Archive for the 'Film News' Category

Sergei Loznitsa’s My Joy (Schastye Moye) picked up by Kino International for US distribution

Kino International has acquired American distribution rights for Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s new film My Joy (Счастье мое), which screened at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and is set for a North American premiere at the New York Film Festival next Thursday.

Ah Gan’s 3D Chinese adaptation of Don Quixote gets trailer and posters

New posters and a trailer are out for Chinese director Ah Gan’s wuxia adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ timeless classic Don Quixote.

From Paris with Love heats up retro-style with two new trailers

Written by the legendary Luc Besson, the highly anticipated and marketed action comedy From Paris with Love by Taken (2008) director Pierre Morel is gaining attention ahead of its February 5 US release with two new trailers meant for the French and American markets.

Greenlandic film Nuummioq to premiere at Sundance

Greenland’s first-ever feature film to receive international attention, Nuummioq is set to have its US premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival on January 23

Pierre Morel to shoot sci-fi adaptation Dune

With his new action film From Paris with Love about to hit theaters, Pierre Morel – of Taken (2008) fame – will soon be directing an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel Dune after Hancock (2008) director Peter Berg left the project in fall 2009.

Javier Bardem in Alejandro Innaritu’s Biutiful

Alejandro González Iñárritu, the man responsible for Mexican classic Amores Perros (2000) and the more recent international productions Babel (2006) and 21 Grams (2003), is back in the director’s chair with highly anticipated Biutiful, his new film.

Victor Pelevin adaptation Generation P pushed back to October 2010

The release of Generation P (Поколение П), a film adaptation of the third work by contemporary Russian novelist Victor Pelevin, has been pushed back to October 2010.

Sony Pictures to remake Swedish sleeper hit Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

A Hollywood adaptation of Swedish sleeper hit Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor), which grossed over $100 in Europe earlier this year, is in the works after Sony Pictures purchased the remake rights from production company Yellow Bird Pictures.