Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
TV News: Sci-fi sitcom to launch in September -- Helmer Alex de la Iglesia is returning to TV production with "Pluton BRB Nero," a galactic sitcom made for Spanish pubcaster RTVE's cultural web La 2.
Shiny Movie Guide (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The Baby's Room Dir: Álex de la Iglesia A couple move into a new home with their recently born child and purchase a monitor for the baby's room. They soon discover that there is someone else living in the house, who appears every night beside their baby's cradle. A solid effort that takes a simple idea and manages to do a lot with it. The director builds the tension well and the actors do a good job...
Comics2Film (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Alex de la Iglesia (' The Oxford Murders ') for a new adaptation of the comic book ' The Yellow Mark '.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Film News: La Fabrique plans Ciudad shoot -- Tornasol Films has boarded the Euros25 million ($38.8 million) “The Yellow M” (aka “The Yellow Mark”), Alex de la Iglesia’s live-action adaptation of Belgian Edgar Pierre Jacob’s comic book “La Marque jaune.”
The blog Film (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Spanish filmmaker Alex de la Iglesia has decided to catch the English mood of Oxford in his new film, The Oxford Murders, but has that meant sacrificing his distinctive style?
The Herald (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
The English whodunnit meets The Da Vinci Code in this mathematical murder mystery set in and around the the dreaming spires of Oxford. John Hurt and Elijah Wood play a professor and student who apply their shared passion for logic to the investigation of a series of killings.
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Ahoy, squirts! here. This is a weird bit of recasting. Originally Javier Bardem was to star in Francis Ford Coppola's next flick, TETRO, but his schedule ended up not working out. Instead of just recasting, Coppola got to thinking about the character and decided to rewrite it to change the sex of the lead and has now cast Carmen Maura.Fans of Alex de la Iglesia's work will remember her from LA COMMUNIDAD...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
My thanks to regular reader Vlad for pointing out the trailer for upcoming Russian action-adventure film Mirage . It’s a curious mash up of a film and, honestly, some parts of the mix look to work much better than others but the good stuff looks quite good indeed. What you’ve got is a) a fish out of water story with a group of college age kids stranded in the wilderness, b) an action adventure loaded...
News of the dead (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
the butchering of Perdita Durango
Just Jared (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
Elijah Wood recently spoke with MovieWeb about his new film, Day Zero, out today in limited release. Day Zero is about three best friends being drafted in the military. Here’s a sample Q&A from Elijah’s interview: It looks like this is the latest in a string of movies that deals either directly or indirectly [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2007
Film News: Specialty distributor acquires rights to comedy -- U.S. specialty distributor TLA Releasing has acquired all theatrical, homevideo, TV and video-on-demand rights for North America and the U.K. to Spanish neighborhood comedy "Boystown" (aka "Chuecatown"), directed by Juan Flahn and sold by Filmax Intl.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2007
Film News: Film unit acquires North American, U.K. rights -- Specialty distrib TLA Releasing has acquired North American and U.K. rights to “Bangkok Love Story,” an actioner with a gay dimension, for a planned summer release.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/20/2007
Film News: Directors leave as local market faces transition -- The title credits for Alex de la Iglesia's "The Oxford Murders" -- Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling -- hurtle screen-forward as calculus equations mill in a maelstrom around them. "The film's only for intellectuals," says de la Iglesia, working on the teaser.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2007
Film News: Pic to roll March 2008 -- Daniel Monzon and Jorge Guerricaechevarria, helmer and co-scribe of "The Kovak Box," are reteaming on gritty jail-set thriller "Cell 211."
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/29/2007
Film News: La Fabrique prepping $33.6 million comic adaptation -- French producer-distributor La Fabrique de Films has attached Spanish helmer Alex de la Iglesia to write and direct a live-action version of Belgian Edgar Pierre Jacobs' comic book "La Marque Jaune" ("The Yellow Mark").
