All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 511
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CommentGoogle’s Spotlight Stories comes to Annecy
Virtual reality and immersive story-telling are all the rage and the Annecy Animation Festival is about to offer a taste when Google premieres a short from its Spotlight Stories series.
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NewsUS Briefs: FilmBuff snaps up 'Don’t Worry Baby'
The US rights deal will see the distributor release the paternity dramedy theatrically and across all major VOD platforms starting July 22.
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News'Girl Asleep', 'Captain Fantastic' among Seattle winners
The Seattle International Film Festival presented its award winners on June 12 as the 25-day event drew to a close after screening featured 421 films representing 85 countries.
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News'Conjuring 2' sparkles on $40.4m; 'Warcraft' lacks magic
JUNE 13 UPDATE: New Line’s horror sequel ruled the orcs over the weekend in North America as The Conjuring 2 opened top on a confirmed $40.4m and Warcraft arrived in second place on a dismal $24.4m.
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NewsUS Briefs: Sundance Institute receives two grants from Academy
Plus: Grasshopper Film acquires Lost And Beautiful
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NewsCinema Guild acquires 'The Death Of Louis XIV'
Cinema Guild has acquired US rights from Capricci Films to Albert Serra’s recent Cannes selection and plans an early 2017 theatrical debut.
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NewsWell Go USA Entertainment boards 'Train To Busan'
The distributor has pounced on North American rights to Yeon Sang-ho’s zombie apocalypse thriller that played at Midnight Screenings in Cannes.
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NewsOpen Road picks up Chadwick Boseman starrer 'Marshall'
Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, James Cromwell, Sterling K. Brown and Keesha Sharp have joined the cast led by one of Hollywood’s hottest rising stars as legendary attorney and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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News'Warcraft' crosses $100m in China
While Legendary will not update the fantasy adventure’s running total until Saturday, the film’s trajectory on the mainland in its first two days means it will have soared past the milestone on Friday.
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News'Political Animals' triumphs in LAFF awards
The film from Jonah Markowitz and Tracy Wares eatned the documentary award and the audience documentary award.
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NewsPartners launch 50° North Productions
The McLean Group’s Vancouver Film Studios (VFS) and EveryWhere Studios announced on Thursday the launch of the Canadian television and film studio with full in-house production capability.
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NewsFilms We Like acquires 'Porcupine Lake'
Toronto-based Films We Like has picked up Canadian rights to Ingrid Veninger’s upcoming drama.
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NewsNetflix acquires 'Where The Road Runs Out'
The streaming giant has picked up US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand rights from Fairway Film Alliance to the first film to shoot in Equatorial Guinea.
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NewsUS Briefs: Sony to re-release 'Ali' this weekend
Plus: Fathom Events, Warner Bros plots Batman: The Killing Joke release; and more…
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News'Warcraft' scores record $46m China opening day
Legendary and Universal Pictures offered the latest proof if any were needed on Wednesday of why industry experts believe the territory will become the biggest box office market on the planet by 2017.
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News13 Films reports Cannes rush for 'Extortion', 'Manhattan Nocturne'
EXCLUSIVE: President Tannaz Anisi and her team have returned from the Croisette following a slew of deals on two of the company’s prestige titles.
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News'Moving Parts' kicks off Trinidad & Tobago shoot
Production is underway in the Caribbean island nation on the personal drama from Trinidad-based, US director Emilie Upczak.
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NewsDark Sky Films, Snowfort Pictures begin 'Mohawk' shoot
The partners have set up writer-director Ted Geoghegan’s follow-up to horror hit We Are Still Here.
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NewsUS Briefs: Lionsgate dates 'Wonder', 'Granite Mountain'
Plus: Mackenzie Davis joins Blade Runner sequel; and more…
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NewsUniversal pushes 'The Grinch' back to 2018
Universal has moved the upcoming Illumination Entertainment Benedict Cumberbatch starrer Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas from November 10, 2017, to November 9, 2018.