All Production articles – Page 478
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NewsFilmDistrict hears The Signal
The distributor has preemptively acquired US rights to the Low Spark Films and Automatik production, which will star Laurence Fishburne and newcomer Brenton Thwaites. IM Global’s genre arm Octane handles international sales.
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NewsByrne, Huppert, Eisenberg board Trier film
EXCLUSIVE: Picture is Norwegian Oslo August 31st director Joachim Trier’s first English-language film.
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NewsHarry Hill film to begin shoot
Steve Bendelack directing and Robert Jones producing The Harry Hill Movie.
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FeaturesPulse Films: Hits factory
UK production and distribution outfit Pulse Films is growing its production output at an impressive rate.
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NewsAldamisa finds Dearly Beloved
EXCLUSIVE: Aldamisa International will launch pre-sales in Cannes next week on Kilburn Media’s wedding day horror tale with Diablo Cody and Steven Schneider on board as executive producers.
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NewsMatador unveils six film slate
EXCLUSIVE: Slate includes two features from All Stars writer Paul Gerstenberger; company expects films to enter production from late 2013.
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NewsAltitude reveals five for Cannes
New features from Triangle director Christopher Smith, Storage 24 director Johannes Robert and theatre director Thomas Daley.
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NewsContent boards Pudsey project
Content Film will launch worldwide sales on the Croisette of Vertigo Films’ previously announced talking-dog live-action adaptation based on the winner of TV show Britain’s Got Talent in May 2012.
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NewsEpic, Yesbox team on Thale
The Los Angeles-based Epic has partnered with Norway’s Yesbox Productions to finance and produce an English-language sequel to the Scandinavian fantasy thriller. Separately, Osiris Entertainment has come on board to sell The Kill Hole.
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NewsRedford, Nolte take Walk
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Redford will direct and star opposite Nick Nolte in the Bill Bryson adaptation A Walk In The Woods. Sources said IM Global will launch sales at Cannes.
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NewsBrosnan, Alba join Englishman
The Solution Entertainment Group will kick off sales in Cannes on Southpaw Entertainment, Irish Dreamtime and Envision Entertainment’s How To Make Love Like An Englishman to star Pierce Brosnan and Jessica Alba.
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NewsCronenberg’s Maps adds cast
Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams and newcomer Evan Bird have joined the upcoming thriller Maps To The Stars from eOne and Martin Katz’s Prospero Pictures.
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NewsEpic to tackle Messi biopic
Co-founders Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson have acquired all rights to the book MESSI: The Inside Story Of The Boy Who Became A Legend by European sports journalist Luca Caioli.
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NewsJapan’s Marza fires up Robodog
Japanese CG animation house Marza Animation Planet, owned by Sega Sammy Holdings, has started pre-production on its first original animated feature Robodog.
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NewsKeanu Reeves to star in John Wick
EXCLUSIVE: A resurgent Keanu Reeves will star in Thunder Road’s revenge action tale, which Lionsgate will introduce to buyers next week as one of the hot titles on the Croisette. CAA represents US rights.
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NewsFilmNation closes $50m financing
The investment follows last year’s mighty 2012 when films licensed by the New York-based company generated $420m at the international box office.
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NewsExclusive Media boards Passengers
The long-gestating Keanu Reeves sci-fi project has resurfaced at Exclusive Media with the additional star wattage of Reese Witherspoon. President of international sales and distribution Alex Walton will introduce in Cannes.
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NewsTom Vaughan to direct 'Tom Jones'
Tom Vaughan, whose credits include Starter For 10 and What Happens In Vegas, will direct the literary adaptation Tom Jones for the UK’s CrossDay Productions.
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NewsJames Ponsoldt to adapt Pippin
The Weinstein Company has found its writer on the Broadway musical adaptation and hired the director of Sundance hit The Spectacular Now.
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NewsShane Black to direct Doc Savage
Shane Black, now confirmed as one of the hottest directors in town after Iron Man 3 swept past $711m worldwide this week,, has closed his deal to direct Doc Savage for Columbia Pictures and Original Film.
