Joan Collins in 'The Bitch': Sex tale based on younger sister Jackie Collins' novel. Author Jackie Collins dead at 77: Surprisingly few film and TV adaptations of her bestselling novels Jackie Collins, best known for a series of bestsellers about the dysfunctional sex lives of the rich and famous and for being the younger sister of film and TV star Joan Collins, died of breast cancer on Sept. 19, '15, in Los Angeles. The London-born (Oct. 4, 1937) Collins was 77. Collins' tawdry, female-centered novels – much like those of Danielle Steel and Judith Krantz – were/are immensely popular. According to her website, they have sold more than 500 million copies in 40 countries. And if the increasingly tabloidy BBC is to be believed (nowadays, Wikipedia has become a key source, apparently), every single one of them – 32 in all – appeared on the New York Times' bestseller list. (Collins' own site claims that a mere 30 were included.) Sex...
- 9/22/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Amazon -- you know, the online shopping site that brought you that "21 Jump Street" Season 3 box set at such an irresistible price -- has launched Amazon Studios, "a movie studio for today's world" and a venture that seems to be half crowdsourced development company, half competition.
Users can upload screenplays or "test movies" (which Amazon describes as "an inexpensive, full-length movie that tells the whole story of the script in a compelling way, has very good acting and sound, but that doesn't necessarily have polished production values"). Others vote on the projects, give feedback and offer revisions. Participants will have the chance to win (not inconsiderable) cash prizes, and, theoretically, a chance at a production deal. Per the site:
Amazon Studios has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, which means we'll be presenting our top projects to Hollywood's biggest studio for consideration as theatrical feature films. And winners of...
Users can upload screenplays or "test movies" (which Amazon describes as "an inexpensive, full-length movie that tells the whole story of the script in a compelling way, has very good acting and sound, but that doesn't necessarily have polished production values"). Others vote on the projects, give feedback and offer revisions. Participants will have the chance to win (not inconsiderable) cash prizes, and, theoretically, a chance at a production deal. Per the site:
Amazon Studios has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, which means we'll be presenting our top projects to Hollywood's biggest studio for consideration as theatrical feature films. And winners of...
- 11/17/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
Web retailer strikes deal with Warner Bros for film-making from contests that allow users to edit competitors' films
It could be what Hollywood likes to call a "gamechanger": internet retail giant Amazon is setting up its own movie studio, designed to harness the easy-access, community-based environment it has pioneered. Amazon Studios has secured a first-look deal with Warner Bros, which it hopes will secure a path to high-end movie production. The website's official statement reads: "It is the goal of Amazon Studios to produce new, full-budget theatrical films based on the best projects, and it will give Warner Bros Pictures first access to the projects Amazon Studios wishes to produce in co-operation with an outside studio."
Headed by Roy Price – son of veteran film and TV executive Frank Price, former head of Columbia Pictures – Amazon Studios will operate initially via a series of monthly film-making contests, with awards of...
It could be what Hollywood likes to call a "gamechanger": internet retail giant Amazon is setting up its own movie studio, designed to harness the easy-access, community-based environment it has pioneered. Amazon Studios has secured a first-look deal with Warner Bros, which it hopes will secure a path to high-end movie production. The website's official statement reads: "It is the goal of Amazon Studios to produce new, full-budget theatrical films based on the best projects, and it will give Warner Bros Pictures first access to the projects Amazon Studios wishes to produce in co-operation with an outside studio."
Headed by Roy Price – son of veteran film and TV executive Frank Price, former head of Columbia Pictures – Amazon Studios will operate initially via a series of monthly film-making contests, with awards of...
- 11/17/2010
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
U.K. retail giant Tesco is releasing its film adaptation of a Jackie Collins novel. "Paris Connections" will be the company's first foray into filmmaking, with a straight-to-dvd that will go on sale exclusively in its stores.
The film is Tesco's first project, with the hopes of making two more films this year. The company also signed up authors Philip Pullman, Judy Blume and Felix Francis. Blume's "Tiger Eyes" is being eyed as Tesco's next film.
Director Harley Cokeliss is working on with stars Nicole Steinwedell, Charles Dance, Hudson Leick, Anthony Delon, Trudie Styler, Anouk Aimee, and Caroline Chikezie for the film.
According to the Guardian, a straight-to-dvd movie sold exclusively in Tesco is the brainchild of Ileen Maisel, a former New Line Cinema producer. The idea is to take well-known authors and adapt their bestselling novels into "video books."...
The film is Tesco's first project, with the hopes of making two more films this year. The company also signed up authors Philip Pullman, Judy Blume and Felix Francis. Blume's "Tiger Eyes" is being eyed as Tesco's next film.
Director Harley Cokeliss is working on with stars Nicole Steinwedell, Charles Dance, Hudson Leick, Anthony Delon, Trudie Styler, Anouk Aimee, and Caroline Chikezie for the film.
According to the Guardian, a straight-to-dvd movie sold exclusively in Tesco is the brainchild of Ileen Maisel, a former New Line Cinema producer. The idea is to take well-known authors and adapt their bestselling novels into "video books."...
- 8/11/2010
- icelebz.com
The UK's biggest food retailer is about to take on Hollywood in the movie-making business. Patrick Barkham goes on the Paris set of Tesco's first film, with Charles Dance and Trudie Styler
A glittering adaptation of a Jackie Collins novel. An award-winning cast. Thirteen gazelle-like models in a top Paris hotel. Viewed from one angle, Paris Connections could be the big-budget production to put the glamour back into British film-making. In a less flattering light – say, the strip lights of a supermarket – the end result could look very different.
Because this is not just any movie. This is a Tesco movie. The supermarket giant that inhabits virtually every corner of our existence has this year moved into film-making with a straight-to-dvd movie or, as its makers prefer, a "DVD Premiere". This autumn, Paris Connections will go on sale exclusively in Tesco stores. If successful, it could revolutionise the movie business,...
A glittering adaptation of a Jackie Collins novel. An award-winning cast. Thirteen gazelle-like models in a top Paris hotel. Viewed from one angle, Paris Connections could be the big-budget production to put the glamour back into British film-making. In a less flattering light – say, the strip lights of a supermarket – the end result could look very different.
Because this is not just any movie. This is a Tesco movie. The supermarket giant that inhabits virtually every corner of our existence has this year moved into film-making with a straight-to-dvd movie or, as its makers prefer, a "DVD Premiere". This autumn, Paris Connections will go on sale exclusively in Tesco stores. If successful, it could revolutionise the movie business,...
- 8/6/2010
- by Patrick Barkham
- The Guardian - Film News
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