All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 650
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NewsThe Exchange boards Breaking The Bank
EXCLUSIVE: Brian O’Shea and his team head to Berlin with world sales rights to Vadim Jean’s caper staring Kelsey Grammer.
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NewsAmerican Sniper claims Super Bowl weekend record
Clint Eastwood’s war film held on to number one for the third consecutive weekend as an estimated $31.9m looks to have set a new record for the weekend and boosted the running total through Warner Bros to $248.9m.
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NewsSpotlight lines up Chloe & Theo for EFM
EXCLUSIVE: LA-based Spotlight Pictures heads to Berlin with two new titles on its sales roster.
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NewsAwards round-up: Annies, ADG
The Art Directors Guild and ASIFA-Hollywood handed out their major honours over the weekend.
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NewsMe And Earl triumphs at Sundance
SUNDANCE: The 2015 festival approached the end on Saturday (January 31) as Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me And Earl And The Dying Girl capped a sensational 10 days by scooping both the US grand jury prize and audience awards.
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NewsBleecker Street falls into Dreams
SUNDANCE: The new distributor has acquired worldwide rights to Brett Haley’s I’ll See You In My Dreams following the world premiere on January 27. Separately HBO has taken US TV rights to 3 1/2 Minutes.
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NewsAMBI lines up In Dubious Battle for EFM
James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston and Danny McBride will star in In Dubious Battle, which AMBI Distribution is bringing to the EFM.
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NewsSleepless Night heads to Berlin
FilmNation will introduce EFM buyers to the thriller starring Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan, which Open Road Films is financing and will distribute in the US.
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NewsSony buys multiple territories on November Criminals
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired North America, English-speaking rights and select territories to the thriller starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Ansel Elgort. Lotus will commence pre-sales on remaining territories at the EFM next week.
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NewsIFC Midnight finds Reversal
SUNDANCE: IFC Midnight has swooped on US rights to Dark Factory Entertainment’s revenge thriller following its world premiere at Sundance.
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NewsFortissimo nabs Songs My Brothers Taught Me for EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Fortissimo Films chairman Michael Werner said on Friday (January 30) the company had bulked up its EFM war chest with international rights to Chloé Zhao’s recent Sundance premiere.
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NewsJan Fantl boards Orphans Of War
Producers Gina G Goff of Goff Productions and Rene Sheridan are pleased to announce the addition of
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NewsDigging For Fire finds buyers
SUNDANCE: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired international rights and The Orchard has picked up North America on Joe Swanberg’s drama. In separate deals, Ten Thousand Saints and Fresh Dressed also sold.
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NewsElle Fanning, Diego Luna to star in Io
Jason Michael Berman and Laura Rister have set Elle Fanning and Diego Luna to star in the sci-fi.
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NewsShoreline captures Black Fly for Berlin
EXCLUSIVE: Shoreline Entertainment has acquired rights to backwoods thriller and will introduce to international buyers at the EFM.
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NewsHobbit finale eyes gains in China
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies stands at $630.7m through Warner Bros Pictures International and continues to rampage through China.
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NewsThe Exchange boards Three Little Words
CEO Brian O’Shea will commence talks with international buyers at the EFM next week on the high concept rom-com.
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NewsSierra/Affinity nabs Manchester-By-The-Sea
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Meyer has bulked up his EFM sales slate with the Kenneth Longeran drama that has Casey Affleck attached to star alongside Michelle Williams.
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NewsPatrick Roy replaces Bryan Gliserman at eOne
Patrick Roy has been promoted to president of eOne Films Canada and Les Films Séville as the company announced Bryan Gliserman was stepping down as president of eOne Films Canada.
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NewsContent boards Alex Winter's Deep Web for EFM
EFM: Content Film has added another title to its Berlin sales slate and will kick off talks with international buyers next week on Alex Winter’s documentary.