to Read the Day 6 PDF - The Hollywood Reporter

More documents

Recommendations

Info

the REPORT SquareOne Ups Its Game With Big Buys German distributor pushes for mini-major status with Cannes buys Grace of Monaco, Still of Night By Scott Roxborough GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR SquareOne Entertainment, which turns 10 this year, is taking its operations to the next level with several big title purchases at this year’s Cannes Marche du Film. SquareOne nabbed all rights in Germany and Austria to Michelle Monaghan-starrer Still of Night, director Jonathan Mostow’s homage to his 1997 actioner Breakdown, from Exclusive and to Grace of Monaco, the biopic starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, from Inferno. Ahead of Cannes, SquareOne picked up another A-list title: the romantic caper Love Punch starring Pierce Brosnan and Emmy Thompson, which Joel Hopkins is directing and which SquareOne acquired from France’s SND. “These kinds of �lms — big mainstream movies — are what we are focusing on now,” SquareOne founder and president Al Munteanu told THR. “We want to take our company to the next level as a theatrical Shainberg to Direct Sturgess, Sarandon in The Big Shoe AngelWorld’s new $150 million fund will back the film By Pamela McClintock STEVEN SHAINBERG IS RETURNING TO the director’s chair for sexy comedic drama The Big Shoe, starring Jim Sturgess and Susan Sarandon. The Big Shoe — featuring footwear designed for the �lm by England’s Georgina Goodman -- will be �nanced by a new $150 million equity �lm fund announced this week by AngelWorld Entertainment. Shainberg (Secretary, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus) is set to start shooting this fall from a script he co-wrote with Mickey Birnbaum. The project reteams Sarandon and Sturgess, who will be seen in Focus Features’ Cloud Atlas, from Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski. Andrew Lazar’s Mad Chance Productions will produce alongside AngelWorld’s Darby Angel, Tykwer and the Wachowskis. distributor in Germany and there is no niche market anymore, it’s all popcorn movies.” SquareOne started as a buyer of home entertainment and TV rights for the German market but it has been acquiring theatrical projects for several years now. In 2010 the Munich-based company raised its game via a new theatrical cooperation with German mini-major Universum, as the two companies jointly released box o�ce hit StreetDance 3D. Another mainstream hit followed this year with SquareOne and Universum’s release of British comedy The Inbetweeners Movie. SquareOne’s commercial success has allowed it to plow its pro�ts back into production. Munteanu has been an active equity investor in new projects, 2 With films such as hit Brit comedy The In Betweeners Movie, Square One is making a play for the big time. joining forces with London-based Vertigo Films as a co-producer on the next StreetDance �lm and co-developing and producing the upcoming remakes of Jerry Lewis’ comedies The Family Jewels, Cinderfella, The Errand Boy and Whose Minding The Store. The German market is one of the most competitive in the world, but Munteanu isn’t shying away from going toe-to-toe with the territory’s big players. “I don’t think in this business it’s really about who has the deepest pockets,” he said. In ten years, SquareOne has gone from start-up to established players in arguably the most crowded market in Europe. Going forward, it hopes to stand out even further from that crowd. THR HanWay Films will handle international sales, while CAA negotiated the deal and is representing North American rights (CAA also reps WorldView). The Big Shoe follows Nate (Sturgess), a gi�ed shoe designer forced to break free from a family who wants to cheapen his art for their own commercial gain. His overbearing mother Irene (Sarandon) hires a psychotherapist and a muse to lure Nate back to work. “The Big Shoe provides the opportunity to explore a playful romantic, sexy, intimate connection just as Secretary did. The script combines eorticism and humor in such a unique way — where shoes are better than sex,” Shainberg said. Goodman recently designed a pair of wedding shoes commissioned by the Royal CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Doha Funds 23 Projects By Georg Szalai THE DOHA FILM Institute has picked 23 feature �lms, documentaries and shorts from the Arab world and North Africa that will receive funding under its twice-yearly grants program. In a change from previous years, established directors like Morocco’s Hakim Belabbes and Lebanon’s Dima El Horr are receiving money in addition to emerging directors, the Institute said Sunday. Funding is going to �lms from the likes of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait. The winning projects take on such topics as Afghan cameleers in Australia, the Arab spring, civil unrest in Tunisia and femalesoccer player scouts in Libya. More than 40 projects from more than 10 countries received Institute funding in 2011. “There is an undeniable increase in the quality, diversity and volume of entries this year,” said. Institute executive director Amanda Palmer. THR New World, Winnol Release Generation P. By Pamela McClintock NEWLY FORMED NEW WORLD Distribution is teaming with Los Angeles-based Winnol to release Russian box o�ce hit and �lm festival favorite Generation P. on Sept. 12, complete with a telecast message from Russian director Victor Ginzburg and the cast from Moscow. The duo are planning to release the movie on 1,500 screens for a two-day event, followed by a more traditional limited release. The pic, about the rise of gangsterism and advertising in Russia, also will be released on VOD and mobile platforms. Based on the bestselling novel by Russian writer Victor Pelevin, Generation is an independent Russian-U.S. co-production. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 day6_news1,2,8,10.indd 2 5/20/12 9:38 PM
Residence GR and Hotel, e ntR ee a lbatR os, 2nd FlooR mail@parkentertainment.com +447775612651 l ine up includes MONSTER BUTLER Malcolm McDowell in the true story of notorious serial killer Roy Fontaine WILL TO SUCCEED A $14 million coming-of-age comedy with Richard Dreyfuss and Helen Hunt FLY ME The conspiracy that brought Freddie Laker’s pioneering airline crashing to the ground. Director Jonathan Lynn. ParkEnt_Beast_day6.indd 1 5/20/12 5:03 PM
Page 1 and 2: thr.CoM/CANNES CANNES DAILY №6 MA
Page 3: MAY 21, 2012 BREAKING N EWS Stewart
Page 7 and 8: The new iPhone app, free and trilin
Page 9 and 10: a FACT NOT FICTION FILMS production
Page 11 and 12: adv reporter 11-05-12:Opmaak 1 11-0
Page 13 and 14: NORWAY BREDE HOVLAND MOTLYS HUNGARY
Page 15 and 16: Stephan Komandarev Bulgaria Argo Fi
Page 17 and 18: THR.indd Pontificia_D6_052112.indd
Page 19 and 20: Atom Cinema D6_052112.indd 1 5/13/1
Page 21 and 22: MPI Media Group D6_052112.indd 1 5/
Page 23 and 24: DIRECTOR Q&A Anurag Kashyap India
Page 25 and 26: World Ashim Ahluwalia’s Un Certai
Page 27 and 28: Cannes Critics’ Week sidebar titl
Page 29 and 30: COMING SOON... SOHO HOUSE CONTINUES
Page 31 and 32: FREE iPAD APP THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTE
Page 33 and 34: Reviews Mikkelsen, left, confronts
Page 35 and 36: Trintignant comforts Riva during th
Page 37 and 38: Augustine Absorbingly sensuous peri
Page 39 and 40: Fortnight; The Sapphires, 98 mins.,
Page 41 and 42: Cinema Do Brasil, Brazilian- Portug
Page 43 and 44: “BEAUTIFUL” “Katharine is stu

to Read the Day 6 PDF - The Hollywood Reporter

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?