All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1043
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FeaturesLionsgate battle continues
Jeremy Kay examines the intriguing merger talks at Lionsgate, and the role Carl Icahn plays in any potential deal.
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NewsMagnolia takes world on Joaquin Phoenix doc I'm Still Here
Magnolia Pictures acquired worldwide rights from WME Global to Casey Affleck’s directorial debut I’m Still Here.
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NewsRevitalised New Yorker Films acquires My Dog Tulip
The newly reopened New Yorker Films has announced its first acquisition, picking up all US rights to the animation My Dog Tulip.
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Emerging broadens alternative content slate with Opus Arte deal
Emerging Pictures and Opus Arte have signed a deal for Emerging to become the exclusive North American theatrical distributor of Opus Arte’s events programming.
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Accidents Happen, Charlie & Boots among Emerging PicturesAustralian showcase
Emerging Pictures has announced the line-up of the first three titles in the 2010 USA-Australia Film Showcase, its partnership with Screen Australia to bring previously unreleased Australian films to American audiences.
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IndiePix expands by launching Los Angeles office
New York-based online distributor IndiePix is expanding operations and launching a West Coast office.
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Cinema Libre snaps up film rights to Economic Hit Man
Cinema Libre has acquired film rights to John Perkins’ explosive memoir Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man.
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Endgame partners with Glass and Forster to show faith in Heretics
Jim Stern’s Endgame Entertainment, This American Life writer-producer Ira Glass and his producing partner Alissa Shipp are teaming up with Marc Forster and Bradford Simpson’s Apparatus to produce Heretics.
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IMAX signs deal with Japan's United Cinemas for up to five theatres
IMAX Corporation and United Cinemas have announced a joint venture agreement to instal up to five digital IMAX theatre systems in Japan.
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Sundance Selects adds Colin Fitz Lives! to VOD pipeline
VOD platform Sundance Selects has acquired rights to Robert Bella’s dark comedy Colin Fitz Lives!
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NewsEclipse rules overseas as $81m sinks tough competition
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse reigned supreme over a spectacular international weekend thanks to an estimated $81.1m fuelled by number one launches in the UK, France and South Korea.
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NewsDespicable Me topples Eclipse to lead weekend on $60.1m
Universal’s first 3D animation Despicable Me soared to the top of the charts on an estimated $60.1m over the weekend.
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NewsEclipse looks to grow in second wave of overseas launches
A second big weekend awaits Summit International’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as it looks to build on its sizeable imprint from last week.
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Disney close to selling Miramax, according to reports
It emerged late last night [8] that the Miramax sale is close to being completed for a sum in the region of $675m, several reports claimed.
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NewsAvatar to return in August with extra eight minutes
Fox will release Avatar: Special Edition in theatres on August 27 in a limited engagement in 3D and IMAX 3D.
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Academy revises rules on effects nominees, animation length
The governors of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences have expanded the visual effects category from three to five nominees.
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Levinson boards Brother Jack human rights project for Columbia
Barry Levinson is attached to direct Brother Jack for Columbia Pictures, based on the life of human rights activist Jack Healey.
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Fincher's The Social Network gets world premiere slot at New York
David Fincher’s The Social Network will receive its world premiere on September 24 when it opens the 48th Annual New York Film Festival.
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IMAX DMR releases grossed $115m worldwide in second quarter
IMAX Corporation announced today [July 7] that second quarter worldwide box office for IMAX DMR releases reached $115m.
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Lorber Films takes all US rights to Salt Of This Sea
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights from Pyramide International to Annemarie Jacir’s English and Arabic SaltOf This Sea.