All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 497
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NewsXYZ Films promotes Scott Freije
EXCLUSIVE: The executive becomes part of an expanded sales division in the run-up to next month’s AFM in Santa Monica.
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NewsKevin Hoiseth to head sales at Concourse Media
Co-founders Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts have hired the executive, who most recently served at International Film Trust.
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NewsCFO shuffle at Participant Media, TWC
Andy Kim has joined Participant Media as CFO from The Weinstein Company, where David Hutkin has been promoted to fill the position.
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NewsNate Parker addresses past in '60 Minutes' interview
In a wide-ranging interview on CBS that aired in the US on Sunday, the star and creator of Oscar contender The Birth Of A Nation answered direct questions about the 1999 rape allegation that resurfaced in the media in August.
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NewsMiles Teller joins Unified’s 'Aardvark'
The actor has boarded the voice cast in the lead role as Gilbert in The Ark And The Aardvark, Keith Kjarval’s company confirmed on Monday.
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NewsUS Briefs: Sundance unveils Episodic Story Lab selections
Plus: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross to score ‘Patriots Day’
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News'Miss Peregrine' rules North American charts on $29m (update)
Fox’s children’s fantasy tale starring Eva Green debuted at number one over the weekend, while Lionsgate-Summit’s Deepwater Horizon secured second place and Buena Vista’s Queen Of Katwe burst into the top ten.
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NewsUS Briefs: Steve Golin sells piece of Anonymous Content
The management and production company behind the likes of Spotlight, The Revenant, and Mr. Robot has received “a substantial minority investment” from Emerson Collective.
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Comment'Rules Don't Apply' director Warren Beatty on reboots, Trump
The Hollywood legend took to online form Reddit on Thursday as a new trailer dropped for his latest directorial outing and admitted he could see a president portray him if there were ever a biopic of his life.
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NewsHuahua Media, Shanghai Film Group invest in 'Jack Reacher' sequel
Paramount Pictures hierarchy announced on Friday that a joint venture of the Chinese companies has made “a significant investment” in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
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NewsSPC picks up multiple territories on 'Maudie'
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in the US as well as the UK and Latin America to Aisling Walsh’s recent Telluride world premiere starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke.
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NewsFox Searchlight acquires 'A United Kingdom'
The studio on Friday confirmed the acquisition of North American rights to Amma Asante’s film that recently premiered in Toronto and will open the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday (October 5).
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NewsFox unleashes 'Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children'
The children’s fantasy feature starring Eva Green debuts in approximately 65 territories this weekend day-and-date with North America.
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NewsUS Briefs: Fire At Sea to screen at Morelia's Berlinale Spotlight
Plus: Samuel Goldwyn acquires Nerdland; Academy unveils Nicholl Fellows
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NewsMGM Television acquires 'The Heart Goes Last'
The company will adapt the 2015 Margaret Atwood novel in a deal that further strengthens its ties to the Canadian novellist.
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NewsNational Amusements proposes CBS-Viacom merger
Sumner Redstone’s majority owner of CBS and Viacom, the parent company of Paramount Pictures, on Thursday said it has asked the boards of both companies to consider a merger.
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NewsLejo Pet to lead Open Road acquisitions
The executive has joined as senior vice-president of acquisitions and will oversee all aspects of the division.
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FeaturesJason Jeffers and Jonathan Ali, Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival
The founder of the inaugural Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival and his friend, director of programming, preview this week’s event.
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NewsAlejandro G. Iñárritu, Legendary team on VR short
Oscar winners Iñárritu and his frequent cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki are diving into the virtual reality medium with a piece about a group of immigrants and refugees crossing the Mexico-US border.
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NewsMGM International Television Distribution sets Mipcom slate
The company will be in Cannes touting a roster that includes new drama series The Handmaid’s Tale and Get Shorty, as well as the new season of Fargo and features such as The Magnificent Seven and Me Before You.