All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 641
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NewsSlamdance 2015 unveils line-up
Festival top brass announced the 19 films that will screen at the Slamdance Film Festival, set to run in Park City, Utah, from January 23-29.
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NewsBirdman scoops Gothams honours
Hours after the New York Film Critics Circle favoured Boyhood, the Gotham Awards have presented two key honours to Birdman.
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NewsLionsgate sets Wild Card release
The Jason Statham action thriller also stars Michael Angarano, Milo Ventimiglia and Dominik García-Lorido and will open theatrically and on VOD in a day-and-date pattern on January 30.
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NewsPGA announces 2014 doc nominees
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has unveiled its Documentary Motion Pictures nominees.
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NewsBoyhood prevails in NYFCC vote
The New York Film Critics Circle have announced the season’s first meaningful bucket of awards and anointed Boyhood best film, Richard Linklater best director and Patricia Arquette best supporting actress.
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NewsJean-Claude Van Damme joins Kickboxer
Twenty-four years after he played a young man out to avenge his brother’s death in 1989’s Kickboxer, the Belgian martial arts icon has replaced Tony Jaa on the remake cast in the instructor role.
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NewsBlanc/Biehn, partners ready Psychophonia
EXCLUSIVE: Lony Ruhmann, Blanc/Biehn Productions and Give & Take Productions are ramping up production on the thriller.
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NewsMockingjay stays top in US on $57m
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 brought in an estimated $56.9m through Lionsgate over Thanksgiving weekend to reach $225.7m after two sessions as The Imitation Game scored a sensational limited debut.
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NewsMockingjay hits $480.3M worldwide
DECEMBER 1 UPDATE: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has raced to $480.3m worldwide after 10 days, according to Lionsgate executives.
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NewsPacific Standard Time producers eye 2015 release
Mitch Sandler, Mitch Solomon and Magnet Management’s production arm Pull Pictures have earmarked 2015 for the love triangle thriller starring Willa Holland from Arrow.
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NewsCinema do Brasil backs Ventana Sur trio
The Brazilian organisation is promoting three titles in action across the Buenos Aires market next week.
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FeaturesThe making of Boyhood
The team behind Richard Linklater’s Boyhood talks to Jeremy Kay about the challenges and rewards of bringing to life this extraordinary 12-year project
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FeaturesJorge Gutierrez, The Book of Life
Despite a disastrous first pitch to Guillermo del Toro, Jorge Gutierrez succeeded in making a unique animated feature inspired by Greek mythology and Mexico’s Day of the Dead.
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NewsMockingjay soars past $200m int’l
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has crossed $200m at the international box office and $370m worldwide.
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NewsLinklater to receive Palm Springs award
Richard Linklater will collect the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Sonny Bono Visionary Award at the annual awards gala on January 3.
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NewsWitherspoon, Kidman join Big Little Lies
In arguably the most high-profile TV project to involve film stars since Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson were cast in True Detective, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon are to star in a darkly comedic limited series as kindergarten mothers.
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NewsCinemaCon sets 2015 date
The National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) has announced the dates of its fifth annual convention in Las Vegas.
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NewsVES honour for Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott with receive the Visual Effects Society’s VES Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th Annual VES Awards on February 4 in Los Angeles.
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NewsUni takes int’l on Kurt Cobain doc
Universal Pictures International Entertainment Content Group will handle the release outside the US on Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck prior to the HBO broadcast in 2015.
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NewsBirdman leads Spirit Award noms
Birdman earned six nods and Boyhood, Nightcrawler and Selma five apiece as Rosario Dawson and Diego Luna unveiled the 2014 Spirit Award nominations in Los Angeles on November 25.