All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1139
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NewsIncoming ASC head pledges to raise bar on industry standards
Newly elected American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) president Michael Goi said the organisation was collaborating with other trade guilds to drive Hollywood towards “a higher quality bar” for the industry.
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NewsHollywood Je T’Aime, The Big Gay Musical bookend QFest
Jason Bushman’s feature debut Hollywood Je T’Aime will kick off this year’s Philadelphia QFest on July 9 while the world premiere of Casper Andreas and Fred M Caruso’s The Big Gay Musical will close the even on July 20.
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NewsTakeshi Harada named MD of Geneon Universal Entertainment
Takeshi Harada has been appointed managing director of Geneon Universal Entertainment (GUE) in Japan, assuming control from interim managing director Taichi Fukuda.
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NewsBlue, The Tenant among Hollywood Black Film Festival winners
Ryan Miningham’s redemption tale Blue and Llewellyn Smith’s documentary Herskovits At The Heart Of Blackness took top jury honours at the 10th Annual Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF).
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NewsGenArts and LucasFilm reveal digital partnership
Digital effects software provider GenArts and effects house Lucasfilm have expanded their long-standing relationship with a broad strategic alliance.
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NewsUp, up and away for Disney as Pixar hit bears down on $150m
Disney/Pixar’s Up narrowly beat two live-action challenges and soared past $135m after ten days as overall box office fell for the second weekend in a row.
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NewsMaya acquires US rights to Once Upon A Time In Rio
Los Angeles-based Maya Entertainment has acquired US theatrical rights to Breno Silveira’s drama Once Upon A Time In Rio.
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NewsCinemavault logs sales on horror title Poker Run
Cinemavault has closed key sales on the horror film Poker Run directed by Julian Higgins.
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NewsMichelle Byrd to step down as IFP executive director after 17 years
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) executive director Michelle Byrd will step down from her role at the end of the year.
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NewsMadeline Carroll joins Rob Reiner romance Flipped
Swing Vote’s Madeline Carroll has joined Aidan Quinn and Penelope Ann Miller on Rob Reiner’s childhood romance Flipped for Warner Bros.
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NewsWarner Bros sets Ken Kwapis to direct Everybody Loves Whales
Ken Kwapis, riding high on the global success of He’s Just Not That Into You, is in final negotiations to direct Everybody Loves Whales for Warner Bros.
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NewsPhilip Berk named president of Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Philip Berk has been elected president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for the year 2009-2010 following the annual general meeting this week [June 3].
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NewsDepartures, More Than A Game bookend 10th Maui Film Festival
Yojiro Takita’s foreign language Oscar winner Departures and Kristopher Belman’s basketball documentary More Than A Game bookend the 10th Maui Film Festival, set to run from June 17-21.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to (Untitled)
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to (Untitled), a comic take on the state of contemporary art from director Jonathan Parker.
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NewsTerminator Salvation squares up to Night At The Museum 2 in overseas box office battle
Terminator Salvation unleashes a furious assault on overseas champion Night At The Museum 2 this weekend as the latest entry in the long-running sci-fi canon rolls out the big guns.
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NewsLionsgate teams up with Jose Padilha, Braulio Mantovani on Agent In Place
Jose Padilha and his Elite Squad screenwriter Braulio Mantovani are teaming up on the action thriller Agent In Place for Lionsgate.
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NewsCatherine Hardwicke and Emile Hirsch board Overture's Hamlet
Catherine Hardwicke will reunite with Emile Hirsch in a contemporary adaptation of Hamlet for Overture Films.
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NewsStephen Gilula, Nancy Utley named Fox Searchlight presidents
Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley’s leadership of Fox Searchlight has been formalised with their promotion to presidents following the departure last March of Peter Rice.
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NewsLionsgate, Paul Haggis reunite on The Next Three Days
Lionsgate has set Paul Haggis to direct the thriller The Next Three Days after acquiring remake rights to the 2008 French release Pour Elle from Wild Bunch and Fidelite Films.
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NewsBox office flops cloud Lionsgate results as full-year revenues rise
Lionsgate, facing an ongoing takeover threat from corporate raider Carl Icahn, has reported a $163m loss for the year to March 31 despite seeing rises across its theatrical, home entertainment, TV and library divisions.