All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1354
-
News
Chicken Little to get the 3-D treatment Down Under
Kodak Digital Cinema and3-D specialist Real D have formed a strategic alliance to install digital 3-Dcinema systems in Australia.Kodak will provide thesystems, which are driven by its unique software and will be equipped with RealD's stereoscopic technologies used to enable 3-D viewing.The plan is for theinstallations to be complete in ...
-
News
International outpaces unspectacular domestic opening for Kong
King Kongclambered to the top of the Empire State Building despite persistent gunfire ina much-anticipated domestic launch that provided few fireworks but promisedplenty to come.Released through Universal,Peter Jackson's three-hour epic grossed an estimated $50.1m over three days and$66.2m over five. It averaged $14,054 over three days in 3,568 theatres.Buena Vista/Walden ...
-
News
Huffman gets breakthrough performance award at Palm Springs
Golden Globe nominee Felicity Huffman will receive theBreakthrough Performance Award at the 17th Annual Palm Springs InternationalFilm Festival (PSIFF).Huffman, who earned a Globe nomination in the best dramaticactress category for Transamerica, will collect the honour at the awards gala on Jan 7."It has truly been abreakthrough year for Huffman with ...
-
News
Israel, New Zealand projects make the cut for Sundance Screenwriters Lab
The Sundance Institute has selected 12 projects for the annualScreenwriters Lab taking place from Jan 13-18 at the Sundance Resort in Utah.The five-day writer's workshop gives independent screenwriters theopportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the supportof established writers.The selected projects are: Kit Hui's A Breath Away ...
-
News
Willis to star in intense drama for Ziskin, Relativity
Bruce Willis will star inthe drama Morgan's Summitfor Laura Ziskin Productions and Relativity Media.Relativity also arrangedfinancing and partners Ryan Kavanaugh and Lynwood Spinks will serve asexecutive producers alongside producer Ziskin.Arclight Films is handlinginternational sales on the project, which is set to begin filming in LosAngeles next year.Dead Poets Society screenwriter ...
-
News
Vitale sets new roots as president of First Look
Former ParamountClassics co-head Ruth Vitale has joined First Look Studios as president.Reporting tostudio chief executive officer Henry Winterstern, Vitale will oversee thetheatrical division, working closely with First Look International and FirstLook Home Entertainment.Vitale's arrivalcomes during a period of ramping-up for the company, which recently brought inKen DuBow as executive vice ...
-
News
Universal, Rogue tie up Intrepid for partnership
Universal Pictures and Rogue Pictures have signed a multi-yearproduction and co-financing deal with new production and financing companyIntrepid Pictures.Founded by Trevor Macy and Marc Evans, Intrepid is backed by aconsortium of institutional investors and a revolving credit facility led by JPMorgan Chase.The company will finance 50% of each picture it ...
-
News
Emerging to re-release 1972 Oscar winner in US
Emerging Pictures will re-release 1972's Oscar-winning documentaryMarjoe on Jan 13 2006at New York's IFC Center theatre, followed by a wider roll-out.Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan's feature chronicles the life andtimes of faith healer Marjoe Gortner, whose charisma and dynamic style ensuredcapacity crowds in arenas across America.'Emerging Pictures is thrilled to ...
-
News
Tribeca teams up with Australia's Tropfest
Tribeca Film Festival founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal andCraig Hatkoff have teamed up with Tropfest founder John Polson on the newTribeca programme, Tropfest@Tribeca.The inaugural Tropfest@Tribeca is set to take place during nextyear's Tribeca and will feature eight shorts in competition.Australia's Polson will serve as creative director and has setsome ...
-
News
Lee signs on to direct The Better Man for Universal
Malcolm D Lee will write anddirect comedy The Better Man forUniversal Pictures and studio-based producers Scott Stuber and Mary Parent.Charles Castaldi will alsoproduce the project, Lee's third collaboration with Universal Picturesfollowing The Best Man and UndercoverBrother.The Better Man follows the story of a successful Los Angeles comicwho attends a tempestuous ...
