Exclusive: London-based financier Head Gear Films, which recently backed John Michael McDonagh’s upcoming The Forgiven and Halle Berry’s Bruised, is setting up a $25M credit facility to fund productions shooting in Serbia.
The facility will be operated in partnership with Belgrade-based production outfit Balkanic Media, which has been founded by Ironclad filmmaker Jonathan English with Los Angeles-based producer James Gibb.
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The fund will cashflow the government rebate in Serbia, which stands at 25% for qualifying film and TV productions (rising to 30% for qualified Serbian spend on features with...
The facility will be operated in partnership with Belgrade-based production outfit Balkanic Media, which has been founded by Ironclad filmmaker Jonathan English with Los Angeles-based producer James Gibb.
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The fund will cashflow the government rebate in Serbia, which stands at 25% for qualifying film and TV productions (rising to 30% for qualified Serbian spend on features with...
- 4/24/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Toby Gibson.
Megan Fox will play an astronaut stationed in outer space who discovers dangerous shock waves in Aurora, a feature scripted by Toby Gibson, Stuart Willis and Pete Bridges.
Belgrade-born Lazar Bodroža is attached to direct the suspense thriller, his second feature following the romantic drama/ sci-fi thriller A.I. Rising.
Arcight Films’ Gary Hamilton, who handled sales rights on A.I. Rising, is pitching Aurora at the European Film Market in Berlin.
The founder of Midnight Snack Productions, Gibson will produce with Arclight, Jordan Gertner and Balkanic Media’s Jonathan English.
Filming is due to start in Serbia in May. The heroine portrayed by Fox finds the shock waves are bending time and pushing her into an emotional and psychological struggle with her past and present.
Gibson produced Restoration, the 2016 sci-fi thriller directed and co-written by Willis. Bridges joined the writing team last year.
Gibson has served as a production...
Megan Fox will play an astronaut stationed in outer space who discovers dangerous shock waves in Aurora, a feature scripted by Toby Gibson, Stuart Willis and Pete Bridges.
Belgrade-born Lazar Bodroža is attached to direct the suspense thriller, his second feature following the romantic drama/ sci-fi thriller A.I. Rising.
Arcight Films’ Gary Hamilton, who handled sales rights on A.I. Rising, is pitching Aurora at the European Film Market in Berlin.
The founder of Midnight Snack Productions, Gibson will produce with Arclight, Jordan Gertner and Balkanic Media’s Jonathan English.
Filming is due to start in Serbia in May. The heroine portrayed by Fox finds the shock waves are bending time and pushing her into an emotional and psychological struggle with her past and present.
Gibson produced Restoration, the 2016 sci-fi thriller directed and co-written by Willis. Bridges joined the writing team last year.
Gibson has served as a production...
- 2/23/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Megan Fox, best known for “Transformers” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” is set to star in suspense thriller “Aurora.” Arclight Films will start worldwide sales for the movie at the European Film Market in Berlin.
“Aurora,” to be directed by Lazar Bodroža (“A.I. Rising”), tells the story of a female astronaut stationed in outer space to monitor solar storms that endanger earth. “She discovers shock waves from solar storms are bending time pushing her into an emotional and psychological struggle with her past and present,” according to a statement from Arclight.
Arclight, led by Gary Hamilton, has joined forces with Jordan Gertner and Toby Gibson (“The Lego Movie” franchise) to produce and finance the pic. The script is written by Pete Bridges, Toby Gibson and Stuart Willis (“Restoration”). Tim Peternel will executive produce. Production is set to start in May in Serbia.
“’Aurora’ is a beautiful action-packed visual feast set...
“Aurora,” to be directed by Lazar Bodroža (“A.I. Rising”), tells the story of a female astronaut stationed in outer space to monitor solar storms that endanger earth. “She discovers shock waves from solar storms are bending time pushing her into an emotional and psychological struggle with her past and present,” according to a statement from Arclight.
Arclight, led by Gary Hamilton, has joined forces with Jordan Gertner and Toby Gibson (“The Lego Movie” franchise) to produce and finance the pic. The script is written by Pete Bridges, Toby Gibson and Stuart Willis (“Restoration”). Tim Peternel will executive produce. Production is set to start in May in Serbia.
“’Aurora’ is a beautiful action-packed visual feast set...
- 2/20/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Megan Fox is set to play an astronaut in upcoming suspense thriller Aurora.
The film was announced in Berlin by Arclight Films, which has joined forces with Jordan Gertner (Spring Breakers, The Virgin Suicides) and Toby Gibson (The Lego Movie franchise) to produce and finance the film, directed by Lazar Bodroža (A.I. Rising) from a script written by Pete Bridges, Toby Gibson and Stuart Willis (Restoration). Tim Peternel will executive produce. Production is set to start in May in Serbia.
