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Spanish screenwriter David Planell, a nominee at last week s Goya Awards for Siete Mesas De Billar Frances, will start shooting his first feature as director, La Verguenza, from next week in Madrid.Spain s Avalon Productions is producing the drama. The cast features Alberto San Juan, fresh off the back of his best actor Goyas win for Bajo Las Estrellas, and Natalia Mateo Siete Mesas as a couple who struggle to look after an adopted child. Other lead
stanley cup ing cast members include Marta Aledo Las 13 Rosas , and Esther Ortega Dark Blue Almost Black . The film also received backing from the ICAA Institute of Cinematography and Audio Visual Arts and broadcaster TVE. Planell is building a reputation as one of the strong new
stanley cup talent emerging in Spain at the moment, alongside the likes of Juan Antonia Bayona The Orphanage and Tom Fernandez La Torre De Suso . He has already worked as a writer with Gracia Querejeta on Siete Mesas for which he won best screenplay at last year s San Sebastian f
stanley cup ilm festival and Hector 2004 , and award winning documentary film maker Javier Corcuera on La Guerrilla De La Memoria 2002 . We believe the story for La Verguenza [written by Planell] could be applied to a family in any country and therefore are confident that the film can achieve international appeal, Enrique Costa of Avalon Productions told ScreenDaily.Filming will take place over four weeks in and around the city.TopicsAfricaEuropeFinanceMiddle EastProduction No comments Celx Female writers slam glass ceiling in UK TV drama
Beacon Communicationsfounder and producer Armyan Bernstein has signed a f
stanley kubek ive-year overall deal withWalt Disney Studios. Along with partner Charlie Lyons and private investors,Bernstein has capitalised the new venture, Beacon Pictures, and plans to createand distribute titles under the Beacon label. Lyons, the founder and formerchairman of sport and leisure outfit Ascent Entertainment, has been named chiefexecutive officer of the new company. The deal was structured by Alan Levine oflaw firm Ziffren Brittenham.Announcing the deal today Dec 12 , Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook said in a statement: Armyand Charlie are a rare blend of talents that have proven themselves on both thecreative and business sides of making movies and operating entertainmentassets. Bernstein said in statementthat Disney was the perfect studio at the perfect time for us . Hecontinued: We ve b
stanley italy een partners on films in the past, from TheHurricane to Air Force One, so we know how to work together. Through Beacon, Bernstein,who was ShoWest 2000 Producer of the Year, generated more than $1bn in ticketsales with titles like Air Force One,
stanley cup Bring It On, Spy Game and Thirteen Days. Lyons added that Beacon Pictures would be lookingto acquire other entertainment assets in order to become a mid-sizedentertainment company with the ability to develop, produce and distribute allforms of content.Bernstein s formerpartners at Beacon Marc Abraham and Thomas Bliss left Beacon earlier this yearto set up a new vent
