All Production articles – Page 726
-
NewsJohn Davis extends producing deal with Fox through 2014
John Davis’ Brentwood-based film and television company Davis Entertainment has extended its production partnership with Twentieth Century Fox for four more years.
-
NewsWaltz With Bashir's Folman presents new film at Cartoon Movie
Waltz with Bashir director Ari Folman (pictured) will present his latest project The Congress at the twelfth edition of Cartoon Movie, which will be held in Lyon on March 3 - 5.
-
NewsStudioCanal, Abandon Pictures reunite on Le Sauvage remake
StudioCanal and New York-based Abandon Pictures are in advanced talks to reunite on a remake of the 1975 romantic comedy Le Sauvage.
-
NewsMarc Webb takes the helm on rebooted Spider-Man
Marc Webb, director of Golden Globe best picture nominee 500 Days Of Summer, will direct the next instalment in Sony’s rebooted Spider-Man franchise.
-
NewsAndrew Zein joins WBITD in senior creative and sales role
Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) has hired UK production executive Andrew Zein to serve as senior vice-president of creative, format development and sales.
-
NewsFilm Department targets Jeff Morris' International Assassin screenplay
The Film Department has acquired Jeff Morris’ action-comedy screenplay True Memoirs Of An International Assassin.
-
NewsRonald Harwood to write MLK biopic for DreamWorks
Ronald Harwood will write the screenplay for DreamWorks’ Martin Luther King Jr biopic that Steven Spielberg, Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones are producing.
-
NewsSummit, Jonathan Levine team up on Warm Bodies
Summit Entertainment has acquired feature rights to Warm Bodies and hired Jonathan Levine (pictured) to write and direct the project.
-
NewsFox to co-finance Na Hong-jin's The Murderer
Fox International Productions will co-finance Showbox Mediaplex’s The Murderer, to be directed by Na Hong-jin.
-
NewsSony reveals second German project after Friendship! success
Sony Pictures Releasing is forging ahead with preparations for its second local production after the strong opening of Markus Goller’s comedy Friendship!.
-
NewsUK cinema admissions reach highest level for seven years
UK cinema admissions are at their highest level since 2002, according to figures released by the UK Film Council today (January 19).
-
NewsSummit, E1 Entertainment partner on Push television series
Summit Entertainment and E1 Entertainment will jointly develop and produce a television series based on Summit’s 2009 feature Push.
-
NewsEmir Kusturica set to start work on Pancho Villa biopic in 2011
Double Palme d’Or winner Emir Kusturica will start shooting his biopic of Mexican revolutionary figure Pancho Villa on February 15 2011.
-
News$15m 3D Jerusalem project set to shoot this year
A $15m 3D film about Jerusalem that aims to promote religious understanding is set to start shooting in the city this year.
-
NewsLleju Productions boards political satire The Zero
Lleju Productions has optioned rights to Jess Walter’s satirical novel The Zero and hired director Derrick Borte following the world premiere in Toronto last autumn of The Joneses.
-
NewsCeline Rattray leaves Plum to head Mandalay Vision
Former Plum Pictures co-CEO Celine Rattray has moved over to head Mandalay Entertainment’s New York-based independent film financing division Mandalay Vision.
-
NewsLionsgate, Phoenix conceive What To Expect screen project
Lionsgate has acquired from Phoenix Pictures worldwide rights to the screen adaptation of the bestselling pregnancy bible What To Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff.
-
FeaturesBeyond Dubai
Other Gulf territories aim to be major players in the international film industry. Mohammed Rouda reports
-
FeaturesThe Gulf: ambition and achievement
Dubai has worked hard to put itself at the centre of the Arab film-making world, with the Dubai International Film Festival and Dubai Studio City. But has the financial crisis placed a roadblock in its path? Mohammed Rouda reports
-
NewsGermany's DFFF awards $11.5m to Emmerich, Collet-Serra
The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) has paid out $11.5m (€8m) to major international projects by Roland Emmerich and Jaume Collet-Serra.