All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 544
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News'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' storms China on $86m
SEPT 14 UPDATED: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation set the Chinese box office alight with a confirmed $85.8m from 5,500 venues that propelled the international running total past $400m.
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FeaturesTIFF 2015: Dev Patel talks 'The Man Who Knew Infinity'
The star of HBO’s The Newsroom and Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie will next be seen in the Toronto world premiere of The Man Who Knew Infinity, playing a poor Brahmin maths prodigy from South India who became a Fellow of the Royal Society and Trinity College.
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NewsFilmSharks unveils 'Kóblic' deals
EXCLUSIVE: Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has closed key deals on thriller Kóblic starring Ricardo Darin from Goya-winning director Sebastián Borensztein.
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NewsCMG closes Toronto deals on 'Ping Pong Rabbit'
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Noeltner’s sales company has announced key sales on Mili Pictures’ animation directed by Oscar nominee Mike Johnson and Song Yuefeng.
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NewsProduction begins on doc 'McLaren'
EXCLUSIVE: Roger Donaldson’s documentary is the second film in the official venture between XYZ-GFC backed by the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC).
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NewsTIFF talents lay down awards season markers
Awards season is in its infancy and there are plenty of known unknowns to come, however that has not stopped early buzz coalescing around a cluster of early acting contenders.
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NewsFrance shoot wraps on Diane Lane starrer 'Bonjour Anne'
The American Zoetrope and Lifetime Films drama starring Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard and featuring Alec Baldwin has wrapped production in the south of France.
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FeaturesMichael Luisi, WWE Studios
The president of WWE Studios, the film subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, is in Toronto scouring the ground for titles.
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NewsEuropaCorp, FilmNation partner on 'Miss Sloane'
The companies will jointly produce the political thriller starring Jessica Chastain.
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NewsMPDR launches .film domain name to tackle piracy
Melbourne-based Motion Picture Domain Registry (MPDR) has launched the .film domain dedicated exclusively to film content.
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NewsParamount acquires 'Florence Foster Jenkins'
The studio has swooped in Toronto and will distribute Stephen Frears’ drama in the US while Pathe handles the UK and France.
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NewsMyriad launches TIFF sales on 'The Last Word'
Myriad Pictures announced in Toronto it will finance and handle international sales on the comedy-drama to star Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried.
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NewsArclight closes key sales on 'A Few Less Men'
The company has secured a raft of key sales on the comedy follow-up to A Few Best Men and announced from Toronto an October 26 production start in Western Australia.
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NewsWillem Dafoe, Alfred Molina join Voltage’s The Headhunter’s Calling
Voltage Pictures and Gerard Butler announced the casting on Mark Williams’ feature directorial debut and Toronto sales title.
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NewsTwo dead in plane crash on Tom Cruise movie 'Mena'
Two members of the crew on the Tom Cruise crime thriller have died after their light aircraft crashed in the Colombian Andes on Friday.
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NewsSPC to release 'The Bronze' in North America
In the ongoing fallout from the Relativity bankruptcy, Sony Pictures Classics will distribute Bryan Buckley’s Sundance hit in North America.
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NewsDouble Dutch International to sell 'Metanoia'
Double Dutch International (DDI) announced in Toronto it has acquired worldwide sales to the biopic and attached Michael Gambon to join David Tennant on the cast.
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NewsAlchemy acquires North American rights to 'Zeroville'
In a preemptive swoop, the distributor has picked up James Franco’s dramedy about a young man obsessed with cinema who rises through the ranks in 1970s Hollywood.
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NewsMyriad Pictures starts TIFF sales on 'Touched With Fire'
EXCLUSIVE: The Santa Monica-based financing, production and distribution company is in Toronto handling international sales on the SXSW selection starring Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby.
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NewsPure Flix, Mongrel Media strike output deal
EXCLUSIVE: The US faith-based distributor, in Toronto with Woodlawn, has signed an output deal with the Canadian art house specialist.