Filmax is screening a promo to buyers for the first time in Cannes.
Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired international rights to the comedy Dear Grandma the second feature by director Jabi Elortegi, that is now in post. Elortegi’s first film was Perfect Happiness in 2009.
Dear Grandma tells the story of a man who accepts the dubious invitation from a long-lost relative to make a radical change and move to Argentina. Once there, he is caught up in an elaborate deception whereby the whole village is pretending it is in the 1950s for the benefit of an old woman who has...
Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired international rights to the comedy Dear Grandma the second feature by director Jabi Elortegi, that is now in post. Elortegi’s first film was Perfect Happiness in 2009.
Dear Grandma tells the story of a man who accepts the dubious invitation from a long-lost relative to make a radical change and move to Argentina. Once there, he is caught up in an elaborate deception whereby the whole village is pretending it is in the 1950s for the benefit of an old woman who has...
- 5/18/2022
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
In a bid to up their game in the Spanish and international arena, Barcelona-based companies Mediacrest and A Contracorriente Films have forged a strategic alliance that will have the latter distribute Mediacrest films and series as well as co-produce a selection of titles with the fast-growing producer.
Said Adolfo Blanco, CEO of A Contracorriente Films: “For A Contracorriente, the deal is an opportunity to collaborate with a first-rate team and to be able to offer its clients and partners a number of films and series designed to reach the general public.”
“By participating in the genesis of the projects, we will be better able to tailor the right model for each of them,” he added.
First out the gate is the adaptation of the 1945 Premio Nadal award-winning novel “Nada” by Carmen Laforet. The literary sensation is narrated by a young orphaned woman who leaves her small town to attend university in post-civil war Barcelona.
Said Adolfo Blanco, CEO of A Contracorriente Films: “For A Contracorriente, the deal is an opportunity to collaborate with a first-rate team and to be able to offer its clients and partners a number of films and series designed to reach the general public.”
“By participating in the genesis of the projects, we will be better able to tailor the right model for each of them,” he added.
First out the gate is the adaptation of the 1945 Premio Nadal award-winning novel “Nada” by Carmen Laforet. The literary sensation is narrated by a young orphaned woman who leaves her small town to attend university in post-civil war Barcelona.
- 10/20/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Blessed by largely clement weather, San Sebastian fairly hummed, as hundreds of industry execs sat down to talk face to face – some, especially from Latin America, for the first time since February 2020. As at Venice, Latin American producers could talk on-site and with some degree of confidence about putting movies long in development into production. So the 69th San Sebastián Festival proved a joyous and energy-sluiced affair. Following, some of its highlights:
San Sebastian Rebounds
Through Thursday, total San Sebastian delegates numbers came in at 3,848, 46.5% up on 2020 and just 11% down on a pre-pandemic 2019. Industry reps drove much of that rebound, San Sebastian welcoming 1,686 this year, compared to 1,185 in 2020 and 1,749 in 2019. “Everyone’s very active, enthusiastic, appreciating seeing one another again. We really wanted to be here,” said Ventana Sur co-director Bernardo Bergeret. He added that late November’s Ventana Sur had received a record number of applications for accreditations. Expect...
San Sebastian Rebounds
Through Thursday, total San Sebastian delegates numbers came in at 3,848, 46.5% up on 2020 and just 11% down on a pre-pandemic 2019. Industry reps drove much of that rebound, San Sebastian welcoming 1,686 this year, compared to 1,185 in 2020 and 1,749 in 2019. “Everyone’s very active, enthusiastic, appreciating seeing one another again. We really wanted to be here,” said Ventana Sur co-director Bernardo Bergeret. He added that late November’s Ventana Sur had received a record number of applications for accreditations. Expect...
- 9/24/2021
- by John Hopewell and Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
In San Sebastian to receive the festival’s highest honor, the Donostia career achievement award, American actor, producer and director Johnny Depp has announced his involvement in a new development fund for film and TV projects, headed by his own upstart London-based In.2 Films and Adolfo Blanco’s Contracorriente in Spain.
In.2 is Depp’s newly-launched U.K.-based production house, born from his L.A.-based Infinitum Nihil, which is courting scripts for films, stage productions and plays “focusing on European sensibility combined with American accessibility,” explained a release handed out during a San Sebastian press conference.
Producers Stephen Deuters (“Minamata”) and Stephen Malit (“Hector”) are also joining In.2 as co-heads alongside Depp, and were in person in San Sebastian to jointly announced the new development deal with A Contracorriente.
In the release, Depp explained: “From the student to the maestro, from the aspiring artists to the yet-knowns, to...
