All UK/Ireland articles – Page 1076
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AV Pictures on board for Clubbed starring Colin Salmon
UK-based sales company AV Pictures has taken on international sales for Neil Thompson's Clubbed. The UK feature is now in post-production with delivery scheduled for December 2007. AV will be showing a promo reel to buyers during the AFM. Colin Salmon stars as a nightclub owner in the 1980s. The ...
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The Works takes UK rights for Closing The Ring from Content
The Works UK Distribution has acquired UK rights to Richard Attenborough's Closing The Ring.The deal was struck with sales company ContentFilm International, which will announce a US deal for the film soon.The Works plans a UK and Irish theatrical release on Dec 28. The film has its UK premiere on ...
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The Board identity: BBC Filmsrestructuring
The UK film industry rarely welcomes change. So Jane Tranter, controller of BBC Fiction, had a tough job on October 2 as she explained her decision to revamp BBC Films (which Tranter oversees).There will no longer be a single head in charge of the BBC's film arm. Instead, responsibility will ...
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London Children's Film Festival to open with Bee Movie
The London Children's Film Festival will run Nov 17-25 at the Barbican and 10 other cinemas, opening with a gala preview screening of Bee Movie.The programme for children, families and schools will close with Cristiano Bortone's Red Like The Sky from Italy. In addition to screenings, the festival also includes ...
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Paramount strikes European d-cinema deal with Arts Alliance Media
Digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has signed a non-exclusive long-term deal with Paramount for digital cinema deployment in Europe.Under the pact, Paramount Pictures International has committed to supply its films in digital format to AAM DCI-compliant screens in the UK and Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, the ...
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UKFC gives $500,000 P&A support to The Counterfeiters
The UK Film Council has announced its latest recipients from the Prints & Advertising Fund: They are: $511,400 (£250,296) to Metrodome for The Counterfeiters $408,636 (£200,000) to Momentum for Control $255,700 (£124,937) to Metrodome for The Serpent $65,944 (£32,275) to Park Circus for The Sound of Music $10,216 (£5,000) to ...
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Russian hit Apocalypse Code enters international top 10
Russian action hit Apocalypse Code was the highest non-US entry into the international top 40 this weekend, taking $3.6m from 697 screens. For the full chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here. The film, directed by Vadim Shmelev, just made the top 10 and enjoyed a $5,167 screen average from ...
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Odeon Sky Filmworks strikes UK deal for REC with Filmax
Odeon Sky Filmworks has taken the UK rights to Filmax's REC. The deal was negotiated during the Toronto International Film Festival between Filmax CEO Carlos Fernandez, managing director Carles Rojano, and head of international Vicente Canales and Tony Miller head of Odeon Sky Filmworks. The Spanish-language supernatural horror film is ...
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AAM adds Pathe titles for digital rentals and downloads
Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has struck a content deal with Pathe, making titles such as Talk To Her, Memento and The Queen available for customers to rent online. The deal also covers future Pathe titles. Pathe content will also be available for download through AAM 's Vizumi platform and its ...
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UK government pledges more funding for culture and media
The UK's Department of Culture Media & Sport fared well in today's Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review from Chancellor Alistair Darling today. The Chancellor did pledge an increase in the resource budget for DCMS from $3.25bn (£1.6bn) in 2007-2008 to $3.66bn (£1.8bn) by 2010-11. John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer ...
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UK's Cineworld plans to install 30 Real D 3D systems
UK exhibitor Cineworld Group has signed a deal with Real D for 3D projection. Real D systems will initially be installed in 30 of Cineworld's 72 digital screns. The roll-out will coincide with the release of 3D project Beowulf in Nov 16. After that, Cineworld will work with the studios ...
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Heartbreak Kid leads UK box office; Control opens strongly
Ben Stiller comedy The Heartbreak Kid took the top slot in the UK chart this weekend as it opened to $2.5m (£1.2m) from 409 sites for a healthy $6,171 (£3,043) site average. Click her to see chart.The Farrelly Bros' ninth collaboration for the big screen managed to kick David Schwimmer's ...
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Icon's MIPCOM slates include GreeneStreet titles and Carrier
Icon Entertainment International is presenting a number of GreeneStreet Films' projects at MIPCOM, after the companies announced a new strategic alliance. Titles include Unknown starring Jim Caviezel, Slow Burn starring Ray Liotta and 2001 Maniacs starring Robert Englund. Icon is also starting sales on the Mel Gibson-produced TV series Carrier ...
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Films and slates worth $500m to be pitched at new London market
A formidable list of delegates and producers has been announced for the inaugural Production Finance Market (PFM) being held in London later this month (Oct 22-23). An estimated $500 million worth of projects are being presented, both individually and as part of slates. Confirmed attendees include many major distributors and ...
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Stevens, Bizon promoted at Fox Home Entertainment
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has promoted David Stevens to vice president of international marketing, Europe. He had been director of UK sales and will take on the newly created role as of Dec 3. Stevens will continue to be based in Fox's London offices and will report to Los ...
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Godley brings on Alan Almond for Treetops Glisten
Kevin Godley's thriller Where The Treetops Glisten has brought on board Alan Almond as director of photography. The $5m UK/South Africa co-production is now assembling its cast. Pre-production will start Jan 14, 2008 with a shoot ryunning Feb 18-March 21 in Cape Town. Post-production will be done in the UK, ...
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InFrame rebrands as Altadena; picks up two before AFM
Hollywood Classics sister company InFrame has been rebranded as Altadena Films. The founders of Altadena are Ildi Toth Davy, Joe Dreier and Steven Mackler.The new sales outfit will officially launch at the forthcoming American Film Market with new acquisitions Bigga Than Ben and The Girl Next Door.Bigga Than Ben is ...
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Mackenzie's Hallam Foe wins Golden Hitchcock in Dinard
Hallam Foe won the grand jury prize, the Golden Hitchcock, at the 18th Festival Du Film Britannique in Dinard, France.David Mackenzie's feature, based on the novel by Peter Jinks and starring Jamie Bell, has previously screened in Berlin, Cannes and Edinburgh. It was released in the UK on August 15. ...
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Carney and Rotheroe take top Raindance honours
John Carney's Once and Dom Rotheroe's Exhibit A were named best international and UK films respectively at this year's Raindance FilmFestival, celebrating its 15th year.There were also honours for Koen Mortier's debut feature Ex Drummer, while the G.J Echternkamp's Frank & Cindy was named best documentary.The awards were handed out ...
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Pinewood Media adds collection account management to offerings
UK-based financial services company Pinewood Media, which provides global foreign exchange, currency transfer, international payments and risk management to the film, TV and new media industries, has recently launched a new collection account manangement (CAM) service. The service lets Pinewood Media (which is not tied to Pinewood Studios) to allocate ...