All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 589
-
NewsRightsTrade, BondIt strike deal
Steven Polster’s online film and television market has signed a strategic partnership with the entertainment financing firm to provide upfront liquidity from online licensing agreements.
-
NewsCinema Management Group hires John Buffalo
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Noeltner has beefed up his sales force coming off a slew of sales on Toronto selection Born To Dance and other titles.
-
NewsAnne Hathaway joins 'The Shower'
The Oscar winner will produce and star in Andrew Lauren Productions’ subversive comedy based on Jac Schaeffer’s Black List screenplay.
-
NewsSeville International to sell 'Parched' at Toronto
Vice-president of international sales Anick Poirier has assembled a sales slate that includes five festival selections including the world premiere of Leena Yadav’s tale of four ordinary women in India.
-
News'Hyena Road', 'Beeba Boys' bookend Atlantic Film Festival
Paul Gross’ war film Hyena Road will open the 35th annual edition in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from September 17-24.
-
NewsUniversal sets North American box office record
The studio continued to sweep aside all before it on Wednesday as executives announced an industry-high $2.113bn with four months still to go.
-
NewsMCC, Paul Hanson launch Covert Media
The co-founder and former COO of QED International has teamed up with Media Content Capital on the production, financing and distribution company.
-
News'Truth' to open Hamptons fest
James Vanderbilt’s ‘Rathergate’ scandal drama starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford will open the 23rd annual event on October 8.
-
NewsContent boards John Hawkes noir 'Too Late'
Content Media has acquired international sales to Dennis Hauck’s neo-noir detective thriller and will host a private buyers screening in Toronto.
-
NewsArsenal Pictures boards 'Stone Cold Jane Austen'
EXCLUSIVE: Heading into Toronto Arsenal Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the film about the South African punk rockers.
-
NewsAnnie McDonough rises at Falco Ink
Janice Roland and Shannon Treusch, partners at the film, TV and digital content PR specialists, announced the promotion on Tuesday.
-
NewsSPC to release 'The Meddler'
The distributor will schedule a North American release on the family drama starring Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne and JK Simmons.
-
NewsPartners plot 'Shield Of Straw' remake
All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW) and Japanese partner Nippon Television (Nippon TV) are teaming with Chris and Paul Weitz’s production company Depth Of Field on an English-language remake of the Takashi Miike’s thriller.
-
NewsMundial to launch sales on 'Semana Santa'
EXCLUSIVE: The sales agent will introduce worldwide buyers to Alejandra Márquez Abella’s Mexican feature directorial debut ahead of its September 10 world premiere in Toronto.
-
NewsAMBI Distribution hires Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard Rose
Heading into Toronto the former president of international sales and distribution at Voltage Pictures will serve as a consultant, effective immediately.
-
NewsWell Go USA acquires 'Lost In Hong Kong'
The deal has triggered a September 25 day-and-date release that will see the distributor open the film in North America on the same day as its Chinese launch.
-
NewsTomas Jegeus to head Fox International Productions
The studio has recruited from within to fill the vacancy left by Sanford Panitch’s departure to Sony and appointed its former co-president of worldwide theatrical marketing and distribution.
-
News'The Late Bloomer' begins Los Angeles shoot
Los Angeles-based Eclectic Pictures and Ineffable Pictures have begun production on Kevin Pollak’s feature directorial debut.
-
NewsToronto unveils Discovery, TIFF KIDS
Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20) has completed its line-up with the Discovery, New Wave TIFF Kids and In Conversation With… strands and has confirmed the return of Festival Street.
-
NewsAMPAS votes on student winners
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced its 15 winners of the 42nd Student Academy Awards competition.