In.2 is Depp’s newly-launched U.K.-based production house, born from his L.A.-based Infinitum Nihil, which is courting scripts for films, stage productions and plays “focusing on European sensibility combined with American accessibility,” explained a release handed out during a San Sebastian press conference.
Producers Stephen Deuters (“Minamata”) and Stephen Malit (“Hector”) are also joining In.2 as co-heads alongside Depp, and were in person in San Sebastian to jointly announced the new development deal with A Contracorriente.
In the release, Depp explained: “From the student to the maestro, from the aspiring artists to the yet-knowns, to...
- 9/23/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Vin Diesel vehicle “Muscle,” Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” and the Zoe Kravitz-directed “Pussy Island” have proved early sales standouts at a contained virtual Pre-Cannes Screenings whose pre-sales market says a lot about the resilient vitality and ever greater complexity of the international film business.
Budgeted at a reported $60 million, which would make it the biggest project at the Screenings, “Muscle” moved waves when Leonine paid a reported high seven-figure pre-sale figure for Germany.
In an out-of-the-box move, Miramax announced Monday that it had secured worldwide rights to “The Holdovers,” reuniting Payne with “Sideways” star Paul Giamatti.
In earlier banner deals, reinvigorated under Michael de Luca, MGM landed global rights to “Pussy Island” and North America on Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” the biggest film in Cannes competition.
The Anton/CAA Media Finance-sold “Greenland: Migration” was drawing a lot of heat, cited by overseas distributors as the kind of straight-arrow...
Budgeted at a reported $60 million, which would make it the biggest project at the Screenings, “Muscle” moved waves when Leonine paid a reported high seven-figure pre-sale figure for Germany.
In an out-of-the-box move, Miramax announced Monday that it had secured worldwide rights to “The Holdovers,” reuniting Payne with “Sideways” star Paul Giamatti.
In earlier banner deals, reinvigorated under Michael de Luca, MGM landed global rights to “Pussy Island” and North America on Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” the biggest film in Cannes competition.
The Anton/CAA Media Finance-sold “Greenland: Migration” was drawing a lot of heat, cited by overseas distributors as the kind of straight-arrow...
- 6/30/2021
- by John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Downton Abbey and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel star Penelope Wilton is joining Oscar winner Jim Broadbent (Iris) in Hettie Macdonald’s (Normal People) upcoming feature The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Wilton will play Maureen, the wife who is left bereft and bewildered when Harold doesn’t come home one day. The Duke and Lady In the Van star Broadbent will play the eponymous Harold, an ordinary man who has passed through life living on the sidelines until he goes to post a letter one day…and just keeps walking.
The character embarks on a 450-mile walk across the UK in the simple belief that his journey will save the life of his old friend Queenie who is dying in a hospice. Step by step, a spark is ignited in Harold’s hibernating soul as he rediscovers the majesty of the world, reflects on his mistakes, and finally...
Wilton will play Maureen, the wife who is left bereft and bewildered when Harold doesn’t come home one day. The Duke and Lady In the Van star Broadbent will play the eponymous Harold, an ordinary man who has passed through life living on the sidelines until he goes to post a letter one day…and just keeps walking.
The character embarks on a 450-mile walk across the UK in the simple belief that his journey will save the life of his old friend Queenie who is dying in a hospice. Step by step, a spark is ignited in Harold’s hibernating soul as he rediscovers the majesty of the world, reflects on his mistakes, and finally...
- 6/21/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Feature reboots popular children’s TV series inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s 19th-century classic.
Charades has boarded sales on Dogtanian And The Three Muskehounds, a family-focused feature animation inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ 19th-century classic swashbuckling D’Artagnan trilogy.
The Paris-based sales company has a strong track record in selling feature animations, having previously handled The Queen’s Corgi and Bigfoot Superstar as well as Academy Award nominees Mirai and I Lost My Body.
This new animation sales acquisition reboots the popular Dogtanian children’s series which first launched in Japan in the 1980s and went on to air in some 100 territories,...
Charades has boarded sales on Dogtanian And The Three Muskehounds, a family-focused feature animation inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ 19th-century classic swashbuckling D’Artagnan trilogy.
The Paris-based sales company has a strong track record in selling feature animations, having previously handled The Queen’s Corgi and Bigfoot Superstar as well as Academy Award nominees Mirai and I Lost My Body.
This new animation sales acquisition reboots the popular Dogtanian children’s series which first launched in Japan in the 1980s and went on to air in some 100 territories,...
- 11/2/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
[To get you into the spooky spirit, the Daily Dead team is spotlighting double features that we think would be fun to watch this Halloween season. Check here for more double feature recommendations and other Halloween 2017 coverage.]
