All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 461
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NewsWanda, Sony set film pact (update)
UPDATE: Chinese giant confirms pact, which it says will “help strengthen Wanda’s power to influence the global film industry.”
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NewsWeinstein Television plots 'Elvis' TV biopic
Harvey Weinstein is partnering with the estate of Elvis Presley to develop a scripted television episodic based on the legendary singer’s life.
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NewsUS Briefs: First Look Media unveils distribution heads
The company said on Wednesday that Todd Green has been named senior vice-president of content distribution and licensing and Carrie Lieberman director of content distribution and licensing.
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NewsSony, Reality One form VR alliance
Following the recent appointment of Jake Zim to de facto head of VR, the studio has taken another step to build its credentials in the emerging space.
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NewsGunpowder & Sky acquires FilmBuff
The recently launched Los Angeles-based content creator said on Tuesday it has bought FilmBuff, the pioneering New York-based sales and distribution company.
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NewsCurtis Hanson dies aged 71
The director of L.A. Confidential was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday of what police say was natural causes.
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NewsUS Daily: The Orchard acquires 'Long Nights Short Mornings'
The distributor has picked up all English-speaking digital and ancillary rights from Preferred Content to Chadd Harbold‘s SXSW world premiere.
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NewsSPC picks up 'Paris Can Wait'
Eleanor Coppola’s narrative directorial and screenwriting debut has found its North American home following its recent Toronto world premiere.
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NewsOpen Road acquires Johnny Depp thriller 'Labyrinth'
The distributor has picked up all North American rights and select international rights in territories where it has output deals to the upcoming Good Films thriller, it emerged on Monday.
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NewsUS Daily: Chicago fest unveils full line-up
Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, Garth Davis’ Lion and Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson are among the special presentations set to screen at the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival that runs from October 13-27.
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News'La La Land' wins TIFF audience award
Damien Chazelle’s musical romance starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling was the people’s favourite as the Toronto International Film Festival wrapped on Sunday.
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News'Sully' holds at number one on $22m (update)
SEPTEMBER 19 UPDATE: Good news for Warner Bros saw the Tom Hanks starrer maintain course for $100m in its second week following a modest 37.2% drop as Universal-Working Title’s Bridget Jones’s Baby and Lionsgate’s Blair Witch both flopped.
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NewsToronto 2016 wrap
The biggest deal to emerge during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) came together before the event started, which says a lot about the acquisitions scene these days.
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NewsTIFF: US deals for 'The Journey', 'Heal The Living'
Two more Toronto deals emerged on Friday in a traditional late-festival acquisitions surge.
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NewsCovert Media lines up 'Forty-Six'
Emmy Award-winning cinematographer and director Alik Sakharov is attached to direct the political thriller.
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NewsLionsgate motion picture group co-chair Rob Friedman steps down
The executive has been named special advisor, office of the CEO.
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News'Neruda', 'Toni Erdmann' among GEMS line-up
Pablo Larrain’s Chilean foreign language Oscar submission and Maren Ade’s German submission will screen at Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival GEMS event that runs from October 13-16.
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NewsToronto deals continue to trickle in
Roadside Attractions confirmed on Thursday it had picked up North American rights in Toronto to Lady Macbeth, while Screen Media acquired US on The Bad Batch and Magnolia Pictures took North America on I Am Not Your Negro.
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NewsBritannia honour for Felicity Jones
The Oscar-nominated actor will receive BATFA Los Angeles’ Britannia Award for British Artist Of The Year presented by Burberry in October.
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NewsRyan Kampe gets behind film incubator
EXCLUSIVE: Visit Films founder Ryan Kampe has backed a project incubator called Pretty ____ Ideas to support “original, daring and challenging voices in contemporary cinema”.