All Editorial articles – Page 11
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NewsMagnolia takes North America on Bong Joon Ho's Mother
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Bong Joon Ho’s Cannes Un Certain Regard hit Mother as well as the director’s 2000 film Barking Dogs Never Bite.
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News2009 delivers record summer despite heavy second weekend drops
Summer 2009 has been declared the biggest in history as receipts through the end of August 30 totalled $4.17bn, beating the $4.16bn set in 2008.
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NewsCinemavault sells key territories on A Previous Engagement
Toronto-based Cinemavault has closed key territory sales on the Juliet Stevenson comedy of errors A Previous Engagement.
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NewsPaula Le Dieu appointed BFI's digital director
The BFI has appointed new media specialist Paula Le Dieu to the newly created post of director of digital commencing on September 28.
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NewsMax Manus wins seven Amanda Awards as Haugesund ends
General consensus was that New Nordic Films, the market at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, offered 22 Nordic features of unusually high quality.
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NewsTucci to receive Aspen Filmfest's Independent By Nature Award
Stanley Tucci, currently co-starring in Julie & Julia, will be honoured with the Independent By Nature Award at the 31st annual Aspen Filmfest on October 3.
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NewsO’Donoghue to head int'l TV production at NBC Universal International
Leading UK TV production executive Denise O’Donoghue has been named president of international television productions at NBC Universal International.
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NewsSpielberg eyes Crichton's Pirate Latitudes for DreamWorks
Steven Spielberg will produce and may direct the late Michael Crichton’s unpublished novel Pirate Latitudes after DreamWorks Studios acquired film rights.
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NewsTarantino's Basterds poised to cross $100m worldwide
Inglourious Basterds should have the firepower to retain the overseas box office crown as Universal/UPI’s troops invade a further nine territories.
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NewsFilming underway on Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky follow-up Untitled 09
Mike Leigh has commenced principal photography in London on Untitled 09, his follow-up to Happy-Go-Lucky.
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NewsFreeman, Moore start filming romantic comedy Swinging With The Finkels
Production began on August 26 on the romantic comedy Swinging With The Finkels starring Martin Freeman and Mandy Moore.
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NewsShoWest organiser Mitch Neuhauser jumps ship to NATO's start-up convention
ShoWest’s top manager Mitch Neuhauser has joined forces with the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) and will act as show manager for the body’s new industry convention that launches in March 2011.
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NewsIFC buys sixth Cannes film in North American deal for Vincere
IFC Films’ newest addition to the slate is Marco Bellochio’s Cannes world premiere Vincere, about the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini’s estranged wife Ida Dalser and their child.
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NewsSherry, Cianciotta launch new Canadian distribution company
Canadian film distribution veterans Jim Sherry and Tony Cianciotta are launching a new boutique outfit, D Films. Sherry will be president of the company while Cianciotta will be the director of acquisitions.
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NewsApparition takes Black Dynamite from SPWAG, increases slate to four
Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney’s fledgling distributor Apparition has added the Sundance hit Black Dynamite to its slate and will release on October 16.
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NewsShorts International and INgrooves release original Spinal Tap short on iTunes
Shorts International and INgrooves have released Spinal Tap’s new short film Stonehenge: ‘Tis A Magic Place on iTunes to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Rob Reiner’s mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.
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The Good Pitch In America pairs up with IFP's Independent Film Week
The latest project by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern will be among eight selected to take part in The Good Pitch in North America in New York during IFP’s Independent Film Week.
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NewsGummer joins Carpenter's The Ward for Echo lake, A Bigger Boat
Mamie Gummer has joined Amber Heard and Jared Harris on the cast of Echo Lake Entertainment and A Bigger Boat’s psychological thriller The Ward, which John Carpenter is currently shooting in Washington State.
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NewsPolice, Adjective and Precious among initial Chicago line-up
Romanian film-maker Corneliu Porumboiu’s fresh IFC pick-up Police, Adjective and Lee Daniels’ Sundance hit Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire will screen at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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MarVista launches Six Million For Six Million Holocaust fundraiser
MarVista Entertainment has announced the Holocaust memorial fundraising campaign Six Million For Six Million.