All Production articles – Page 635
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NewsSimple Simon, She Monkeys talents working on Bitch Hug
Swedish actress Linda Molin, of She Monkeys (Apflickorna) fame, will star in the new drama comedy by Swedish director Andreas Öhmann, whose feature debut Simple Simon (I rymden finns inga känslor) was a huge box office hit locally.
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NewsFilm London, Film Export UK, Skillset launch video of experts detailing film value chain
Film London, Film Export UK and Skillset have launched Market Place Live, an online video resource with experts talking through every step of the film value chain.
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NewsJack O'Connell, Sheridan Smith to star in London set feature Tower Block
The film is being directed by first time feature film-makers Ronnie Thompson and James Nunn from a script by James Moran.
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NewsSchwarzenegger to star for Lionsgate in The Last Stand
Lionsgate has confirmed that Kim Jee-Woon will make his English-language debut and the embattled former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will take the lead in the action tale about a sheriff in a sleepy border town who faces off a notorious fugitive.
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NewsMandate confirms Spike Lee will direct Oldboy remake
The filmmaker’s 40 Acres & A Mule label will produce alongside Roy Lee and Doug Davison’s Vertigo Entertainment.
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NewsChinese government launches $3bn fund for cultural industries
China’s Ministry of Finance has launched the first government- sponsored private equity fund – the China Culture Industrial Investment Fund, to invest in China’s cultural industries, including film and TV, Internet content and publishing.
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NewsPeel Group takes 71.1% shares in Pinewood Shepperton
It is not enough for the investment company to take private ownership of the studio group.
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NewsPeter Mullan to star in urban thriller The Man Inside
He will star alongside actor/singer Ashley ‘Bashy’ Thomas and David Harewood in the film which is directed by Dan Turner and will shoot in the North East of the UK.
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NewsIsabelle Huppert now shooting new Hong Sang-soo film
French actress Isabelle Huppert is starring in Korean auteur director Hong Sang-soo’s next film. In accordance with the director’s fluid working style, the film is as yet untitled and the story is under wraps.
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NewsRalph Fiennes in talks to return to 19th century Russia
Ralph Fiennes is in talks to star in another adaptation of 19th Russian literature – Ivan Turgenev’s 1872 play A Month In The Country.
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NewsIreland, Luxembourg sign co-production treaty
Luxembourg becomes Ireland’s first official European co-production partner
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FeaturesAgainst all odds
When the financing on Stephen Frears’ new drama Lay The Favorite, starring Bruce Willis, fell apart twice, producers Paul Trijbits and Anthony Bregman faced a race against time to re-assemble and refinance the project and keep the director and all the cast on board.
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NewsMichael Fassbender, Luxembourg Fund join Gleeson's At-Swim-Two-Birds
Brendan Gleeson’s A-list period drama gets further cast and co-production support.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Currently shooting across Europe is Fausto Brizzi’s new feature, as well as a Spanish romantic comedy by Ana Rodríguez Rosell.
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NewsArte's Reilhac to deliver keynote at Canada's Strategic Partners
Michel Reilhac [pictured], executive director of Arte France Cinema, will be delivering a key note speech at co-production market Strategic Partners, which will take place during the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Canada (Sept 15-18).
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NewsCanada's NFB appoints Roddy McManus as head of animation studio
He replaces David Verrall as of Aug 8.
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NewsLe Quattro Volte producer to partner on Italian remake of Uchitel’s The Stroll
Project is discussed by Cinecitta Luce at Russia’s Voices festival, where there is a strong Italian presence.
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NewsFocus developing UK director Daniel Mulloy’s debut feature A Cold Day
Arta Dobroshi and Melissa Leo favoured to co-star in story set in tough New York high school.
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NewsFrench producers stalk Quebecois Denis Coté’s Bear at Paris Project
Hot titles at ninth edition of Paris Project included Vic & Flo Saw a Bear, Evil Woman, Mitrovica, Cannibal and A Screw. Rotterdam Films seals co-production deal on Thai director Sivaroj Kongsakul’s Cinefondation project Arunkarn.
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NewsICO plans series of UK workshops for producers, distributors, exhibitors
Series of six day-long events starts Sept 8 with speakers including Monsters director Gareth Edwards [pictured].