Banderas' 'Rain' heads for France
Antonio Banderas' sophomore pic as a helmer, the coming-of-ager "El camino de los ingleses" (Summer Rain), has been sold to Surreal Films for France and Plan 2 Real in CIS and Baltics.
Scene
'Rambow' dances in Brooklyn
The Sundance Film Festival came to the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Thursday night.
'John' hits the beach
The aud at HBO's "John From Cincinnati" world premiere didn't have to venture to the Pacific Coast Highway Thursday night; rather, the pay-cabler brought the beach to them.
An ocean commotion at 'Surf' bow
Sony Pictures Animation's mockumentary "Surf's Up" was met with a tidal wave of excitement at Saturday's Westwood premiere. Stars Jeff Bridges, Jon Heder, Shia LaBeouf and Zooey Deschanel walked the…
New Line moves forward on 'Kong'
New Line is moving forward on its feature adaptation of "The King of Kong," a documentary about rivals battling for supremacy in vidgame "Donkey Kong." The company has hired Michael Bacall ("Manic")…
Sarafian home at 'House'
Helmer Deran Sarafian is joining Fox's "House." Sarafian has inked a deal to come onboard the NBC U-produced skein as co-exec producer and inhouse director. He'll helm every third episode of the…
Smith tunes in for Dunes
Genre-producer Platinum Dunes has hired Matt Smith to oversee development and manage the company's creative department. Shingle, which is run by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, has a first…
Clifton Collins Jr. to star in 'Game'
Clifton Collins Jr. is starring in indie feature "The Perfect Game," which Prelude Pictures is producing. Cheech Marin, Emilie de Ravin, Lou Gossett Jr., Bruce McGill and Patricia Manterola round out…
'Days' dawns for Kino Int'l
Kino Intl. has picked up North American theatrical rights to "In Between Days," director So Yong Kim's debut feature that premiered in competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Caserta makes partner at firm
Sanders Armstrong Management has elevated Steve Caserta to partner and changed its name to Sanders Armstrong Caserta Management to reflect the promotion.
