Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has pre-bought North American rights to under-the-radar Pretty Boy Floyd biopic Good Side Of A Bad Man, which begins principal photography today in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The film stars Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) as legendary bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Thomas Jane (Troppo) as FBI Detective Melvin Purvis, Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs) as Floyd’s dad Walter, Ashley Benson (Spring Breakers) as Floyd’s wife Ruby, and Shawn Hatosy (Animal Kingdom) as Floyd’s older brother Bradley. Lera Abova (Peacock’s upcoming Pitch Perfect series) and Oliver Cooper (Echo Boomers) round out the cast.
Motus Studios is handling international sales at this week’s AFM.
Good Side of a Bad Man will chart the true story of Floyd (Hirsch), a poor midwestern farm boy who grew up to become one of the most notorious criminals of the Depression era. Labeled as a deadly crook and danger to society,...
The film stars Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) as legendary bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Thomas Jane (Troppo) as FBI Detective Melvin Purvis, Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs) as Floyd’s dad Walter, Ashley Benson (Spring Breakers) as Floyd’s wife Ruby, and Shawn Hatosy (Animal Kingdom) as Floyd’s older brother Bradley. Lera Abova (Peacock’s upcoming Pitch Perfect series) and Oliver Cooper (Echo Boomers) round out the cast.
Motus Studios is handling international sales at this week’s AFM.
Good Side of a Bad Man will chart the true story of Floyd (Hirsch), a poor midwestern farm boy who grew up to become one of the most notorious criminals of the Depression era. Labeled as a deadly crook and danger to society,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Cumming, Danny Huston, Ian Hart and Colm Meaney have joined Liam Neeson in noir thriller Marlowe, which is now filming in Ireland and Spain.
The William Monahan (The Departed) script is based on the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by John Banville, with Oscar winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) aboard to direct.
In Marlowe, when private detective Philip Marlowe (Neeson) is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, it looks an open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood’s film industry and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress and her subversive, ambitious daughter.
Kruger will play Clare Cavendish, the femme-fatale, instigator of the plot, who inherits her irresistible charm from her notorious mother, Dorothy Cavendish, played by Oscar winner Jessica Lange.
Hart is set to play detective Joe Green whilst Colm Meaney plays Bernie Ohls,...
The William Monahan (The Departed) script is based on the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by John Banville, with Oscar winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) aboard to direct.
In Marlowe, when private detective Philip Marlowe (Neeson) is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, it looks an open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood’s film industry and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress and her subversive, ambitious daughter.
Kruger will play Clare Cavendish, the femme-fatale, instigator of the plot, who inherits her irresistible charm from her notorious mother, Dorothy Cavendish, played by Oscar winner Jessica Lange.
Hart is set to play detective Joe Green whilst Colm Meaney plays Bernie Ohls,...
- 11/12/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Storyboard Media and CAA Media Finance are launching sales on detective thriller Marlowe ahead of the Cannes virtual market, we can reveal.
Taken star Liam Neeson is set to lead the noir thriller about Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe with Oscar-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) directing Oscar-winner William Monahan’s (The Departed) script.
The project has a great premise, one that Neeson could excel in. Based on the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde, the 1950’s-set film will see private detective Marlowe (Neeson) hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress. Initially it looks an open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood’s film industry and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress and her subversive, ambitious daughter.
The project, which was first revealed in 2017, now has new impetus with producers and sellers taking the package to...
Taken star Liam Neeson is set to lead the noir thriller about Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe with Oscar-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) directing Oscar-winner William Monahan’s (The Departed) script.
The project has a great premise, one that Neeson could excel in. Based on the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde, the 1950’s-set film will see private detective Marlowe (Neeson) hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress. Initially it looks an open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood’s film industry and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress and her subversive, ambitious daughter.
The project, which was first revealed in 2017, now has new impetus with producers and sellers taking the package to...
- 6/8/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Production earmarked for October; will take place in Los Angeles, Europe.
Liam Neeson will portray hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe in Neil Jordan’s Marlowe based on a screenplay by William Monahan, with Storyboard Media handling sales at the upcoming virtual Cannes market.
Storyboard Media, H2L Media, Nickel City Pictures and Parallel Film Productions are producing and have lined up an October start on production, which will take place in Los Angeles and Europe.
