UniFrance to receive first CineEurope award
Award will recognise more than 60 years of promoting and distributing French films around the world. UniFrance films is to be honoured with the CineEurope Independent Film Award at CineEurope 2013....
View ArticleMiramax, Screen Gems partner on comedy
The companies are collaborating on an untitled comedy to star Kevin Hart and Josh Gad in a rare original project to go into production involving Miramax. Jeremy Garelick will direct the film, written...
View ArticleOnline film piracy costs industry $3.3bn
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has published a report which estimates the online film piracy market to be $3.3bn (KW3.75 trillion won) a year. The governmental organization also estimates that the...
View ArticleBerlinale Residency launches second round
The international Berlinale Residency fellowship programme is inviting six filmmakers with their latest film projects to Berlin to finalise their screenplays, and develop production and distribution...
View ArticleMillennium buys Countryman
CEO Bill Lee announced on Monday [10] that Millennium Entertainment had acquired US rights to The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman. Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood star in the thriller, which...
View ArticleWWZ to open on IMAX in Australia, HK
IMAX, Paramount and financing partner Skydance Productions announced on Tuesday that the zombie thriller World War Z will be digitally re-mastered into IMAX and released on Jun 20 in Australia and...
View ArticleSundance, TED unveil inaugural award winner
Filmmaker Jerry Rothwell has won the first annual Sundance Institute | TED Prize Filmmaker Award, Institute senior executives announced on Tuesday [11]. Rothwell receives $125,000 to make a...
View ArticleMoo Man hits Kickstarter target
Directors of the Sundance hit succeed in raising finance for a UK release through Kickstarter. Rural documentary The Moo Man has hit its Kickstarter target of £20,000 less than two days before the...
View ArticleBAFTA voters get extra week for nominations
BAFTA nominations are to be announced on January 8, 2014. With the awards taking place on February 16, voters now have one extra week to complete their ballots as compared to this year when...
View ArticleCinelabs acquires Bucks Media Services
David Webb has been appointed as European sales director for the group. European Film Laboratory services company Cinelabs International has expanded into the UK with the acquisition of Bucks Media...
View ArticleHercules shoot gets underway
Shooting has commenced in Budapest, Hungary, on MGM and Paramount’s adventure starring Dwayne Johnson. Brett Ratner directs. Paramount has earmarked a Jul 25 2014 release and handles the bulk of...
View ArticleDoppelgänger bites into Evil
Exclusive: Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights from FilmSharks International to the Greek zombie horror Evil: In The Time Of Heroes. Bill Schopf from Doppelgänger parent company...
View ArticleXLrator gets Conspiracy for US
XLrator Media has acquired all US rights to the political thriller written and directed by Christopher MacBride and produced by Lee Kim. XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced the deal on Tuesday...
View ArticleConjuring to screen at LAFF
Festival top brass announced the line-up addition on Monday [10] and said the New Line horror film would play as a special screening. The film received its world premiere on Sunday [9] at the Nocturna...
View ArticleBuyers download Boermans' App
EXCLUSIVE: Highpoint secures deals on Bobby Boermans’ interactive thriller. UK sales outfit High Point has clocked up a raft of sales on interactive thriller App, which encourages audiences to engage...
View ArticleLAFF sets Conjuring US premiere
Festival top brass announced the line-up addition on Monday [10] and said the New Line horror film would play as a special screening. The film received its world premiere on Sunday [9] at the Nocturna...
View ArticleHart earns EBHE senior stripes
Nathan Hart has been named president of Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (EBHE) and will oversee all financial, sales, operations and acquisitions decisions. Hart joined EBHE in 2002 as chief financial...
View ArticleRelativity gets Romeo & Juliet
Relativity has acquired US rights to Julian Fellowes’ adaptation of Romeo & Juliet directed by Carlo Carlei and starring Hailee Steinfeld (pictured in True Grit) and Douglas Booth. Separately,...
View ArticleRaindance debuts indie web film festival
Independent film festival Raindance is launching the UK first independent web film festival this autumn. London Web Fest, which will be held on September 28 and 29, will feature screenings of web...
View ArticleEcho Lake Management staffs up
Dave Brown and Zadoc Angell have joined Echo Lake Entertainment division Echo Lake Management. Brown and Angell formerly served at Artist International where the former was president of motion picture...
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