All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1007
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NewsTribeca announces short film selection
Brendan Gleeson, Jean Reno and Eddie Marsan feature in the line-up of shorts unveiled by Tribeca today [16].
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FeaturesInt. Writers meeting room. Day
A trio of leading US screenwriters debate the status of the writer in US productions, how much influence writers can wield over specific projects and how to deal with notes. Jeremy Kay leads the discussion
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NewsRobert Kessel named svp production for Matt Tolmach
Kessel most recently worked as evp production and acquisitions at Overture Films.
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NewsNigel Clark promoted to Sony president of international marketing
Clark previously served as senior executive vice-president of the department and will continue to direct the home office team overseeing Sony’s international theatrical launches.
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NewsLionsgate partners with Janet Jackson’s jdj Entertainment
In her first outing as a film producer, Jackson has signed a deal with the studio to select, develop and produce a feature project.
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NewsMitchell, Bean, Unger return to Silent Hill
The franchise’s original stars Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger are returning to the horror property and will star alongside previously announced Adelaide Clemens and Kit Harington.
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NewsFilm Independent launches documentary lab
The seven-week enterprise sponsored by Latino Public Broadcasting will take place in Los Angeles and accommodate 14 filmmakers and nine projects.
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NewsMichael Shannon to receive RiverRun’s Emerging Master Award
The Oscar nominated scene stealer from Revolutionary Road and Boardwalk Empire will collect the honour on Apr 11.
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FeaturesThe prize fighters
David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, who together run Mandeville Films and Television, tell Jeremy Kay about the challenges of bringing two wildly different projects — The Fighter and The Muppets — to the screen
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NewsSundance, AEG Europe plan pre-Olympics London arts festival
The event, which will include a film component, will run at London’s O2 from April 26-29, 2012.
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NewsIFC Midnight takes Wheatley's SXSW horror Kill List
The genre label said last night [14] it was in the process of acquiring North American rights to Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace follow-up which screens in Austin in the SX Fantastic sidebar.
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NewsAT&T, Magnolia team up for SXSW doc Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
AT&T becomes p&a and multi-platform distribution and marketing partner alongside Richard Abramowitz’s theatrical pipeline Abramorama as Magnolia Home Entertainment takes remaining VOD and home entertainment rights for the new documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop.
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Indian Film Festival Los Angeles to honour business trio
Sony Pictures Television Networks president Andy Kaplan, Multi Screen Media Private Limited CEO Man Jit Sing, and PVR Cinemas chairman and managing director Ajay Bilji are in line for honours.
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Gravitas picks up A Matador’s Mistress
The film formally known as Manolete stars Adrien Brody and Penelope Cruz and chornicles the life of one of Spain’s great cultural icons.
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Zac Efron to play romantic action lead for Mandate
Commercials director Fredrik Bond will direct the untitled project from Matt Drake’s Black List screenplay originally titled The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman.
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NewsDallas to honour The Interrupters director Steve James
James, riding high following his competition award at Miami over the weekend for The Interrupters (pictured), will become the Dallas International Film Festival’s first documentary filmmaker to receive the Dallas Star Award.
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NewsWrekin Hill, NECA form strategic distribution alliance
Wrekin Hill’s arrangement with film merchandising giant the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) gives Chris Ball’s distributor the ability to reach retailers and the fanboy demographic.
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2929 Productions to finance Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy’s Gary Sanchez Productions and its Funny or Die Films label will co-produce the film. 2929’s sister company Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights.
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NewsThe King’s Speech crosses $200m overseas
The best picture Academy Award winner grossed $16m from 3,980 screens at the weekend to boost the international running total to $206.4m.
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NewsTribeca unveils Spotlight, Cinemania, special screenings
World premieres for A Good Old Fashioned Orgy and documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne are Tribeca-bound as festival organisers announced the Spotlight, Cinemania and special screenings roster.