Monahan adapted the screenplay from the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black, the pseudonym of John Banville who received the blessing of the Raymond Chandler...
Liam Neeson will portray hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe in Neil Jordan’s Marlowe based on a screenplay by William Monahan, with Storyboard Media handling sales at the upcoming virtual Cannes market.
Storyboard Media, H2L Media, Nickel City Pictures and Parallel Film Productions are producing and have lined up an October start on production, which will take place in Los Angeles and Europe.
Monahan adapted the screenplay from the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black, the pseudonym of John Banville who received the blessing of the Raymond Chandler...
- 6/8/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Domestic rights for the George Gallo directed Robert De Niro comedy The Comeback Trail have been scooped up by Cloudburst Entertainment for a Nov. 13 wide release. Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones star.
The second teaming between De Niro and Gallo since the 1988 action comedy Midnight Run, which the latter wrote, follows Max Barber (De Niro) and his partner Walter (Zach Braff) who play down-and-out B-Movie producers who find themselves in trouble with mob boss Reggie Fontaine (Morgan Freeman). To save himself and Walter, Barber has to sell the only great script he’s ever had to his former intern and, now, A-Movie producer, James Moore (Emile Hirsch). On the first day of shooting Moore’s lead actor dies in a stunt accident and lets him cash in on a huge insurance policy. That gives Barber an idea to do the same. They take a horrible...
The second teaming between De Niro and Gallo since the 1988 action comedy Midnight Run, which the latter wrote, follows Max Barber (De Niro) and his partner Walter (Zach Braff) who play down-and-out B-Movie producers who find themselves in trouble with mob boss Reggie Fontaine (Morgan Freeman). To save himself and Walter, Barber has to sell the only great script he’s ever had to his former intern and, now, A-Movie producer, James Moore (Emile Hirsch). On the first day of shooting Moore’s lead actor dies in a stunt accident and lets him cash in on a huge insurance policy. That gives Barber an idea to do the same. They take a horrible...
- 6/26/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Iconic comedy follows Larry, Moe and Curly as children in present-day Santa Monica.
Buyers are circling an upcoming sequel to iconic comedy franchise The Three Stooges, which Silver Sword International (Ssi) represents in Cannes and has brought on Canadian director Kirsten Carthew to direct.
Harris Goldberg wrote the screenplay about the central characters Larry, Moe and Curly, who have been reimagined as 11-year-olds in present-day Santa Monica. Michael A. Calace is producing and Harris Tulchin will serve as executive producer.
Ssi acquired production and distribution rights from Los Angeles-based C3 Productions, who made the previous film in the franchise that...
Buyers are circling an upcoming sequel to iconic comedy franchise The Three Stooges, which Silver Sword International (Ssi) represents in Cannes and has brought on Canadian director Kirsten Carthew to direct.
Harris Goldberg wrote the screenplay about the central characters Larry, Moe and Curly, who have been reimagined as 11-year-olds in present-day Santa Monica. Michael A. Calace is producing and Harris Tulchin will serve as executive producer.
Ssi acquired production and distribution rights from Los Angeles-based C3 Productions, who made the previous film in the franchise that...
- 5/20/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Screen icons Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman are set to unite in writer-director George Gallo’s action comedy The Comeback Trail, we can reveal.
De Niro will play Max Barber, a man in debt to a mob boss (played by Freeman), who creates an insurance fraud by casting washed-up, suicidal cowboy/movie star Duke Montana (Jones) in a poorly written Western with the intention of killing him during the first days of filming. Duke somehow rises to the occasion, redeems his past misdeeds and brings Max and others along on the same journey.
Josh Posner co-wrote the screenplay, which is based on the 1970s film of the same name, written, directed and produced by the late Harry Hurwitz. Lensing is due to begin in June in New Mexico.
Storyboard Media will launch sales on the project at the Cannes film market next week. Donald Pembrick and Dean Fronk are handling casting.
De Niro will play Max Barber, a man in debt to a mob boss (played by Freeman), who creates an insurance fraud by casting washed-up, suicidal cowboy/movie star Duke Montana (Jones) in a poorly written Western with the intention of killing him during the first days of filming. Duke somehow rises to the occasion, redeems his past misdeeds and brings Max and others along on the same journey.
