EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) to direct feature heading to EFM with Metro International. Metro International has boarded sales ahead of the EFM on crime-comedy Mr. Cranky, which has Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) on board to star as a crime boss debt collector with a...
IAG are proud to announce that our clients Letitia Wright and Charlie Covell have been announced as BAFTA Breakthrough Brits for 2015. Letitia Wright An alumni of The Identity School of Acting, Letitia’s credits include soon to be released feature film Urban Hymn directed by Michael Caton-Jones...
EXCLUSIVE: Metro International takes over from Elle Driver on Juliette Binoche drama. UK sales outfit Metro International has taken over sales rights from Elle Driver to a refashioned version of Isabel Coixet’s Berlinale opener Nobody Wants The Night. The film is understood to have been “significantly” cut...
EXCLUSIVE: Claflin, Freddie Highmore, Paul Bettany attached to feature adaptation. The Hunger Games’ Sam Claflin is attached to star as Captain Stanhope in the screen adaptation of R.C. Sheriff’s WWI classic play Journey’s End. Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel) is due to co-star as Raleigh while Paul Bettany...
British films hoping to succeed in the international market must overcome production and distribution roadblocks in an increasingly competitive industry. That was the message from the ‘Selling UK Films Abroad’ panel discussion co-hosted by Screen International and the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) agency, held at...
18 August, 2015 | By Jeremy Kay EXCLUSIVE: The London-based sales agent has struck a US and Canadian sale on the BAFTA-nominated war story ahead of next month’s North American premiere in Toronto. Metro International head of sales Natalie Brenner has licensed US and Canadian...
Rhys Ifans and singer Charlotte Church star in Edinburgh-bound drama. Metrodome Distribution has acquired UK and Ireland rights to the feature version of Dylan Thomas classic Under Milk Wood from Metro International. Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) and singer Charlotte Church star in the drama, which will...
Distributor acquires US rights to Damon Gameau’s Generation and Culinary title That Sugar Film. More than a decade after it distributed Super Size Me, Samuel Goldwyn Films returns to champion another swipe at the food industry with its acquisition of US rights to Damon Gameau’s Generation...
EFM: Landmine drama screened at British Embassy; Metro International handling sales. Kajaki. The True Story has launched internationally at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) (Feb 5-13). In addition to a market screening on Friday (Feb 6) there were three screenings, including two at the British Embassy and...
Battlefield drama extends to Cineworld chain including a special screening in Aldershot, “home” of the British Army. Landmine drama Kajaki. The True Story is extending its run in cinemas across the UK following an agreement with Cineworld Cinemas. The exhibitor will screen the film at 20 cinemas...