All articles by Chris Evans – Page 8
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Dygra Films to make 3D animation Lost & Found
Spanish animation company Dygra Films is developing a new 3D animation project called Lost & Found, to be directed by the company’s president Manolo Gomez.
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NewsVicente Canales sets up new sales agency Film Factory Entertainment
Former Filmax International chief Vicente Canales is setting up a new independent Spanish sales agency called Film Factory Entertainment, combining genre titles from young directors with more commercial output from leading directors.
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NewsMorena Films to adapt Bardem book for the big screen
Spanish outfit Morena Films is set to produce a film called Scorpion In Love (Alacran Enamorado), based on Spanish actor Carlos Bardem’s hard-hitting redemption novel.
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NewsSony joins Sergi Vizcaino's horror Scars
Sony will finance and co-produce alongside Spanish outfit Roday Y Rodar, which has revealed details of its new slate.
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NewsMorena Films to produce portmanteau feature with seven leading directors
7 Days In Havana directors include Julio Medem, Laurent Cantet, Gaspar Noe, Pablo Trapero and Benicio Del Toro.
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NewsSpain’s Molinare and Infinia to merge their post production companies
Imagina’s post production outfit Molinare and competitor Infinia, part-owned by Filmax, are in advanced negotiations to merge their two companies.
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NewsDisney pick up Chico & Rita for Spain
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Spain have taken theatrical rights to Oscar winning Spanish director Fernando Trueba’s Spanish-UK animation feature Chico & Rita.
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NewsSpain’s Pontas sells film rights to best selling Swedish comedy novel
Sweden’s Nice Entertainment and FLX Film have taken the film rights to Jonas Jonasson’s best-selling novel The Centenarian Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared.
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NewsVicente Canales steps down as head of Filmax International
Filmax International director Vicente Canales has left his post after 13 years at the Spanish studio and will be replaced by Ivan Diaz, head of international sales.
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NewsSpanish studio head Martinez appointed president of Spain Film Commission
Elsa Martinez, the director general of Ciudad De La Luz studios in Alicante, has been appointed president of the Spain Film Commission with the intention of “making cinema one of our country’s main industries”.
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NewsOptimum takes UK rights to $20m Spanish historical epic Lope
Wild Bunch has secured several key deals on Brazilian director Andrucha Waddington’s $20m historical epic Lope, including Optimum for the UK and Concorde for Germany.
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FeaturesThe Impossible
Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona’s first English-language drama The Impossible is hotly anticipated thanks to its A-list stars, Ewan Mcgregor and Naomi Watts and the success of his debut feature The Orphanage.
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NewsStudioCanal secure key sales on Spanish titles Bruc and Tadeo Jones
French sales outfit StudioCanal has confirmed several deals on Daniel Benmayor’s historical drama Bruc and Enrique Gato’s animation Tadeo Jones at the AFM, including StudioCanal-owned Optimum taking UK rights to both titles.
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NewsWarner Bros take Spanish rights to comedy Primos
Spanish director Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s new $3.7m comedy Primos has been sold to Warner Bros for theatrical distribution in Spain.
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NewsIcon takes UK rights to Filmax thriller Kidnapped
Spanish studio Filmax has confirmed several sales deals of key titles at AFM, including Miguel Angel Vivas’ home invasion thriller Kidnapped to Icon for distribution in the UK.
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NewsMario Camus to receive honorary Goya award
The Spanish director will receive the award at a ceremony on February 13 2011.
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Evohe Films to make doc about controversial boxing champion
Barcelona-based Evohe Films is to make 138 Seconds, a documentary feature about the controversial boxing champion Josep Girones, with Mexico’s Cacao Films.
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NewsMegan Gallagher joins Roger Gual's Tasting Menu as script consultant
Gallagher, who previously worked at Focus and Lightstorm, joins Roger Gual’s comedy set at the famous El Bulli restaurant
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NewsCarlos Cuatros to replace Ignasi Guardans as ICAA director
Spain’s minister of culture Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde made the surprise decision last night to remove Ignasi Guardans from his post as director general of Spain’s film institute, the ICAA, and will replace him with Carlos Cuatros, director of Spain’s film academy.
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NewsSpain’s Alta Films pick up Canada’s Incendies
Alta Films has taken Spanish theatrical rights to Denis Villeneuve’s multi-award winning drama Incendies, which has been selected as Canada’s entrant for the foreign-language Oscar.