Josh Posner co-wrote the screenplay, which is based on the 1970s film of the same name, written, directed and produced by the late Harry Hurwitz. Lensing is due to begin in June in New Mexico.
Storyboard Media will launch sales on the project at the Cannes film market next week. Donald Pembrick and Dean Fronk are handling casting.
- 5/10/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Swedish start-up Cinezen have set up the world’s first blockchain video-on-demand.
Several sales agents including Denmark’s Level K and the UK’s Celsius Entertainment have signed on with Swedish start-up Cinezen for the world’s first blockchain video-on-demand (Bvod) distribution model.
Cinezen describes the worldwide Bvod agreements as similar to licensing for transactional video-on-demand (Tvod), except that consumers pay for the content with Ethereum, the world’s second largest crypto-currency after Bitcoin.
The system does not require invoicing and royalty reporting as every content provider is part of a blockchain network and has direct access to transparent transaction data. In the second phase, consumers will be able to use credit cards to make payments, but transactions will be converted into crypto-currency so the transparency will remain.
Other sales agents to sign up for the technology include Antipode Sales & Distribution, FlexyMovies and Ytinifni...
Several sales agents including Denmark’s Level K and the UK’s Celsius Entertainment have signed on with Swedish start-up Cinezen for the world’s first blockchain video-on-demand (Bvod) distribution model.
Cinezen describes the worldwide Bvod agreements as similar to licensing for transactional video-on-demand (Tvod), except that consumers pay for the content with Ethereum, the world’s second largest crypto-currency after Bitcoin.
The system does not require invoicing and royalty reporting as every content provider is part of a blockchain network and has direct access to transparent transaction data. In the second phase, consumers will be able to use credit cards to make payments, but transactions will be converted into crypto-currency so the transparency will remain.
Other sales agents to sign up for the technology include Antipode Sales & Distribution, FlexyMovies and Ytinifni...
- 2/20/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Gabriel Byrne and Kiersey Clemons are set to topline the Daniel Adams-directed comedy An L.A. Minute. The feature from Hyde Park International was written by Adams and Larry "Ratso" Sloman and filming is set to begin next month. The pic is said to be a satirical look at fame, success, the star-making machinery and the karma that attaches to all those who worship at the altar of celebrity. Mike Flanders and Harris Tulchin are producing. Clemons, who serves as co-producer…...
- 10/18/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: The Warcraft star has joined the anti-war film from Roger Donaldson.
The Corsan World Sales team expects a spirited response to its All Quiet On The Western Front adaptation this week at Efm after announcing that Travis Fimmel will star.
The Australian will play Captain Katczinsky in the timeless anti-war story of four young soldiers in the German Army at the end of the First World War.
Roger Donaldson will direct All Quiet On The Western Front from a screenplay by Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson of Sliding Down Rainbows Entertainment based on Erich Maria Remarque’s text.
The story has never been short of admirers. A Universal Pictures adaptation won the best picture Oscar in 1930, while Ernest Borgnine starred as Captain Katczinsky in the 1979 TV movie.
Corsan chief Paul Breuls made the announcement and serves as producer on the title.
Paradigm handles North American sales and represents Fimmel, Donaldson and [link...
The Corsan World Sales team expects a spirited response to its All Quiet On The Western Front adaptation this week at Efm after announcing that Travis Fimmel will star.
The Australian will play Captain Katczinsky in the timeless anti-war story of four young soldiers in the German Army at the end of the First World War.
Roger Donaldson will direct All Quiet On The Western Front from a screenplay by Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson of Sliding Down Rainbows Entertainment based on Erich Maria Remarque’s text.
The story has never been short of admirers. A Universal Pictures adaptation won the best picture Oscar in 1930, while Ernest Borgnine starred as Captain Katczinsky in the 1979 TV movie.
Corsan chief Paul Breuls made the announcement and serves as producer on the title.
Paradigm handles North American sales and represents Fimmel, Donaldson and [link...
- 2/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Rights Roundup is the most comprehensive listing of licensing of film rights at the current markets. It lists the current International Sales Agents (ISAs) alphabetically, A through Z, and their reported sales at the chief winter events – in this case the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlinale Fest and European Film Market (Efm) of the Winter 2015.
Buy the Rights Roundup Here!
