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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 678
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NewsARC snaps up Autumn Blood
EXCLUSIVE: ARC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Markus Blunder’s thriller.
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FeaturesScott Derrickson, Deliver Us From Evil
The director of Sinister and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose locks horns with dark forces again in his latest film, which stars Eric Bana and Edgar Ramirez and opens in the US this week through Screen Gems. Jeremy Kay comes out from behind the sofa.
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NewsJo Yan to lead UPI’s China efforts
Yan has been named managing director and executive vice-president for China at Universal Pictures International (UPI).
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NewsKartemquin boards Buddha statue doc
Kartemquin Films has joined director-producer Brent Huffman on the documentary Saving Mes Aynak, about the imperiled 2,000-year-old Buddha statue in Afghanistan (pictured).
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NewsAcademy announces submission dates
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced (July 1) category submission deadlines for 87th Academy Awards consideration.
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NewsZipporah plots National Gallery release
The distributor will release Frederick Wiseman’s documentary theatrically in New York at the Film Forum on November 5 followed by nationwide roll-out.
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CommentGoing ape in Hollywood
Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis joined Dawn of The Planet Of The Apes director Matt Reeves for a post-screening Q&A in Hollywood on Monday night (June 30).
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NewsTom Hardy joins The Revenant
New Regency confirmed the casting on Monday (30) as the mouth-watering cast takes shape around Leonardo DiCaprio.
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NewsKino Lorber says hello, Goodbye
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Jean-Luc Godard’s 3D Goodbye To Language following its recent Cannes premiere.
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NewsUnder The Milky Way acquires Swim
Under The Milky Way has picked up US theatrical and worldwide VOD rights to SXSW premiere Swim Little Fish Swim.
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NewsTransformers 4 opens in US on $100m
Paramount’s sci-fi behemoth delivered the biggest North American debut so far in 2014 on an estimated $100m as the $301.3m global launch eclipsed everything in its orbit.
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NewsTransformers 4 storms to $201m int’l
UPDATED JUNE 30: Paramount’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction delivered an estimated $201.3m from 10,152 international screens, $100m in North America and $301.3m worldwide in the biggest opening salvo of 2014 so far.
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NewsLino DiSalvo joins Paramount Animation
Sixteen-year Disney veteran Lino DiSalvo has joined Paramount Animation as creative director.
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NewsThe Circle to open NewFest
The 26th edition of New York’s LGBT festival NewFest will run from July 24-29 and features 16 narrative and five documentary features.
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NewsAcademy sets 2014/15 changes
Rules governing how a two-person producing team can be considered a single producer when considering who is eligible for best picture nomination have changed.
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NewsTransformers 4 opens in China on $30m
UPDATE: Paramount’s behemoth is off to a flying start and has raced to $80m internationally and $121.6m worldwide.
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NewsVyer Films, NYAFF partner on Himizu
Film curation and streaming start-up Vyer Films has set the online premiere of Sion Sono’s film and struck an alliance with NYAFF operators Subway Cinema.
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NewsCBS Films explores Atlantis Gene
CBS Films has acquired rights to A G Riddle’s bestselling ebook Atlantis trilogy.
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NewsUniversal dates Pacific Rim 2
Guillermo del Toro returns will return to the director’s chair for the Legendary Pictures sci-fi sequel.
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NewsAcademy invites 271 people to join
Paolo Sorrentino, Denis Villeneuve, Sally Hawkins, Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Vinterberg and Lupita Nyong’o are among those invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.