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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1126
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NewsFast & Furious is overseas champ again and cruises towards $150m
Universal/UPI’sFast & Furious maintained pole position at the international box office as an estimated $36m weekend haul confirmed it as the biggest international and worldwide film in the action series on $145m and $281m, respectively.
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Coppola turns down out-of-competition Cannes slot for Tetro
Francis Ford Coppola has confirmed that he has declined an invitation to screen his Argentina-set family drama Tetro out of competition in Cannes.
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Visit Films boards Alexander The Last for Cannes
Visit Films has acquired international rights to Joe Swanberg’s Alexander The Last following the film’s world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival.
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NewsFilm In Serbia launches at California's Locations Trade Show
A consortium of more than 20 Serbian production companies backed by the USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project announced the conception of Film In Serbia at the Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica over the weekend.
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SAG board to recommend "Yes" vote on contract agreement
The long-running stand-off between Hollywood’s actors and producers took a step closer to resolution last night [April 19] when the Screen Actors Guild’s board of directors approved a tentative deal struck wih producers late last week.
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Sony signs deal with Hollywood's leading digital cinema integrator
Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation has signed an agreement with Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, the leading integrator behind the digital conversion of North American theatres.
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NewsFast & Furious eyes key debuts in third weekend and sets sights on $150m
Both Universal/UPI’s Fast & Furious and DreamWorks Animation/PPI’s Monsters Vs Aliens have cleared the first hurdle and crossed $100m as they head into their third and fifth weekends respectively and will be at the vanguard of Hollywood’s latest international incursion.
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Seattle International Film Festival to honour Spike Lee
The 35th Seattle International Film Festival will present the 2009 Golden Space Needle Award For Outstanding Achievement In Directing to Spike Lee.
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So Close to premiere at COLCOA
Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache’s relationship comedy So Close (Tellement Proches) will receive itsworld premiere at the City Of Lights City Of Angels (COLCOA) festival in Los Angeles, which runs fromApril 20 - 26
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IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab announces ten documentary projects
Ten new documentaries at the rough cut stage have been selected to participate in IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Lab taking place this week.
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World’s Greatest Dad to close 11th Annual Cinevegas Festival
Bobcat Goldthwait’s dark comedy World’s Greatest Dad starring Robin Williams will close the 11th Annual CineVegas Festival, which as previously reported will open on June 10 with Hue Rhodes’ insurance fraud comedy Saint John Of Las Vegas.
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Oscilloscope takes North American rights to Irish box office hit Kisses
New York-based Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Lance Daly’s Irish box office hit Kisses.
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Cayman Islands Film Commission launches 30% production rebate
International producers have a new location to consider after The Cayman Islands Film Commission announced its 30% rebate on film, video, commercial, and television productions that shoot in the Caribbean locale.
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Marvel Studios names Douglas Finberg evp international marketing
Marvel Studios has appointed Douglas Finberg executive vice president of international marketing in a significant move that demonstrates its intent to broaden global awareness of the slate.
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Smuggler, Ascension acquire 2008 Mann Booker winner White Tiger
Newly minted New York, Los Angeles and London-based Smuggler Films in association with Ascension Entertainment has acquired film rights to Aravind Adiga’s bestselling 2008 Mann Booker Prize winner White Tiger.
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Regent/Here take North American rights to Eichmann
Regent Releasing and Here Media have acquired North American rights from UK-based E-Motion to Robert Young’s drama Eichmannstarring Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity and Franka Potente.
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IndiePix, Lucky Hat Entertainment sign six-film production deal
New York-based online distributor IndiePix has signed a six-film production deal with Lucky Hat Entertainment in Los Angeles that covers two films set to premiere at Tribeca later this month – P-Star Rising and Entre Nos.
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Zeitgeist to handle epic journey doc The Horse Boy in North America
Zeitgeist Films has acquired all North American theatrical and home entertainment rights to Michel Orion Scott’s Sundance premiere Over The Hills And Far Away and changed the title to The Horse Boy.
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Dennis Lim joins New York Film Festival selection committee
Dennis Lim, editor of the Museum Of The Moving Image’s online publication Moving Image Source, has joined the New York Film Festival’s selection committee.
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Eurocinema VOD service to carry Image content
VOD channel Eurocinema has signed a deal to carry content from Image Entertainment, the North American distributor with a library of roughly 3,500 exclusive DVD titles.