The international sales agents (ISAs) are listed alphabetically and the sales are those reported to SydneysBuzz or to other trades. The author makes no claim to be comprehensive or even 100% correct. Titles show which distributors have licensed rights along with territories of the distributors as they are reported. When prices have been mentioned, they are included.
In order to assist professional research when more information is needed, international sales agents and distributors link to their own company websites and include links as well to Cinando and IMDbPro. Titles link to Cinando. If Cinando is not appropriate or does not have the title, then titles will link to IMDbPro. Occasionally they will link to the Festival because the former are not available. Subscriptions to these other databases are required.
Cineuropa.org (free) will also be referenced occasionally as will Film New Europe (free). Subscribers to Screen International will also have access to Screenbase. In theory, all of these online databases list comprehensive rights held by distributors though, in fact, each in its own unique way is missing information or contains errors.
The Efm, Sundance and Winter Rights Roundup
The European Film Market is one of the three major international film markets of the world. Without it, we in the film industry would be sitting on a two-legged stool. Along with the Cannes Marche and the American Film Market, this is where the business which supports all of us in the film business takes place. Of course there are important markets in Hong Kong (Filmart), Busan, Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, and de facto markets at many festivals, chief of which are Toronto (Tiff) and Sundance. Acquisitions there are often included in these reports as well.
It is imperative for filmmakers, buyers, sellers and financiers to know what the competition is doing, to see what films – similar in sensibility – are selling, to whom they are selling and who is selling them. All who must intelligently strategize their entry into the marketplace must come armed with this knowledge. SydneysBuzz.com’s Rights Roundups Reports give detailed and comprehensive listings with links to sellers’ and buyers’ sites and to Cinando and IMDbPro sites to facilitate deeper research.
Over 8,000 industry leaders from over 100 countries converge in Berlin February 5 to 13, 2015 for eight days of deal‐making, more than 1,000 screenings for 1,500 buyers by almost 500 international sales agents, seminars, and events for docs, young talents, tv series, books to films, coproductions and more.
Buy The Rights Roundup Report now and get ahead of the competition as you plan for the next big market, the Cannes Marché, May 13 to 24, 2015!
Sundance and Producer Reps
A question often asked by indie filmmakers is, Do they need to have a producer rep? The answer varies. During Toronto and Sundance there are more producer reps on films than at any other festival or market. However, at Sundance 2015, 47 out of 127 films had producer reps. The breakdown was as follows:Cinetic – 14, ICM – 10, Preferred Content – 8, CAA – 6, UTA -3, Wme – 2, Submarine – 2, Paradigm – 1, Cassian Elwes – 1.
And there are many publicists, some not wanting to be named who also “represent” films but do not always attempt to make deals like the producer reps, with the exception of Steven Raphael’s Required Viewing. Publicists with films at Sundance were: Brigade with 9 films, Strategy – 7, Ryan Werner – 6, Prodigy – 6, Acme – 4, Susan Norget – 4, tcdm – 4, Steven Rafael, Mj Pakos – 2, Jazo – 1, Dish – 1, Sophie Gluck – 1, Bigtime – 1.
And there are also attorneys who rep the films but are not named here, examples: Donaldson & Califf, Linda Lichter, Shelly Surpin, Harris Tulchin, Craig Emanuel of Loeb & Loeb, et al.
14 films had U.S. distribution going into Sundance:
“A Walk In The Woods”- Entertainment in Motion (airline)
“It Follows- Radius-twc
Shaun The Sheep- Universal Pictures
Eden-broad Green Pictures
The Tribe-Drafthouse Films
True Story -Fox Searchlight Pictures
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief-hbo
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck-hbo
What Happened, Miss Simone?-Netflix
‘71-Roadside Attractions
Z for Zachariah-Roadside Attractions
Wild Tales-Sony Pictures Classics
Girlhood-Strand Releasing
A comprehensive report on all U.S. Distributors and their product for 2014 is available at http://www.SydneysBuzz.com/Reports.
Buy the Rights Roundup Here!
The international sales agents (ISAs) are listed alphabetically and the sales are those reported to SydneysBuzz or to other trades. The author makes no claim to be comprehensive or even 100% correct. Titles show which distributors have licensed rights along with territories of the distributors as they are reported. When prices have been mentioned, they are included.
