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8 September, 2008 By ALI JAAFARSource: Variety Pic, which started lensing in L.A. Aug. 25, tells the story of a factory worker (Bateman) who finds his life turned upside down following an accident at work and an encounter with a young con artist and a dim-witted gigolo. John Altschuler (“Blades of Glory”) and Michael Rotenberg […]

7 November, 2008 By Wendy MitchellSource: Screen Milla Jovovich has joined the cast of William H Macy’s directorial debut Keep Coming Back. Macy and Steve Buscemi will also star in the coming-of-age story. ContentFilm has international rights and expects more cast to be announced soon. Jovovich plays a recovering alcoholic ex-stripper who meets a sheltered […]

9 February, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Source: Screen Daily The high-concept suspense thriller is Liebesman’s follow-up to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. The story follows four people who sign up for a psychological research study which is actually a classified government programme. ContentFilm is screening footage in Berlin. The cast features Chloe […]

6 May, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in London The film will start shooting May 20, co-written (with Alessandro Camon) and marking the directorial debut of I’m Not There and Jesus’ Son veteran writer Moverman. The project is described as a poignant, life-affirming road movie. Mark Gordon and Lawrence Inglee will produce for the Mark Gordon […]

3 March, 2004 By Adam Dawtrey Source: Variety Three months after announcing merger plans, London-based sales company Winchester Entertainment and Gotham-based production banner ContentFilm have finalized terms of a deal. Winchester has agreed to acquire content for £9.1 million ($16.7 million) in new shares. It will raise a further $15.6 million via a stock issue […]

21 May, 2006 Sony Classics has picked up the North America distribution rights to “Driving Lessons,” which features Oscar-overdue Julie Walters giving a 100 m.p.h. performance. Fortunately, she’s not behind the wheel, which could prove dangerous considering Walters portrays a flamboyant over-the-hill British actress with a lusty thirst for alcohol. But she hires a protégé […]

24 January, 2006 By Jenn Kuzmyk Source: C21media.net Launching a new Canadian-produced scripted comedy here in Vegas, Greg Phillips of ContentFilm-owned Fireworks International said the company is back on track and aims to secure distribution rights to new programming worldwide. Last April, UK-based ContentFilm acquired international rights to the Fireworks library, effectively transferring the company, […]

31 January, 2006 Best Actress Nominees for 78th Academy Awards are: Judi Dench, MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, Felicity Huffman, TRANSAMERICA, Keira Knightley, PRIDE & PREJUDICE, Charlize Theron, NORTH COUNTRY, Reese Witherspoon, WALK THE LINE

23 April, 2006 By Sara Brady.Source: PREMIERE.COM Kirk’s film is a masterfully gloomy dirge, a Northern Irish neo-western that approximates High Noon if Gary Cooper had been a rigid cleric. Which is not only possible in one film, but plausible as well. The film opens with young Gabriel Hunter, played as an adult by Matthew […]