Arclight will commence worldwide sales for the project at the European Film Market in Berlin.
Aurora tells the story ...
The film was announced in Berlin by Arclight Films, which has joined forces with Jordan Gertner (Spring Breakers, The Virgin Suicides) and Toby Gibson (The Lego Movie franchise) to produce and finance the film, directed by Lazar Bodroža (A.I. Rising) from a script written by Pete Bridges, Toby Gibson and Stuart Willis (Restoration). Tim Peternel will executive produce. Production is set to start in May in Serbia.
Arclight will commence worldwide sales for the project at the European Film Market in Berlin.
Aurora tells the story ...
- 2/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The biggest celebration of genre films in Latin America will kick off on May 17th with Brazil's 2018 Fantaspoa film festival, and following the reveal of the first wave of titles, the second wave of titles for the anticipated festival have now been unveiled, along with the announcement that filmmaker William Lustig will join Mick Garris in receiving a career achievement award:
We have the official press release below with the full second wave of titles, and be sure to visit Fantaspoa's official website for more information.
Press Release: Porto Alegre, Brazil - April 30, 2018 - Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of programming selected for their upcoming fourteenth edition, running from May 17th through June 3rd, 2018. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in the lakeside city of Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, containing more than 100 films from around the world,...
We have the official press release below with the full second wave of titles, and be sure to visit Fantaspoa's official website for more information.
Press Release: Porto Alegre, Brazil - April 30, 2018 - Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of programming selected for their upcoming fourteenth edition, running from May 17th through June 3rd, 2018. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in the lakeside city of Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, containing more than 100 films from around the world,...
- 5/1/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Brazil’s Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, have revealed the second wave of programming selected for their upcoming fourteenth edition, running from May 17th through June 3rd, 2018. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in the lakeside city of Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, containing more than 100 films from around the world, on the second week of May.
Twenty new features are being announced today, in addition to the seventeen previously announced, which included Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, Mohawk, The Ranger, Ederlezi Rising, and Les Garçons Sauvages.
Along with previously announced “Masters of Horror” creator Mick Garris, director William Lustig will also receive a career achievement award at the 2018 festival. Lustig, whose films include Maniac, Uncle Sam, and the Maniac Cop trilogy, is also the CEO of Blue Underground, an American entertainment company specializing in the distribution of obscure exploitation films.
Twenty new features are being announced today, in addition to the seventeen previously announced, which included Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, Mohawk, The Ranger, Ederlezi Rising, and Les Garçons Sauvages.
Along with previously announced “Masters of Horror” creator Mick Garris, director William Lustig will also receive a career achievement award at the 2018 festival. Lustig, whose films include Maniac, Uncle Sam, and the Maniac Cop trilogy, is also the CEO of Blue Underground, an American entertainment company specializing in the distribution of obscure exploitation films.
- 5/1/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Also handling sales on Tribeca 2017 title Tilt.
Arclight Films has boarded sales on sci-fi romance Ederlezi Rising and mind-bending thriller Tilt, both of which are being made available to Efm buyers for the first time.
Ederlezi Rising screens in the market and is directed by Lazar Bodroza from a screenplay by Dimitrije Vojnov about a cosmonaut who falls for a female android on board a space station.
Sebastian Cavazza and American porn star Stoya play the leads. Aleksandar Protic, Jonathan English and the Film Center Serbia produce, and Arclight represents worldwide rights.
Arclight Films CEO Gary Hamilton’s team are also handling international sales on Tilt, the Tribeca 2017 premiere and Fantasia Film Festival selection that The Orchard will distribute in North America later this year.
Kasra Farahani directs and co-wrote with Jason O’Leary. The film follows an unemployed documentary filmmaker whose behavior becomes increasingly erratic in the months after his wife becomes pregnant.
Joseph Cross, Alexia Rasmussen, [link...
Arclight Films has boarded sales on sci-fi romance Ederlezi Rising and mind-bending thriller Tilt, both of which are being made available to Efm buyers for the first time.
Ederlezi Rising screens in the market and is directed by Lazar Bodroza from a screenplay by Dimitrije Vojnov about a cosmonaut who falls for a female android on board a space station.
Sebastian Cavazza and American porn star Stoya play the leads. Aleksandar Protic, Jonathan English and the Film Center Serbia produce, and Arclight represents worldwide rights.
Arclight Films CEO Gary Hamilton’s team are also handling international sales on Tilt, the Tribeca 2017 premiere and Fantasia Film Festival selection that The Orchard will distribute in North America later this year.
Kasra Farahani directs and co-wrote with Jason O’Leary. The film follows an unemployed documentary filmmaker whose behavior becomes increasingly erratic in the months after his wife becomes pregnant.
Joseph Cross, Alexia Rasmussen, [link...
- 2/17/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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