In order to assist professional research when more information is needed, international sales agents and distributors link to their own company websites and include links as well to Cinando and IMDbPro. Titles link to Cinando. If Cinando is not appropriate or does not have the title, then titles will link to IMDbPro. Occasionally they will link to the Festival because the former are not available. Subscriptions to these other databases are required.
Cineuropa.org (free) will also be referenced occasionally as will Film New Europe (free). Subscribers to Screen International will also have access to Screenbase. In theory, all of these online databases list comprehensive rights held by distributors though, in fact, each in its own unique way is missing information or contains errors.
The Efm, Sundance and Winter Rights Roundup
The European Film Market is one of the three major international film markets of the world. Without it, we in the film industry would be sitting on a two-legged stool. Along with the Cannes Marche and the American Film Market, this is where the business which supports all of us in the film business takes place. Of course there are important markets in Hong Kong (Filmart), Busan, Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, and de facto markets at many festivals, chief of which are Toronto (Tiff) and Sundance. Acquisitions there are often included in these reports as well.
It is imperative for filmmakers, buyers, sellers and financiers to know what the competition is doing, to see what films – similar in sensibility – are selling, to whom they are selling and who is selling them. All who must intelligently strategize their entry into the marketplace must come armed with this knowledge. SydneysBuzz.com’s Rights Roundups Reports give detailed and comprehensive listings with links to sellers’ and buyers’ sites and to Cinando and IMDbPro sites to facilitate deeper research.
Over 8,000 industry leaders from over 100 countries converge in Berlin February 5 to 13, 2015 for eight days of deal‐making, more than 1,000 screenings for 1,500 buyers by almost 500 international sales agents, seminars, and events for docs, young talents, tv series, books to films, coproductions and more.
Buy The Rights Roundup Report now and get ahead of the competition as you plan for the next big market, the Cannes Marché, May 13 to 24, 2015!
Sundance and Producer Reps
A question often asked by indie filmmakers is, Do they need to have a producer rep? The answer varies. During Toronto and Sundance there are more producer reps on films than at any other festival or market. However, at Sundance 2015, 47 out of 127 films had producer reps. The breakdown was as follows:Cinetic – 14, ICM – 10, Preferred Content – 8, CAA – 6, UTA -3, Wme – 2, Submarine – 2, Paradigm – 1, Cassian Elwes – 1.
And there are many publicists, some not wanting to be named who also “represent” films but do not always attempt to make deals like the producer reps, with the exception of Steven Raphael’s Required Viewing. Publicists with films at Sundance were: Brigade with 9 films, Strategy – 7, Ryan Werner – 6, Prodigy – 6, Acme – 4, Susan Norget – 4, tcdm – 4, Steven Rafael, Mj Pakos – 2, Jazo – 1, Dish – 1, Sophie Gluck – 1, Bigtime – 1.
And there are also attorneys who rep the films but are not named here, examples: Donaldson & Califf, Linda Lichter, Shelly Surpin, Harris Tulchin, Craig Emanuel of Loeb & Loeb, et al.
14 films had U.S. distribution going into Sundance:
“A Walk In The Woods”- Entertainment in Motion (airline)
“It Follows- Radius-twc
Shaun The Sheep- Universal Pictures
Eden-broad Green Pictures
The Tribe-Drafthouse Films
True Story -Fox Searchlight Pictures
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief-hbo
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck-hbo
What Happened, Miss Simone?-Netflix
‘71-Roadside Attractions
Z for Zachariah-Roadside Attractions
Wild Tales-Sony Pictures Classics
Girlhood-Strand Releasing
A comprehensive report on all U.S. Distributors and their product for 2014 is available at http://www.SydneysBuzz.com/Reports.
- 4/7/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Belgium-based production shingle Corsan has set Alpha Dog and The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes to helm Expiration, the action-thriller scripted by Broken City scribe Brian Tucker that sold in a mid-six- to seven-figure deal in 2011. Story follows an ex-cia operative turned assassin who fails his assignment when he’s poisoned, and sets out to find his killer and settle the score with just 20 hours left to live. Randall Emmett and George Furla will produce for their Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films alongside Corsan CEO Paul Breuls. Cassavetes most recently helmed the Fox female-driven comedy The Other Woman, which grossed $194 million worldwide.
