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Guido Rud’s FilmSharks International has snagged worldwide sales and remake rights to the Spanish movie spinoff of wildly popular French fictional comedy TV series, “Camera Café,” where a camera planted in a coffee machine captures the shenanigans and gossip chatter among office workers.

“Camera Café: La Pelicula” (“Camera Café” The Movie”) is an Atresmedia Cine, Estela Films and Warner Bros. co-production with the participation of Movistar Plus, which pre-bought Spanish pay TV rights. The comedy is the directorial debut of actor-writer-humorist Ernesto Sevilla (“Torrente 4”) and is also the feature debut of the film’s writer Raul Cimas, who has co-penned some Paramount Comedy Channel series with Sevilla.

The movie takes place in a dysfunctional office ten years after an economic crisis devastated the workplace where the most skilled people were fired. The least competent workers remain in charge and they will stop at nothing to keep their jobs.

Torrente has a great big package and he'd like you to look at it. A four film package, that is, with the quartet of Santiago Segura's massive cult hit comedies arriving on Us streaming platforms yesterday. So if you want to be all sophisticated, like the audiences in Spain and across Europe that flock to these films in droves, here's your chance.The quartet of movies in the Torrente Package -- Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law (1998), Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella (2001), Torrente 3: The Protector (2005), and Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis (2011) -- are each written and directed by Segura, who also stars as the repulsive, sleazy and frequently drunk "Torrente." An ex-cop who refuses to accept his expulsion from the police...

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Ah, Torrente. The Spanish cult icon, created and played by Santiago Segura, has gathered a following from around the world -- including filmmaker / contrarian Oliver Stone -- with his comic antics, but is largely unknown in the U.S. Doppelgänger Releasing aims to change that by making all four films featuring the character available for home viewing. From their official statement: The quartet of movies in the Torrente Package -- Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law (1998), Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella (2001), Torrente 3: The Protector (2005), and Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis (2011) -- are each written and directed by Segura, who also stars as the repulsive, sleazy and frequently drunk "Torrente." An ex-cop who refuses to accept his expulsion from the police...

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The 2012 Spanish Film Festival Salma Hayek, Ricardo Darin and Luis Tosar are just some of the stars of the Spanish-speaking world set to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Spanish Film Festival on the big screen at Palace Cinemas nationally July 5 - 26. The festival covers a wide variety of genre and films from further abroad than Spain. I have picked a few of my most anticipated below and as you can see the Spanish new wave continues to impress with tales of crime, thriller and dark comedy elements.The festival presents 22 acclaimed feature films across a wide range of genres, with a multitude of Australian Premieres. Confirmed is Spain's biggest domestic box office opener of all time, Torrente 4, and the biggest...

The new flick from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Intruders (review here), is getting set to make its debut on Blu-ray and DVD, and we've got all the details for you right here!

From the Press Release

From visionary filmmaker and Academy Award® nominee Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Best Short Film, Live Action, Linked, 1996; 28 Weeks Later, the upcoming Highlander reboot), the psychological thriller Intruders comes to Blu-ray, DVD and VOD July 17th from Millennium Entertainment. The chilling story of two children living in different countries, each visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them, Intruders stars Academy Award® nominee Clive Owen (Best Actor, Supporting Role, Closer, 2004; Killer Elite, Children of Men, Inside Man) along with Carice Van Houten (TV’s “Game of Thrones,” Valkyrie) and Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds). Bonus features include a "Making Of" featurette and "Inside Look," a behind-the-scenes look at the film. Intruders will be...

Intruders received a limited theatrical release earlier this year and is headed to Blu-ray, VOD, and DVD in July:

“From visionary filmmaker and Academy Award® nominee Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Best Short Film, Live Action, Linked, 1996; 28 Weeks Later, the upcoming Highlander reboot), the psychological thriller Intruders comes to Blu-ray, DVD and VOD July 17th from Millennium Entertainment.

The chilling story of two children living in different countries, each visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them, Intruders stars Academy Award® nominee Clive Owen (Best Actor, Supporting Role, Closer, 2004; Killer Elite, Children of Men, Inside Man) along with Carice Van Houten (TV’s “Game of Thrones,” Valkyrie) and Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds). Bonus features include a “Making Of” featurette and “Inside Look,” a behind-the-scenes look at the film. Intruders will be available on Blu-ray ($29.99 Srp), DVD ($28.99 Srp; also available with Digital Copy) and VOD.

Intruders is produced by Enrique López-Lavigne (28 Weeks Later,...

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From the visionary fimmaker of 28 Weeks Later comes a creepy little film called Intruders. This one looks right up our alley and releases in March. Check out the trailer under the official details.

Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia (Ella Purnell) is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.

From visionary filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, the upcoming Highlander reboot), Intruders is the chilling story of two children living in different countries, each visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.

Such a dilemma. Run for your lives or stay with the girl of your dreams? Arsenico Producciones and Sayaka Producciones Audiovisuales released the teaser trailer for the science-fiction romance film “ExtraTerrestre.” Here is a synopsis: Everyone knows what to do if one morning the sky would be absolutely full of UFOs: run as fast as you can. However, what would happen if the invasion started while you are in the flat of the girl of your dreams, the one you have just met? The film stars Michelle Jenner (“Spanish Movie,” “Faust”), Carlos Areces (“Torrente 4,” “Museo Coconut”) and Julian Villagran (“La Cebra,” “El Sindrome de Ulises”). The film is helmed by Spanish short film director Nacho Vigalondo. His last feature film was with 2007’s “Timecrimes.” “Extraterrestre” is making its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and Austin’s Fantastic Fest. It will be released in Spain later this year.

Empire has premiered the first teaser trailer for the upcoming horror thriller Intruders today. A closer look to the credits reveals that Spanish composer Roque Banos is listed as the film’s composer. The movie is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, Intact) and stars Clive Owen, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten, Ella Purnell and Kerry Fox. The film’s story centers on an 11-year-old girl who is forced to confront childhood demons. The English-language project is a American, British and Spanish co-production and was shot in London and Madrid last summer. Among the film’s producers is Belen Atienza (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Orphonage, Che) who previously produced the Viggo Mortensen-starring adventure biopic Alatriste, which Banos scored back in 2006. Intruders is set for a release on October 7, 2011 in the UK and Spain and a domestic release is expected around the same time.

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Moviemaker Santiago Segura's 3D Torrente sequel Lethal Crisis has smashed opening weekend box office records in his native Spain.

Film fans flocked to see the fourth film in his Torrente series over the weekend (11-13Mar11), raking in over $11 million (8 million Euros) and making the movie the biggest homegrown Spanish release ever.

Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis is the fourth-biggest opening of any film in Spain ever - behind Pirates of the Caribbean films At World’s End and Dead Man’s Chest and The Da Vinci Code.