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14 March, 2010 By Jeremy KaySource: Screen Daily Apparition and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) have taken domestic rights to Sundance premiere Welcome To The Rileys starring Kristen Stewart, James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo. The distributors did the seven-figure deal with UTA Independent Group and plan to release later this year. Gandolfini plays a […]

14 February, 2010 By Geoffrey MacnabSource: Screen Daily ContentFilm International has taken worldwide rights to The Uncatchable Cowgirl Bandits Of Nottingham, Texas from director Jess Manafort and writer Michael Tabb. The film stars Leighton Meester (pictured) and Amber Heard with more cast to be announced shortly. It is billed as a sassy, wild drama, full […]

2 February, 2010 Source: Screen Daily James Cameron’s Avatar and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker score nine nominations each.There were few surprises in the nominations announcement for the 82nd Academy Awards on February 2, with Avatar and The Hurt Locker taking nine nominations apiece.Jeremy Renner’s best actor nomination for The Hurt Locker was perhaps the […]

Venice Film Festival announces its line-up 26 July, 2007 The Venice Film Festival has announced its line-up. Films from Woody Allen, Ken Loach, Paul Haggis, Todd Haynes, Ang Lee, Wes Anderson, Miike Takashi, Brian De Palma, Andrew Dominik, Peter Greenaway, Kitano Takeshi, Eric Rohmer and Kenneth Branagh among others will play the festival which runs […]

4 February, 2010 By Sam WollastonSource: The Guardian You know those TV shows about people who move to another country? There have been a few; I forget the names. Brits Abroad? Nightmare in Paradise? The ones where they go to France or wherever, fall in love with a beautiful little white house with blue shutters, […]

21 February, 2010 Source: Screen Kathryn Bigelow has become the first woman to win the best director prize at the Orange British Film Academy Awards, held in London this evening (February 21). The award was one of six for Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which also took best film as well as prizes for sound, editing, […]

LAST RIDE Review 9 March, 2009 A gritty father-son road movie, Last Ride goes down some of the bumpiest, least-travelled roads in Australia. With Hugo Weaving on top form as the aggressive, unpredictable father, and impressive 10-year old newcomer Tom Russell as his at-risk son, Last Ride delivers considerable dramatic tension amidst some amazing locations. […]

1 December, 2003 Ed Pressman and John Schmidt’s 2-year-old ContentFilm unit is expected to unveil a reverse takeover today of financially embattled U.K.-based production, distribution and financing banner Winchester Entertainment.

14 May, 2010 By Geoffrey MacnabSource: Screen Daily Cast has been confirmed for the new Xavier Gens project The Divide (previously titled The Fallout), which has just started principal photography in Winnipeg. Lauren German, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Biehn, Rosanna Arquette, Ashton Holmes, Courtney B. Vance, Ivan Gonzalez, Michael Eklund and newcomer Abbey Thickson headline the […]