All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1077
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Rob Letterman to direct, Nick Stoller to rewrite Stretch Armstrong
Monsters Vs Aliens director Rob Letterman will take the reins on Universal’s action adaptation Stretch Armstrongstarring Taylor Lautner.
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NBR shuffles executive suite
Melissa Farnum will be the new programme committee chair at the National Board Of Review and James Janowsky continues in his third year as the student grant committee chair.
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Parallel Media to self-distribute Sundance comedy High School
Parallel Media, the producers on Sundance premiere High School, will self-distribute the film in US theatres this autumn.
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Film Movement takes quartet for VOD
Film Movement has picked up four titles for VOD in a sign of its move towards the new media platform.
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Production underway on SWAT: Fire Fight
Principal photography has commenced in Detroit on Neal H Moritz’s Original Film and Sony subsidiary Stage 6 Films’ SWAT: Fire Fight.
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NewsGravitas Ventures takes North American VOD rights to The Lottery
Ambitious VOD distributor Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American VOD rights to Madeleine Sackler’s documentary The Lottery.
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Kick-Ass snatches US box office title with $19.8m debut
Lionsgate’s action romp Kick-Ass won the weekend box office race in North American when all was said and done, opening top on $19.8m.
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NewsParamount switches Iron Man 2 world premiere to LA to avoid travel mayhem
Paramount has moved the world premiere of Iron Man 2 from London to Los Angeles after the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland shut down most airports across northern Europe.
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Summit acquires iconic Men Are From Mars relationship franchise
Summit Entertainment has acquired worldwide film and television rights to the entire franchise based on communication expert John Gray’s book series Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.
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NewsWBPI reports higher $55.3m overseas weekend for Clash
Clash Of The Titans held on to pole position at the box office and grossed $55.3m at the weekend as Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) confirmed results were almost $2m higher than initial weekend estimates.
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NewsIFC falls for French hit Heartbreaker in US
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Pascal Chaumeil’s French hit Heartbreaker (L’Arnacoeur) ahead of its North American premiere at COLCOA in Los Angeles tonight [19].
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NewsAlex Walton joins Exclusive as president of international sales
Alex Walton has joined Exclusive Film Distribution as president of international sales and distribution, effective May 1.
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Maui shoot underway on comedy Get A Job!
Principal photography is underway on the comedy Get A Job! by Brian Kohne and produced by Stefan Schaefer.
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NewsCommission gives go-ahead to film futures exchange
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) has approved a proposal by Media Derivatives to set up a futures exchange trading in box office opening weekends.
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NewsLionsgate boards sales on Machine Gun Preacher for Cannes
Lionsgate will commence pre-sales in Cannes on the action drama Machine Gun Preacher that Marc Forster will direct starring Gerard Butler.
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NewsThe Dry Land, Waste Land win big in Dallas
Ryan Piers Williams’ The Dry Land won the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature and Lucy Walker’s Waste Land took the documentary honour as the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival ended.
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SPC complete filming on Cannes doc Inside Job
Sony Pictures Classics has completed production on Charles Ferguson’s documentary Inside Job, set to receive its premiere out of competition at Cannes.
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FeaturesA sporting chance
The soccer World Cup in South Africa (June 11-July 11) will attract global audiences in their billions. How will international distributors compete? Jeremy Kay reports
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NewsClash looks to extend overseas rule to third weekend
Warner Bros Pictures International’s sword and sandals remake Clash Of The Titans will seek to vanquish all before it as it approaches the third weekend of release.
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NewsTribeca Film Institute announces Sloan grant recipients
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has announced the films that will receive financial and creative support from the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund provided by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation.