All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 556
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NewsSPC throws 'Truth' into awards ring
The ‘Rathergate’ drama starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett will open in New York and Los Angeles on October 16.
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NewsIFC Midnight acquires '#Horror'
Tara Subkoff’s genre film stars Chloe Sevigny, Tim Hutton, Natasha Lyonne, Balthazar Getty and Taryn Manning, among others.
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NewsCinedigm appoints four to board
The distributor announced on Friday that Blair Westlake, Andy Schuon, Zvi Rhine and Patrick O’Brien have joined as independent directors and will serve on the board, effective immediately.
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NewsGary Oldman joins STX sci-fi romance
Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino and Britt Robertson have also joined the untitled intergalactic love story that Peter Chelsom will direct.
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NewsCourt approves $9.5m Relativity loan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has granted permission for the bankrupt company to pay staff and maintain day-to-day operations.
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NewsWorld prepares for 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation arrives in 40 territories day-and-date with North America in an opening salvo that should result in a new weekend champion.
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NewsRelativity files for bankruptcy
Ryan Kavanaugh’s embattled studio ended months of speculation on Thursday, initiating a voluntary Chapter 11 filing it said would allow it to strengthen the balance sheet and recapitalise.
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NewsDavid Glasser to exit TWC
The seven-year veteran who arrived in September 2008 to head the international division and climbed to president and COO has resigned and will leave in November.
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News'Beasts Of No Nation' to open in Landmark venues
Netflix, Bleecker Street and Landmark announced a partnership on Thursday that will put Netflix’s first original film in 19 of the US exhibitor’s markets.
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NewsKino Lorber acquires 'Arabian Nights'
The distributor has picked up North American rights to Miguel Gomes’ six-hour trilogy about social and economic woes in Portugal.
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NewsRegal rejects Paramount windows experiment
The largest exhibitor in the US has declined to take part in Paramount’s bid to shorten the traditional 90-day window between theatrical and home entertainment viewing.
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NewsNew Regency closes $200m financing
The new capital commitments will support the upcoming pipeline and as well as TV growth.
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NewsHBO, Russell Simmons strike first-look pact
HBO has struck a first-look deal with Russell Simmons’ new All Def Digital (ADD) for what the parties called a wide range of television projects.
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NewsPope visit delays NYFF opening night
The New York Film Festival (NYFF) world premiere screening of The Walk has been moved back one day to September 26 in anticipation of the Pontiff’s visit to the city.
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NewsCat Power to narrate Janis Joplin doc
The musician also known as Chan Marshall has boarded Janis ahead of the film’s out-of-competition world premiere in Venice. Content holds worldwide rights.
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NewsAwards posse get US release dates
Room, Secret In Their Eyes and Carol have been dated for the autumn corridor as their distributors bolster the films’ awards credentials.
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Comment'Becoming Bulletproof' to get US release
A multiple award-winning documentary about the making of a Western shot entirely with a cast of actors living with disability is to start a limited run in New York this autumn.
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NewsAlex Ranarivelo to direct 'Running Wild'
Forrest Lucas and Ali Afshar of newly launched ESX Entertainment made the announcement on Wednesday.
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NewsRelativity lays off 75 employees
A spokesperson for the beleaguered company confirmed the development on Wednesday as speculation mounted that there would be an imminent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
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CommentEarly awards hopefuls plant flags
New York and Venice had each set sail into awards season amid a squall of potent announcements by the time Toronto entered the fray on Tuesday with a flotilla of programming highlights.