All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1049
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Shasha Grant finallists prepare to travel to Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi Film Commission has unveiled the 2010 Shasha Grant finallists in the $100,000 international screenwriting competition.
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Emmerich, Fox in line for Outfest honours
Outfest will honour Roland Emmerich and Fox Entertainment Group at its annual Legacy Awards in Los Angeles on October 21.
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PGA to honour Cameron with Milestone Award
James Cameron will collect the Producers Guild Of America’s (PGA) 2011 Milestone Award.
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Penn to receive Hollywood Film Festival humanitarian award
Sean Penn will receive the Hollywood Film Festival’s Hollywood Humanitarian Award at the Hollywood Awards gala on October 25.
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Lorber Films falls for Muntean's Tuesday, After Christmas
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights to Radu Muntean’s Romanian adultery drama Tuesday, After Christmas (Marti, Dupa Craciun).
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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.