All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 549
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NewsVisit Films unveils Venice, TIFF slate
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe and his New York-based team head into the fall festival season with a raft of new acquisitions led by a worldwide deal excluding Australia/New Zealand on Venice premiere Tanna.
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News'Songs From The North', 'The Man & Le Mans' find US homes
Kino Lorber has picked up all North American rights to Soon-Mi Yoo’s Songs From The North, while in a separate deal FilmRise will distribute Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans in the US.
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NewsContent adds 'Youth In Oregon' to Toronto slate
President of film Jamie Carmichael and head of sales Harry White will debut footage from the road trip comedy in Toronto after coming on to handle international sales.
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NewsNicholas Hoult to star in 'Rebel In The Rye'
Bloom will kick off international sales in Toronto next week for Black Label Media and Bruce Cohen Productions. CAA represents North American rights.
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NewsFox Searchlight hires production ace Anikah McLaren
The new arrival will serve as svp of production under president Claudia Lewis from September 1.
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NewsBreaking Glass acquires 'Steel'
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has moved on US rights to Sven J Matten’s LGBT psychological drama.
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NewsConstantin fantasy show to debut at MIPCOM
The German powerhouse is having another crack at part of Cassandra Clare’s bestselling series The Mortal Instruments and will launch sales in October on the drama series Shadowhunters.
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NewsWes Craven dies aged 76
The prolific filmmaker who revolutionised horror with wry takes on the genre like the Scream franchise and A Nightmare On Elm Street died on Sunday from brain cancer.
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News'Compton' stays top in US on $13.1m
AUGUST 31 UPDATE: With no real pretenders to usurp it, Universal’s Straight Outta Compton held on to top berth for the third consecutive weekend and climbed to $134m.
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NewsPPI pair cross $300m international
AUGUST 31 UPDATE: The seemingly indestructible Terminator: Genisys generated $23.6m from 25 markets and climbed to $320.1m and $409.5m worldwide.
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NewsBryce Dallas Howard joins 'Gold'
Hot off the global summer smash Jurassic World, the actress has joined the adventure from Black Bear Pictures and HWY 61 currently shooting in New Mexico.
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NewsDiane Nelson to head Warner Bros Consumer Products
Diane Nelson has added oversight of Warner Bros Consumer Products to her responsibilities as president of DC Entertainment and president and chief content officer of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment.
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FeaturesKen Kwapis talks 'A Walk In The Woods'
The adaptation of Bill Bryson’s account of the Appalachian Trail brings Robert Redford and Nick Nolte together on screen for the first time since Redford’s 2012 thriller The Company You Keep.
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NewsLionsgate teams up on video game adaptation 'Borderlands'
The studio is partnering with the game’s publisher and creators Gearbox Software and Take-Two Interactive Software’s 2K as well as producers Avi and Ari Arad.
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NewsIncoming IFTA chair attacks DSM
EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of his third term as the trade association’s chairman, Michael Ryan has fired a broadside at European Commission proposals for a Digital Single Market.
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NewsSpike Lee, Debbie Reynolds, Gena Rowlands in Governors Awards
The Academy board of governors announced on Thursday three special honours ahead of the Academy’s 7th Annual Governors Awards on November 14.
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News'By The Sea' to open AFI FEST
The Los Angeles festival has weighed into awards season with an eye-catching world premiere slot for Angelina Jolie Pitt’s marriage drama.
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NewsTim Roth joins 'The Brits Are Coming'
New cast additions to the film, currently shooting in New York, include Parker Posey, Maggie Q, Alice Eve, Stephen Fry and Sofia Vergara. Fortitude International handles international sales.
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NewsPPI eyes further gains for 'Genisys'
Paramount Pictures International executives will look for another strong international weekend following last weekend’s one-two punch.
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FeaturesToronto 2015: Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director
Artistic director Cameron Bailey tells Screen about Toronto’s ‘perfect’ opening-night film, Demolition, and the festival’s tweaks to its Telluride policy.