All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 581
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FeaturesBox Office 2015: Summer of slams
Rampaging dinosaurs, Marvel superheroes and animated emotions powered the US box office to its second biggest summer of all time.
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NewsShaun Barber promoted at Lionsgsate
The eight-year company veteran has been promoted to evp and general sales manager of domestic theatrical distribution.
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News'From Afar' among Los Cabos line-up
Top brass have announced the films in official selection at the Mexican festival’s fourth annual edition, set to run from November 11-15.
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NewsParamount, DiCaprio eye VW scandal film
According to reports the studio and DiCaprio’s Appian Way have optioned a four-page book proposal about the ongoing crisis at the German car manufacturer with a view to a feature adaptation.
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NewsNATO unveils new officers
Celebration! Cinemas CEO John D Loeks has been appointed chairman following the annual general meeting of the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) in Washington from October 7-8.
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NewsMusic Box acquires 'Flowers'
The distributor has picked up North American rights from Film Factory Entertainment to Spain’s foreign-language Oscar contender. Separately, Cohen Media Group has acquired 30 films from the Merchant Ivory Productions library .
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News'Tangerine' triumphs in Rio Felix awards
Sean Baker’s transgender drama was named best fiction film as Rio De Janeiro Film Festival top brass celebrated the best LGBTQ films of this year’s festival.
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NewsDon Francisco to receive Precious GEM Award
The Chilean TV personality will collect the inaugural honour on closing night on October 25 of the GEMS Festival hosted by Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival.
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NewsJohn Ridley to direct LA Riots film
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years A Slave will direct from his own script for Broad Green Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
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NewsSundance Institute to Ignite young filmmakers
The Institute announced on Monday its new Sundance Ignite project aimed at aspiring 18-to-24-year-olds.
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NewsBritannia honour for Harrison Ford
The BAFTA LA hierarchy announced on Friday that they will present the star with the Albert R Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution To Entertainment in Los Angeles on October 30.
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NewsVoltage, Brightlight strike five-film deal
Shawn Williamson’s Vancouver-based production company Brightlight Pictures has signed a sales agency agreement with Nicolas Chartier’s Los Angeles-based company that kicks off with Anne Hathaway starrer Colossal.
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Comment'Gold': First-look image
Soaking wet, grizzled Matthew McConaughey and Edgar Ramirez are hatching a crazy plot in the jungle – what’s not to like?
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NewsParamount acquires Alexander Payne’s 'Downsizing'
Matt Damon and Reese Witherspoon will star in the studio’s third collaboration with Payne.
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NewsTWC to re-release 'Southpaw'
Antoine Fuqua’s boxing drama returns to US screens on October 2 as Harvey Weinstein steps up his Oscar push for Jake Gyllenhaal.
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News'Valentine' among ACI MIPCOM slate
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based American Cinema International (ACI) heads to Cannes with a slate led by Love Finds You in Valentine starring Michaela McManus and Diogo Morgado.
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NewsStephen Fingleton is focus of BAFTA Brits To Watch
BAFTA in partnership with the British Council will present the director of The Survivalist to the US industry at two bi-coastal events next week.
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NewsNHK to adapt Ukraine's 'The Sniffer'
Heading into MIPCOM Japan’s NHK has signed a deal to adapt Ukrainian production company FILM.UA’s detective series.
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NewsTribeca Shortlist streaming service launches
The platform created by Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises costs $4.99 a month until the end of the year rising to $5.99 in 2016.
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NewsNFI to release 'Living Dark'
New Films International (NFI) has set a theatrical and VOD launch for horror title Living Dark: The Story Of Ted The Caver.