Miramax serait en negociations pour les droits U.S de "The Boys are Back in Town"/ Miramax could be in talks for the US distribution of "The Boys are back in town".

Les choses continuent de bouger autour du film célébrant le retour de Hicks en Australie. Tout d'abord, on sait qu'une petite partie seulement sera réalisé en Grande-Bretagne. Enfin, Miramax, filliale indépendante de Disney naguère crée par les Frères Weinstein (qui ont depuis pris leur autonomie), serait en négociation pour les droits de distributions du film sur le sol américain. En 1996, au sortir du festival de Sundance et de la projection de Shine, Miramax et Fine-Line avaient bataillés pour les droits, devant finalement se partager à deux la distribution dans le monde.

Source: The Australian

US snaps up Aussie movie

By Sandy George

A PLANNED Australian independent film looks like it will achieve the nearly impossible task of selling US distribution rights to a major studio before a single frame of film has passed through the camera.

The producers of The Boys are Back in Town, the first film to be shot in Australia by director Scott Hicks since he made Shine, are known to be in negotiations with Miramax, although they will not confirm it.

The distribution powerhouse owned by the Walt Disney Company was established by Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

The Boys are Back in Town is a drama adapted by Allan Cubitt from British author Simon Carr's memoir about a sports writer who, in tragic circumstances, becomes a single parent of two boys from different marriages.

Adelaide-based Hicks has cast Clive Owen as the father and most of the Australian-British co-production will be filmed in Queensland from early next year. Only a small component will be shot in Britain.

Owen was recently seen in Australian cinemas in Children of Men and will appear opposite Cate Blanchett in the upcoming The Golden Age.

Local producer Tim White is working on The Boys are Back in Town with British producer Greg Brenman from Tiger Aspect, a big British television production house that also made the feature Billy Elliot.

BBC Films and Film Finance Corporation Australia have contributed finance.