All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 591
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News'San Andreas' crosses $100m
The disaster tentpole has reached $100m heading into a second weekend expected to deliver solid holds for Warner Bros Pictures International and the promise of mighty debuts in China and South Korea.
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NewsCinedigm acquires US rights to ‘Life’
Anton Corbijn’s drama starring Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson premiered in Berlin last February and will open on theatrical, digital and VOD platforms in autumn.
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News‘All I See Is You’ begins shoot
Marc Forster has commenced principal photography in Thailand on the psychological thriller starring Blake Lively and Jason Clarke.
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NewsOpen Road, Marlon Wayans, IM Global reunite on spoof
The distributor has come on to handle US rights to Fifty Shades Of Black, the upcoming spoof from Marlon Wayans that IM Global introduced to buyers in Cannes last month.
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NewsSanta Barbara festival sets 2016 dates
Executive director Roger Durling of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled the run dates for next year’s 31st edition.
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NewsLorenzo Soria elected HFPA president
The Italian journalist for L’Espresso and La Stampa has been voted in for the 2015-16 term, effective July 1.
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CommentFest director finds home for his 'Crooked Candy'
Andrew Rodgers is a man of many talents. The director of the RiverRun International Film Festival and former Chicago Tribune journalist has secured summer DVD and VOD releases for his short documentary.
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NewsMusic Box rocks to Twisted Sister doc
The Chicago-based distributor has acquired rights to Andrew Horn’s documentary We Are Twisted Fucking Sister, while in a separate deal monterey media has picked up North American rights to Forever.
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NewsAMBI Pictures bulks up ‘Rupture’ cast
Peter Stormare, Kerry Bishé, Lesley Manville and Ari Millen have joined Noomi Rapace and Michael Chiklis on the sci-fi adventure thriller that began shooting in Toronto on Tuesday.
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NewsOpen Road, Riverstone strike pact
Open Road Films has corralled a finance partner to build its home-grown slate over the “coming years”, kicking off with the previously announced Sleepless Night.
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NewsAmplify Releasing picks up ‘Tom At The Farm’
Xavier Dolan’s psychosexual thriller has found a US home and will open on August 14.
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Comment'The Good Dinosaur' teaser
Disney/Pixar have posted the UK teaser trailer for their upcoming release, which arrives in the UK on November 27, two days after the US launch.
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News‘Ultron’ crosses $900m mark
Disney executives said on Tuesday that Avengers: Age Of Ultron has overtaken the $895m final international box office of The Avengers.
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NewsFelipe Martinez Amador to direct ‘Nobles’ remake for Dynamo
The Colombian writer-director will tackle the Mexican comedy hot Nosotros Los Nobles for Dynamo Producciones.
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News‘The Green Inferno’ to get US release
EXCLUSIVE: Eli Roth’s Amazonian horror will finally get a US theatrical release two years after its world premiere in Toronto thanks to a collaboration between Blumhouse Production’s BH Tilt, Universal Pictures and High Top Releasing.
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NewsBob Berney joins Amazon Studios
The independent cinema guru arrives at the company as head of movies distribution and marketing while former ABC digital executive Albert Cheng is named COO.
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NewsLotus Entertainment goes on ‘Parents Weekend’
Jim Seibel and Bill Johnson’s company will finance and handle international sales after acquiring Peter Scott’s spec R-rated comedy screenplay.
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NewsEoin Macken enters ‘The Forest’
The actor from current Sony/NBC series The Night Shift joins Natalie Dormer and Taylor Kinney on Lava Bear’s supernatural thriller.
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NewsColin Morgan joins 'The Rising'
The lead in BBC and Syfy’s Merlin and a cast regular on Humans has been cast in the Irish historical thriller that is scheduled to shoot in winter 2015/16.
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NewsBlue Ice Docs acquires ‘Dense City’
The distributor acquired Canadian theatrical, television and digital rights to the documentary in pitch form at the recent Hot Docs Forum.