All Production articles – Page 606
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NewsOptimum, Kinowelt to be rebranded as StudioCanal
New name, logo comes into effect Sept 1; Danny Perkins says UK will be business as usual except the name change; Kinowelt to move to Berlin.
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FeaturesWarp speeds ahead
UK production outfit Warp Films has a reputation for innovative, low-budget film-making. Now the 10-year-old company is shifting up a gear with international partners, bigger budgets and intriguing titles.
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NewsMandate, Diablo Cody reunite on Lamb Of God
Cody wrote and will make her feature directorial debut on the third collaboration after Juno and the upcoming Young Adult.
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NewsMichael Radford attached to direct Castro’s Daughter
Il Postino director Michael Radford will direct biopic Castro’s Daughter for Mankind Entertainment.
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Ty Warren joins Legendary as svp production
Warren arrives from Raleigh Films where he launched production services and initiated alliances in all the Raleigh Studios locations including Budapest, Detroit, Baton Rouge and Atlanta.
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NewsHardwicke to direct Noomi Rapace in Anita Lindblom story
Ola Rapace also stars as boxer Bosse Hogberg.
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NewsGeorgia to become 36th Eurimages member
“Revolutionary” change to guidelines making projects with non-European directors eligible, collaboration between European Producers Club and Russian Cinema Fund
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NewsBekmambetov goes outside Russia for Six Degrees sequel
The sequel to Russian hit comedy Six Degrees Of Celebration has begun shooting with directors including Oksana Bychkova and Alexander Kott.
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NewsStan Lee to target Asian fanboys through Magic Storm
The comic book guru is getting into film financing as it emerged that Panda Media Partners, a joint venture between Lee’s POW! Entertainment and Fidelis Entertainment, has teamed up with Hong Kong-based Ricco Capital Holdings.
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NewsItalian distributor Medusa's 2011 market share hits 29% so far in 2011
Hoping the hunger for local films won’t wane any time soon, Medusa film on Tuesday announced their current annual film investment would reach €130m, of which $142m (€100m) will go into local product.
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NewsIDFAcademy's Summer School selects 16 documentary projects
Tutors will include Janus Metz and the BBC’s Kate Townsend.
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NewsCinesite to do VFX for World War Z
Visual effects house Cinesite has announced that it will work on “a significant amount of shots” on forthcoming World War Z.
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NewsGerman funds partner with Russia's RCF to encourage joint development of films
Also German-Polish co-production treaty in the works.
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NewsPolson, Hamilton to produce Sydney, I Love You
The latest omnibus feature will be a love letter to Sydney.
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NewsNew $20 million William F. White production centre opens in Toronto
The 338,000-square-foot complex is in Toronto’s west end.
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NewsSummit, Yellow Bird circle Headhunters adaptation
The US studio is in negotiations for film and television rights to Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo’s crime novel, a 2million-plus bestseller that is already the subject of a Nordic co-production.
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David Strathairn to play William Seward in Spielberg’s Lincoln
The actor joins Daniel Day-Lewis on the project, which DreamWorks has set for an autumn start in Virginia in time for a fourth quarter 2012 awards season release through Disney’s Touchstone division.
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NewsTrinity to distribute, co-finance Graham Chapman project
London-based Trinity will handle distribution of A Liar’s Autobiography, which is scheduled to hit UK cinemas in spring 2012.
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NewsNorwegian Film Institute backs new films from Olso director Trier
Norwegian director Joachim Trier, whose Oslo, August 31st was launched in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and Oslo-based production outfit, Motlys, have received slate funding for their next two, maybe three projects together, from the Norwegian Film Institute.
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NewsFilm Policy Review panel opens public survey for industry and audiences
The new Film Policy Review panel in the UK has launched a public survey to ask film industry experts and audiences how the UK government can best support the film sector.