An Iranian American woman navigating culture clash, an Argentine bank heist and an animated ghost story voiced by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debut this weekend with a handful of docs and some notable expansion, vying with Apple wide release Killers Of The Flower Moon.
Sony Pictures Classics The Persian Version opens on eight screens in NY, LA, Toronto and Vancouver today. The film by writer-director Maryam Keshavarz won both the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance where it premiered (Deadline review here). Her previous film Circumstance, about two teenage Iranian girls who fall in love, won the Audience Award too, in 2011, but the filmmaker hasn’t been able to return to Iran since.
The Persian Version stars Layla Mohammadi as Leila, Iranian-American like Keshavarz, and bisexual, striving to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant,...
Sony Pictures Classics The Persian Version opens on eight screens in NY, LA, Toronto and Vancouver today. The film by writer-director Maryam Keshavarz won both the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance where it premiered (Deadline review here). Her previous film Circumstance, about two teenage Iranian girls who fall in love, won the Audience Award too, in 2011, but the filmmaker hasn’t been able to return to Iran since.
The Persian Version stars Layla Mohammadi as Leila, Iranian-American like Keshavarz, and bisexual, striving to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Black Bear makes its biggest release with ‘Dumb Money’.
Expend4bles is looking to end the action franchise on a high note at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, opening in 577 cinemas through Lionsgate.
Billed as the final film entry in the series, Expend4bles sees the titular team of mercenaries tasked with preventing a Third World War. Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture all reprise their roles, with Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran and Andy Garcia all joining the cast.
Expend4bles resurrects the franchise after a nine-year hiatus since 2014’s The Expendables 3.
Expend4bles is looking to end the action franchise on a high note at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, opening in 577 cinemas through Lionsgate.
Billed as the final film entry in the series, Expend4bles sees the titular team of mercenaries tasked with preventing a Third World War. Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture all reprise their roles, with Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran and Andy Garcia all joining the cast.
Expend4bles resurrects the franchise after a nine-year hiatus since 2014’s The Expendables 3.
- 9/22/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
A new animated feature adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost is on the way. Deadline reports today that Shout! Studios and Blue Fox have teamed up to bring The Canterville Ghost to theaters this Halloween.
While no release date has been set just yet, Deadline reports that Shout! Studios and Blue Fox “sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.” That might make this another great gateway horror entry for the whole family this spooky season.
The animated reimagining of Wilde’s short story tells “of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Stephen Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries...
While no release date has been set just yet, Deadline reports that Shout! Studios and Blue Fox “sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.” That might make this another great gateway horror entry for the whole family this spooky season.
The animated reimagining of Wilde’s short story tells “of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Stephen Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries...
- 8/28/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Shout! Studios and Blue Fox Entertainment have jointly acquired North American rights to the starry new animated feature The Canterville Ghost from Beverly Hills-based sales agent Cinema Management Group, Deadline has learned.
Emerging from a multi-year alliance between Shout! Studios and Blue Fox, the deal sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.
A Stephen Fry-led reimagining of the same-name short story by Oscar Wilde that screened as an Official Selection of the 2023 Annecy Animation Film Festival, The Canterville Ghost tells the story of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries to scare out the new arrivals.
Emerging from a multi-year alliance between Shout! Studios and Blue Fox, the deal sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.
A Stephen Fry-led reimagining of the same-name short story by Oscar Wilde that screened as an Official Selection of the 2023 Annecy Animation Film Festival, The Canterville Ghost tells the story of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries to scare out the new arrivals.
- 8/28/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Producers target autumn release ahead of Halloween.
Signature Entertainment has struck a deal with Cinema Management Group (Cmg) for all UK rights to the animated adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost featuring an all-star cast led by Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Freddie Highmore.
The feature played at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival in Official Selection as a Special Event and the producers are targeting an autumn release ahead of Halloween.
The story takes place in 1900 as an American family moves into the infamous Canterville Chase, an ancestral home that has been haunted for 300 years by a cursed ghost,...
Signature Entertainment has struck a deal with Cinema Management Group (Cmg) for all UK rights to the animated adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost featuring an all-star cast led by Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Freddie Highmore.
The feature played at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival in Official Selection as a Special Event and the producers are targeting an autumn release ahead of Halloween.
The story takes place in 1900 as an American family moves into the infamous Canterville Chase, an ancestral home that has been haunted for 300 years by a cursed ghost,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 2023 edition, running from June 11 to 17.
More than 13,000 animation professionals are set to descend on the French festival’s lakeside setting for its traditional mix of screenings programs across all formats, Work-in-Progress and First-Look sneak peeks, and presentations going behind the scenes of upcoming animation productions.
Competition title Sirocco And The Kingdom Of The Winds by French director Benoît Chieux opens the festival. The fantasy follows the adventures of two young sisters as they try to make their way home after getting trapped in the world of their favorite book.
