All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 611
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NewsCorsan puts 'Western Front' remake in its sights
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Breuls’ Belgium-based company has come on to produce and sell the long-gestating remake of All Quiet On The Western Front with Roger Donaldson set to direct.
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NewsRightsTrade grows sales agency stable
EXCLUSIVE: The online film and TV marketplace has closed deals with Lakeshore Entertainment, The Solution Entertainment Group, QED International, GFM and Arclight.
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NewsBAM, IndieBo to overlap in July
EXCLUSIVE: For the first time ever a film festival will overlap the Bogota Audiovisual Market (BAM) in July as Colombia’s film chiefs look to turn the summer corridor into a creative and business platform for the country’s booming film industry.
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NewsVMI infiltrates Cannes with 'Riot'
VMI Worldwide has been tempting Croisette buyers with action titles Riot starring Dolph Lundgren and Perfect Weapon with Steven Segal.
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NewsVisit Films scores UK deal on ‘Krisha’
StudioCanal has acquired UK rights from Visit Films to the Critics’ Week selection.
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NewsTodd Haynes is ‘Wonderstruck’
EXCLUSIVE: Todd Haynes, the toast of the Croisette following last night’s rousing reception for Carol, is angling to adapt Brian Selznick’s children’s book.
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News‘Pitch Perfect 2’ rules US on $70.3m
Universal’s female comedy directed by Elizabeth Banks stormed to the top of the North American charts as Mad Max: Fury Road arrived in second place.
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News‘Mad Max’ pushes Warner Bros past $1bn
Mad Max: Fury Road opened in 68 markets on an estimated $65m powered by a string of number one debuts.
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NewsFocus snaps up ‘Nocturnal Animals’
The distributor pounced on worldwide rights on Sunday to Tom Ford’s upcoming thriller starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal in a deal reportedly worth $20m.
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News'Son Of Saul', 'The Lobster' draw buyers
As the US buys continued to trickle in on the Croisette, acquisitions teams were circling The Lobster while SPC was believed to have acquired North American and Latin American rights to Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
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News'Bleed For This', 'Love' sell in Cannes
Open Road is understood to have paid in the region of $4m for US rights to Bleed For This starring Miles Teller.
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NewsVisit scores US deals on Cannes pair
EXCLUSIVE: New York-based Visit Films has closed US sales on SXSW titles Just Jim and The Nymphets.
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NewsCinema Libre acquires The Police doc
The distributor has acquired North American rights from Yari Film Group to Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police, which screens in the Cannes market today.
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NewsBuyers bite into Magnolia's 'Tangerine'
EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures International has licensed key territories on the Sundance pick-up, which screens in the market tonight (May 17).
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NewsSpotlight brings five new titles to market
EXCLUSIVE: Spotlight Pictures has unveiled five new titles on its slate led by James Franco starrer Yosemite.
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NewsJamie Foxx on board 'Blink'
Jamie Foxx has joined Atlas Entertainment’s thriller, which Highland Film Group is touting to buyers here.
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NewsMichael Shannon to star in 'The Price'
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Shannon and Matthias Schweighöfer from Valkyrie have joined Siofra Campbell’s thriller, which Cargo represents for world sales.
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NewsVoltage lines up Bruce Willlis action comedy
Voltage Pictures will finance and produce an untitled Bruce Willis action comedy and is in the midst of talks with Cannes buyers.
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NewsMPI Media Group boards 'Uncle Nick'
MPI Media Group has acquired all US distribution rights to the comedy starring Brian Posehn.
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NewsDavid Oyelowo joins 'Three Seconds'
The actor is on board Otto Bathurst’s thriller starring Luke Evans, which Bloom is touting here to buyers.