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All articles by Staff reporters – Page 46
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Salles to direct Motorcycle Diaries for Wildwood
Robert Redford's Wildwood Enterprises has reeled in Brazil's Walter Salles (Central Station) to direct an adaptation of Che Guevara's renowned journal The Motorcycle Diaries. The road movie will likely be made for a "modest" budget of $6m to $8m, according to Wildwood president Michael Nozik. Principal photography is slated to ...
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MCP taps Levine as new creative affairs head
MM Media Capital Partners has hired Jackie Levine, formerly head of development at Michael Douglas' Furthur Films, as its head of creative affairs. She will be based in MCP's Beverly Hills office.Her appointment follows the recent hiring of Lakeshore International's Peter Rogers to head up international sales and distribution operation ...
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Mexico's Titan brings Frankenstein back to life
The horror genre is about to be revisited in Mexico with upcoming production Viva Frankenstein!, the latest feature from Sex Shame And Tears (Sexo, Pudor Y Lagrimas) co-producer Titan Producciones.The project is to be directed by Daniel Gruener whose credits include All Of Them Witches (Sobrenatural), a psychological thriller that ...
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Joskowicz appointed as Imcine chief
Director Alfredo Joskowicz has been appointed to head up Mexico's state-run film institute, Imcine, replacing Alejandro Pelayo who stepped in when Eduardo Amerena abruptly resigned last year. Amerena quit over the fracas which ensued after Imcine allegedly blocked the distribution of La Ley De Herodes, an Imcine-backed film which was ...
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TV Azteca launches film and TV production arm
Mexico's second largest broadcaster, TV Azteca, has launched a film and television production division, Azteca Cine, which has forged co-production deals with both Columbia TriStar International Television (CTIT) and the UK's Pearson Television. Apart from supplying programming to TV Azteca, the new unit aims to feed upcoming US Hispanic television ...
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Blockbuster to double number of Argentine stores
Blockbuster has unveiled an aggressive expansion plan for Argentina. Starting next year, the Viacom-owned home video retailer will begin to offer franchises in regional Argentine cities, in a bid to double the number of outlets it has in the country. Blockbuster currently enjoys a 37% share of the Argentine market, ...
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Diller sells TV stations, eyes film networks next
Now that Barry Diller has sold his television stations to Univision, the leading Spanish-language network in the US, he is free to make yet another play for Cablevision's cable networks including both American Movie Classics and the Independent Film Channel.Under the deal announced on Thursday, Diller's USA Networks agreed to ...
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Univision buys USA Broadcasting for $1.1bn
Leading US Hispanic broadcaster Univision Communications has bought USA Broadcasting, the television station group of USA Networks, for $1.1 billion in cash. The Spanish-language network has also assumed USA Broadcasting's liability of $100 million, according to USA Networks spokesperson, Adrienne Becker. USA Networks had acquired USA Broadcasting's 13 full ...
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Warner strikes pact with Brazil's Conspiracao
Warner Bros is stepping up distribution of Brazilian product, by signing a four-picture package deal with local outfit Conspiracao, which co-produced Brazil's Foreign-language Oscar entry, Me, You, Them (Eu, Tu, Eles).The studio is investing $4.1m (Real8m) over the next three years in four Conspiracao features: Flavio Tambellini's drama Bufo & ...
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Argentine film ups admissions on home turf
Argentine films have had a banner year so far in 2000 according to local film institute INCAA, accounting for 19.8% of the domestic box office and racking up admissions of 6.2 million, up 700,000 on the previous year.Of the 41 homegrown films released since January 2000, five titles attracted an ...
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BVI to handle own, UIP product in Venezuela
Buena Vista International (BVI) plans to set up its own theatrical distribution outfit in Venezuela from January 31, 2001, ending an eight-year sub-distribution deal with leading local distributor, Cines Unidos.In addition, the new outfit will handle titles from Universal, Paramount and DreamWorks following an agreement between The Walt Disney Company, ...
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Herod's Law wins top prize at Ajijic fest
Herod's Law (La Ley de Herodes), Luis Estrada's controversial political satire, added to its growing collection of prizes when it took home Best Feature at the Ajijic Festival Internacional de Cine 2000 in Mexico (November 8-12). The film won several Ariel awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, ...
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Mexico reports $839m production windfall
The Mexican Film Commission has reported that 2,586 productions have shot in Mexico since its inception in September 1995, boosting the local economy by an estimated $839m. In total, the Commission has received 5,438 requests for information, 2,959 from domestic productions, 2,440 from the US, Canada, Europe and Asia and ...
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Hurley, Leary reteam for Gold Circle's Dawg
Elizabeth Hurley and Dennis Leary are to star in romantic comedy Dawg, their second film together for fledgling production company Gold Circle Films (GCF) following Double Whammy.The project joins a rapidly expanding slate at GCF which was founded earlier this year by Gateway Computers co-founder Norm Waitt. The Los Angeles-based ...
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Vine sells Superstition to Germany, Spain
Vine International has clocked up a handful of key sales on Superstition, its supernatural suspense thriller which is now shooting in Amsterdam. At Mifed it clinched a sale to Germany with Atlas Film + Medien, to Spain with VTF and to Poland with NVC. Vine said it was also in ...
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Brazil's Top Tape ramps up DVD activity
Brazilian distributor Top Tape is shifting gears in a bid to capture the growing DVD market in Brazil. The first indie in Brazil to deal with the new format, Top Tape plans to acquire 40 to 50 DVD music titles a year from artists such as Steely Dan, Cristina Aguilera ...
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Brazilian box office revenues up 12%
Brazil's box office has been on the upsurge since 1997, according to local research entity Filme B. To date, box office revenues in 2000 have increased by 12% compared to the same period in the previous year to $156m (Real292m) from $139m (Real260m). Due to ticket price increases, admissions have ...
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Ibermedia doles out $3.6m in third funding round
Iberoamerican film fund, Ibermedia, has handed out a $3.6m to ten territories in its third funding round. Countries to benefit include Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay and Venezuela. The bulk of the fund (60%) went to co-productions, while 30% went to distribution, 5% to project development ...
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Juarez exits HBO Latin America
Ele Juarez has abruptly resigned from his position as CEO of HBO Latin America. The movie channel's board of directors have accepted his resignation and appointed Gaston Comas as interim CEO. Comas has been a member of HBO's board since the company's creation nearly 10 years ago. Rumours that Jose ...
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Altavista eyes Spain as production base
Expanding Mexican producer Altavista Films has unveiled plans to establish a production beach head in Spain. "We hope to set up local operations in order to gain access to Spanish government incentives," said Altavista director general Francisco Gonzalez Compean.Altavista is currently in co-production talks with some of the biggest players ...