All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1405
-
News
Boogeyman is the new king of horror at US box office
Boogeyman, Ghost House Pictures' follow-up to lastyear's debut release The Grudge, capitalised on horror's mass appeal with anestimated $19.5m number one opening.Trailing someway behind in second place on $11m was Gold Circle's romantic comedy TheWedding Date, released in domestic theatres through Universal.Boogeyman stars Barry Watson and Emily Deschaneland concerns the ...
-
News
Producing nominees finalised for best picture Oscar race
The Academy ofMotion Picture Arts And Sciences has issued its final roster of producersassociated with each of the five best picture nominees.Michael Mann andGraham King are nominated for The Aviator; Richard N Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower for FindingNeverland; ClintEastwood, Albert S Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg for Million Dollar Baby; Taylor ...
-
News
Battle of sequels: Ocean's goes head to head with Fockers in UK
Ocean's Twelve has the unenviable challenge of trying to knock MeetThe Fockers off its perch when itgoes out in the UK through Warner Bros Pictures International on Feb 4.Strong results areanticipated bearing in mind that Ocean's Eleven opened second in the UK in February 2002 on $7.3m in433 theatres, a ...
-
News
Hoffman joins star-studded cast of Forster's Fiction
Dustin Hoffman has joinedthe cast of Marc Forster's upcoming comedy Stranger Than Fiction, which will also star Will Ferrell, MaggieGyllenhaal, Emma Thompson and Queen Latifah.Written by Zach Helm, StrangerThan Fiction centres on a taxauditor who hears an inner voice that foretells his death. Hoffman will playProfessor Jules Hilbert, who helps ...
-
News
Chen Kaige's Chinese epic enters 10 months of post
Chen Kaige's Wuji - ThePromise has completed principalphotography in its multitude of Chinese locations and the China Film Group setin Beijing.The epic fantasy romance, aco-production between China Film Group, Shengkai Films and worldwide salesagent Moonstone Entertainment, now enters approximately 10 months ofpost-production as the visual effects are created.Touted in the ...
-
News
Focus to launch Jet Li actioner at Berlin
Focus Features has acquiredinternational sales rights excluding Asia to Jet Li's upcoming martial artsproject and will launch it to buyers at Berlin.The latest producing venturefrom veteran producer Bill Kong, the as yet untitled film will be directed byRonny Yu and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon choreographer Yuen Wo Ping will orchestrate ...
-
News
Worldwide rights to Sex, Politics & Cocktails go to here!
Los Angeles-based productionand distribution company here! Films, has picked up worldwide rights from KUBAPictures to Sex, Politics & Cocktails and scheduled the US release for Apr 1.Written, directed, producedby and starring Julien Hernandez, the picture chronicles the sexual odyssey ofa Cuban filmmaker.Other key cast includesMarisa Perturb, Paul Lekakis, Don Max, ...
-
News
Dougray Scott joins powerhouse female trio in Mermaids Singing
Dougray Scott has joined thecast of The Mermaids Singing,Robin Swicord's adaptation of Lisa Carey's family epic that already stars thepowerhouse female trio of Jessica Lange, Neve Campbell and Evan Rachel Wood.Scott will play an estrangedfather who is forced to come to terms with his past or lose his teenagedaughter. He ...
-
News
Milestone gets worldwide on lost Valentino/Swanson classic
New Jersey-based Milestone Film & Video has picked upworldwide rights excluding the Benelux countries to Sam Wood's 1922 silentclassic Beyond The Rocks, which untilrecently was believed to be lost and stars Rudolph Valentino and GloriaSwanson.Milestone vice-president Dennis Doros negotiated the dealwith Jan Rofekamp of Films Transit International on behalf of ...
-
News
Contagious teams with Yari to co-finance three films a year
Entertainmentfinancing and production company Contagious Entertainment has launched in LosAngeles with a deal to co-produce and co-finance at least three featureprojects a year in association with Bob Yari and the Yari Film Group.The commerciallyoriented titles will be budgeted from $2m-$6m and will be available for domesticand international release.Founded by LosAngeles-based ...
-
News
Tango staffs up in LA with Fisher, Elizalde
Paul Levinson and WarrenGoldberg's fledgling Los Angeles-based home entertainment distributor TangoEntertainment has hired Evan Fisher as senior vice-president of sales andmarketing and Victor Elizalde as senior vice-president of finance and administration.Fisher's overall task willbe to set up a broad range of distribution channels and new retail outlets. Hepreviously ran his ...
-
News
German fund Academy pitches $42m into three Inferno projects
Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel's production and financing houseInferno Distribution has received $42m to finance three projects in 2005 fromGerman film fund, Academy.The first of the projects is Southland Tales, Richard Kelly's follow-up to DonnieDarko that centres on aheatwave that culminates in a huge July 4 party in the Los ...
-
News
Alexander takes $4m in 51 territories over the weekend
Alexander grossedan estimated $4m on 2,200 screens in 51 territories at the weekend, raising theinternational running total to $112.5m.The picture added $1.3m for a $10.1m running total in its thirdweekend in Italy through Warner Bros International and was expected to ranksecond behind The Aviator.In its third weekend in Australia, Alexander ...
-
News
Jegeus takes up top marketing position at Fox International
Tomas Jegeus (pictured) has been named executive vice president of marketingat Fox International, where he will develop and supervise strategic marketingplans for all Fox releases overseas.The likelihood of Jegeus' appointment has been an open secret eversince Scott Neeson left the division 18 months ago.Effective immediately, Jegeus will oversee the Los ...
-
News
Ray approaches $10m for UIP
Universal's Ray addedan estimated $3.9m on 1,050 screens in 22 markets through UIP at the weekend toraise its international running total to $9.2m.The picture opened in Australia on $860,000 on 159 and ranked third bySaturday, and opened fifth in Japan on $400,000 on 103.Spain produced $400,000 on 129 for eighth ...
-
News
Elektra passes $14m for Fox International
Fox International'sElektra grossed an estimated $5.5m on 1,721 screens at the weekend after numberone debuts in Spain and string of Asian markets raised its international cumulativetotal to $14.4m.The picture opened on $1.9mon 350 screens in Spain, while other table-topping launches saw it take$556,000 on 155 in Thailand, $462,000 on 109 ...
-
News
Hide And Seek dominates weekend with $22m debut
Twentieth Century Fox'sthriller Hide And Seek opened topat the weekend on an estimated $22m that was some way ahead of last weekend'schampion Are We There Yet', which was shunted into second place on $17m for$39.1m after two weekends.John Polson's picture went out on 3,005 screens and averaged $7,321 on the ...
-
News
Hide And Seek dominates weekend on $22m
TwentiethCentury Fox's thriller Hide And Seekopened top at the weekend on an estimated $22m that was some way ahead of lastweekend's champion Are We There Yet', which was shunted into secondplace on $17m for $39.1m after two weekends.John Polson's picture went out on 3,005 screens and averaged $7,321 on the ...
-
News
Closer nears $50m for SPRI
Closer added an estimated $10.1m on 2,353 screens in 28markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) at the weekend,bumping up its international cumulative total to $44.4m.Highlights were $1.6m on 330 in Australia for an unconfirmed ranking, $235,000on 27 in Holland for third place, and a $215,000 number one debut in ...
-
News
The Incredibles, National Treasure prosper for BVI
Buena Vista International's(BVI) The Incredibles passed $350m at the international box office atthe weekend and is expected to break into the industry's all-time top 20pantheon within a week.The Pixar hit added an estimated $4.6m for $353.3m and is currently the 22ndbiggest international release of all time, according to results issued ...