All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1111
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NewsMiddle East Int'l Film Festival unveils 33 narrative, doc Black Pearl contenders
The Middle East International Film Festival’s (MEIFF) new executive director Peter Scarlet has hailed a “stong slate” of films at next month’s event that draws from established and emerging Middle Eastern and North African talent.
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NewsContentFilm sells French rights to Doors doc to MK2
ContentFilm has sold French rights to When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors to MK2.
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News120dB Films, Tax Credit Finance merge
Leading independent financers 120dB Films and Tax Credit Finance have merged to form 120dB Films Tax Finance.
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NewsPuerto Rico extends 40% tax credit to 2019
Puerto Rico has extended its 40% film tax credit until 2019 in a move that the territory’s Governor said confirmed its status as “the Mecca of film production on the Caribbean.”Announcing the extension of Law 362, Governor Luis G Fortuno said investors could also look forward to less red tape ...
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Commission reveals 2009 conference line-up
Fox International Productions chief Sanford Panitch, producer Walter Parkes, UK industry stalwart Stewart Till and UTA’s Rich Klubeck will be among the keynote speakers and attendees at the Abu Dhabi Film Commission’s 2009 Circle Conference.
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NewsTyler Perry scores second North American number one debut of 2009
Tyler Perry pulled of his second number one launch of the year as Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself opened top through Lionsgate on an estimated $24m.
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NewsFinal Destination on top overseas with $17.3m weekend haul
The Final Destination led Hollywood’s overseas box office charge with a $17.3m haul from approximately 2,900 screens in 28 territories through Warner Bros Pictures International and independent distributors for a $55.25m running total.
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NewsHyde Park International wields Machete from Rodriguez
LA-based sales outfit takes on action thriller starring Danny Trejo and his Heat compadre Robert De Niro.
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NewsMeyer's Sierra launches with Play, Day
Nick Meyer is assembling the initial slate on his Los Angeles-based international sales company Sierra Pictures and is talking to buyers in Toronto about Passion Play and Mother’s Day.
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NewsUS buyers cautious as Toronto's first weekend ends
A stong reaction and best actor prize for Colin Firth place Tom Ford’s A Single Man in the vanguard of hot titles that are expected to inject life into an otherwise muted first few days for US buyers in Toronto.
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NewsAmanda Crew, Adrianne Palicki join Myriad's Breaking The Girl
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures has set Amanda Crew and Adrianne Palicki to star in Jamie Babbit’s thriller Breaking The Girl.
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NewsIFC Films acquires US rights to Last Stop 174
IFC Films has picked up US rights to Last Stop 174, which premiered here a year ago and was Brazil’s foreign-language Oscar contender.
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NewsKimmel, Bigger Boat and GreeneStreet board Mourning After
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, A Bigger Boat and GreeneStreet Films have acquired Obsessed screenwriter David Loughery’s supernatural thriller pitch Mourning After.
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NewsMyriad boards international sales on Women In Trouble
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures has picked up all international rights to Sebastian Gutierrez’ comedy Women In Trouble and will commence sales here.
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NewsJohn Calley, Lauren Bacall among Academy honorary award recipients
Producer and former Sony executive John Calley will receive the Academy’s Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award while Lauren Bacall, independent film-making stalwart Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis will each receive an Honorary Award.
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NewsRainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler join Super for Ted Hope
Rainn Wilson will reunite with Juno star Ellen Page and Liv Tyler for producer Ted Hope’s This Is That on the comical superhero project Super.
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NewsSPC takes North and Latin American rights to Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has taken North American and Latin American rights to Stephen Frears’ Tamara Drewe at script stage.
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NewsHigh Point takes on sales to The Be All And End All
High Point Films is in Toronto to introduce Bruce Webb’s bittersweet drama to buyers.
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NewsInglourious Basterds to cross $100m overseas this weekend
Inglourious Basterds looks well placed to cross $100m overseas this weekend although retaining the box office crown will be tricky with major launches for District 9, Sorority Row and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
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NewsAlessandro Nivola, Abigail Breslin shoot Janie Jones for Unified, Absurda
Shooting is underway in Iowa on the drama Janie Jones starring Alessandro Nivola, Abigail Breslin and Elizabeth Shue.