The company is currently in Toronto selling international rights to the now-filming Emperor, starring Adrien Brody and directed by Lee Tamahori. Paradigm is repping domestic on the revenge pic. Corsan and Breuls are repped by Paradigm and attorney Harris Tulchin. Cassavetes is repped by Resolution.
The company is currently in Toronto selling international rights to the now-filming Emperor, starring Adrien Brody and directed by Lee Tamahori. Paradigm is repping domestic on the revenge pic. Corsan and Breuls are repped by Paradigm and attorney Harris Tulchin. Cassavetes is repped by Resolution.
- 9/8/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Richie Mehta’s Siddharth was awarded best film at the close of the Beijing International Film Festival (Bjiff), while Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster picked up three prizes including best director.
The Grandmaster also scooped best actress for Zhang Ziyi and best cinematography for Philippe Le Sourd at the festival’s Tiantan Awards on Wednesday night. Wong Kar Wai and Zhang both won prizes for the film in the same categories at the recent Asian Film Awards in Macau.
Best actor at Beijing’s Tiantan Awards went to Guillaume Gouix for French director Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel, which also won best music. Korean director Lee Joon-ik’s Hope won best supporting actress for the performance of child actor Lee Re. Alan Rickman won best supporting actor for his role in Patrice Leconte’s A Promise.
Peter Ho-sun Chan’s American Dreams In China won best screenplay (Zhou Zhiyong, Zhang Ji and...
The Grandmaster also scooped best actress for Zhang Ziyi and best cinematography for Philippe Le Sourd at the festival’s Tiantan Awards on Wednesday night. Wong Kar Wai and Zhang both won prizes for the film in the same categories at the recent Asian Film Awards in Macau.
Best actor at Beijing’s Tiantan Awards went to Guillaume Gouix for French director Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel, which also won best music. Korean director Lee Joon-ik’s Hope won best supporting actress for the performance of child actor Lee Re. Alan Rickman won best supporting actor for his role in Patrice Leconte’s A Promise.
Peter Ho-sun Chan’s American Dreams In China won best screenplay (Zhou Zhiyong, Zhang Ji and...
- 4/24/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Brazilian producers’ growing interest in co-production was under the spotlight at this year’s RioMarket, held alongside the Rio International Film Festival.
Although a co-production treaty between Brazil and the Us is unlikely - the Americans don’t have a central regulatory agency for the audiovisual industry like in other countries - there are possibilities for collaboration between the two countries.
In one seminar at the RioMarket, New York-based media lawyer W. Wilder Knight II suggested that documentaries could be a field where producers could come together “if there is a subject of common interest”.
It was suggested that finance could be raised through crowd sourcing, although he admitted the culture of giving seems to have more of a tradition in the Us - where 80-90% of Americans give to charity at least once each year - compared to Brazil where culture has always been heavily subsidised. Direct investment in Brazil doesn’t have a long tradition...
Although a co-production treaty between Brazil and the Us is unlikely - the Americans don’t have a central regulatory agency for the audiovisual industry like in other countries - there are possibilities for collaboration between the two countries.
In one seminar at the RioMarket, New York-based media lawyer W. Wilder Knight II suggested that documentaries could be a field where producers could come together “if there is a subject of common interest”.
It was suggested that finance could be raised through crowd sourcing, although he admitted the culture of giving seems to have more of a tradition in the Us - where 80-90% of Americans give to charity at least once each year - compared to Brazil where culture has always been heavily subsidised. Direct investment in Brazil doesn’t have a long tradition...
- 10/7/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
I like Evan Shapiro (President of IFC)'s blog, 15 Film Festival Darlings That Would Have Been Better as TV Series, which just appeared on Huffington Post and am posting it here for my readers.
I have been going to Sundance every year since 1985 and am so immersed in the independent international film world that I never have the time or energy to watch TV. We have so many remote controls, I can't seem to learn how to use them to turn on the TV. I had to buy The Wire on DVD to see it! And now you can stream it on Netflix too. We consulted on the excellent indie, Outsourced, that NBC did pick up and serialize. People liked the series a lot too, though not enough to keep it going beyond one or two seasons.
Oddly, the films that Evan names in his excellent article are all films I completely missed in favor of viewing others. Not to say they are not worthy of the big screen, but perhaps they are actually better suited to TV, the medium I never watch. The comments of others about his blog are also quite interesting.
