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Film
Mike Clattenburg to direct The Guys Who Move Furniture
The dramedy portrays four men working for a moving company who share damaged pasts and find out who can really face their future when the company and their working relationships start to fall apart.
Morot’s Oscar nom all about the subtlety
For Oscar nominee Adrien Morot, Barney’s Version was all about not getting noticed.
Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children gets more international sales
Deepa Mehta’s film adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children continues to rack up international sales.
D Films picks up Tyrannosaur
D Films has acquired Paddy Considine’s debut feature Tyrannosaur ahead of its Berlin festival bow.
eOne Films and Wrekin Hill ink 3-year pact
eOne and Wrekin Hill Entertainment have hammered out a three-year Canadian output agreement, with the distrib handling the LA-based prodcos’ films in all media formats across Canada.
Edwin Boyd pic to star Scott Speedman
Producer Allison Black and director Nathan Morlando of Euclid 431 Pictures will next week start the cameras rolling on Edwin Boyd, with Scott Speedman (Barney’s Version, The Strangers) in the title role.
Alliance Films does multi-territory deal for Gambit
The first big deal at the Berlin Film Festival goes to Alliance Films, which pre-bought multi-territory rights to the Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz-starrer Gambit from FilmNation Entertainment.
Cineplex Q4 earnings buoyed by 3D ticket up-charges
Nothing could take the place of box office smash Avatar this year, a fact which impacted on the chain’s numbers.
Blue Ice Productions behind film fund with Echo Lake Entertainment
Steven Silver (The Bang Bang Club) and Neil Tabatznik of Blue Ice Productions are teaming up with Doug Mankoff’s Echo Lake Entertainment to launch a North American private equity film fund.
John Flock leaves Peace Arch, forms W2 Media
The former Peace Arch CEO has launched a new indie distribution outfit, W2 Media, with film financing experts Warren Nimchuk and Warren Fergus.
Villeneuve leads Jutra pack, although auteurs score well
A number of somber auteur films which were critically acclaimed but didn’t score high at the box office are in the running for the award’s top categories.
Buenos Aires focus of TIFF’s city to city sidebar
Buenos Aires will be in the spotlight next September as part of the Toronto International Film Festival’s City to City program.
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