All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1359
-
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 ...
-
News
Kong kicks off global reign today in over 10,000 theatres
Universal's much-anticipated King Kong opens in North America today [Wednesday]on more than 7,500 screens in 3,568 theatres.The scope of the holiday tentpole opening matches the scale ofPeter Jackson's picture, which clocks in at just over three hours.This is Universal's second biggest domestic release of all timebehind Hulk, whichlaunched in more ...
-
News
12 finalists announced for Sundance/NHK Film-makers Awards
The SundanceInstitute and Japanese broadcaster NHK have announced 12 finalists for the 2006Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards.The annualaward, now in its 10th year, honours emerging directors from four globalregions. One winner each from Europe, Latin America, the US and Japan will bechosen by an international jury and presented with their awards ...
-
News
The New World to open Palm Springs on Jan 5
The 17th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will openon Jan 5 with a screening of Terrence Malick's The New World. The closing night gala will beannounced shortly.Festival director Darryl Macdonald and his team unveiled a line-upof 232 titles chosen from 70 countries yesterday [Wednesday], including fourworld, 51 US and ...
-
News
AOL chief Miller to receive PGA award for Live 8 broadcasts
America Online chairman andchief executive officer Jon Miller will receive the Producers Guild of America's(PGA) 2006 Vanguard Award.The honour follows AOL'swebcast of this summer's Live 8 concert events and recognises outstandingachievement in new media and technology.Miller will collect theaward at the 2006 PGA Awards on Jan 22 in Los Angeles."The ...
-
News
Wellspring picks up US rights to Chereau's Gabrielle
Wellspring, which wasrecently acquired by entertainment company Genius Products, has picked up allUS rights from StudioCanal to Patrice Chereau's Gabrielle.The company bought the filmat The New York Film Festival earlier this year and plans a spring 2006.Based on Joseph Conrad'sshort story The Return, theturn-of-the-century story takes place in France and ...
-
News
National Lampoon teams with Half-Shell to develop film properties
National Lampoon is teamingup with fledgling Santa Monica entertainment company Half Shell EntertainmentFilms (HSE) to develop features based on material from National Lampoonmagazine and NationalLampoon.com.'Partnering with HSEFilms makes perfect sense," National Lampoon's executive vice president BarryLayne said. "They are young, aggressive and have the sensibility that both goeswith our history ...
-
News
Morden Kichaven promoted to Hollywood executive director at SAG
Ilyanne Morden Kichaven has been promoted to Hollywood executivedirector at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).Kichaven, a five-year SAG veteran, will commence her role in theNew Year and play a key part in representing the interests of the HollywoodDivision board.She will oversee strategic planning on behalf of SAG's nearly70,000 Hollywood members, ...
-
News
Mountain towers over Golden Globe nominations
Brokeback Mountain led the field at the 63rd Golden Globenominations ceremony with seven mentions including best picture (drama), bestdirector for Ang Lee, best actor (drama) for Heath Ledger, and best screenplayby Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.It was the first year inGlobes history that all five pictures nominated for best drama ...
-
News
Two films of comic book Witchblade to shoot in China
Platinum Studios, Relativity Media, IDG Films and Arclight Filmshave jointly arranged financing on back-to-back stories adapted from Top CowProductions' comic book Witchblade.Principal photography is set to begin in 2006 in China on the twopictures, with Platinum, Relativity and IDG producing and Arclight handlinginternational sales. The parties will announce a domestic ...
-
News
Pollack to receive ASC Board Of Governors Award
Sydney Pollack will receive the 2006 American Society ofCinematographers' (ASC) Board of Governors Award, presented annually to anindividual who has made significant and enduring contributions to advancing theart of filmmaking.Pollack will collect the honours at the 20th Annual ASCOutstanding Achievement Awards ceremony on Feb 26, 2006 in Los Angeles.'Sydney Pollack ...
-
News
Good Night is top choice for National Board Of Review
The National Board of Reviewhas voted Good Night, And Good Luckthe best film of 2005, while Philip Seymour Hoffman and Felicity Huffman earnedrespective acting honours for Capote and Transamerica.Ang Lee won best directorfor Brokeback Mountain, whilesupporting actor honours went to Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain and Gong Li for Memoirs ...
-
News
Brokeback leads US Broadcast Critics nominations list
BrokebackMountain leads theBroadcast Critics Association nominees roster with eight mentions includingbest film, director for Ang Lee, actor for Heath Ledger and supporting actorfor Jake Gyllenhaal.Ang Lee'sacclaimed Western will face stiff competition from Crash, which earned six nominations includingfilm, director for Paul Haggis, supporting actor for Matt Dillon and TerrenceHoward, and ...