All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 611
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NewsAcquisitions round-up: Magnolia, Drafthouse Films
Magnolia Pictures has taken all North American rights to Rick Alverson’s Entertainment, while in a separate deal Drafthose Films will distribute The World Of Kanako in North America.
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News‘Insurgent’ crosses $100m international
Lionsgate-Summit’s YA adaptation had reached $100.1m as of Thursday.
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NewsMarketing 'Fast & Furious 7'
Universal chiefs have put the late Paul Walker at the forefront of the global marketing campaign for Fast & Furious 7, which is expected to break box office records when it roars into action this weekend.
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NewsSony Classics acquires ‘I Saw The Light’
The distributor has taken world rights from Ratpac Entertainment to the Hank Williams drama starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen.
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NewsIndian Film Festival Of Los Angeles unveils jurors
Festival organisers have announced the 2015 jury and added Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s Labour Of Love to the line-up.
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NewsJosh Braun in Full Frame honour
The New York-based Submarine Entertainment co-president, sales agent and producer will receive the 2015 Advocate Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
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NewsBroad Green Pictures finds home ent chief
Steve Nickerson has joined the company as president of home entertainment as Broad Green also announced the hires of former Summit duo Sandy Friedman and Bobby Gerber.
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NewsAndrew Lazar to produce 'Rupture'
The American Sniper producer has set his sights on the sci-fi adventure for AMBI Group. AMBI Distribution handles international sales and will introduce the project in Cannes.
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News'Ladrones' shoot wraps in Dominican Republic
Lantica Media has completed principal photography and the first stage of editing on the action-comedy in the Dominican Republic.
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NewsLos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival unveils roster
The festival is set to run from April 23-30 and will present 134 films from more than 20 countries.
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NewsBill Block hits back at lawsuit
The lawyer acting on behalf of the founder and former CEO of QED International branded as ‘absurd’ on Wednesday evening the infringement and unfair competition lawsuit filed by the QED principals.
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NewsQED Holdings sues Bill Block
QED Holdings co-CEOs file trademark infringement and unfair competition suit.
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News'Ben-Hur' begins Cinecittà shoot
As reported on Screendaily last week, production is underway in Rome on Paramount Pictures and MGM’s retelling of the classic adventure starring Jack Huston in the title role.
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NewsSonoma fest announces winners
Kerem Sanga’s The Young Kieslowski earned Best American Independent Feature award as the 18th Sonoma International Film Festival came to a close.
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NewsSTX, Huayi Brothers formalise pact
Bob Simonds’ STX Entertainment has officialy sealed the deal on its 18-film co-financing and distribution agreement with the private Chinese company.
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NewsLionsgate launches specialty label
Top brass have launched Lionsgate Premiere, a multi-platform channel of up to 15 Lionsgate and Summit films a year that kicks off in autumn with Chinese epic Dragon Blade followed by zom-com Cooties.
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News‘A Perfect Man’, ‘White Soldier’ bookend COLCOA 2015
The Franco-American Cultural Fund on Tuesday announced the line-up for 19th COLCOA French Film Festival, set to run in West Hollywood from April 20-28.
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NewsCBS Films boards ‘Patriots’ Day’
The studio is fast-tracking the Boston Marathon Bombing thriller and possible Mark Wahlberg star vehicle that pits it against Fox’s rival project Boston Strong.
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NewsBleecker Street strikes Amazon deal
Andrew Karpen’s ambitious New York-based distributor has struck a licensing deal with the digital giant making Prime Instant Video the exclusive subscription platform for its theatrical releases.
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NewsRandom Media acquires ‘Bang Bang Baby’
UPDATED APRIL 1: Jane Levy and Justin Chatwin star in the sci-fi musical, which Random plans to take on limited theatrical release in the US in the autumn.