All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 9
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Film Focus: The Descent 2
Getting to the set of The Descent 2 somewhat surprisingly does not require a trip underground. Like the 2005 original, the sequel shot mostly in caves recreated on studio sets - this time for a 40-day shoot at London's Ealing Studios with some location work in England and Scotland (the ...
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Norrie leaves Capitol to become head of international at Salt
The Salt Company has appointed James Norrie as head of international.Norrie was previously head of sales at Capitol Films and previously worked at Icon International.Salt, recently relaunched from the previous sales incarnation Lumina Films, is part of the International Film Collective.The company's directors and founders are Samantha Horley, Robert Bevan ...
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San Sebastian's Zabaltegi-New Directors names 14 selections
The San Sebastian Film Festival has unveiled the 14 films in its Zabaltegi-New Directors section.The section, with a Euros 90,000 prize to be shared between the director and the Spanish distributor, is devoted to film-makers presenting first or second films not previously screened at any other international competition. (Official Selection ...
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Rushes' Sharon Hill named UK Screen Shining Star
Trade group UK Screen has selected Sharon Hill as winner of its first Shining Star scheme.Hill is head of library services at Rushes.The new initiative seeks to recognise non-creative employees at UK Screen member companies.A new star will be named each month and all will be recognised at the Vision ...
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Honigmann's Oblivion to open Horizones Latino in San Sebastian
San Sebastian has announced the films in its Horizones Latinos section, devoted to Latin American productions, films made by film-makers of Latin American origin, or films that address Latin America.Dutch director Heddy Honigmann's Oblivion (El olvido), set in Peru, will open the section and compete.Fourteen films, including works from Argentina, ...
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Yume to release Nic Roeg's Puffball on DVD in September
UK-based distributor Yume Pictures will handle the DVD release of Nic Roeg's Puffball.The DVD, out from Sept 22, includes extras such as interviews with Roeg and the film stars, a making-of featurette, trailer, podcast, photogallery and more.The supernatural drama is about a young woman who moves to a remote area ...
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SKy Movies launches six new genre high-def channels
UK television company Sky Movies will launch six new genre-themed high definition channels on the Sky+ HD service in October 2008, bringing the total number of Sky Movies HD channels to nine.The new channels are: Sky Movies Action/Thriller HD; Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror HD; Sky Movies Drama HD; Sky Movies Modern ...
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MercuryMedia on board for Dominick Dunne: After The Party
MercuryMedia has taken on worldwide distribution rights (excluding Australia) to Kirsty de Garis and Timothy Jolley's feature documentary Dominick Dunne: After The Party.The 84-minute feature recently premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival.Jolley and de Garis made the film through their own Australia-based company Road Trip. Executive producers are Sue ...
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Thomas Turgoose takes lead role in Tom Harper's Scouting Book
Rising UK actor Thomas Turgoose has signed on for the lead role in Tom Harper's feature debut The Scouting Book For Boys.Turgoose, who has drawn rave reviews in This Is England, Somers Town and Eden Lake, will play a troubled teenager who helps a young girl run away from home.Jack ...
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Britfilms launches DVD label with Aussie hits, Black Sheep
Website BritFilms.tv has launched a new DVD label.The first four titles for the label are Henri Safran's classic Australian family film Storm Boy, John Curran's Australian drama Praise, Chris Kennedy's Australian road movie/musical/romance Doing Time For Patsy Cline, and Oliver Rihs' Swiss/German dark comedy Black Sheep. The original website is ...
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New Wave takes UK rights to Lawlor & Molloy's Helen
New UK distribution outfit New Wave Films has acquired Helen, the debut feature from Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor.Screen International criticAllan Hunter called the film 'hypnotic' and said 'Molloy and Lawlor are talents to watch.'The film, which had its world premiere in Edinburgh, is about a student who is hired ...
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Metrodome branches into IMAX with Steep documentary
Metrodome Distribution is releasing its first title on IMAX screens: sports documentary Steep will run at the BFI IMAX from Sept 26.Steep is a feature documentary about big-mountain skiing, starring some of the sport's biggest names including Seph Morrison, Glen Plake and the late Doug Combes.Metrodome CEO Peter Urie said: ...
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Northern Soul feature Souled Out starts five-week shoot
Northern Soul-era coming-of-age story Souled Out starts shooting today for five weeks.The cast features Martin Compston, Alfie Allen, Craig Parkinson, Nichola Burley, Felicity Jones, Brian McCardie, Jo Hartley, Pat Shortt and Huey Morgan.Shimmy Marcus is directing for Ipso Facto Films and Dreamfinder. The project is shooting on location in Stoke-on-Trent, ...
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Noel Clarke teams with Lionsgate UK for sci-fi project 83
Adulthood writer/director/star Noel Clarke is working with Lionsgate UK to develop his next project, 83.Lionsgate UK announced earlier this year that it planned to co-produce and co-finance two to three British features per year; there are three other previously announced films in development but 83 could be the first to ...
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Irvine Welsh to shoot darts mockumentary feature
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is gearing up for production of his directorial debut feature, Good Arrows.The mockumentary-style comedy was written by Welsh and his frequent collaborator Dean Cavanagh.The original screenplay is about a darts player who falls from grace in the in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. The old coal mining ...
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Heddy Honigmann. Gregory King selected for Binger Script Lab
The Binger Filmlab has named the participants for its September 2008 semester of the Script Development Programme.The Netherlands-based labs, workshops, seminars and master-classes will welcome:Alice Bell (Australia / Gin & Tonic) Jan Bonny ( Germany / A Politician's Wife) Carlos Contreras (Mexico / On Speaking Terms) Tamar van den Dop ...
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Vue readies $4m eight-screen multiplex in South Wales
UK exhibitor Vue Entertainment will open its new $4m (£2m) Merthyr Tydfil multiplex on Sept 26.The eight-screen, stadium-seating cinema in South Wales will make use of Dolby Digital Surround Sound and digital projectors.The site is also digital 3D enabled and will show 3D animated Fly Me To The Moon from ...
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Heineken to kick off Quantum Of Solace promotions in October
Heineken International will launch a worldwide promotional campaign for the forthcoming James Bond film Quantum Of Solace.The MGM/Columbia release of an EON production will hit cinemas in November 2008.This marks Heineken's fifth consecutive partnership with the Bond franchise.The campaign, featuring new Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, was shot using actual film ...
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NESTA helps Pact with tools for producers working across platforms
UK producers group Pact is working with NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) to help film and TV producers work on convergent or 'multi-platform' projects.The tools the groups have worked on together include legal templates for multiplatform development, and a how-to guide for joint ventures.John McVay, chief ...
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Barbara Broccoli appointed to UK Film Council board
James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has been appointed to the board of the UK Film Council by Culture Minister Margaret Hodge.Broccoli, also the chair of youth film-making initiative First Light Movies, will attend her first board meeting in September after the appointment effective Aug 4.At EON, Broccoli is currently producing ...