All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 595
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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.
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NewsTelefilm Canada pledges C$8.1m for 14 films
The funding body’s Canada Feature Film Fund allocation applies to the 2014-15 cycle and includes films from Kim Nguyen and features actors such as Dane DeHaan and Catherine Keener.
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NewsToronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program'
TIFF 40 to open with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
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FeaturesKathy Wolfe, Wolfe Releasing
The leading LGBT distributor in the US looks back on her 30 years in the business.
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News‘Steve Jobs’ to screen at NYFF
Danny Boyle’s biopic starring Michael Fassbender as the digital age visionary who changed the face of personal computing, telephony and music will screen on October 3 as the centrepiece screening of the 53rd New York Film Festival.
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NewsElle Fanning eyed for 'All The Bright Places'
Miguel Arteta will direct Demarest Media and Mazur/Kaplan’s adaptation of the Jennifer Niven YA novel.
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NewsIndican Pictures acquires 'Death Valley'
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has picked up all North American rights to the noir thriller and has set an October 20 release.
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News'Ant-Man' stays top in North America on $25m
UPDATED JULY 27: Marvel Studios’ latest slice of superhero action held on to its top bunk over the weekend to beat Sony’s new arrival Pixels in a photo finish.
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News'Monster Hunt' rules int’l on $46m
JULY 27 UPDATE: Edko Films’ announced early on Monday that its 3D fantasy had reached $217.7m (RMB 1.349bn) after 11 days to become the highest grossing Chinese film in history.