All Finance articles – Page 38
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NewseOne denies ITV takeover bid
Entertainment One (eOne) has poured cold water on claims that it is a takeover target for UK broadcaster ITV.
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NewsDaniel Battsek to succeed David Kosse as Film4 boss
Cohen Media Group president takes the reins at the UK broadcaster following David Kosse’s appointment at STX.
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NewsFrance sees production boost as international spend rises 30%
Neil Jordan’s big budget Riviera and James Foley’s Fifty Shades Freed among productions due to shoot in territory this year.
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NewsStudiocanal invests in Cumberbatch's SunnyMarch TV
Company invests in trio of independent companies including Benedict Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch TV,Atlantis producer Urban Myth Films and Spain’s Bambú Producciones.
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NewsUK industry react to David Kosse's departure from Film4
Screen canvassed the UK industry for reaction to the surprise news.
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NewsDick Cook Studios, Film Carnival sign $500m deal
Days after ScreenDaily reported from the China-US Motion Picture Summit that Dick Cook Studios (DCS) was in talks with additional Asian investors including Film Carnival, the former Disney chairman has closed a half-billion slate financing deal with the Chinese company.
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NewsICM Partners expands practice
Head of international and independent film Jessica Lacy is among a group of nine agents in Los Angeles and New York who have been promoted to partner.
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NewsVice buys stake in Pulse Films
Vice Media has acquired a majority stake in The Witch producer Pulse Films.
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NewsSkydance raises $700m in funding round
David Ellison’s production and financing company, whose credits include, has secured a new raft of financing for film and TV production.
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NewsDick Cook in talks for further Chinese, Malaysian financing
Former Disney chairman Dick Cook’s new venture is in talks with further Chinese investors, including Film Carnival, and Malaysian fund Khazanah, it emerged during the China-US Motion Picture Summit, hosted by Cook’s lead investor CITIC Guoan.
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NewsRelativity secures $400m Maple Leaf funding
Ryan Kavanaugh’s embattled studio said on Wednesday it had closed a major equity financing deal with Michael Wexler and Tove Christensen’s Maple Leaf Films.
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NewsNew firm The One Entertainment to invest in HK talent
EXCLUSIVE: New finance-distribution company launched by former Tomson exec and a fund manager.
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NewsBFI’s third Vision Awards to back "emerging producers" with $3.6m
Around 20 producers to receive funding; BFI separately increases overhead support on all single development awards.
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News'The Finest Hours' to cost Disney $75m
Disney CEO Bob Iger told the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet & Telecom Conference on Tuesday what the Coast Guard thriller’s box office performance would cost the company in the current quarter.
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NewsUK distributor Metrodome seeks buyer
EXCLUSIVE: Indie stalwart seeks investment or buyer amid challenging climate.
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News'45 Years' backer Creative England faces cuts
EXCLUSIVE: Production services department sees cuts, core film team put on notice of further job losses.
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NewsScott LaStaiti, AG Capital team on Stephen Flatow film
Scott LaStaiti has acquired exclusive life rights to the story of the New Jersey-based lawyer who uncovered an international terror conspiracy and will produce with AG Capital’s Alex Garcia and Laura Walker.
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NewsCinecittà, Leone Film Group pact to attract foreign capital
Companies look to build on growing number of US and international shoots in Italy.
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NewsUniversal, Perfect World strike $500m financing deal
Universal Pictures and China’s Perfect World Pictures have entered into a multi-year financing agreement, including films across the entire Universal slate.
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NewsIFFR spotlights film finance challenges
In the midst of Europe’s changing financial landscape, a panel of producers, financing agents and private equity consultants at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) considered which business models are working best.