA companies as well as actors the chance to study in LA acting schools.
-
News
Reel Suspects sells thriller The Second Death
Reel Suspects has sold Argentinian director Santiago Fernandez’s debut The Second Death to Germany/Austria and Turkey.
-
NewsLionsgate and StudioCanal renew library deal
StudioCanal to distribute next instalment of The Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire in German speaking territories.
-
News
Klockworx drives off with Media Asia’s Motorway
Hong Kong’s Media Asia has sold Soi Cheang’s upcoming action title Motorway to Klockworx for Japan.
-
News
Isn’t Anyone Alive? sells to the UK’s Third Window
The UK’s Third Window Films has snapped up Isn’t Anyone Alive?, directed by Gakuryu Ishii, which is being handled internationally by Japan’s Phantom Film Co.
-
NewsLarry Clark preparing Paris-set skateboarding picture
EXCLUSIVE: Larry Clark is set to shoot a French-language picture taking inspiration from the skateboarding scene around Paris’ Trocadero Gardens this summer, the first film for the Kids and Ken Park director shot outside the United States.
-
News
Competition Commission reverses ruling over Sky Movies dominance
The Competition Commission has reversed its stance that Sky Movies holds an unfair advantage in the pay TV movie space, as a result of the emergence of online players Lovefilm and Netflix
-
NewsPinewood Shepperton announces 15 month results
The studio group reported revenues of £63m over the last 15 months.