A Cat In Paris and Phantom Boy director Alain Gagnol co-wrote the screenplay for the feature lead produced by Paris-based Sacrebleu Productions.
The film, which world premieres in Annecy, is among 11 titles competing for the festival’s Crystal award.
Another three French productions debut in Competition: Chiara Malta and...
More than 13,000 animation professionals are set to descend on the French festival’s lakeside setting for its traditional mix of screenings programs across all formats, Work-in-Progress and First-Look sneak peeks, and presentations going behind the scenes of upcoming animation productions.
Competition title Sirocco And The Kingdom Of The Winds by French director Benoît Chieux opens the festival. The fantasy follows the adventures of two young sisters as they try to make their way home after getting trapped in the world of their favorite book.
A Cat In Paris and Phantom Boy director Alain Gagnol co-wrote the screenplay for the feature lead produced by Paris-based Sacrebleu Productions.
The film, which world premieres in Annecy, is among 11 titles competing for the festival’s Crystal award.
Another three French productions debut in Competition: Chiara Malta and...
- 4/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
126 domestic UK features contributed £221m to the total film production spend of £1.55bn.
The post-lockdown boom in UK film and high-end TV (Hetv) production was confirmed today by official BFI statistics showing that total spend reached £5.64bn in 2021, a new record.
The combined production spend by film and Hetv during 2021 is £1.27bn higher than for the pre-pandemic year 2019, according to figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
Hetv was largely responsible for driving overall production levels to the new record, topping £4.09bn, nearly double pre-pandemic 2019 levels. This figure includes £737m from an increased number of single long-form ‘film...
The post-lockdown boom in UK film and high-end TV (Hetv) production was confirmed today by official BFI statistics showing that total spend reached £5.64bn in 2021, a new record.
The combined production spend by film and Hetv during 2021 is £1.27bn higher than for the pre-pandemic year 2019, according to figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
Hetv was largely responsible for driving overall production levels to the new record, topping £4.09bn, nearly double pre-pandemic 2019 levels. This figure includes £737m from an increased number of single long-form ‘film...
- 2/4/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
126 domestic UK features contributed £221m to the total film production spend of £1.55bn.
The post-lockdown boom in UK film and high-end TV (Hetv) production was confirmed today by official BFI statistics showing that total spend reached £5.64bn in 2021, a new record.
The combined production spend by film and Hetv during 2021 is £1.27bn higher than for the pre-pandemic year 2019, according to figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
Hetv was largely responsible for driving overall production levels to the new record, topping £4.09bn, nearly double pre-pandemic 2019 levels. This figure includes £737m from an increased number of single long-form ‘film...
The post-lockdown boom in UK film and high-end TV (Hetv) production was confirmed today by official BFI statistics showing that total spend reached £5.64bn in 2021, a new record.
The combined production spend by film and Hetv during 2021 is £1.27bn higher than for the pre-pandemic year 2019, according to figures from the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit.
Hetv was largely responsible for driving overall production levels to the new record, topping £4.09bn, nearly double pre-pandemic 2019 levels. This figure includes £737m from an increased number of single long-form ‘film...
- 2/4/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie previously announced.
Rising talent Emily Carey, David Harewood and animation veteran Meera Syal have joined the voice cast of The Canterville Ghost, which Cinema Management Group is selling worldwide.
Previously announced cast on the family comedy Oscar Wilde adaptation are Stephen Fry as Sir Simon de Canterville, Hugh Laurie as Grim Reaper, Freddie Highmore as the Duke of Cheshire, Imelda Staunton as Mrs. Umney, Toby Jones as Reverend Chasuble and Miranda Hart voicing Algernean the Ghost Hunter.
The Canterville Ghost centres on grumpy, heartbroken, and cursed Sir Simon de Canterville who haunts every family that has lived in his ancestral home,...
Rising talent Emily Carey, David Harewood and animation veteran Meera Syal have joined the voice cast of The Canterville Ghost, which Cinema Management Group is selling worldwide.
Previously announced cast on the family comedy Oscar Wilde adaptation are Stephen Fry as Sir Simon de Canterville, Hugh Laurie as Grim Reaper, Freddie Highmore as the Duke of Cheshire, Imelda Staunton as Mrs. Umney, Toby Jones as Reverend Chasuble and Miranda Hart voicing Algernean the Ghost Hunter.
The Canterville Ghost centres on grumpy, heartbroken, and cursed Sir Simon de Canterville who haunts every family that has lived in his ancestral home,...
- 10/29/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Freddie Highmore to voice Oscar Wilde adaptation.
Production is underway on animated family feature The Canterville Ghost after closing financing with Adrian Politowski’s LA-based production and finance Align.
Align joins India-based Toonz Media Group, which is producing the adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale, and work has begun at Toonz Animation Studio in Trivandrum, India.
