Small MPU – Page 2673
-
News
Koch Media launching UK theatrical push with Arbitrage
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment group Koch Media - one of German’s leading independent media companies - has revealed its intention to become a major player in UK theatrical distribution. Koch plans to release 25 films a year into British cinemas.
-
News
Avatar first to top 1m Blu-ray sales in UK
James Cameron’s Avatar has become the first title to sell more than a million copies on Blu-ray, the British Video Association (BVA) announced today. The Dark Knight Rises topped the top 10 of 2012.
-
News
Byrne, Weaving, Otto line up for Australian omnibus
Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving and Mirando Otto have joined the cast of Australian omnibus film The Turning, based on Tim Winton’s story collection.
-
News
Other Angle takes His Wife to AFM
French sales company will also premiere Omar Sy-starrer On The Other Side of the Tracks.
-
News
Joe Carnahan to direct Stretch for IM Global, Blumhouse
EXCLUSIVE: IM Global has come on board to finance the action title starring Patrick Wilson (pictured), one of several new titles to emerge on the opening day of the market.
-
News
Hyde Park International kicks off talks on The Wonder
Karl Urban, Willow Shields from The Hunger Games franchise and Taiwan’s Leehom Wang will star in the upcoming 3D family adventure.
-
News
The Global Media Group boards Chez Upshaw for AFM
The comedy stars Kevin Pollak and Ileana Douglas as a married couple who turn their ailing B&B into an assisted suicide business.
-
News
Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer to star in Elsa & Fred remake
Michael Radford will direct Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer in the English language remake of the Spanish-Argentinean hit Elsa & Fred.
-
News
US-China Summit talks co-production
US producers need more time to figure out China’s co-production rules, but opportunities remain, was the major message at the US-China Film Summit held at UCLA on Tuesday (Oct 30).
-
News
SFFS unveils Kenneth Rainin finallists
Thirteen finalists have been announced in the eighth round of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation of the San Francisco Film Society.
-
News
Mega-Vision reloads Young And Dangerous franchise
Hong Kong’s Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP) is producing a remake of the popular Young And Dangerous franchise, directed by hot up-and-coming director Daniel Chan.
-
News
Yen to star in Emperor's Enter The Master
Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) is currently scouting overseas locations for $22m martial arts blockbuster Enter The Master, which is scheduled to start shooting in January 2013.
-
News
Universal salutes Saving General Yang
Hong Kong’s Pegasus Motion Pictures has signed a string of sales on Ronny Yu’s Saving General Yang, including a deal with Universal Pictures International Entertainment for the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
-
Features
Buying American
The enduring strength of the independent sector will be a source of comfort at a time when genuine star-driven projects are thin on the ground. Jeremy Kay reports
-
News
AFI FEST announces Presentations and Conversations
The Presentations comprise a restored version of Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard on Saturday (3) and a chance to see finallists in the Levi’s Show Us The Way Short Film Showcase on Nov 7.
-
News
Vince Vaughan to star in, produce Triple Time
The comedian will star in Triple Time as a US Marshall who must race to solve a conspiracy when the plane he travels in with a prisoner explodes.
-
News
Gaumont kicks off sales on Brats
Anthony Marciano’s film [pictured] stars Alain Chabat, Sandrine Kiberlain and Max Boubli.
-
News
Gaspard Ulliel to star in Bonello’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Film is due to shoot late spring. Script will be available before Berlin.
-
News
Metrodome, Salt team on production slate
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Metrodome will exec produce and distribute the slate, with sales handled by Salt; production partners include Ben Wheatley’s producers Rook Films, Fulwell 72 and Black Camel.
-
News
The Works boards LFF hit Kelly + Victor
EXCLUSIVE: Kieran Evans’ acclaimed debut [pictured] stars Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Julian Morris as young lovers in Liverpool.