There’s nothing quite like an outside threat to bring a family together, especially when that threat is of the undead variety. Siblings may not always get along, but when your sister’s soul is sought by a coven of witches, or when your mom is eyed as an eternal bride by a coffin-dwelling creep, it’s time to take those Sister Sledge lyrics to heart and become a family that can overcome anything—including wicked spells and sharp fangs. Set on respective fateful nights where the future of a homestead hangs in the balance and its up to siblings to save it, Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire and Hocus Pocus are family-friendly films that make for a great double feature during the Halloween season.
Perhaps the less-known of the two films, Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire will likely ring a nostalgic bell for...
There’s nothing quite like an outside threat to bring a family together, especially when that threat is of the undead variety. Siblings may not always get along, but when your sister’s soul is sought by a coven of witches, or when your mom is eyed as an eternal bride by a coffin-dwelling creep, it’s time to take those Sister Sledge lyrics to heart and become a family that can overcome anything—including wicked spells and sharp fangs. Set on respective fateful nights where the future of a homestead hangs in the balance and its up to siblings to save it, Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire and Hocus Pocus are family-friendly films that make for a great double feature during the Halloween season.
Perhaps the less-known of the two films, Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire will likely ring a nostalgic bell for...
- 10/27/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Hulu has announced the new titles that will be available to stream on the platform during the month of April. Leading the pack is the new original series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” based on Margaret Atwood’s classic novel of the same name and starring Elisabeth Moss. The series premieres April 26.
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Trailer: New Teaser Reminds Us Elisabeth Moss’ Story Is Ours
Also available to stream next month are a handful of modern classics, such as “Robocop,” “Days of Thunder,” “Thelma & Louise,” “The Usual Suspects,” “Election,” “JFK,” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” as well as indie favorites like “Short Term 12,” “The Babadook,” “In a World,” and “Hello, My Name is Doris.”
Find the list of all titles coming to Hulu in April below.
April 1
1408 (2007) (*Showtime)
A Horse Tale (2015)
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
Affliction (1998)
Almost Famous (2000)
America’s Sweethearts (2001) (*Showtime)
Bad Company (1995) (*Showtime)
Bangkok Dangerous (2008) (*Showtime...
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Trailer: New Teaser Reminds Us Elisabeth Moss’ Story Is Ours
Also available to stream next month are a handful of modern classics, such as “Robocop,” “Days of Thunder,” “Thelma & Louise,” “The Usual Suspects,” “Election,” “JFK,” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” as well as indie favorites like “Short Term 12,” “The Babadook,” “In a World,” and “Hello, My Name is Doris.”
Find the list of all titles coming to Hulu in April below.
April 1
1408 (2007) (*Showtime)
A Horse Tale (2015)
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
Affliction (1998)
Almost Famous (2000)
America’s Sweethearts (2001) (*Showtime)
Bad Company (1995) (*Showtime)
Bangkok Dangerous (2008) (*Showtime...
- 3/17/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
We’re only halfway through Hulu’s unofficial Karate Month celebration, and the streaming service has already announced the new titles you’ll be able to stream in April. Sadly, there isn’t as much of a clear theme as there was for March, but Hulu is getting the premiere of the highly anticipated adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale at the end of the month. Maybe rampant, apocalyptic misogyny is the theme? Barely any of the new movies or TV shows fit into that mold, but isn’t everything about rampant, apocalyptic misogyny in a way?
Misogyny aside, Hulu will also be adding the three original RoboCop movies, Michael Showalter’s Hello, My Name Is Doris, The Babadook, and the Disney Channel originals Johnny Tsunami and The Even Stevens Movie. Plus, you’ll finally be able to watch the premiere of Dimension 404, Hulu’s star ...
Misogyny aside, Hulu will also be adding the three original RoboCop movies, Michael Showalter’s Hello, My Name Is Doris, The Babadook, and the Disney Channel originals Johnny Tsunami and The Even Stevens Movie. Plus, you’ll finally be able to watch the premiere of Dimension 404, Hulu’s star ...
- 3/17/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
The star of 'Johnny Tsunami' shares his favorite memory from filming the Disney Channel Original Movie.
- 6/14/2016
- by Stacey Grant
- MTV Movie News
The star of 'Johnny Tsunami' shares his favorite memory from filming the Disney Channel Original Movie.
- 6/14/2016
- by Stacey Grant
- MTV Newsroom
The star of 'Johnny Tsunami' shares his favorite memory from filming the Disney Channel Original Movie.
