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Abbie Cornish is David Riker’s ‘The Girl’
It appears that Abbie Cornish is grown up enough to take on mother roles. When David Riker's The Girl was being pre-sold in Cannes this May, producers were attaching Emily Blunt in the white-trashy type of role. Cross off Blunt and add Cornish.
2010 Gotham Award Noms: Focus on Best Films Not Playing at a Theater Near You
I thought we'd take a closer look at the five films selected in the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You category a.k.a the "fringe" titles that receive a helping hand and some extra love just by being nominated and have very little to do with batch of other films mentioned in yesterday's Gotham award nominations announcement.
Cohen Media Group Wants Us to Spend ‘Afternoons with Marguerite’
The new kid on the distribution block appears to be specializing in adult-minded films from France. After grabbing Cannes Competition title Rachid Bouchareb’s Outside the Law, Cohen Media Group (CMG) have picked up Jean Becker’s My Afternoons with Marguerite (La Tête en Friche) for a theatrical play sometime next year.
AMC and China Lion Plan Series Beginning with ‘Aftershock’
Moviegoers in select North American cities with large Chinese demographic areas (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, Toronto and Ottawa) will get to see the latest in Chinese cinema. Thanks to a deal put together by AMC theaters and China Lion Film Distribution, Feng Xiaogang’s Aftershock will be the first to receive a release under the "Cinema Asia” banner.
Demystifying the Myth: Magnet Comes Face to Face with ‘The Troll Hunter’
It's perhaps after a sighting at Austin Fantastic Fest last month where Magnolia Pictures' Tom Quinn was able to gauge the commercial prospects for a Norwegian film which looks to be a cross between Starship Troopers and The Blair Witch Project. Via their Magnet Releasing label, the mythical race of trolls might become fashionable with The Troll Hunter.