This is food for thought: Perhaps Sundance Institute should expand its labs into the television development/ production world. It could air the programs and the lab processes on its own exclusive internet channel, beyond the current Sundance Selects or Sundance Channel. It might build a new audience as it airs its own pilots and even series, whether they are picked up by other channels or not, thus giving the filmmakers a new avenue of expression.
There are too many films in the festival to watch anyway. Maybe some are better suited to the TV series format.
Sundance could even establish a special jury to judge the festival film submissions and if they were found "better suited to TV series" they could be aired as such, be developed and produced as series and the process could be judged and commented on as their progress was witnessed by interested viewers. Socially networking the entire process ought to lead to expanding and shaping the indie minded community beyond webisodes and YouTube.
In the early days of Sundance we could see all the films over the entire course of the festival. We watched films all day and evening during the first half. At night we went to the festival sponsored parties every night - there were no private parties at that time. During the second half, we would ski all day until around 3 or 4 when we would come down to the Egyptian and watch one or two films and then eat and go to the parties. I learned to ski there with Hector Babenco and Todd McCarthy. Todd, his g-f Flo, Peter and I even went skiiing in Colorado as a result of our friendship that developed from our ski lessons at the Sundance Film Festival. Every year we'd ski Park City or Deer Valley with Ira Deutschman, Harris Tulchin, Jeff Dowd, Flo Dauman and Piers Handling. I remember having 20 minutes exclusive time on the ski lift with some very heavy hitters up on those slopes.
Having that extra time meant so much to us when our networks were just developing as we built our careers in the indie film world. Internet social networking seems to have replaced that face time, but having some Sundance films earmarked for new growth patterns might give us on the ground a little more time to network beyond the parties which are mostly overcrowded and too loud. There are some lunches too, but even they become more difficult to attend as watching and writing limit my time in new ways.
Anyway, if you are still with me, read Evan's article and if you like it, help spread the word. Maybe Sundance itself will take note and I will have accomplished my mission of making this independent world of ours more accessible to more people in more ways.
I have been going to Sundance every year since 1985 and am so immersed in the independent international film world that I never have the time or energy to watch TV. We have so many remote controls, I can't seem to learn how to use them to turn on the TV. I had to buy The Wire on DVD to see it! And now you can stream it on Netflix too. We consulted on the excellent indie, Outsourced, that NBC did pick up and serialize. People liked the series a lot too, though not enough to keep it going beyond one or two seasons.
Oddly, the films that Evan names in his excellent article are all films I completely missed in favor of viewing others. Not to say they are not worthy of the big screen, but perhaps they are actually better suited to TV, the medium I never watch. The comments of others about his blog are also quite interesting.
This is food for thought: Perhaps Sundance Institute should expand its labs into the television development/ production world. It could air the programs and the lab processes on its own exclusive internet channel, beyond the current Sundance Selects or Sundance Channel. It might build a new audience as it airs its own pilots and even series, whether they are picked up by other channels or not, thus giving the filmmakers a new avenue of expression.
There are too many films in the festival to watch anyway. Maybe some are better suited to the TV series format.
Sundance could even establish a special jury to judge the festival film submissions and if they were found "better suited to TV series" they could be aired as such, be developed and produced as series and the process could be judged and commented on as their progress was witnessed by interested viewers. Socially networking the entire process ought to lead to expanding and shaping the indie minded community beyond webisodes and YouTube.
In the early days of Sundance we could see all the films over the entire course of the festival. We watched films all day and evening during the first half. At night we went to the festival sponsored parties every night - there were no private parties at that time. During the second half, we would ski all day until around 3 or 4 when we would come down to the Egyptian and watch one or two films and then eat and go to the parties. I learned to ski there with Hector Babenco and Todd McCarthy. Todd, his g-f Flo, Peter and I even went skiiing in Colorado as a result of our friendship that developed from our ski lessons at the Sundance Film Festival. Every year we'd ski Park City or Deer Valley with Ira Deutschman, Harris Tulchin, Jeff Dowd, Flo Dauman and Piers Handling. I remember having 20 minutes exclusive time on the ski lift with some very heavy hitters up on those slopes.
Having that extra time meant so much to us when our networks were just developing as we built our careers in the indie film world. Internet social networking seems to have replaced that face time, but having some Sundance films earmarked for new growth patterns might give us on the ground a little more time to network beyond the parties which are mostly overcrowded and too loud. There are some lunches too, but even they become more difficult to attend as watching and writing limit my time in new ways.
