All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1009
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NewsImage takes non-theatrical US rights to The Way Back
The epic adventure premiered at Telluride last autumn and is being released theatrically through Wrekin Hill and Newmarket on January 21.
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Relativity, Technicolor strike long-term partnership
The deal sees Technicolor provide services ranging from production, post-production and release printing to distribution services for theatrical and subsequent windows.
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Time Warner, Sundance Institute launch Power Of Story
The partnership extends Time Warner’s support for the Institute and includes artist support, fellowships and public programming at the Sundance Film Festival.
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NewsHooper, Nolan, Fincher in the running for DGA prize
Tom Hooper (pictured), Christopher Nolan, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher and David O Russell are the nominees announced by the Directors Guild Of America.Danny Boyle for 127 Hours and the Coen Brother for True Grit miss out in the uncannily accurate barometer of Oscar success. Only six times since the DGA ...
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Michael Marshall to head business affairs at Columbia
The appointee joined the studio in 2008 as senior vice-president of business affairs and previously served in a similar capacity at Our Stories Films and Marvel.
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Hoffman, Keener, Northam, Walken join A Late Quartet
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Jeremy Northam and Christopher Walken have joined Yaron Zilberman’s upcoming directorial debut.
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Duchovny, Farmiga join EFM-bound comedy Goats
David Duchovny, Academy Award nominee-Vera Farmiga, Keri Russell, Minnie Driver and Will Arnett have joined Red Crown Productions, Elliptical Films and Sandia Media’s coming-of-age comedy.
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NewsTangled rules overseas on $26.3m, Tourist passes $100m
Disney’s animated hit Tangled won the overseas crown thanks to an estimated $26.3m haul that beat Sony’s stewardship of GK Films’ The Tourist by the narrowest of margins.
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NewsTrue Grit crosses $100m in US to lead sluggish weekend
True Grit’s remarkable run continued as the Western closed out the first full weekend of 2011 on top courtesy of an estimated $15m gross.
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NewsNSFC selects The Social Network as best film of 2010
The National Society Of Film Critics became the latest group to anoint David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook drama the best film of 2010 and used the occaiosn to call on the MPAA to overhaul its “inconsistent and censorious” ratings system.
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Elijah Wood returns to Middle Earth in Hobbit role
Elijah Wood will reprise his role as Frodo in The Hobbit for Peter Jackson.
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Relativity promotes COO Marcus to chief strategy role
Relativity Media COO Andrew Marcus has been promoted to president of corporate development and strategy.
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NewsWarner Bros to handle global release of Hobbit films
Warner Bros and MGM have confirmed that the former will handle the bulk of worldwide distribution on Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth.
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NewsFox's Gulliver looks to walk tall in six new lands
Fox International’s Gulliver’s Travels narrowly won the overseas race last weekend and arrives in half a dozen new markets this time around including Russia and South Africa. It has grossed more than $53m.
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News"Committed activist" Penn earns PGA Stanley Kramer Award
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) will bestow the Stanley Kramer Award on Sean Penn at its awards ceremony in Los Angeles on January 22.
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MPAA unveils content protection promotions
The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) has announced key promotions in its content protection operations.
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FeaturesIn their own words
Imaginative, perceptive and characterful screenplays provided the blueprint for this year’s best films.Jeremy Kay assesses the the leading contenders in the original screenplay category.
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26th SBIFF unveils roster of films, events
The US premiere of Sarah’s Keys and Carmen In 3D bookend the 26th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), which runs from January 27-February 6.
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FeaturesDarryl Macdonald and Helen du Toit
As the 22nd Palm Springs International Film Festival gets underway, festival director Darryl Macdonald and director of programming Helen du Toit talk to Jeremy Kay about the fest’s international scope and this year’s programming trends.
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NewsMeyer, Schaberg team with Bold and OddLot on Sierra / Affinity
The partnership between Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg’s Sierra Pictures, Michel Litvak’s Bold Films and Gigi Pritzker’s OddLot Entertainment heralds the arrival of a major new entity on the sales circuit in the run-up to Berlin.