All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 448
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NewseOne, Sun among AFM 'Klown' buyers for Annapurna International
Annapurna International said on Thursday it had sold out all territories outside the US on the Four By Two Films comedy remake to star Sacha Baron Cohen.
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News'Fantastic Beasts' crosses $80m worldwide (update)
NOVEMBER 19 UPDATE: Warner Bros’ tentpole climbed to $83.3m worldwide factoring in $29.7m from the first full day in North America.
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NewsSlated report: Industry out of touch with Millennials
The online film marketplace has released an infographic that reveals a disconnect between age-groups favoured by Hollywood’s greenlight process and those that perform best based on a film’s return on investment.
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NewsUS Briefs: Ruth Negga to receive Palm Springs Rising Star Award
The star of Loving, who is in contention for lead acting honours this season, will collect her honour at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s awards gala on January 2.
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NewsLionsgate expands German-speaking territory partnerships
Studio top brass said on Wednesday they have broadened the pipeline with Studiocanal to include Summit films and licensed a trio of top AFM titles to Tele München Gruppe.
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NewsDenzel Washington rep denies ‘fake’ Trump story on Facebook
The Oscar-winning actor did not praise the president-elect as claimed in an article that appeared on the social network on Monday, according to his publicist.
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NewsViacom buys Argentina's Telefe network for $345m
The in-cash deal broke on Tuesday as Bob Bakish started his first day as acting Viacom CEO.
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NewsUS Briefs: Lionsgate strikes deal with Parques Reunidos
The studio has closed a deal with the Madrid-based leisure parks operator to develop Lionsgate-branded leisure centres in shopping areas.
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NewsElevation Pictures moves into production
The Canadian distributor backed by Teddy Schwarzman’s Black Bear Pictures is expanding operations.
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News'Great Pretender' on Studiocanal, Parkes+MacDonald development slate
The companies are developing four European-based films starting with Ol Parker’s take on the story of London concert promoter and con artist Roy Tempest.
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NewsPatricio Valladares lines up sci-fi horror 'Embryo'
EXCLUSIVE: The Chilean genre specialist behind Hidden In The Woods and Downhill is preparing a body-horror film.
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NewsSamuel L Jackson joins Brie Larson directorial debut 'Unicorn Store'
Jackson, Joan Cusack and Bradley Whitford have come on board the Oscar-winning actress’s feature directorial debut, which just began shooting in Los Angeles.
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NewsUS Briefs: 'The Martian VR Experience' comes to market
Fox Innovation Lab, in partnership with RSA Films and The Virtual Reality Company, announced on Monday that its first VR endeavour will go on sale to customers.
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NewsIMAX, Marvel Television strike 'Inhumans' deal
IMAX will exclusively premiere the first two episodes of Marvel’s The Inhumans in 2017 as it seeks to expand programming beyond traditional blockbuster corridors.
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NewsRelativity, Storyoscopic set $200m slate fund
Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Studios and Storyoscopic Films on Monday announced a joint venture whereby Storyoscopic will produce and finance approximately five or more projects a year.
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FeaturesAnne V. Coates, editor, 'Lawrence Of Arabia'
The legendary editor of Lawrence Of Arabia, Becket and Out Of Sight was in Hollywood on Saturday night [November 12] to collect an honourary Oscar from Richard Gere for her services to the film industry.
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News'X500', 'American Honey' triumph in Los Cabos
Juan Andrés Arango’s migrant drama claimed the México Primero prize and Andrea Arnold’s road movie prevailed in the Competencia de Los Cabos category as the fifth annual Los Cabos International Film Festival closed on Saturday.
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NewsDoctor Strange stays top in North America on $43m (update)
NOVEMBER 14 UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ tentpole ruled its second session and helped Disney score its best year on $2.31bn, while Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk scored an excellent limited debut.
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NewsUS Briefs: Casey Affleck to receive Palm Springs award
The Oscar frontrunner and star of Manchester By The Sea will collect the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsRobert Redford to quit acting after next two films
The film icon and Sundance Film Festival founder has said he will cease to appear in front of the camera after Our Souls At Night and Old Man With A Gun.