-
News
Van Galder named domestic marketing chief at Sony
Former TriStarPictures president Valerie Van Galder has been named president of domesticmarketing for the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group following the departureof worldwide marketing chief Geoff Ammer.Van Galdercommences work immediately on a high-powered slate from the combined pipelineof Columbia, Revolution, TriStar and Sony Pictures Animation that includes TheDaVinci Code, Casino ...
-
News
Washington Square to represent domestic sales on three Sundance titles
WashingtonSquare Films (WSF) will be acting as North American sales agent on the Sundancetitles Flannel Pajamas, Old Joy and Salvage.In Joshua andJeffrey Crook's thriller Salvage, a college student played by newcomer Lauren Currie Lewis relivesthe day of her grisly death over and over again. Seventh Level produced inassociation with The ...
-
News
Lions Gate rebrands as Lionsgate
Lions Gate haschanged its name to Lionsgate and unveiled a new corporate logo yesterday[Thursday].Company chiefexecutive officer Jon Feltheimer told a Santa Monica press conference that thelogo, which depicts revolving camera gears and heavenly doors opening to revealthe company name, would be modified for each division.Feltheimer toldattendees the company will release ...
-
News
Kong takes on Potter, Narnia as holidays kick in
It's all about the 80,000-lbgorilla this weekend as Universal embarks upon its biggest ever globalday-and-date release through UIP.King Kong goes out in more than 6,500 locations in 55territories this weekend, and already grossed an estimated $8m on its openingday [Wednesday] in 4,695 theatres in 36 territories.The dynamic start scorednumber one ...
-
News
Waddington to direct $40m Cortes epic Conquistador
Gianni Nunnari's LosAngeles-based Hollywood Gang Productions is ramping up on the 16th centurySpanish-language epic Conquistador,set to begin shooting in Brazil and other parts of South America in September2006.Brazil's Andrucha Waddington(Me You Them, House Of Sand) willdirect the project from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan translated by historianand writer Carlos Bardem.Relativity ...
-
News
Rangel joins Warner Bros as Latin American anti-piracy executive
Lucia Rangel has joined Warner Bros as vice president ofanti-piracy operations for Latin America.The Brazilian-born executive will oversee all of the studio'santi-piracy operations in the region, working closely with Warner BrosEntertainment's anti-piracy regional teams and business units.Rangel joins Warner Bros from the Motion Picture Association,where she served as vice president ...
-
News
Bergman promoted to president of Walt Disney Studios
Alan Bergman has been promoted to president of The Walt DisneyStudios.Bergman will continue to report to studio chairman Dick Cook andoversees strategy and operations for all the company's business units,including Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, Buena Vista Pictures Distributionand Buena Vista Pictures Marketing."Alan is the quintessential strategist whether he's exploringnew ...
-
News
Damon teams with Ramco, Mosfilm for War And Peace miniseries
Mark Damon'sForesight Unlimited has teamed up with Russia's Ramco Films and Mosfilm Studioson War And Peace, aneight-hour mini-series budgeted in the $60m-$70m range. Ron Hutchinsonwill write the epic and discussions are underway with directors. Damon, SergeKonov, Leonid Minkovski and Alexander Shishkin will produce and Foresight willhandle worldwide sales. Production isset ...
-
News
Kong opening day strong, but not record-breaking
King Kong fell short of delivering the gargantuandomestic opening day results Universal executives had been hoping for onWednesday as the picture generated approximately $9.8m from 3,568 theatres.Studiospokespeople quickly shifted their focus to the weekend, predicting mightygrosses on the back of strong word-of-mouth."We knew weweren't launching a sequel and it's at ...
-
News
LSL Productions embarks on Harry Nilsson doc
Los Angeles-based LSL Productions has commenced production on thedocumentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him') about the late singer-songwriter.LSL is independently financing the project, which will get itsworld premiere at the 2006 Santa Barbara Film Festival.Nilsson, a multi-Grammy winner who The Beatles famously describedas their ...