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24 October, 2008 By John AndersonSource: Variety F/x whiz Toby Wilkins’ “Splinter” is a spare, effective and genuinely frightening retro-nightmare that will have teenage gore girls trooping to the movies like lurching swarms of George Romero’s living dead. The socio-sexual-psychological attraction of “Splinter” — which just won a rash of awards at Screamfest in Los […]

27 October, 2008 By Audrey Ward Source: Screen Daily Strouse’s previous films include Grace is Gone and Lonesome Jim. The film stars Sam Rockwell (Frost/Nixon, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), rising star Emma Roberts (Lymelife, Blow)) and Rob Corddry (W, What Happens in Vegas). The story follows a basketball coach who must learn to overcome […]

15 May, 2008 Karl Urban has joined the cast of action thriller Horse, which ContentFilm International is selling worldwide. Urban previously appeared in Star Trek, The Lord Of the Rings, The Bourne Supremacy and forthcoming Black Water Transit. Laurence Malkin directs and producers are Paul Schiff, Tai Duncan and Roseanne Korenberg. Horse starts shooting in […]

31 December, 2008 By Jeremy KaySource: Screen Sundance has added the world premiere of Jim Strouse’s comedy The Winning Season starring Sam Rockwell as a misfit brought in to coach his local girls high school basketball team. Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry, Shareeka Epps and Emily Rios also star in the film, which will play out […]

17 May, 2008 By Wendy MitchellSource: Screen ContentFilm International will handle international sales on Kid Cannabis, written and directed by John Stockwell. ICM will handle North American rights. Stockwell previously directed Into the Blue, Blue Crush and Crazy Beautiful. The film starts shooting July 2 in Vancouver. The film stars Chris Marquette and Aaron Yoo […]

10 February, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Cinetic will represent North American rights and has also arranged financing. Damian Jones (The History Boys) will produce and casting will be confirmed soon. The film will shoot in April on location in Manitoba, Canada. The project is set in the small town of Travis Valley, where […]

21 April, 2008 Matador Pictures and Island Film Group’s project is based on the true story of a Hawaiian princess who left Victorian England to return to her homeland on the verge of a civil war. Q’orianka Kilcher, star of The New World, plays the title role. The cast also features Barry Pepper, Will Patton, […]

12 December, 2008 By Martin Blaney in Berlin Source: Screen Daily In addition, there will be international premieres of Chen Kaige’s Forever Enthralled (Mei Llanfang) and Oren Moverman’s directorial debut The Messenger, starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton. Lukas Moodysson’s Mammoth, with Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, and Sophie Nyweide, and “out of competition” […]

13 October, 2008 By Martin BuxtonSource: C21 Also on ContentFilm’s slate are Peter Greenaway’s documentary Rembrandt’s J’accuse; drama Poppy Shakespeare; and feature documentary Sputnik Mania, which recounts the events triggered by the launch of Sputnik and how they fuelled the Cold War. Content is also presenting extreme skiing documentary Steep, which was recently released via […]