All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1045
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Magnet closes US deal on Miike's 13 Assassins
Magnolia Pictures’ genre label Magnet has acquired US rights to Takashi Miike’s samurai tale 13 Assassins on the back of recent premieres in Venice and Toronto.
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Anchor Bay to release unrated I Spit On Your Grave remake
Anchor Bay Films has elected to release an unrated version of Steven R Monroe’s new take on Meir Zarchi’s horror classic I Spit On Your Grave.
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National Society to announce awards on Jaunary 8, 2011
The National Society Of Film Critics will announce its annual awards selection followed a weighted vote in New York on January 8, 2011.
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Kline, Keaton on board Darling Companion for Likely Story, Werc Werk Works
Werc Werk Works and Likely Story have brought on Lawrence Kasdan to direct the comedy Darling Companion starring Kevin Kline and Diane Keaton.
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NewsPearce, Moreno to star in Make It Happen's comedy Mis-Fits
Guy Pearce, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Virginie Ledoyen will star for producer Doug Claybourne in the original comedy Mis-Fits.
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NewsMann is Universal's girl for The Change-Up
Leslie Mann will play the female lead opposite Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman in Universal’s The Change-Up, a body-swap comedy to be directed by David Dobkin.
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NewsCMG seals multi-territory deal with Universal on Blood Out
Edward Noeltner’s Beverly Hills-based sales company Cinema Management Group (CMG) has returned from a successful Toronto led by sales on the upcoming action thriller Blood Out.
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Imax Corp announces latest deals in South Korea, US
Imax Corporation has closed a deal with South Korea exhibitor CJ CGV Holdings to instal 15 digital Imax theatre systems in China.
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SPHE appoints Claude Borna to key European strategy role
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has promoted Claude Borna to the newly created position of senior vice-president of business planning and commercial strategy, Europe.
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Bonham Carter, Garfield among Hollywood Film Festival honorees
Helena Bonham Carter and Sam Rockwell will receive the 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival’s supporting actress and actor awards at a gala in Beverly Hills on October 25.
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NewsNational Geographic takes US rights to The First Grader
National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) has acquired US theatrical rights to Justin Chadwick’s The First Grader following its recent world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsIndia’s Sahara joins bidding for MGM
India’s Sahara India Pariwar Group is believed to be making a power play for MGM and has offered “north of $2bn” for the beleaguered studio, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
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NewsEvil stays top overseas with $39m weekend haul
Resident Evil: Afterlife has become the biggest film in the horror franchise overseas as it plundered a further $38.7m to boost the tally to $103.2m
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NewsAffleck's The Town opens top in North America on $24m
Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ crime drama The Town directed by and starring Ben Affleck opened top on an estimated $23.8m.
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NewsBeginners leads final rush of deals at Toronto
As a remarkably productive Toronto wound down [19] Focus Features closed a deal for worldwide rights excluding several territories to Mike Mills’ drama Beginners.
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Peep World, Everything Must Go among flurry of late Toronto deals
IFC Films, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions were in action as the festival approached the finale and deals continued to spill from Toronto.
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Anchor Bay takes English-speaking territories on Horrible Way To Die
Anchor Bay Films has closed yet another deal in Toronto, concluding talks with Celluloid Nightmares for English-speaking rights to A Horrible Way To Die.
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O-Scope acquires North American rights to Meek's Cutoff
Oscilloscope Laboratories has jumped into the Toronto feeding frenzy, taking North American rights to Kelly Reichardt’s Western drama Meek’s Cutoff.
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NewsEvil expected to extend overseas reign for Sony
Resident Evil: Afterlife should hold on to the box office crown this weekend and has raced to more than $41.7m through Sony Pictures releasing International’s Salt (SPRI).
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NewsBaron Cohen to star in GK Films' Freddie Mercury project
Graham King, Tribeca Productions and Queen Films have cast Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury in an untitled film about the late Queen frontman’s life.