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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 […]

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 […]

20 May, 2006 By By IAN MOHR Source: Variety.com Pic made its world preem at the Tribeca film fest in Gotham, and is screening here. Brock’s semi-autobiographical British comedy-drama toplines Julie Walters, Rupert Grint and Laura Linney. Pic follows a struggling young poet who accepts a summer job with a former star of stage and […]

17 May, 2006 CANNES — Neve Campbell has joined the cast of Richard Attenborough’s “Closing the Ring,” alongside Shirley MacLaine and Mischa Barton. Attenborough has started the second leg of shooting in Toronto, having completed several weeks of filming in Belfast. Pic, sold worldwide by ContentFilm, is an epic love story spanning two continents and […]

19 May, 2006 By Wendy Mitchell Source: www.screendaily.com Zackary Adler’s directorial debut stars Jay Baruchel and Alexis Bledel in a coming-of-age story in a small town. The ensemble cast also includes Schuyler Fisk, DJ Qualls, Victor Rasuk and Katey Sagal. “I’m Reed Fish” is a production of Los Angeles-based Squared Foot Productions. The deal was […]

28 March, 2006 Director Richard Attenborough started production Monday in Belfast on Closing The Ring, an epic love story that stars Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton, Brenda Fricker, and Pete Postlethwaite. Jo Gilbert is producing with Attenborough, with Martin Katz co-producing. Closing the Ring is a presentation of the UK Film Council, Scion Films, […]

10 March, 2006 By Staff Reporter Source: Worldscreen.com Fireworks International is bringing to MIPTV the new one-hour drama series Whistler, produced by Blueprint Entertainment and Boardwatch Productions for broadcast on The N and CTV later this year. The series is against the back-drop of Whistler, Vancouver, where the 2010 Olympics will be held. It follows […]

9 March, 2006 By Ed Waller Source: C21media.com Fireworks International, now part of the UK’s ContentFilm, has picked up the overseas TV rights to a sporty new US/Canadian drama coproduction set in the world of winter sports. Whistler (13×60′) is set on the slopes of ski mecca Whistler, British Colombia, and follows the family and […]

7 March, 2006 By Staff Reporter Source: C21media.com Following a year of retooling that included funding roadblocks and casting changes, Fireworks International is launching Canada production house Shaftesbury Films’ oddball half-hour comedy series The Jane Show at MipTV. Jane makes MipTV debut Set to premiere on Canadian commercial broadcaster Global Television in the spring, The […]