American Screen Writers Ready to Strike if a Fair Agreement is not Reached
After the Writers Guild of America (WGA) expressed a favourable vote, with a 96% share, the threat of a writers strike is more and more concrete and they could start striking next May. The spectre of 2007 is looming, when a strike went on from November to February...
Leone Film Group, Exclusive on Genovese and Perfetti Sconosciuti Screen Players until 2023
Leone Film Group has signed an agreement until 2023 with director Paolo Genovese, for the making of six films, as confirmed by Marco Belardi, founder and managing director of Lotus production, controlled by Leone Film Group. The first movie, whose filming is due to...
Apulia Film Commission and Film London, Twinning Agreement to Promote Young Talents
Within the context of Bifest (Bari International Film Festival) a twinning agreement was signed between Apulia Film Commission and Film London, a London based agency whose purpose is to support local audiovisual industry. Chairman of Apulia F.C. Maurizio Sciarra...
The work and its derivatives: remake and reboot
Yesterday saw the start of filming of A Star is Born, a reworking of the Warner Bros. Pictures musical interpreted by Bradley Cooper (who is also the director) and Stefano Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga. The film joins the long list of remakes that have filled...
Agcom: one year time for Vivendi to reduce his share and chose either Mediaset or Telecom
After having established that the massive presence of the French group in both companies is against Italian antitrust rules as provided for by the Gasparri Law, Agcom has given Vivendi one year time to reduce its share to only one company, Mediaset or Telecom More...
Sorrento focuses on Comedy for the new edition of Incontri Internazionali del Cinema
Sorrento will host the 39th edition of Incontri Internazionali del Cinema, April 26 to 30. This year’s focus will be on Comedy. The event, directed by Remigio Truocchio, will be opened by Vincenzo Salemme. The program is very rich: on 27 the conference...
FNCF against Netflix: According to the Federation, Netflix participation at Cannes is unfair
The Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français (FNCF) criticised the selection of Okia by Bong Joon-ho and The Meyerowitz Stories by Noah Baunbach for Cannes Film Festival. The two films’ sales have been secured by Netflix, who will broadcast them on its Svod...
Del Brocco: possible productions with China. Few films at Cannes, but it is not a tragedy
Paolo Del Brocco, GM of Rai Cinema, is at Beijing as member of the jury of the Beijing International Film Festival, where Italy presents Caffè by Cristiano Bortone (Orisa Produzioni, Rai Cinema, with the contribution of MiBACT, Savage Film, Road Pictures, China Blue...
Approval of Rai budget. The wage ceiling has been confirmed. Rai Ragazzi will be directed by Luca Milano
Rai Boards of Directors met yesterday in a stormy meeting: for the first time, the budget’s approval has not reached a unanimous consent: two out of the nine voting members gave a contrary opinion (Giancarlo Mazzucca of the Centre Right and Arturo Diaconal,...
BIF Market, first one in Europe for fantasy genre. Romain Roll:” a necessary market”
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), which has hosted for three years the co-production market Frontières, will inaugurate this year (13 to 15 April) a new co-production market, the BIF market, the first one in Europe exclusively devoted to fantasy...