- 6/14/2016
- by Stacey Grant
- MTV Music News
Before you spend Memorial Day weekend binging on every single Disney Channel Original Movie ever created (yes, all of them – from Don't Look Under the Bed to The Cheetah Girls), refresh your Dcom memory with these fun facts.
1. Zac Efron didn't sing in the original High School Musical.
Back in 2006, you may have thought you fallen in love with Efron's vocals in "Breaking Free" and "Start of Something New", but it turns out, it wasn't actually Efron you were falling for. Another Cinderella Story star Drew Seeley actually provided Troy's vocals for the first film (and he wrote the...
1. Zac Efron didn't sing in the original High School Musical.
Back in 2006, you may have thought you fallen in love with Efron's vocals in "Breaking Free" and "Start of Something New", but it turns out, it wasn't actually Efron you were falling for. Another Cinderella Story star Drew Seeley actually provided Troy's vocals for the first film (and he wrote the...
- 5/27/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- People.com - TV Watch
Before you spend Memorial Day weekend binging on every single Disney Channel Original Movie ever created (yes, all of them - from Don't Look Under the Bed to The Cheetah Girls), refresh your Dcom memory with these fun facts. 1. Zac Efron didn't sing in the original High School Musical.Back in 2006, you may have thought you fallen in love with Efron's vocals in "Breaking Free" and "Start of Something New", but it turns out, it wasn't actually Efron you were falling for. Another Cinderella Story star Drew Seeley actually provided Troy's vocals for the first film (and he wrote...
- 5/27/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
Before you spend Memorial Day weekend binging on every single Disney Channel Original Movie ever created (yes, all of them - from Don't Look Under the Bed to The Cheetah Girls), refresh your Dcom memory with these fun facts. 1. Zac Efron didn't sing in the original High School Musical.Back in 2006, you may have thought you fallen in love with Efron's vocals in "Breaking Free" and "Start of Something New", but it turns out, it wasn't actually Efron you were falling for. Another Cinderella Story star Drew Seeley actually provided Troy's vocals for the first film (and he wrote...
- 5/27/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
Johnny Tsunami. Halloweentown. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century.
If those titles mean anything to you, you’re going to want to read on.
In celebration of its 100th original movie — an upcoming reimagining of the 1987 comedy Adventures in Babysitting — Disney Channel will air every single one of its original flicks from May through June.
VideosAdventures in Babysitting Trailer: Disney Duo Has a Wild Night Out
The nostalgia trip will kick off Memorial Day Weekend, with a marathon of the 51 most popular DCOMs, and will continue throughout the next month with every other original film presented at various times.
If those titles mean anything to you, you’re going to want to read on.
In celebration of its 100th original movie — an upcoming reimagining of the 1987 comedy Adventures in Babysitting — Disney Channel will air every single one of its original flicks from May through June.
VideosAdventures in Babysitting Trailer: Disney Duo Has a Wild Night Out
The nostalgia trip will kick off Memorial Day Weekend, with a marathon of the 51 most popular DCOMs, and will continue throughout the next month with every other original film presented at various times.
- 4/20/2016
- TVLine.com
It's been more than a decade since the 1990s ended, yet the Internet can't seem to go a day without a reminder of the neon slap bracelets that may have been banned from your school.
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
- 7/29/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
I happened to catch the High School Musical spin-off Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure while watching a friend’s kid sister last weekend, and I have to say, once and for all, that I’m totally and completely over Disney Channel Original Movies… and it’s about time. Even toward the end of what I consider the Golden Era of Disney Originals — starting in 1999 with Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century and coming to a screeching halt in 2003 with The Even Stevens Movie — I was probably a little too old to be watching them. I remember joking about the latest cheesy Domp (Disney Original Motion Picture…...
- 6/7/2011
- by Stephan Lee
- EW.com - PopWatch
If only real-life high school had been for me what it is for the student body of the fictitious Albuquerque of High School Musical. No real-life adolescence could remotely begin to replicate the smiles on the faces of these students. You know why? Because this is Disney. In all Disney Channel Original’s there are small obstacles that must be overcome, sure, but by the end the plastic characters always reach euphoria, and life settles into that easy going routine that could never be achieved anywhere else.
The story starts with the “it” boy, the star basketball player of a team going to the championship game, and a new girl who’s always been known as the brainiest in the class. Their first two encounters are a throwback to another high school musical, the 1978 song and dance flick Grease.
Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) meet during winter vacation,...
The story starts with the “it” boy, the star basketball player of a team going to the championship game, and a new girl who’s always been known as the brainiest in the class. Their first two encounters are a throwback to another high school musical, the 1978 song and dance flick Grease.
Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) meet during winter vacation,...
- 2/26/2009
- by Erin Burris
- JustPressPlay.net
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