TFI unveils TAA, Sloan winners
Terence Nance’s narrative project The Lobbyists and Lyric R Cabral and David F Sutcliffe’s documentary (T)ERROR prevailed at the 10th Annual Tribeca All Access (TAA) Creative Promise Awards on...
View ArticleOddLot, Summit line up Draft Day
Shooting on the dramedy is set to commence on Apr 25 in New York, Summit Entertainment and OddLot Entertainment announced on Wednesday [24]. Draft Day’s ensemble cast includes Kevin Costner, Jennifer...
View ArticleThe Exchange buys Camden
The Exchange has closed what it said was a low-to-mid six-figure deal for the action film as it builds its production slate backed by the recently announced Exchange Peaks Film Capital fund. Lucas...
View ArticlePinewood building first US film and TV studio with River's Rock
Pinewood-Shepperton pacts for new US studio in Atlanta. UK studio group Pinewood-Shepperton is building its first film and TV studio in the US. Pinewood Atlanta, a joint venture with River’s Rock llc,...
View ArticleParticipant, Image Nation find Dark
Shooting is underway in Colombia on the supernatural thriller Out Of The Dark financed by Participant Media and Image Nation and starring Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman. Colombia’s Dynamo and Spain’s...
View ArticleYellow Affair partners on Marriage
The Yellow Affair has taken on international sales for romantic comedy 21 Ways To Ruin A Marriage. The Finnish comedy has already been a local hit with 375,000 attendees in its first 12 weeks or...
View ArticleBelgium’s uMedia appoints producers for international expansion
New appointments made in London and Paris ahead of plans for LA office. Brussels-based production, finance and distributor uMedia has appointed Karl Richards and Peter Bevan to expand its London...
View ArticleICG re-elects Steven Poster
Saturday’s [27] vote of the national executive board of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) returned Poster to the presidency after he first won six years ago. Poster ran unopposed, as did...
View ArticleReliance plans Graceling franchise
The Indian giant has acquired rights to Kristin Cashore’s bestselling young adult fantasy trilogy in partnership with Kintop Pictures. Deepak Nayar will oversee the project for Reliance and Kintop and...
View ArticleGaye biopic heads to Cannes
Focus Features International has boarded Julien Temple’s Untitled Marvin Gaye project currently shooting in Luxemburg and Belgium. Screendaily first reported on the film in February. Jesse L Martin...
View ArticleDeparted writer William Monahan in talks to adapt new le Carré novel
Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan is an advanced talks to pen a feature adaptation of new John le Carré spy novel A Delicate Truth. On the day of its publication, production company The Ink...
View ArticleCargo goes along for Free Ride
The company has acquired international sales rights to the Anna Paquin film and will screen in Cannes next month and kick off sales. Paradigm represents US rights. Shana Betz directed the 1970s-set...
View ArticleuConnect boards Close Enough
Sales division of uMedia picks up international rights to Paul Andrew Williams’ film, starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell. uConnect, the sales division of uMedia, has acquired international...
View ArticleMagnolia, Vendetta acquire Tasting Menu rights
Magnolia Pictures and Vendetta Film has bought all rights to Roger Gual’s Spanish ensemble-comedy Tasting Menu from Scandinavia’s TrustNordisk. Magnolia has acquired all rights in the US, following...
View ArticleDisney switches IM3 China date
UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 — now at $37m after two days in international release — will now open on May 1 and not May 3 as previously stated, Disney executives confirmed on Friday [26]. The...
View ArticleSan Sebastian to launch action sports section
Savage Cinema strand will be introduced at the 61st San Sebastian Festival in September. San Sebastian Festival is collaborating with Red Bull Media House to launch a new adventure and action sports...
View ArticleAardman, StudioCanal team on Shaun the Sheep film
Aardman Animations is to partner with StudioCanal on the production of a feature based around claymation character Shaun the Sheep. First seen in Oscar-winning short film A Close Shave, starring...
View ArticleCannes: Godard, Greenaway and Pera's 3x3D to close Critics' Week
Directors Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway and Edgar Pera’s experimental, portmanteau film 3X3D will close Cannes Critics’ Week (May 16-24). The film explores the history of the 2,000-year-old...
View ArticleIron Man 3 eyes int'l rule
UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ third instalment in the superhero franchise starring Robert Downey Jr launches in 42 territories this weekend through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International. Iron...
View ArticleCannes names Un Certain Regard jury
Enrique Gonzalez Macho, CEO of troubled Spanish firm Alta Films, is to join the five-strong jury. Click here for the Un Certain Regard line-up The five-member jury of Un Certain Regard, presided over...
View ArticleCannes: Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive joins Competition
Jim Jarmusch’s vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston, has been added to the Cannes Film Festival’s Competition line-up; four more titles to be included in...
View ArticleSundance London: The cows come home
Sundance hit The Moo Man gets a warm welcome at its UK premiere. Sundance director John Cooper admits he and his programmers didn’t expect great things when they started watching a film called The Moo...
View ArticleMK2 picks up international rights to A Touch of Sun
France’s MK2 has picked up international rights to Jia Zhangke’s A Touch Of Sin screening in Cannes competition. Following four characters in difference provinces of China, the film is described as a...
View ArticleCinema Guild Acquires Cousin Jules Restoration
The Cinema Guild announced on Thursday [25] that it has acquired all distribution rights to a digitally restored version of Dominique Benicheti’s 1972 documentary Cousin Jules. The film, which follows...
