All Production articles – Page 758
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NewsNordic countries to promote region to producers
An alliance of Nordic film commissions has launched a new strategy to promote the region as an attractive location to international producers.
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NewsGreen Lantern among productions set to light up Australia
The Green Lantern has confirmed that it will go into pre-production at Fox Studios in Sydney in July and will begin filming in November. It comes as rumours grow that two other major films are planning to film in Australia.
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Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong to co-direct action adventure
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan and director Stanley Tong will co-write and co-direct an action adventure tentatively titled Chinese Zodiac. JackieChan will star in the $37m (RMB250m) film.
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NewsNorwegian Film Institute backs Terje Rangnes' debut
Norwegian director Terje Rangnes’ feature debut, An Ordinary Day at Work (En Helt Vanlig Dag På Jobben), about the daily life of an unscrupulous journalist, will be backed by $1.4m (NOK 9m) from the Norwegian Film Institute.
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NewsDanish director Boe starts shooting fourth feature
Danish director Christoffer Boe has begun shooting his fourth feature, which has the working title Everything Will Be Fine (Alting Bliver Godt Igen).
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Jennifer Baichwal to direct documentary on Atwood’s Payback
Jennifer Baichwal is to direct a feature documentary based on novelist Margaret Atwood’sPayback: Debt And The Shadow Side Of Wealth, a non-fiction treatise on the notion of debt.
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NewsRicky Gervais' Cemetery Junction to start shooting in June
Cemetery Junction, the first film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the award -winning team behind The Office, will start shooting on June 15.The project, which is filming in London, will star Gervais and Ralph Fiennes alongside newcomers Christian Cooke, Felicity Jones, Tom Hughes and Jack Doolan.Cemetery ...
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Tribeca Sloan Fund gives $170,000 to five feature projects
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Sloan Filmmaker Fund has given a total of $170,000 to five film projects that integrate science into cinema.
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NewsTribeca All Access wraps after 430 meetings, $55,000 in prizes
Tribeca All Access, the year-round diversity initiative of the Tribeca Film Institute, handed out a total of $55,000 in cash prizes with its awards last night in New York.
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Lucky Monkey Pictures adds The Land Of Enchantment to slate
New York, London and Buenos Aires-based Lucky Monkey Pictures has lined up comedy The Land Of Enchantment to be directed by Hamlet 2’s Andy Fleming.
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Potter star Jason Isaacs joins the cast of Skeletons
Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, has joined the cast of Skeletons,which is currently shooting in Derbyshire. He joins cast members Ed Gaughan, Andrew Buckley andPaprika Steen.
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Focus and Universal Pictures strike deal with UFA Cinema
Focus Features International (FFI) and Universal Pictures International (UPI) have formed a distributionand co-financing partnership with German film production and distribution operationUFA Cinema(UFA).
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Domenico Procacci announces film on 2001 G8 violence
Domenico Procacci, the founder of independent production company Fandango, has announced anew project called Diaz. It will be based on the police raids at Diaz School during the anti-globalisation protests at the G8 summit in Genoa 2001.
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Liv Ullman to star in Bergman sequel
Norwegian director-actress Liv Ullmann, the muse of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, will star in Swedishdirector’s Stig Bjorkman’s Scenes From An Artistry (Scener Ur Ett Konstnärskap), the sequel to ImagesFrom The Playground (Bilder Från Lekstugan).
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Summit hires David Slade to direct third Twilight film
David Slade has been hired to direct The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third in Summit Entertainment’s Twilight series based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.
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Shooting to start on Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll will start shooting on May 3 in London.
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Imprint dials up Mirovision for US remake of Phone
Seoul-based sales agent Mirovision has announced that it is teaming with LA-based Imprint Entertainment to co-produce a US remake of Ahn Byung-ki’s Korean horror film Phone.The film clocked up 2.2 million admissions on its local release in 2002 after a world premiere at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan).Mirovision ...
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Nick Moran's The Kid to start filming in London
The Kid, Nick Moran’s first film since Telstar, will begin shooting in London next week. The film isbased on the harrowing autobiography by Kevin Lewis, who is also writing the screenplay.
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Senator and E1 Entertainment sign pact for Canada and UK
Canada’s E1 Entertainment and Marco Weber’s new US releasing outfit Senator Distribution havesigned a six picture all-media distribution agreement for five films in Canada and one for the UK. Thedeal includes digital rights.
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NewsSwedish director Runge jumps from Simon And The Oaks
Swedish award-winning director Björn Runge has walked out on the $5m (SEK 45m) production of Simon And The Oaks (Simon Och Ekarna), claiming the film’s producers were limiting his freedom.