UK producers include Robert Chandler of Space Age Films as well as Gina Carter and Stephen Fry of Sprout Pictures. Politowski and Martin Metz will produce for Align. LA-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) is handling worldwide sales.
Fry...
Production is underway on animated family feature The Canterville Ghost after closing financing with Adrian Politowski’s LA-based production and finance Align.
Align joins India-based Toonz Media Group, which is producing the adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale, and work has begun at Toonz Animation Studio in Trivandrum, India.
UK producers include Robert Chandler of Space Age Films as well as Gina Carter and Stephen Fry of Sprout Pictures. Politowski and Martin Metz will produce for Align. LA-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) is handling worldwide sales.
Fry...
- 5/25/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Projects include Toei Animation’s The Lost Titan (working title) in collaboration with John A. Davis.
Tiffcom, the film and TV market accompanying Tokyo International Film Festival, has announced the 20 projects selected for the first edition of its Tokyo Gap Financing Market (Tgfm), which is scheduled to run online November 4-6.
The selection includes 14 feature-length projects, four of which are animations, and six TV series projects, including three animations. Female producers are involved in 11 of the projects, which have a total budget volume of around $3m, with an average 66% of financing secured.
Projects include Toei Animation’s The Lost Titan...
Tiffcom, the film and TV market accompanying Tokyo International Film Festival, has announced the 20 projects selected for the first edition of its Tokyo Gap Financing Market (Tgfm), which is scheduled to run online November 4-6.
The selection includes 14 feature-length projects, four of which are animations, and six TV series projects, including three animations. Female producers are involved in 11 of the projects, which have a total budget volume of around $3m, with an average 66% of financing secured.
Projects include Toei Animation’s The Lost Titan...
- 10/5/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Based in Trivandrum, India, Toonz Media Group will partner with Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films and Gina Carter & Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures in the U.K. to co-produce an adaptation of the classic tale “The Canterville Ghost” by celebrated Irish author Oscar Wilde.
L.A.-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) handles international sales.
First published in 1887, Wilde’s tale is an eerie, heart-warming story with touches of humor, following Sir Simon de Canterville’s ghost, which has been dwelling in his ancestral castle for 300 years. His quiet life will be unsettled when an American family—a Minister, his wife and their four children— move into the house. The ghost tries with all his might to scare them away, but fails miserably. Moreover, he develops a deep tie with the family’s teenage daughter.
First-timer Kim Burdon, an animator on “Ethel & Ernest,” will direct.
The voice cast will...
L.A.-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) handles international sales.
First published in 1887, Wilde’s tale is an eerie, heart-warming story with touches of humor, following Sir Simon de Canterville’s ghost, which has been dwelling in his ancestral castle for 300 years. His quiet life will be unsettled when an American family—a Minister, his wife and their four children— move into the house. The ghost tries with all his might to scare them away, but fails miserably. Moreover, he develops a deep tie with the family’s teenage daughter.
First-timer Kim Burdon, an animator on “Ethel & Ernest,” will direct.
The voice cast will...
- 5/11/2020
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films, Gina Carter and Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures already on board as animators. Producers target 2021 delivery.
Cinema Management Group said on Thursday (May 7) that Asia-based Toonz Media Group has joined The Canterville Ghost as co-producer.
Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films and Gina Carter and Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures are already on board as animators on the Oscar Wilde Classic, which Cmg handles for sales.
Fry is joined on the voice cast by Freddie Highmore, Imelda Staunton, and Toby Jones.
The producers, assisted by Paul Grindey of Viewfinder Film, signed the deal with Toonz.
Cinema Management Group said on Thursday (May 7) that Asia-based Toonz Media Group has joined The Canterville Ghost as co-producer.
Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films and Gina Carter and Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures are already on board as animators on the Oscar Wilde Classic, which Cmg handles for sales.
Fry is joined on the voice cast by Freddie Highmore, Imelda Staunton, and Toby Jones.
The producers, assisted by Paul Grindey of Viewfinder Film, signed the deal with Toonz.
- 5/7/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Partners revisit beloved Oscar Wilde novella.
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) launches worldwide sales at Afm next week on an animated adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost in association with Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films and Gina Carter and Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures.
Veteran British performer, writer and raconteur Fry will voice Sir Simon de Canterville, a spirit that has scared off anybody who has dared to inhabit his stately home for several centuries.
All that changes when an American family move in and turns the tables on the spectral resident. The exhausted ghost rediscovers hope when...
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) launches worldwide sales at Afm next week on an animated adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost in association with Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films and Gina Carter and Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures.
Veteran British performer, writer and raconteur Fry will voice Sir Simon de Canterville, a spirit that has scared off anybody who has dared to inhabit his stately home for several centuries.
All that changes when an American family move in and turns the tables on the spectral resident. The exhausted ghost rediscovers hope when...
- 10/26/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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