All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1021
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Features127 Hours
Director Danny BoyleProducers Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John SmithsonProduction companies Cloud Eight Films, Pathé Pictures, Everest Entertainment, Decibel Films, Darlow Smithson ProductionsUS distributor Fox Searchlight PicturesInternational sales Pathé InternationalUS release date November 5, 2010“Danny and I had been looking for something to do together after Slumdog Millionaire,” says UK producer ...
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FeaturesThe Kids Are All Right
Director Lisa CholodenkoProducers Celine Rattray, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Gary Gilbert, Philippe Hellmann, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin LundbergProduction companies Gilbert Films, Antidote Films, Mandalay VisionUS distributor Focus FeaturesInternational sales Inferno EntertainmentUS release date July 9, 2010When Focus Features acquired North America and select international territories on The Kids Are All Right following ...
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FeaturesBlack Swan
Director Darren AronofskyProducers Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold W Messer, Brian OliverProduction companies Protozoa Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cross Creek PicturesUS distributor Fox SearchlightInternational distribution Fox Int’lUS release date December 1, 2010Darren Aronofsky had always wanted to make a film set in the world of ballet. So when ...
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FeaturesTrue Grit
Directors Ethan Coen, Joel CoenProducers Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel CoenProduction companies Scott Rudin Productions, Mike Zoss ProductionsWorldwide distribution Paramount Pictures InternationalUS release date December 22, 2010It was the writing and arcane dialogue of Charles Portis’ novel True Grit — rather than the memory of John Wayne in Henry Hathaway’s ...
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FeaturesThe Social Network
Director David FincherProducers Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti, Cean ChaffinProduction companies Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions, Trigger Street ProductionsWorldwide distribution Sony PicturesUS release date October 1, 2010Scott Rudin, the Oscar-winning producer of No Country For Old Men, is once again in contention ...
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NewsBengali Detective, Knuckle lined up for remakes
Fox Searchlight announced its second worldwide Sundance deal of the day and its third of the festival, after swooping on worldwide remake rights to The Bengali Detective, as HBO took remake rights to Knuckle.
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NewsMickey Liddell enters House, Participant takes Circumstance
Mickey Liddell has acquired most of the world on the Sundance horror film Silent House starring Elizabeth Olsen while the forbidden love drama Circumstance has sold to Participant Media for North America.
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Birch on to star in, produce dark comedy Petunia
Thora Birch will star in the dark comedy Petunia which is set to commence filming in New York on Jan 24.
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Ex-Dune head Coote joins RGM Media
Pan Asian media and entertainment company RGM Media has appointed former Dune head Greg Coote director and chairman of the company.
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NewsMagnolia, Searchlight add to Sundance deal volume
A flurry of deals broke on Monday [24] as Sundance settled into its stride, with Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media acquiring US rights to Page One and Fox Searchlight bagging a second on-site deal with world rights to Martha Marcy May Marlene
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NewsPortman's magical week rolls on as Strings tops US on $20.3m
Paramount’s rom-com No Strings Attached starring Golden Globe winner Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher opened top on an estimated $20.3m.
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The Big Bang joins Anchor Bay 2011 slate
Anchor Bay Films is planning a second quarter US release on the thriller starring Antonio Banderas as a private eye hired to find a missing stripper.
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NewsSony's Green Hornet rules overseas with $19m hold
The action release added $18.7m from 4,775 screens in 45 markets as the early running total climbed to $37.4m and Australia generated a $3.1m number one launch.
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Bill Hicks film gets US release through Gravitas and Variance
Gravitas Ventures and Variance Films will jointly release in American: The Bill Hicks Story in theatres and on VOD on April 8.
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NewsEmotional Smith vows to self-distribute Red State
The filmmaker delivered an impassioned speech against the studio marketing system that capped a busy night as Fox Searchlight confirmed it had acquired most of the world on Homework and the Weinsteins took territories on My Idiot Brother.
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NewsSundance Frontier's The Nine Muses goes to New Wave in UK
New Wave Films has acquired UK rights to Josh Akomfrah’s New Frontier entry.
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NewsPGA names The King's Speech best film of the year
The British period drama took the Darryl F Zanuck award for best film at last night’s [22] ceremony in Los Angeles.
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NewsContentFilm takes foreign rights to Sundance doc Knuckle
ContentFilm International will represent foreign sales excluding the UK in Berlin on the hot World Cinema Dramatic Competition entry.
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FeaturesRonni Chasen: a life in film
Following the death of the veteran publicist, this year’s awards season is missing one of its most beloved figures.
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FeaturesA very fine vintage
The last year has yielded a remarkable selection of awards contenders (and a few that could sneak in as wild cards), the majority of which were made outside the studio system. Jeremy Kay reports