All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1117
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NewsIM Global sells out on alien sci-fi thriller Area 51
IM Global is close to selling out the alien thriller Area 51, Oren Peli’s follow-up to the micro-budget smash Paranormal Activity that stands on the cusp of $100m in North America.
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NewsGenius, Alliance take North American rights to Tell-Tale
In separate deals, Genius Products and Alliance Films have acquired US and Canadian rights to the thriller Tell-Tale starring Josh Lucas and produced by Ridley and Tony Scott.
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NewsIFC acquires all US feature rights to Olivier Assayas' Carlos
IFC Films has picked up all US feature rights to Olivier Assayas’ Carlos, a mini-series about the terrorist Carlos The Jackal that will air on the Sundance Channel in spring 2010.
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NewsChristmas Carol not so merry on $31m as Precious stuns in limited release
Lionsgate’s extraordinary limited launch for the inner city drama Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire eclipsed the muted number one debut of Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
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NewsVendome, Mark Gordon cast Jake Gyllenhaal in thriller Source Code
Philippe Rousselet’s Vendome Pictures has announced its first project, teaming with Mark Gordon on the sci-fi thriller Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Summit International has already pre-sold rights to more than 15 territories at AFM.
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MarVista boards Another Harvest Moon for AFM
MarVista Entertainment has acquired international rights from Ostrow And Company to Another Harvest Moonstarring Ernest Borgnine, Piper Laurie and Cybill Shepherd.
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NewsChain Letter finds home at New Films International
New Films International has acquired worldwide rights to Deon Taylor’s horror film Chain Letter starring Nikki Reed and Brad Dourif.
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NewsGwyneth Paltrow to star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl
Gwyneth Paltrow will star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl, the film of David Ebershoff’s novel about Danish painter Einar Wegener (Kidman) who became the first man to undergo a sex change operation in 1931.
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Strategic bulks up market slate with Bangkok Adrenaline
Strategic Film Partners has bolstered its AFM slate headed by the martial arts action film Bangkok Adrenaline.
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NewsK5, PalmStar strike first-look, sales partnership
Munich and London-based K5 International has closed a first-look and partnership deal with New York and Los Angeles-based PalmStar Entertainment.
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NewsK5 takes worldwide sales on Hideo Nakata's Voice From The Stone
Munich and London-based K5 International has boarded worldwide sales on Hideo Nakata’s supernatural thriller Voice From The Stone.
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NewsKevin Bacon joins British ensemble on Essential's Whole Lotta Sole
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Kevin Bacon, Sophie Okonedo and James Nesbitt will star in the comedy Whole LottaSole, which Essential Entertainment is selling here.
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NewsFormer ICA chair Ivan Massow to direct Joan Collins in Banksy comedy
Producers’ representative Circus Road Films has acquired worldwide rights from August 8 to Banksy’s Coming To Dinner starring Joan Collins.
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NewsHarvey Keitel cast as patriarch in A Beginner's Guide To Endings
Harvey Keitel has joined J K Simmons on the dark comedy A Beginner’s Guide To Endings, which began principal photography in Niagara Falls on November 4.
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NewsEminem returns to big screen in Shady Talez for John Davis, Dallas Jackson
Eminem will star in the 3D film Shady Talez, his first feature for seven years. The film will be produced by D.J. Classicz/Davis Entertainment, a genre partnership between I, Robot producer John Davis and writer-producer Dallas Jackson.
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NewsKMI boards international sales on Soderbergh's Liberace
Kathy Morgan International has picked up Liberace, Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming project.
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NewsBradley Cooper joins thriller Dark Fields for Relativity, Mandate Int'l
Mandate International has commenced talks with buyers here on Relativity Media’s thriller Dark Fields starring in-demand Bradley Cooper.
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NewsRupert Friend heads cast on Renny Harlin's Georgia
Shooting is underway in the former Soviet state of Georgia on Renny Harlin’s contemporary drama Georgia starring Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Andy Garcia and Val Kilmer.
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NewsVoltage charged up by Val Kilmer superatural thriller Mr Nobody
Nicolas Chartier’s LA-based Voltage Pictures, here selling the Milla Jovovich psychological thriller Faces In The Crowd, has boarded sales on the supernatural thriller Mr Nobody starring Val Kilmer.
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NewsMagnolia takes US rights to The Good Heart
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Dagur Kari’s The Good Heart starring Brian Cox, Paul Dano and Isild Le Besco and plans a 2010 VOD platform release under its Ultra VOD label before the theatrical rollout.