All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 669

  • Richard Crudo
    News

    Richard Crudo re-elected ASC president

    2014-06-10T19:02:00Z

    The board of governors at the American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) has appointed its new officers.

  • Ryan Croy
    News

    Ryan Croy promoted at Fifteen Minutes

    2014-06-10T18:49:00Z

    Ryan Croy has been appointed managing partner at Los Angeles-based PR film Fifteen Minutes.

  • Closed Curtain
    News

    Variance acquires Closed Curtain

    2014-06-10T18:42:00Z

    Variance Films has picked up North American rights from Celluloid Dreams to the latest film from Jafar Panahi’s, the Iranian filmmaker who remains under house arrest and continues to defy a 20-year filmmaking ban.The film, winner of the Silver Bear for best screenplay at the 2013 Berlinale, will open theatrically ...

  • Regression
    Comment

    First-look: Regression

    2014-06-10T18:14:00Z

    FilmNation has released the first image from Alejandro Amenábar’s upcoming Spanish-Canadian thriller, Regression, which has wrapped principal photography in Toronto.

  • Ben and Katja
    News

    Pulse Films signs Ben & Katja

    2014-06-10T17:58:00Z

    Pulse Films has added Brooklyn-based Ben & Katja to its stable of commercial directors.

  • Captain Phillips
    News

    ACE sets 2015 Eddie Awards

    2014-06-10T17:54:00Z

    The American Cinema Editors (ACE) has set the date for its 65th annual awards show, the ACE Eddie Awards.

  • KT Tunstall
    News

    KT Tunstall heads to Sundance Lab

    2014-06-10T17:39:00Z

    The Scottish singer is among the directors and composers selected for one of two Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound, set to run from July 8-22.

  • Oliver Stone
    News

    Oliver Stone bolsters whistleblower project

    2014-06-10T17:28:00Z

    Oliver Stone and Moritz Borman have added more source material to their upcoming Edward Snowden feature.

  • Sigourney Weaver
    News

    Sigourney Weaver returns to Avatar

    2014-06-10T05:23:00Z

    Sigourney Weaver will appear in James Cameron’s next three Avatar films, the director has confirmed.

  • _Joel_Coen___Ethan_Coen__A_Serious_Man01.jpg
    News

    Uni takes world on Coens' Caesar

    2014-06-10T05:11:00Z

    Universal has picked up worldwide rights to Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest original screenplay, Hail, Caesar!

  • The Boy And The World
    News

    GKIDS acquires The Boy And The World

    2014-06-09T19:24:00Z

    GKIDS has acquired North American rights to Alê Abreu’s Brazilian animation Boy And The World, which screens in competition at Annecy this week.

  • A Good Marriage
    News

    Screen Media acquires A Good Marriage

    2014-06-09T18:37:00Z

    The distributor has picked up North American rights from Paradigm and plans an early October day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.

  • IFP doc lab
    News

    IFP unveils 10th anniversary Lab fellows

    2014-06-09T18:15:00Z

    Top brass at the Independent Filmmaker Project announced on Monday (9) the 10 narrative features selected for the 2014 Independent Filmmaker Labs.

  • Jeffrey Edell
    News

    Cinedigm names Jeffrey Edell CFO

    2014-06-09T17:58:00Z

    Cinedigm has hired Jeffrey Edell as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Separately, RLJ Entertainment has appointed Mike Pears evp of content sales.

  • Jeremy Kay
    Comment

    Déjà vu at the US box office

    2014-06-09T09:37:00Z

    Edge of Tomorrow looks set to be the first casualty of the “normal” pattern of the summer at the US box office says Jeremy Kay.

  • Edge Of Tomorrow
    News

    Edge Of Tomorrow roars on $81m

    2014-06-09T00:56:00Z

    UPDATED JUNE 9: A muscular launch for the latest Tom Cruise tentpole-elect by Warner Bros Pictures International provided a timely reminder of how the veteran’s star power remains undiminished, outside North America at least.

  • The Fault In Our Stars
    News

    Stars aligns in US on $48.2m

    2014-06-08T22:02:00Z

    The Fox 2000 drama dislodged Maleficent and dismissed the challenge of Tom Cruise to storm to number one.

  • PGA
    News

    Gary Lucchesi, Lori McCreary named PGA presidents

    2014-06-08T19:19:00Z

    PGA elects Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary presidents

  • Boyhood
    News

    Boyhood triumphs at Seattle

    2014-06-08T17:55:00Z

    Richard Linklater’s acclaimed family portrait won the Golden Space Needle Award for best film and best director honours as the 40th Seattle International Film Festival came to a conclusion on Sunday (June 8).

  • Lincoln Center
    News

    Lincoln Center swells programmer ranks

    2014-06-07T22:19:00Z

    Florence Almozini has been appointed senior programmer and Jake Perlin and Rachael Rakes have been named programmers-at-large.