All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1023
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International Film Circuit acquires North American rights to Into Eternity
International Film Circuit has acquired US and Canadian theatrical rights to the nuclear storage documentary IntoEternity.
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Goldwyn takes US rights to Roland Joffe's There Be Dragons
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to the epic adventure starring Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Derek Jacobi, Charlie Cox and Rodrigo Santoro.
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NewsIncendies, Biutiful on Oscar foreign language shortlist
The Academy has announced the nine-film shortlist selected from 66 eligible titles, although France’s Of Gods And Men, China’s Aftershock and Germany’s When We Leave are notable omissions.
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NewsFilm Collaborative, Recreation pact for We Were Here sales
The Film Collaborative’s Orly Ravid in partnership with Ariel Veneziano’s Recreation will handle international sales on David Weissman’s Sundance and Berlinale entry We Were Here.
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FeaturesTchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope, Joyce Mandell, Michael King
At the inaugural film-maker retreat at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Jeremy Kay talks to the film-making teams behind two documentaries. Tchavdar Georgiev and Amanda Pope’s who made The Desert Of Forbidden Art and Michael King and Joyce Mandell whose project is The Rescuers.
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NewsA Bigger Boat hires UK's Shankland to direct Dark Corners
British director Tom Shankland will direct horror project Dark Corners for Peter Block’s A Bigger Boat in association with GreeneStreet Films.
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Sundance Selects takes North America on Morris doc Tabloid
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Errol Morris’ documentary Tabloid following its world premiere in Toronto last autumn.
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Freestyle sets Mar 25 limited launch for Skateland
Freestlye Releasing will open Anthony Burns’ feature directorial debut Skateland in New York and Los Angeles on Mar 25.
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Piano In A Factory goes to Film Movement for North America
Film Movement has taken North American rights to The Piano In A Factory, the second feature film from Chinese film-maker Zhang Men.
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O-Scope takes worldwide rights to doc Dark Days
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired worldwide rights to Marc Singer’s portrait of a homeless population living in the underground train tunnels of New York City in the 1990s.
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Artificial Intelligence, Square One acquire Jerry Lewis remake rights
Artificial Intelligence and Social Capital Films have acquired remake rights to Jerry Lewis’ Paramount library.
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HBO, SPC, A&E Indiefilms move on Sundance trio
HBO has picked up all US rights to James Marsh’s Project Nim, while SPC has acquired North America and territories on Take Shelter and A&E Indiefilms took television rights to the Roger Corman documentary.
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Silverman's Electus announces distribution arm
Ben Silverman’s multimedia entertainment company Electus has acquired Engine Entertainment and formed in-house global distribution arm Electus/Engine Distribution.
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Shoreline takes worldwide sales on Sundance Latin pair
Morris Ruskin’s sales company has bulked up its gorwing library of Latin titles, taking worldwide sales on The Cinema Hold Up (Asalto Al Cine) and All Your Dead Ones (Todos Tus Muertos) ahead of their premieres at Sundance.
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NewsFilmNation reports King's Speech has reached $33m overseas
The awards contender is enjoying a regal international run and grossed an estimated $9.4m over the weekend from 655 screens in four territories.
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Raven Banner picks up The Collapsed, Skull World for EFM
Fledgling Canadian distributor Raven Banner Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to the pair of films by Unstable Ground and will introduce the titles at the EFM next month.
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SnagFilms takes $10m capital infusion and hires Bingham Ray
New Enterprise Associates and Comcast investment arm Comcast Interactive Capital have invested $10m into SnagFilms and welcomed the former UA president into the fold.
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NewsGolden Globes 2011: The Social Network connects with HFPA
Sony’s Facebook drama emerged as the big winner at the 68th Golden Globes as it converted six nominations into four wins for dramatic picture, director, screenwriter and score.
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NewsSPRI's Green Hornet delivers $16.1m sting overseas
Sony’s new action release was the international champion of a torpid weekend enlivened by a smattering of milestones as Disney’s Tangled soared past $200m, Fox’s Dawn Treader crossed $250m and HP7 became the second biggest overseas performer in the franchise.
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Whistleblower, Louder Than A Bomb win PSIFF audience honours
Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz and Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel’s Louder Than A Bomb have won the 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) narrative and documentary audience awards.