Another Blast of Festival News

Some interesting industry news over the weekend: Best Narrative Feature winner Let the Right One In, the atmospheric Swedish vampire story (that, to be honest with you, your poor tired Festival bloggers were completely excited about, had to take a pass thanks to Festival duties, and are happily likely to see this week) has been optioned for an English language remake by the, somewhat fittingly for a vampire tale, reborn British horror company Hammer Films and Spitfire Pictures. Magnet Releasing (an arm of Magnolia Pictures) has the distribution rights for the Swedish original.

The Wall Street Journal has an article about the Festival Marketplace, and what deals went down, or could go down, particularly in this shifting time for the film industry.

And we'd be utterly remiss if we didn't inform you of some of the New York Times' excellent coverage, including:
-Carpetbagger David Carr on the current state of the Festival
-The scoop on filmmaking youth in the Tribeca Film Fellows program

Edit: We have to add what ESPN has blogged about the festival.
The Economist had a festival diary, as well. They saw Standard Operating Procedure.


Read and enjoy!