All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 570
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NewsMaren Olson joins CAA
The executive arrives from Traction Media and will serve on the Film Finance & Sales Group (FFSG).
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NewsJames Schamus forges China ties
The former Focus Features CEO’s production company Symbolic Exchange has struck a first-look and strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese start-up Meridian Entertainment.
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NewsStarz acquires ‘Tumbledown’ for US
Starz has picked up all US rights to the comedic love story starring Rebecca Hall and Jason Sudeikis.
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NewsTom Cruise starrer ‘Mena’ begins shoot
Production has begun in Georgia on Universal’s action film that reunites Cruise with his Edge Of Tomorrow director Doug Liman.
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NewsTrio on the rise at IFC/Sundance Selects
IFC Films/Sundance Selects announced on Wednesday three key promotions.
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NewsTed Sarandos in Ischia Global Legend Award
Following on from his talk-of-the-town appearance in Cannes, the Netflix chief content officer will attend the Ischia Global Film & Music Fest in Naples, Italy.
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NewsCaleb Deschanel in AFI honour
American Film Institute top brass have chosen Caleb Deschanel to receive the 2015 Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal.
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NewsBroad Green Pictures hires Gail Heaney
The ambitious company has slotted the latest piece of its executive suite jigsaw into place with the hire of Gail Heaney as executive vice-president of media.
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NewsContend bulks up marketing, content suites
Jon Sneider has joined the data-driven content creator and distributor as Chief Marketing Officer and evp of client partnerships and Kate Shepherd has been hired as evp of content.
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NewsCast swells on 'Birth Of A Nation'
Jackie Earle Haley and Mark Boone Jr have joined Nate Parker’s slave drama, currently shooting in Savannah, Georgia.
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Comment‘A Walk In The Woods’ trailer
Broad Green Pictures has issued its latest trailer for the upcoming Bill Bryson adaptation starring the venerable pair of Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.
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NewsTribeca Shortlist SVOD service names president
Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises have hired Jeff Bronikowski as president of the SVOD service that launches later this year.
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NewsProimágenes Colombia chief hails Cannes success
EXCLUSIVE: The head of Colombia’s film support body has praised the success of national films in Cannes after one the most triumphant years ever for Latin American cinema.
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NewsThe Orchard acquires ‘Louder Than Bombs’
Joachim Trier’s drama has become the latest Cannes selection to find a North American home.
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NewsColumbia Pictures, China Film Co ready ‘Wedding’ remake
The partners are moving ahead on their local-language co-production and Chinese remake of the rom-com in a move that will resonate with the global vision of new Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tom Rothman.
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NewsKino Lorber gets ‘The Measure Of A Man’
The distributor has acquired US and Canadian rights to Stephane Brizé’s recent Cannes Competition selection starring the festival’s freshly minted best actor Vincent Lindon.
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NewsMade In NY Media Center by IFP launches new programmes
The Made In NY Media Center by IFP has announced two new programmes to launch this summer: the Creative >> Founder Lab and a workshop series to teach location-based storytelling.
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NewsLAFF unveils free community screenings
On Tuesday the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) top brass announced several free community screenings to take place during the 21st edition of the festival.
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Comment'Southpaw' private screening, Cannes
Mary J Blige joined Jake Gyllenhaal and guests aboard a private yacht in Cannes on Friday for a private screening of Southpaw orchestrated by The Weinstein Company.
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News‘Tomorrowland’ leads Memorial Day on $41.7m
Disney’s George Clooney and Britt Robertson action-adventure from Brad Bird led the charts in a tepid Memorial Day Weekend.