"Announcing a slate of nine films including Gus Van Sant's Cannes competition entry
Last Days, as well as key staff and a philosophical outlook, the principles of the previously unnamed HBO/New Line venture headed by former Newmarket chief Bob Berney gathered early Friday morning for a briefing. At the Majestic Hotel in Cannes, Berney revealed initial plans for the newest mini-major,
Picturehouse." Via
IndieWIRE.
According to the Picturehouse Web site: The company plans "to release 8-10 pictures a year. Product flow for the new company will flow from four streams: HBO Films productions, New Line productions, a new slate of films to be jointly funded by HBO and New Line, and acquisitions."
"The Picturehouse release slate includes Don Argott's
Rock School in June and Ari Posin's
The Chumscrubber in August branded as Newmarket releases. Also on tap is Michael Winterbottom's
A Cock and Bull Story in October and Mary Harron's
The Notorious Bettie Page from Killer Films next March, as well as
As You Like It by Kenneth Branagh next year."
Picturehouse also acquired worldwide rights to Steve Shainberg's
Fur, featuring Nicole Kidman as the photographer Diane Arbus; Tribeca Film Festival crowd-pleaser
Thinking About My Folks, directed by Raymonf De Felitta; and
Ushpizin, an Israeli drama set in the closed world of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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# posted by Steve Gallagher @ 5/13/2005 11:50:00 AM
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