All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 492
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News'Inferno' up in flames on $14.9m US launch (update)
OCTOBER 31 UPDATE: Sony’s latest episode in the adventures of Robert Landgdon starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones fizzled out at the box office with a dismal confirmed $14.9m debut in 3,576 theatres.
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NewsAFM: Tom Hardy to star in Al Capone film 'Fonzo'
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Walton’s Bloom has introduced a major project on the eve of the market, injecting life into what has been an unusually slow build-up.
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NewsAFM: The Weinstein Company to introduce horror 'Polaroid'
EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company will begin sales in Santa Monica on the upcoming feature version of Lars Klevberg’s horror short.
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NewsSTX to grow production capabilities through The Young Astronauts deal
The Burbank-based company announced on Friday a deal with the Toronto interactive media producers to partner on original short-form content for music, celebrity talent and brands.
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NewsAFM: Rebecca Ferguson joins 'The Lady And The Panda'
The Exchange CEO Brian O’Shea has announced casting on the UK-China co-production ahead of the Santa Monica market next week.
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NewsAFM: Concourse Film Trade picks up 'Grass Stains'
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts’ company has acquired worldwide rights to the drama from Haven Entertainment and Bow and Arrow Entertainment starring Tye Sheridan and Kaitlyn Dever.
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NewsNorth American Briefs: 'Split' joins AFI FEST Special Screening roster
M. Night Shyamalan’s horror thriller stars James McAvoy as a kidnapper with multiple personalities.
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FeaturesRoger Mainwood, 'Ethel & Ernest'
The director talks about what it took to bring the latest Raymond Briggs story to the big screen ahead of the AFM and this weekend’s launch in the UK through Universal.
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News'Moonlight' finds French distributor
EXCLUSIVE: A24 has closed a key deal on Barry Jenkins’s awards season heavyweight.
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News'Doctor Strange' to cast spell over global box office
Marvel Studios’ latest adaptation starring Benedict Cumberbatch will almost certainly usurp Jack Reacher: Never Go Back when it launches via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International this weekend.
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NewsAFM: Casey Affleck to star in 'Villain'
Sierra/Affinity is launching sales next week on Black Bear Pictures’ crime drama to star this season’s Oscar frontrunner.
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News'Patriots Day' lands AFI FEST closing night slot
In another coup for a festival that has been growing in prestige, CBS Films’ potential awards contender starring Mark Wahlberg will close the event on November 17.
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NewsUS Briefs: 20th Century Fox chief comms officer to leave
Chris Petrikin, chief communications officer for 20th Century Fox, will leave the studio at the end of the year.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn, AMBI to release 'This Beautiful Fantastic'
Samuel Goldwyn Films and AMBI Group will partner on the US theatrical release of Simon Aboud’s drama starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
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NewsAFM: Shoreline signs up for 'Bad Kids Of Crestview Academy'
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Astin and Gina Gershon star in the tongue-in-cheek mystery thriller sequel.
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NewsAFM: Fortitude International boards 'Coup D’Etat'
EXCLUSIVE: Fortitude boards satirical comedy starring Michael Caine, Odeya Rush, Katie Holmes, Jason Biggs and Seth Green.
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NewsAndrew Cripps appointed to key Fox distribution role
The industry veteran currently serves as president of IMAX International and is expected to join the studio in January 2017.
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News13 Films hires Greg Schenz as vice-president
The former Endgame executive Greg Schenz has joined the sales and finance company and will spearhead financing and packaging of film and television projects.
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NewsUS Briefs: Well Go USA acquires 'Buster’s Mal Heart'
The distributor has picked up North American and select international rights to Sarah Adina Smith’s recent Toronto premiere.
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NewsSeville International boards 'Pyewacket' for AFM
The Canadian sales company heads to the Santa Monica market with worldwide rights to the occult horror film starring Laurie Holden.