All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1508
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STARZ! takes three TV premieres including DNA's Final Curtain
Three movies -DNA's British comedy The Final Curtain, Nu-Image/Millenium Films' romantic comedy AllI Want aka Try 17 and StudioCanal's Gaughin biopic ParadiseFound - will go straight topay-TV on the US through Starz Encore Group's STARZ! Cinema multiplexchannel.In The FinalCurtain, which premiereson STARZ! Cinema in June, Peter O'Toole plays a leading ...
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Wolfe Video to invest in US theatrical distribution
Wolfe Video, theUS distributor dedicated to gay and lesbian videos, is embarking on a newstrategy of marketing support to independent theatrical distributors whosetitles it will eventually release on video.Making theannouncement today (Apr 24) company president Maria Lynn Wolfe said she waslaunching the initiative with a marketing outreach campaign in support ...
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Teri Kane leaves Miramax after nine years, sets up PR firm
Teri Kane,Miramax senior vice president of publicity, is leaving the company to set upher own firm, Teri Kane Public Relations.During hernine-years at Miramax, Kane has overseen individual publicity campaigns onnumerous acclaimed films, including Academy Award winners Shakespeare inLove and The EnglishPatient.'Teri hasmade great contributions to Miramax during her long tenure ...
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Modern picks up three for Cannes including Piaf, Charlotte
Modern Entertainment hasacquired worldwide distribution rights to three new films in time for theCannes Film Festival - concert film Piaf - Her Story HerSongs, US independent favourite CharlotteSometimes and Harry Shearer's TeddyBears' Picnic.'We decided about ayear ago to expand our core business in distribution to include new worldpremiere movies,' said ...
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Kolodner & Melamede launch Salty Features
Former Madstone Films production executives Eva Kolodnerand Yael Melamede have teamed up to launch New York-based production companySalty Features, which has already boarded four projects aiming to showcase"unique vision, strong storytelling and thought-provoking subject matter."The four titlesin development include Bam Bam And Celeste, the first fictional film vehicle for comedian ...
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BVI's Jungle Book 2 crosses $60m mark
Buena VistaInternational's The Jungle Book 2 raised its international running total to $60.4m after a$5.9m weekend session.Demonstrating several strong gains amid a sea of mostlymodest drops, the animated family sequel fell 8% on $1.4m in its second weekendin the UK for a $5.5m cumulative score.In Spain it rose14% to $1m ...
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Brazil's Moraes gets short film-maker award in Hollywood
Gustavo Moraeswill receive this year's Fuji Filmmaker of the Year Award at the openingnight gala of the 2003 Short Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood on Apr 29. Thefestival runs from Apr 29-May 1.'Gustavo issuch a talented film-maker and we are so thrilled to be honoring him thisyear,' festival director Douglas ...
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Monk strong in Taiwan day-and-date opening for Fox
In the latest sign ofdistributors stepping up the war against piracy, Fox International rolled outthe martial arts action-thriller Bulletproof Monk in Taiwan on the same weekend it opened in the US.The Asian bow grossed$355,000 on 50 screens for a close second place finish behind Warner Bros'horror film Dreamcatcher.Elsewhere, Just Married ...
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Dreamcatcher rakes in $9.5m, Two Weeks Notice crosses $100m for Warner
The Warner Bros romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice passed $100m at the international boxoffice over the weekend, although complete figures are still unavailable due tothe ongoing Easter holidays in most of Europe.The horror film Dreamcatcher soared, grossing $9.5m and 1.8m admissions from 2,463screens for a $15.7m international total including Village ...
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Johnny English continues international rampage, crosses $50m
Universal's JohnnyEnglish remained the runaway numberone international hit for the second weekend in a row, according to studioestimates released today (Apr 21).The comedy, which stars theBritish comedian Rowan Atkinson as a highly maladroit spy, added a stunning$18.5m from 3,480 theatres in 38 markets for a $50m international running totalafter two ...
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Anger unleashed in Australia with $2m opening
In the firstmajor international release for its number one US film Anger Management, Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI) opened the comedy at number one in Australia on anaggressive $2m.In a raft ofterritory records, this was the second biggest April bow (bettered only by TheMatrix in 1999), thebiggest ever bow for ...
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Lizzie McGuire, Pokemon at Tribeca Family Festival
The worldpremiere of Lyman Dayton and Sam Pillsbury's drama Where the Red Fern Grows and New York premieres of Disney teencomedy The Lizzie McGuire Movie and Salma Hayek's directorial debut Maldonado Miracle are among the line-up for the TribecaFamily Festival, announced today (Apr 17). The Tribeca Family Festival runs onthe ...
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Anger manages to quell all newcomers
Jack Nicholsonand Adam Sandler continued to rule the charts as Columbia/Revolution's AngerManagement grossed aterrific $25.6m in its second weekend for an $80.3m running total, according tostudio estimates released today (Sunday).The hit comedyexpanded by 19 sites into a massive 3,570 theatres and looks good to retain thecrown next week, although it ...
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Bruce Willis drops out of Intermedia's Me Again
Bruce Willis and independent giant Intermedia Films have partedcompany on the thriller Me Again due to creative differences, the company announced today (Apr16).Intermedia said it would remain on schedule with the LosAngeles-set film, which is due to go into production imminently.Cheyenne Enterprises, the production company run by Willis andpartner Arnold ...
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Manhattan takes North America to Off The Map
ManhattanPictures International has acquired all North American rights to CampbellScott's drama Off The Map, which received its world premiere at Sundance and only days agowon the top prize at Taos Talking Picture Film Festival. A theatrical releaseis planned later this year.Negotiations between Manhattan's Paul Cohen and George VanBuskirk, president of ...
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Chartier quits Vortex to head up Arclight US office
Nicolas Chartier- the co-founder of Vortex Pictures and former sales and acquisitionsexecutive at Myriad Pictures - has left Vortex to head up the US officefor Arclight Films.Chartier, whoseappointment became effective yesterday (Apr 15), will oversee all sales andacquisitions activities and will serve as the point person between Arclight,partner Spice Factory ...
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Miramax celebrates its biggest hit ever
Chicago, the winner of six Academy Awardsincluding one for best picture, became the highest grossing film in MiramaxFilms' 24-year history last night (Apr 14) after it passed $157.1m at thedomestic box office.Themusical's record running total overtook Miramax's previous best of$157m set in 2000 by Scary Movie, which came out under ...
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Ohtake named director of ops at DTS Japan
Consumer electronics veteranNao Ohtake has been named director of operations of DTS Japan, the Japanese armof digital entertainment technology provider Digital Theatre Systems (DTS).Ohtake will be based inTokyo, where he will be responsible for overseeing and managing all DTSactivities in Japan. He will report to Jon Kirchner, president and chiefexecutive ...
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Ghosts has strong domestic opening on 97 screens
WaldenMedia's IMAX 3-D Titanic documentary Ghosts Of The Abyss grossed more than $1.4m over the weekendthrough domestic distributor Buena Vista, a terrific result for the largescreen format that averaged $14,520 on 97 screens.Devised and shotby James Cameron, who directed the all-time highest grossing film Titanic, Ghosts Of The Abyss follows ...
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Melvin, Devils win prizes at Avignon/New York Fest
Bob Odenkirk's MelvinGoes to Dinner was named BestAmerican Feature and Christophe Ruggia's Les Diables (The Devils) Best French Feature at the 9th Avignon/New York Film Festival, whichended yesterday with an awards gala at (Apr 13) at New York University's Cantor Film Centre.The week-long festivalfeatured eight American and nine French features ...