All Screen articles in January 9 2015 – Page 5
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NewsMetrodome reshuffles pack
EXCLUSIVE: New head of home entertainment among changes at UK distributor.
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NewsLi Ruigang quits Shanghai Media Group
Li Ruigang has quit his post as group president of China’s second-largest media conglomerate, Shanghai Media Group (SMG), but will stay on as chairman.
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NewsADG unveils 2014 nominees
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Birdman, Gone Girl, Nightcrawler, The Theory Of Everything among Art Directors Guild nominees.
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NewsSilver Eagle enters Indian pay-TV
Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky are dipping their toes into the Indian pay-TV market with a $300m-$375m investment in the sub-continent’s direct-to-home broadcaster Videocon d2h.
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NewsSPRI delivers $1.2bn 2014 BO
EXCLUSIVE: Films released through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) generated $1.235bn for the calendar year according to studio sources.
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NewsSony chief addresses The Interview at CES
Sony Corp president and CEO Kazuo Hirai stressed the importance of free speech during comments at CES on Monday (January 5) about the recent cyber attack on Sony Pictures and the blighted release of The Interview.
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NewsFox soars to $5.5bn 2014 BO
Twentieth Century Fox broke industry global and international box office records in 2014 as co-heads of worldwide theatrical marketing and distribution Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus announced combined grosses of more than $5.5bn and $3.73bn, respectively.
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NewsPartners launch MiNDS i CiNEMA
Film-maker Rick Bieber and Ken Clark’s new production company kicks off with demonic love story The Other. Highland Film Group handles international sales and Gersh Agency represents US rights.
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NewsValerie Trierweiler’s presidential exposé to hit big screen
Memoir by French President Hollande’s former partner has sold more than 730,000 copies in France and been published across Europe and in the US.
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NewsSupport grows for ‘under threat’ Curzon Soho
The London venue may be demolished to make way for a Crossrail ticket hall.
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NewsWar Book, A Most Violent Year to bookend IFFR
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) to screen new features from Tom Harper and JC Chandor.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest director to step down
Heather Croall to head Adelaide Fringe Festival after nine years at Sheffield.
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NewsOscar-nominated director in East Meets West line-up
Oscar-nominated UK director Tanel Toom and Estonian documentary maker Jaak Kilmi are among 22 film-makers with film projects in the fifth edition of the When East Meets West (WEMW) co-production forum (Jan 18-20).
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NewsChina box office rises 36% in 2014
Titles including Transformers and Breakup Buddies take box office total to $4.8bn.
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NewsImitation Game wins best film in Capri
Italian Film of the Year goes to Marco Martone’s Leopardi.
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NewsTheory of Everything debuts top of UK chart
Universal’s biopic posts chart-topping $5.7m (£3.74m) bow, including previews; Warner Bros’ climactic Hobbit outing leads Fri-Sun chart; StudioCanal’s Paddington crosses £30m.
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NewsFrench cinema admissions rise 7.7%
Serial (Bad) Weddings, Lucy and Superchondriaque lead best year for local productions in 30 years.
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NewsPGA snubs Selma, Unbroken
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) announced on Monday (January 5) its motion picture and long-form television nominees for the 26th Annual Producers Guild Awards - but there is no place at the table for Selma or Unbroken.
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NewsUPI generates $1.43bn in 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Ticket sales for local language films amounting to at least a quarter of a billion dollars propelled Universal Pictures International’s (UPI) calendar year to $1.43bn.