The 2012 edition of Fantasia will feature the inaugural addition of a Co-Production marketplace, called Frontières (not to be confused with the crazy genre-mash-up from Xavier Gens, but perhaps evoking the spirit of that film.) The very first thing that gets me excited is that their list of 14 titles which features the sequel to Bruce McDonald's Pontypool (which was rumoured in 2009, but things have been silent since then letting me believe that it was not going to happen despite screenplays already written!) Further genre-friendly projects from directors Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), John Hewitt (Acolytes, X) and Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are) as well as producers Ant Timpson (ABCs of Death) and Jason Eisener (Treevenge, Hobo With A Shotgun) are also indicated in the press...
- 5/7/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Peter Castaldi’s new distribution company PackScreen has announced its first three releases, starting with The Tumbler on September 2, followed by The Dinner Party on October 7 and How to Be a Sex Star on November 4.
“I’m dealing with individual cinemas with a minimum of five screens (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth), hoping that during the first 12 months we can build up that number. At this stage, I have to prove the business model,” Castaldi told Encore.
Castaldi has partnered with Umbrella Entertainment and True Blue to collapse traditional release windows and make the films available on DVD and through digital platforms weeks after the theatrical release – with a view to attempt simultaneous releases in the future.
PackScreen’s slate also includes Blame, to be released in October, and John Hewitt’s X, scheduled for 2011 – along with The Beautiful and Damned, Gates of Hell, Passengers and Penelope.
“I’m dealing with individual cinemas with a minimum of five screens (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth), hoping that during the first 12 months we can build up that number. At this stage, I have to prove the business model,” Castaldi told Encore.
Castaldi has partnered with Umbrella Entertainment and True Blue to collapse traditional release windows and make the films available on DVD and through digital platforms weeks after the theatrical release – with a view to attempt simultaneous releases in the future.
PackScreen’s slate also includes Blame, to be released in October, and John Hewitt’s X, scheduled for 2011 – along with The Beautiful and Damned, Gates of Hell, Passengers and Penelope.
- 8/5/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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