View ArticleMK2 picks up international rights to Sin
France’s MK2 has picked up international rights to Jia Zhangke’s A Touch Of Sin screening in Cannes competition. Following four characters in difference provinces of China, the film is described as a...
View ArticleCinema Guild lands Cousin Jules
The Cinema Guild announced on Thursday [25] that it has acquired all distribution rights to a digitally restored version of Dominique Benicheti’s 1972 documentary Cousin Jules. The film, which follows...
View ArticleZach Braff turns to Kickstarter
Hot on the heels of Kristen Bell’s Veronica Mars campaign, Zach Braff has targeted a $2m raise to get his directorial follow-up to Garden State off the ground. Braff, who starred in TV hit Scrubs and...
View ArticleMetrodome falls for Prince Avalanche
EXCLUSIVE: UK outfit closes deal on David Gordon Green’s Sundance and Berlin title. UK outfit Metrodome has closed rights to David Gordon Green’s Sundance and Berlin entry Prince Avalanche. Paul Rudd...
View ArticleIron Man 3 takes early $13.2m
Marvel’s third instalment in the superhero franchise starring Robert Downey Jr has raced to an estimated $13.2m from 12 openings days through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International. Iron...
View ArticleVoltage sparks to Home Invasion
Voltage Pictures will finance the micro-budget thriller Home Invasion for Joel Silver. Silver’s micro-budget label Zinc Entertainment is producing the tale of a family besieged in their home by...
View ArticleSierra/Affinity to sell Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the dark drama that Dan Gilroy will direct. Nick Meyer and his team will commence pre-sales in Cannes next month. WME Global and CAA represent North American rights....
View ArticleLaurie May departs eOne
Former Alliance Films evp and Maple co-president departs to pursue other opportunities. Laurie May is the latest executive to depart eOne, which acquired Alliance late last year. Prior to joining...
View ArticleWell Go USA takes Here
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to And While We Were Here and has set an Aug 13 ultra-VoD launch followed by theatrical release on Sept 13. Kate Bosworth, Iddo Goldberg, Jamie...
View ArticleTom Hooper to head jury at Shanghai film festival
UK director Tom Hooper has been appointed jury president for the Golden Goblet Award at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 15-23). The festival will also screen a selection of...
View ArticleHooper to head jury at Shanghai film festival
UK director Tom Hooper has been appointed jury president for the Golden Goblet Award at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 15-23). The festival will also screen a selection of...
View ArticleOsiris enters theatrical arena
Television and home entertainment distributor Osiris Entertainment is to make its first foray into theatrical. “The inauguration of a dedicated theatrical division has been long in the works,” said...
View ArticleIron Picker to open Sarajevo Film Festival
Danis Tanovi’s An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker is to open the Sarajevo Film Festival. The film will open the 19th edition of the festival on August 16, screened simultaneously at the National...
View ArticleKinoSmith in action at Hot Docs
Canadian distributor KinoSmith has acquired two titles out of Hot Docs on opening day, company fonder Rob Smith announced on Thursday [25]. Festival opener The Manor by Shawney Cohen centres on the...
View ArticleSIFF to honour Ford
Harrison Ford will receive the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival’s2013 Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting. Festival top brass made the surprise announcement on Apr 25 opening...
View ArticleMichael Fassbender, See Saw partner on Macbeth
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Fassbender, Justin Kurzel attached to new version of Macbeth, from the producers of The King’s Speech. Michael Fassbender is attached to play Macbeth in a new version of...
View ArticleDjango to open in China
Sony Pictures announced on Friday [26] it had reached an understanding with Chinese authorities who pulled the film inexplicably on Apr 11 within minutes of the first screenings. It is understood the...
View ArticleJarmusch joins Cannes Competition
Jim Jarmusch’s vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston, has been added to the Competition line-up at the Cannes Film Festival while four more titles have been...
View ArticleTFF 2013 draws 450k attendees
The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) drew more than 450,000 attendees to screenings, panels, community events and other attractions, festival top brass said on Monday [29]. The festival, which ran...
View ArticleUniversal dates Dracula for August 2014
The studio announced on Thursday [25] that the origins story will open on Aug 8, 2014. Gary Shore directs and Michael De Luca produces Dracula. Luke Evans [pictured], whose credits include Fast &...
View ArticleGerman Film Awards
Photos from Saturday’s [27] German Film Awards, which saw Oh Boy scoop six awards. Have your say You must sign in to make a comment. Email Save Email Share Save Most popular Hiddleston, Atwell join...
View ArticleTFF unveils first Ephron winner
Top brass at the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) said on Thursday [25] that Meera Menon received the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at the annual Women’s Filmmaker Brunch. First-time filmmaker...
View ArticleThe Rocket and The Bridegroom win Tribeca audience awards
Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket [pictured] impressed Tribeca Film Festival judges last week and had a similar effect on audiences who gave it the narrative award on Saturday [27]. Linda Bloodworth...
View ArticleTFF unveils audience awards
Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket [pictured] impressed Tribeca Film Festival judges last week and had a similar effect on audiences who gave it the narrative award on Saturday [27]. Linda Bloodworth...
View ArticleRaven Banner hires Mahnert
Annick Mahnert has joined the company as manager of international sales and acquisitions in the run-up to Cannes. Additionally the Toronto-based company has licensed US rights to The Last Will And...
View ArticleThe Rocket triumphs at Tribeca
Kim Mordaunt’s Australian entry has won The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced on Thursday evening [25]. The Rocket’s Sitthiphon Disamoe was named...
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