All Production articles – Page 709
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NewsThomsen reveals Embryonic directing career
Danish star Ulrich Thomsen is moving behind the camera and is presenting his directorial debut, In Embryo, at Berlin’s Co-Production Market.
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NewsI Phone You engages Kohlhaase
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (Summer In Berlin), winner of this year’s honorary Golden Bear, is attached as screenwriter to the Chinese-German culture-clash comedy I Phone You (working title).
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NewsAllfilm boards Screen best pitch title Rat King
Estonia’s Allfilm will co-produce Petri Kotwica’s third feature Rat King, which received the Screen International Best Pitch Award at Tallinn’s Baltic Event Co-Production Market last December.
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NewsKaurismaki to make new movie in France
Finnish maverick Aki Kaurismaki is hatching a new movie in France called Le Havre. The film, a dramatic comedy about “a shoeblack who tries to save a refugee” has received script development funding from The Finnish Film Foundation.
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NewsWild Bunch pitches Pancho, sells Zhang’s Noodle Shop
Wild Bunch is set to reteam with Emir Kusturica for his upcoming Pancho Villa biopic, which it is rumoured will star Johnny Depp.
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NewsBodrov in town to outline plans for Mongol sequel
Russian writer-director-producer Sergei Bodrov will be in Berlin on Sunday to unveil his upcoming directing and production slate, including The Great Khan, the anticipated sequel to his Oscar-nominated 2007 film, Mongol.
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NewsGrass named head of international production and acquisitions at UPI
Christian Grass has been named president of international production and acquisitions at Universal Pictures International (UPI).
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NewsProducers hatch romantic portmanteau in Berlin
An English language omnibus featuring 10 short films by German and international directors has been hatched with the title Love Berlin – How We Met. The film, which will shoot this summer, plans to show the city at its most romantic.
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International shoots flock to Germany
International films shooting in Berlin during the Berlinale is becoming something of a tradition.
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NewsFortissimo takes on Winterbottom’s Land
Colin Firth, Jim Sturgess and Matthew Macfadyen are lining up to star in Michael Winterbottom’s upcoming thriller, The Promised Land which Fortissimo Films has signed on to sell.
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NewsClose, Garcia bring Nobbs to the screen
Multi Oscar nominee Glenn Close is to reprise one of her most famous stage roles on screen.
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NewsDelpy, Rezo return for another 2 Days
Rezo Films and Julie Delpy are reteaming for a follow-up to Delpy’s 2007 feature directing effort, 2 Days In Paris.
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IM Global want buyers to see the light on Skyline
Effects wizards Colin and Greg Strause have commenced principal photography on the sci-fi thriller Skyline, which IM Global is pre-selling at the EFM.
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NewsMadagascar's Frolick to write Spanish animation Holy Night
Madagascar writer Billy Frolick is to co-write Juan Galiñanes’ 3D animation Holy Night.
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Parkes/MacDonald Imagenation acquires Earthbound
Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald of Parkes/MacDonald Productions have acquired Earthbound by cult writer Richard Matheson.
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NewsSilverstone reVamps with Heckerling
Alicia Silverstone (pictured) to reunite with Clueless director Amy Heckerling on vampire love story, Vamps.
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NewsSeghatchian to head new UKFC production fund
UKFC names current development fund chief as head of new production fund created by restructure.
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NewsSummit picks up domestic on Untitled Seth Rogen / James McAvoy comedy
Summit Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Mandate Pictures’ comedy Untitled Seth Rogen/James McAvoy Project.
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NewsFilming underway on Dark Sky, Glass Eye Pix' Hypothermia
Chicago-based Dark Sky Films has commenced production on James Felix 4K McKenney’s feature Hypothermia.
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NewsPeter Bogdanovich to adapt high-stakes social drama for Das Films
Peter Bogdanovich is partnering with Santa Monica-based Das Films for his latest project.