All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 476
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NewsThomas Tull exits Legendary Entertainment
The founder, chairman and CEO of the Wanda-owned creator of such tentpoles as the Dark Knight trilogy and March release Kong: Skull Island has resigned.
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News'Passengers' leads Hollywood at international box office on $33m (update)
JANUARY 17 UPDATE: The sci-fi delivered the best result of Hollywood releases this weekend, scoring an estimated $32.5m from 65 markets to reach $147.1m.
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NewsMundial swoops on Sundance World Cinema Dramatic pair
EXCLUSIVE: The Latino film sales subsidiary of IM Global heads to Park City this week with worldwide rights to Don’t Swallow My Heart Alligator Girl! and I Dream In Another Language.
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NewsUS Briefs: Edward Norton, Bella Thorne, Jim Gaffigan join 'The Guardian Brothers'
The Weinstein Company announced on Tuesday additions to the voice cast of its adaptation of Alibaba Pictures’ The Little Door Gods.
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NewsThe Match Factory to sell Sundance title 'Axolotl Overkill'
EXCLUSIVE: Helene Hegemann’s debut feature will receive its world premiere in Park City on Friday in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
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News'XXX: Return Of Xander Cage' in strong India bow
Paramount executives reported on Monday that the Vin Diesel action release has delivered the eleventh biggest Hollywood launch of all time on the sub-continent.
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NewsBreaking Glass acquires 'Fair Haven'
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has picked up North American rights to Kerstin Karlhuber’s LGBT feature debut.
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NewsNews Briefs: Devilworks readies EFM slate
The UK-based genre film sales company has assembled a line-up for Berlin that includes Incontrol and Population Zero.
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News'Rogue One' becomes top grossing US film released in 2016 (update)
Lucasfilm’s Star Wars stand-alone overtook Finding Dory in a weekend that saw Hidden Figures hold on to number one in its fourth session.
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News'Toni Erdmann' wins FIPRESCI prize at Palm Springs
Maren Ade’s German Oscar submission took one of the top prizes at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsSony Entertainment chief Michael Lynton to leave for Snapchat
News of the first major studio departure of the year came on Friday as Sony’s corporate executive officer and CEO of Sony Entertainment announced his exit.
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NewsVertical Entertainment acquires Sundance entry 'Berlin Syndrome'
The distributor has picked up North American theatrical rights to Cate Shortland’s psychological thriller ahead of its world premiere in Park City on January 20.
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NewsUS Briefs: Gugu Mbatha-Raw to star in 'Fast Color'
LD Entertainment’s Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon are joining forces with Original Headquarters’ Jordan Horowitz on the original thriller.
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NewsLucasfilm will not digitally recreate Princess Leia
Star Wars franchise producer and Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy and her cohorts have settled the debate over whether the character will be prolonged beyond this year’s December release of Episode VIII.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to handle sales on 'The Promise'
Nick Meyer and his team have boarded Terry George’s drama starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale.
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NewsChelsea Barnard to head film at Annapurna Pictures
Founder and CEO Megan Ellison announced on Thursday that she has promoted Barnard to president of film.
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NewsUS Briefs: Melissa Wohl to head FilmRise sales
Wohl most recently served as senior vice-president of worldwide distribution at Content Media and will spearhead sales on 16-24 new theatrical titles this year and digital releases.
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NewsCristal Pictures ramps up production team
Nick D’Angelo, who most recently served as vice-president of production at Fox 2000, has joined the Los Angeles-based film finance and production company.
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NewsNickel City closes investment, hires Mark Fasano
The Los Angeles and New York-based production company, Nickel City Pictures has brought on the former PalmStar Media executive as partner and president of production.
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News'Lion' in surprise DGA 2017 nod
The Birth Of A Nation director Nate Parker and Deadpool helmer Tim Miller on first-time directors list.