All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1128
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NewsMusic Box acquires the US rights to North Face and Cloud 9
Music Box Films has acquired all US rights to the German films North Face (Nordwand) from Beta Cinema and Cloud 9 (Wolke 9) from Match Factory.
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NewsThe Little Film Company tempts buyers to Get It At Goode's
The Little Film Company is commencing worldwide sales at Cannes on Bruce Beresford’s upcoming romantic comedy Get It At Goode’s starring Monica Bellucci, Guy Pearce and Miranda Otto.
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NewsStars rally for Stowe, Hyde Park
Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson are lining up to star in romantic epic Unbound Captives which is being sold by Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International.
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NewsPeak Global debuts with 20 titles
Fledgling sales company Peak Global Entertainment arrives in Cannes with a lineup of more than 20 titles, including Jose Ivan Santiago’s crime drama Talento De Barrio starring Reggeaton sensation Daddy Yankee.The line-up also features Il Lim’s action title Acts Of Violence with Leelee Sobieski and Ron Perlman, and political thriller ...
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NewsLizard’s Salmon swims to MPCA
Los Angeles-bases sales company MPCA has picked up international rights to Broken Lizard’s comedy The Slammin’ Salmon.
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NewsVoltage woos Greta to Cannes
Voltage Pictures has bulked up its Cannes slate with the eleventh hour acquisition of the teen drama Greta starring Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn and Melissa Leo.
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NewsEcho Bridge appoints Eastern European sales chief
Echo Bridge Entertainment has hired Sonia Mehandjiyska as vice-president of international sales for Eastern Europe, the latest of four appointments this year designed to bolster the company’s sales ranks.
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NewsLightning beefs up Cannes slate with Don McKay
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has bolstered its Cannes slate with the international rights to Tribeca premiere Don McKay.
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Sundance and Time Warner name Storytelling Fellows
The Sundance Institute and Time Warner have chosen playwrights Quincy Long and Matthew Paul Olmos and film-makers Ritesh Batra and Elgin James as the 2009 Time Warner Storytelling Fellows.
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NewsRage to receive multi-territory online and mobile release
Independent web TV service Babelgum and Cinetic Rights Management have announced a landmark deal for multi-territory online and mobile release for Sally Potter’s Rage
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NewsThe G-Machine picks up Peter & Vandy and Witch Hunt
Ron Gell’s The G-Machine has bulked up its Cannes slate with Jay DiPietro’s Sundance premiere Peter & Vandy and Sean Penn’s documentary Witch Hunt.
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NewsMGM Worldwide TV signs pan-Middle Eastern TV and VOD deal
MGM Worldwide Television has concluded its first pan-Middle Eastern Pay TV and VOD agreement with pay TV network Showtime Arabia in the Middle East and North Africa and its VOD service Show On Demand.
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NewsHalcyon names Flow My Tears as first Philip K Dick adaptation
The Halcyon Company has named Flow My Tears,The Policeman Said as the first Philip K Dick adaptation to go under its exclusive deal with the writer’s estate.
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NewsStar Trek rules international roost with $35.5m overseas launch
Star Trek, J J Abrams’ franchise reboot from Paramount/Spyglass Entertainment, coaxed a sturdy $35.5m from more than 5,000 sites across 54 territories in its maiden voyage according to PPI estimates, ranking number one in 23 markets.
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NewsSubmarine closes worldwide sales on horror flick I Sell The Dead
Submarine has closed worldwide sales on Glenn McQuaid’s Slamdance premiere I Sell The Dead.
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NewsCianfrance's Blue Valentine starts shooting in New York
Shooting is underway in New York and Pennsylvania on the drama Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
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NewsKatapult picks up Women In Trouble for Cannes
Paris-based sales company Katapult Film Sales has acquired international rights to the comedy Women In Trouble by writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez.The film, which stars Carla Gugino, Simon Baker and Josh Brolin, follows one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women, including a porn star, a psychiatrist and a bartender, ...
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NewsOdd Lot International adds B-Girl to Cannes slate
Brian O’Shea’s Odd Lot International will commence worldwide sales in Cannes this week on the break-dancing underdog story B-Girl.
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NewsNorth America falls under shadow of USS Enterprise
Paramount/Spyglass Entertainment’s Star Trek scored the second biggest North American launch of the year-to-date as it towered over the charts on an estimated $72.5m to ensure box office maintained its record breaking trajectory.
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Anchor Bay takes US rights to The Open Road
Anchor Bay Films has acquired theatrical and DVD rights to Odd Lot Entertainment and Perfect Weekend’s The Open Road from executive producer Wim Wenders.