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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1117
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NewsFocus signs Ole Bornedal to direct The Husband
Focus Features has signed Ole Bornedal to direct the thriller The Husband, based on the bestselling Dean Koontz novel.
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NewsRoseblood to produce next Bret Easton Ellis project
Myriad Pictures and RKO Pictures’ genre division The Roseblood Movie Company are co-financing and producing a film based on an original screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis
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NewsNew Films closes deals with Falcon, BBI
New Films International has sold a seven-title package to Falcon Films in the Middle East for Witch Hunt,P.V.C.-1, Mysterious Hearts,Peter And Vandy, Camp Hope, Circle, and Keepsake.
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NewsEntertainment 7 delivers sales on Baby On Board
Entertainment 7, Emilio Ferrari’s Los Angeles-based production and distribution company, has closed sales on the comedy Baby On Board, which stars John Corbett, Heather Graham, Jerry O’Connell and Lara Flynn Boyle
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NewsSiritzky seeks new Emmanuelle for 3D feature
Veteran French-American producer Alain Siritzky is lining up a 3D version of Emmanuelle almost 35 years after he boarded the erotic franchise.
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NewsRadical Publishing takes 20% in Asia’s Storm Lion
LA-based Radical Publishing, which is busy setting up adaptations of its comic book imprint Radical Comics around Hollywood, has acquired a 20% stake in Singapore’s media conglomerate, Storm Lion.
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NewsRoadside acquires US rights to Lichtenstein's Happy Tears
Roadside Attractions has acquired all US rights to Mitchell Lichtenstein’s family comedy Happy Tears, starring Parker Posey, Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin and Rip Torn.
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NewsCinema Libre and Corsan partner to make arthouse features
Los Angeles-based Cinema Libre Studio and Belgium’s Corsan NV have formed Global Talent Laboratory, a production partnership that will make three arthouse pictures a year.
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NewsIFC Films acquires US rights to Ozon's Ricky
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Francois Ozon’s fantasy thriller Ricky following its world premiere in Berlin.
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NewsFocus soars with Macdonald’s Eagle Of The Ninth
Focus Features International has virtually sold out the world on Kevin Macdonald’s upcoming Roman Britain epic Eagle Of The Ninth, which is set to begin shooting later this summer with Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell.
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NewsDabis to focus on Middle East through new production vehicle
Cherien Dabis, whose Amreeka screened in Directors’ Fortnight last night (May 19), has teamed up with a US-based private investor to form the development, financing and production company Levantine Entertainment.
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NewsBlu Cinematografica picks up Italian rights on Expendables, Mechanic
Nu Image has sold Italian rights to the Jason Statham films The Expendables and The Mechanic to Blu Cinematografica.
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NewsJaz Films develops Michelangelo Antonioni’s last script
Jaz Films has acquired Michelangelo Antonioni’s last script Two Telegrams and has already fully financed the feature and is in the process of attaching a director and cast.Antonioni, whose 1960 mystery L’Avventura screens tonight (May 20) in the Cannes Classics programme decades after its world premiere on the Croisette, co-wrote ...
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NewsMPower close deals on The Stoning of Soraya M.
US-based MPower International has sold The Stoning Of Soraya M. to Scanbox in Scandinavia, Nu Metro in South Africa and Independent Distributors in Israel.
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NewsBlood And Bone leads robust Cannes sales for CMG
Ed Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has reported robust sales on his slate, led by a UK deal with G2 on the action title Blood And Bone.
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NewsJump Street acquires Australasian rights to The Eclipse
Jump Street Films has acquired Australia/New Zealand rights from Magnolia International to Conor McPherson’s Tribeca hit The Eclipse.
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NewsTom Hiddleston to play Loki in Branagh's Thor
Marvel Studios has cast Tom Hiddleston to play the villain Loki in the studio’s upcoming Thor adaptation.
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NewsOverture acquires The Men Who Stare At Goats
Overture Films has acquired The Men Who Stare At Goats, starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, from CAA.
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NewsMiyazaki's Ponyo to close LA Film Festival
Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo On A Cliff By The Sea close this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival on June 28.
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NewsToronto's Cinemavault drives international sales of Trucker
Toronto-based Cinemavault has closed international sales on Plum Pictures’ drama Trucker, which stars Michelle Monaghan as a truck driver who is reunited with her estranged son.