All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 527
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News'Why We’re Killing Gunther' heads to Cannes
Arnold Schwarzenegger will play an arrogant hitman who gets targeted by rivals in the action comedy from MadRiver Pictures.
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NewsGlobalgate Entertainment targets local-language production market
The studio has partnered on a worldwide local-language venture with Pantelion Films CEO Paul Presburger, Lionsgate senior advisor William Pfeiffer and former president of Worldview Entertainment motion pictures group Clifford Werber.
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NewsMongrel International boards 'The Fixer' for Cannes
Charlotte Mickie and her team will kick off sales on the Croisette on Ian Olds’ recent Tribeca winner.
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NewsFilm Sales Company to sell 'Midnight Return'
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Herwitz has picked up worldwide sales rights to Cannes Classics selection Midnight Return: The Story Of Billy Hayes And Turkey.
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NewsBrad Weston exits New Regency
The president and CEO is to depart the financer-producer on the back of the $500m-plus global success of triple Oscar-winner The Revenant, the company has confirmed.
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NewsVoltage Pictures picks up sales on 'Status Update'
Voltage Pictures will kick off sales in Cannes on the Millennials-skewing story from Offspring Entertainment and Canada’s Brightlight Pictures, with whom Voltage has a three-year production and distribution pact.
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NewsDi Bonaventura Pictures, Caliber Media to reimagine 'Puppet Master'
The partners have optioned rights to develop a new take on Charles Band’s cult horror franchise.
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News'Embers', 'The Lennon Report' triumph at Newport Beach Film Festival
Claire Carré’s Embers scooped best feature film in the juried awards as the southern California festival came to an end.
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NewsSeville International to handle sales on 'Hana’s Suitcase'
The Cannes-bound project is based on Ken Scott’s adaptation of the post-WWII non-fiction book by Karen Levine.
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NewsUS Briefs: AFI to honour Quentin Tarantino, Rita Moreno
Plus: Spiderworx Media unveils $50m fund; Kristen Stewart to direct short for Refinery29; and more…
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NewsFiGa Films Cannes-bound with 'El Amparo'
EXCLUSIVE: Sandro Florin’s US-based sales agency will introduce the Venezuela-Colombia co-production to international buyers in Cannes later this month.
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NewsLionsgate International, J. A. Bayona prepare 'Marrowbone'
EXCLUSIVE: A Monster Calls and The Impossible director J.A. Bayona is reteaming with Lionsgate International as executive producer on the upcoming Cannes sales title Marrowbone.
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News'The Jungle Book' king of North America on $44m
MAY 2 UPDATE: Disney’s live action hit held on to top berth for its third and almost certainly final weekend following a 29% decline that saw it add a confirmed $43.7m.
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NewsAndrew Niccol’s 'Anon' heads to Cannes
Sierra/Affinity heads to the Croisette with international rights to the sci-fi thriller to star Clive Owen and Amanda Seyfried.
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NewsVisit Films notches up sales on quartet
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales company has concluded North American and key international deals on Greek director Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ Rotterdam and SXSW selection Suntan, among others.
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NewsPenelope Cruz to star in Fortitude’s 'Layover'
Nadine de Barros and her team will kick off sales in Cannes on the idiosyncratic road movie.
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NewsAlicia Vikander to star in 'Tomb Raider'
The Oscar effect kicked in on Thursday as the Swedish star landed the Lara Croft role in the upcoming action-adventure from MGM, Warner Bros and GK Films.
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NewsAMBI boards 'Basmati Blues'
AMBI Distribution has come on to represent international rights in Cannes to the musical starring Oscar-winner Brie Larson.
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NewsLakeshore, Open Road partner on 'Miles'
Oliver Daly will direct the project based on his short film about a teenager’s life-changing encounter with a military robot prototype.
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NewsBleiberg Cannes-bound with Nate Parker film
Ehud Bleiberg and Nick Donnermeyer will introduce worldwide buyers on the Croisette to BB Film Productions and Bleiberg Entertainment’s globetrotting heist project Predilection.