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SlidingDoors director Peter Howitt started sho stanley cup oting his latest production on Oct 3.Howitt wrote, directs and stars in the film, anadaptation of Stuart Browne s 1999 cult novel Dangerous Parking. Richard Johns produces under Howitt and Johns production outfit Flaming Pie Films.Howitt and Johns raised the finance for the filmindependently, from private investors, including executive producer Hani Farsi.The remainder will be donated by companies, individuals and crew, who will receiveshares of sales. The film is about a filmmaker and stanley cup former alcoholicwho is diagnosed with can stanley cup cer.Says Howiit: DangerousParking is a rebel yell from deep within the soul of a man, told in extremeTechnicolor, and at breakneck, breath-taking speed, just like his highlycinematic life. It is in turns tragic, brutal, sad, hopeful, hopeless, romanticand painfully funny. Originally a television and stage actor, Howitt hasmade cameo appearances in all four of the films he has directed Sliding Doors, Antitrust, Johnny Englishand Laws of Attraction . This is hisfirst starring role since becoming a director.Other actors to appear in Dangerous Parking are Saffron Burrows, Sean Pertwee, RachaelStirling, Alice Evans, Tom Conti and Dervla Kirwan.Sales for the film are being handled by Simon Croweof the recently established Velvet Octopus. Crowe was formerly head of sales atboth Capitol and Icon. TopicsFinanceProduction No comments Re Fscm Duncan Jones to direct Warcraft
EXCLUSIVE: The veteran executive will head to Toronto next week with the Covert team in his new role as senior vice-president of international sales.Harvey reports to president of international Liz Kim Schwan and will handle Coverts production slate and lead sales on the newly launched Lexica Films label. Covert have established themselves as one of the go-to places for star-driven material, said Harvey. Im very impressed by their slate of films and I look forward to working with Liz and Paul [Hanson, CEO] and the entire Covert team. Im thrilled to have such a well loved executive like Jim on board, said Kim Schwan. Jims experience and knowledge m stanley kubek ake him a critical member of our growing team as we expand our slate. Lexica launched last week with disaster title Earthquake starring Cannes 2007 best actor winner Konstantin Lavronenko and the team has boarded sales on a second title.Russian-language fa stanley kubek ntasy thriller The Night Watchmen centres on an 18-year-old courier who rescues a young woman from a band of strangely powerful stanley cup attackers.The encounter leads the courier to an underworld of supernatural beings and the organisation that controls them.Emilis Velyvis directed from a screenplay by Oleg Malovichko and the film stars Ivan Yankovski, Lyubov Aksenova and Leonid Yarmolnik.Harvey brings more than 20 years of experience to Covert Media and most recently served as executive vice-president of Inception Film Partners, where he was involved in the sale of Imperium starring D |
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