All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 635
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News'Jupiter Ascending' hits $100m int'l
UPDATED MARCH 9: The Wachowskis’ sci-fi surged past $100m thanks to a $23m China debut from 7,028 screens to deliver the studio’s fifth biggest three-day debut.
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NewsChappie, Unfinished Business flop in US
Public sentiment aligned with critical disapproval for Neill Blomkamp’s latest sci-fi spectacle as Chappie delivered an anaemic estimated $13.3m debut via Columbia Pictures.
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NewsEstrellas Solitarias to premiere at Guadalajara
The feature directorial debut of Fernando Urdapilleta, the Mexico City wunderkind behind short film sensation Cosita Linda, will receive its world premiere at the 30th Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG30).
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NewsSubmarine Deluxe gets Station To Station
The New York-based distributor has acquired US theatrical and museum rights to Doug Aitken’s Sundance premiere.
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NewsOlivia Wilde, Katie Holmes in Tribeca shorts roster
Sixty films, a record 40 of which are world premieres, will screen across nine thematic programmes during the festival, set to run from April 15-26.
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NewsAlbert Maysles, 1926-2015
The celebrated documentarian and cinematographer whose credits included Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter has died at his Manhattan home of natural causes. He was 88.
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NewsIM Global boards The Autopsy Of Jane Doe
Andre Øvredal of Trollhunter fame will make his English-language directorial debut on the supernatural thriller starring Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox.
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NewsNBTV, Bungalow line up supermarket boycott doc
NBTV Studios & Bungalow Media + Entertainment in association with Dundee Entertainment and Hammer Productions are filming a documentary about the organised boycott of the Market Basket supermarket chain in summer 2014.
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NewsCameron Thomson to acquire control of IMG
Los Angeles-based sales outfit Inception Film Partners is being sold to Toronto’s Cameron Thomson Entertainment as part of a deal with parent company Inception Media Group (IMG).
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NewsWhite Horse boards A Faster Horse
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East’s LA-based company are commencing world sales on the Tribeca Film Festival documentary selection.
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NewsTribeca 2015 unveils second wave
New work from William Monahan, Henry Hobson, Adrián García Bogliano and Neil LaBute are among the Spotlight, Midnight and Special Screening selections announced on Thursday.
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NewsParamount, Lotte cut South Korea deal
The studio has signed a distribution pact with Lotte Entertainment on all its films in South Korea that will kick off with Mission: Impossible 5.
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NewsIFC Films buys Stanford Prison Experiment
The distributor has acquired US rights to Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s recent Sundance premiere and plans a 2015 theatrical release.
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NewsWalden Media joins DreamWorks on The BFG
Walden Media has come on board to co-finance and co-produce the Roald Dahl adaptation with DreamWorks Studios.
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NewsHarrison Ford recovering after plane crash
The 72-year-old actor was recuperating in hospital on Thursday night after the light aircraft he was piloting crash-landed on a public golf course in southern California.
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NewsAFCI panel talks new world order
Producers scouting international locations should establish local companies early to benefit from tax incentives, attendees at the AFCI Locations Show 2015 heard on Thursday.
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NewsHailee Steinfeld joins Studio Ghibli voice cast
GKIDS has announced the English voice cast for When Marnie Was There (Omoide No Marnie) from Studio Ghibli.
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NewsFifty Shades crosses $500m global
Fifty Shades Of Grey has crossed $500m through Universal heading into its fourth weekend.
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NewsMommy in Telefilm Canada honour
Telefilm Canada presented the eighth annual Guichet d’or award on Wednesday to Xavier Dolan for his latest film and recent French-language Canadian Oscar submission.
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NewsNEXT returns to Cannes market
The daily programme addressing the future of film heads to the Croisette for the second year and will run from May 13-22.