Anyway, if you are still with me, read Evan's article and if you like it, help spread the word. Maybe Sundance itself will take note and I will have accomplished my mission of making this independent world of ours more accessible to more people in more ways.
- 1/29/2012
- by Evan Shapiro, Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Deadline revealed Wednesday, January 26 that Lionsgate was in exclusive negotiations to acquire the Sundance Film Festival drama The Devil's Double. It took a week to make it official. It was regarded by festgoers as a return to form for director Lee Tamahori, in what was his first real independent effort since his sensational breakthrough film Once Were Warriors. Here's the news: Santa Monica, CA, February 03, 2011– Lionsgate® (NYSE: Lgf), a leading diversified independent studio, today announced that it has acquired North American distribution rights along with motion picture production and financing company, Herrick Entertainment to The Devil’S Double following its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Starring Dominic Cooper (An Education, Captain America) and Ludivine Sagnier and directed by Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day), The Devil’S Double is a dynamic and chilling portrayal of Latif Yahia’s autobiographical novel. The film was adapted for the screen by Michael Thomas (Ladyhawke,...
- 2/3/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Liongate today announced that it has acquired North American distribution rights along with motion picture production and financing company, Herrick Entertainment to The Devil's Double following its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Starring Dominic Cooper ( An Education , Captain America: The First Avenger ) and Ludivine Sagnier and directed by Lee Tamahori ( Once Were Warriors , Die Another Day ), The Devil's Double is a dynamic and chilling portrayal of Latif Yahia's autobiographical novel. The film was adapted for the screen by Michael Thomas ( Ladyhawke , The Hunger ), and produced by Corsan's Paul Breuls and Catherine Vandeleene, with Corrino Media Group's Michael John Fedun and Stacatto's Emjay Rechsteiner. Harris Tulchin of Tulchin Entertainment and...
- 2/3/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Singularity, an Indian-Belgian co-production directed by Palm d'or winner Roland Joffe, presented at Moscow Business Square. Watch for more on India and the Bric nations in the next blog. The Belgian connection to Moscow was to be represented by Corsan World Sale's owner, producer-writer-director Paul Bruels, but he had some trouble getting his visa. So working with Belgian tax fund and international sales agent Corsan World Sales, U.S. attorney Harris Tulchin was the spokesman for the company at the Moscow Business Square. He discussed the nature to the co-productions Corsan is involved in. Lee Tamahori (Once were Warriors) film starring…...
- 6/22/2010
- Sydney's Buzz
London -- Lee Tamahori's action drama "The Devil's Double" has enlisted Dominic Cooper and Ludivine Sagnier to star in the Belgium-backed production.
Cooper will play the dual roles of Saddam Hussein's son, Uday Hussein and Latif Yahia, his body double in the movie based on Latif Yahia's biographical novel of the same name. Sagnier plays Sarrab, Uday's concubine and secret lover to Latif.
Belgian production company Corsan is making the project from a screenplay penned by Michael Thomas. Produced by Paul Breuls, Michael John Fedun, Catherine Vandeleene and Emjay Rechsteiner, the project is exec produced by Harris Tulchin.
Tamahori has become a go-to action director after bursting on the scene in 1994 with his Maori tale "Once Were Warriors," and now boasts a resume which includes Bond outing "Die Another Day" and "XXX2: The State of the Union." The project, currently shooting in Malta, will be repped for...
Cooper will play the dual roles of Saddam Hussein's son, Uday Hussein and Latif Yahia, his body double in the movie based on Latif Yahia's biographical novel of the same name. Sagnier plays Sarrab, Uday's concubine and secret lover to Latif.
Belgian production company Corsan is making the project from a screenplay penned by Michael Thomas. Produced by Paul Breuls, Michael John Fedun, Catherine Vandeleene and Emjay Rechsteiner, the project is exec produced by Harris Tulchin.
Tamahori has become a go-to action director after bursting on the scene in 1994 with his Maori tale "Once Were Warriors," and now boasts a resume which includes Bond outing "Die Another Day" and "XXX2: The State of the Union." The project, currently shooting in Malta, will be repped for...
- 2/5/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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