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10 February, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Mark Gordon and Lawrence Inglee will produce for the Mark Gordon Company, with Zach Miller and Ben Goldhirsh of Reason Pictures. ContentFilm International will handle international sales. Shaun Redick and Nate Bolotin of The Collective helped to package the film, will executive produce, and will represent the […]

19 May, 2008 By Rob NelsonSource: Variety The (in)famous image of cig-puffing Sean Penn paddling a raft through watery New Orleans helps explain his plucking from Amerindie sea of volunteer-recruitment docu “The Third Wave” to serve as Cannes fest’s first-ever jury prexy pick. Following efforts of four unpaid relief workers, including tyro docu-helmer and trained […]

28 July, 2008 By Ali JaafarSource: Variety Rising Brit thesp Michael Fassbender has boarded Andrea Arnold’s sophomore feature “Fish Tank.” Other cast members include newcomer Katie Jarvis, who plays the lead role of Mia, a troubled 15-year-old excluded from school and ostracized by her friends. Kierston Wareing (“It’s a Free World”), Rebecca Griffiths and Harry […]

28 July, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in London Source: ScreenDaily Andrea Arnold has started shooting her follow-up to Cannes prize winner Red Road. The new feature Fish Tank stars Hunger lead Michael Fassbender with Kate Jarvis, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths, and Harry Treadaway. Artificial Eye has already acquired the UK theatrical rights; ContentFilm International is […]

6 November, 2008 By Patrick FraterSource: Variety Milla Jovovich will star as an alcoholic former stripper in “Keep Coming Back,” a coming-of-age comedy that marks the directorial debut of veteran actor William H. Macy. Story sees a young man with a sheltered upbringing join an Alcoholics Anonymous group in order to seduce the woman of […]

9 February, 2008 By By ALI JAAFARSource: Variety “The Killing Room” is about four people who sign up to a psychological research study only to discover they are the subjects of a brutal, top-secret government program. Peter Stormare (“Minority Report”), Tim Hutton (“The Good Shepherd”), Nick Cannon (“Bobby”), Clea Duvall (“Zodiac”) and Shea Wigham (“Tigerland”) […]

8 November, 2008 By Wendy MitchellSource: Screen ContentFilm International has taken on international rights to Yojiro Takita’s Departures, which is Japan’s submission for the foreign-language Oscar race. Departures (Okuribito) is already a box-office hit in Japan, taking more than 3m admissions ($25m) and it also won Best Film at the Montreal Wrold Film Festival in […]

21 August, 2008 By VarietySource: http://www.variety.com/blog/1390000339/post/430032043.html Peace Arch as acquired North American rights to the Jean-Claude Van Damme action/comedy, “JCVD” ahead of its North American preem at Toronto, where it’s opening the Midnight Madness section. “JCVD” stars the Brussels Muscles as himself, who returns to his hometown licking the wounds of a tanking career. He […]

10 February, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Marc Forby will direct. The shoot starts March 14 on location in Hawaii and in the UK. The crew includes Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck, production designer Steven Lawrence, DOP Gabriel Beristain and editor Robb Sullivan. The Hawaii-set story, based on true events, is about an unlikely heroine […]