All Production articles – Page 580
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NewsFilms of Record to put life at Cern on YouTube
Films of Record is poised to start making content for the Cern YouTube channel, which will ultimately lead to a feature-length documentary similar in scale to Life In A Day.
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NewsHugh Bonneville to star in adaptation of Peter James' Dead Simple
EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has signed to play the lead in Dead Simple, a feature version of the bestselling crime novel.
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NewsK5 launches LA division with Kevin Frakes as CEO
PalmStar CEO heads new K5 division in LA which starts out with a $30m investment pot.
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NewsFilm Factory picks up Fangs for international sales
Editor Alberto del Toro to make his directorial debut.
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NewsbeActive unveils new transmedia documentary show Road To Revolution
Road To Revolution will follow three Portugese journalists across the Middle East tracking the path of last year’s revolutions.
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European film funding reached peak in 2009
Total spend by European funds grew signigicantly between 2004 and 2009, but began to stagnate in the wake of the economic crisis.
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NewsF. Javier Gutiérrez attached to direct Relativity's The Crow
Jesse Wigutow will write the script for the reboot of the 1994 film.
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Casting update: Hemsworth is Timeless, Sevigny joins Lovelace
The Hunger Games star will play the lead in Relativity Media’s romance to be directed by Phillip Noyce. Sunil Perkash and Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh are producing and Relativity co-president Tucker Tooley serves as executive producer.
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NewsTheo Angelopoulos dies after road accident on shoot near Athens
The acclaimed Greek director died after sustaining severe injuries in a road accident on Tuesday evening (24) while shooting The Other Sea in Piraeus. He was 76.
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NewsMEDIA says Bosnia & Herzegovina to be full member by end of year
Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to become a full member of the EU’s MEDIA Programme later this year.
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NewsBFI Film Fund backs projects by Newell, Potter, McDonagh
Films to receive recent production funding from the BFI include Mike Newell’s Great Expectations [pictured], Sally Potter’s Bomb and Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths.
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NewsPercentage of women directors in Hollywood declining
Women account for just 5% of directors working in Hollywood, according to a new report conducted by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.
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Incognito Pictures launches, signs output deal with TWC
The production entity headed by ex-PayPal executive and financier Jack Selby is backed by $50m in financing and initial plans are to produce five or six films a year budgeted at $10m and below.
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NewsNorthern Film & Media launches pilot jobs fund
The £75K fund is aimed at creating more jobs within the creative industries in the North East of the UK.
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NewsGranier-Deferre makes directorial debut with Le Weekend
The British producer is directing from a script by Geoffrey Gunn.
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NewsTrustNordisk takes Escape to EFM for pre-sales
Koch already strikes deal for German theatrical rights.
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GE, Cinelan announce Focus Forward Filmmaker Challenge
The initiative was unveiled at Sundance on Monday morning (23) and will award $200,000 in cash to the top five entries with $100,000 reserved for the grand prize winner.
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NewsAntonia Campbell Hughes in talks to join Malone in Lonely Hunter
Antonia Campbell Hughes, a 2011 Screen Star of Tomorrow and an EFP Shooting Star at Berlin 2012, is in talks to join Deborah Kampmeier’s Lonely Hunter.
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NewsSandberg, Ronning to follow Kon-tiki with Beatles
Norwegian directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning, who recently made Norway’s most expensive feature film, Kon-Tiki, are now ready to rock’n’roll.
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NewsGreek box office down 7% in 2011; distributors try new measures during financial crisis
Greek acquisitions at EFM could be impacted by financial woes in the country.