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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 685
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NewsOliver Stone to direct Snowden Files
The controversial filmmaker renowned for his fiercely intelligent accounts of US history has come on board to direct the tale of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in what will be a race to the screen with rival project No Place To Hide.
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NewsIFT sells out on Velocity
International Film Trust (IFT) has sold all overseas territories to Peter Sollett’s upcoming comedy You Shall Know Our Velocity starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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NewsXYZ spins Master Cleanse sales
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has reported a strong response from Cannes buyers to The Master Cleanse, the fantasy horror that launched on the Croisette and will star Johnny Galecki, Chloë Sevigny and Anjelica Huston.
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NewsBark Ranger begins production
Principal photography on Breakthrough Entertainment’s family comedy has started in Toronto.
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NewsAngelina Jolie rules US on $70m
Four years since the world last saw Jolie in a lead live-action role, the star returned to winning ways in Maleficent with a career-best launch courtesy of Disney’s fantasy romp.
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NewsMaleficent storms to $106.1m int'l
UPDATED JUNE 2: Disney’s Maleficent scored a better-than-estimated $106.1m international debut in 47 territories to beat Fox’s X-Men: Days Of Future Past as the studio crossed $2bn worldwide.
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NewsContinental to sell Recovery
LA-based Continental Media has picked up worldwide sales rights to EBF Productions’ upcoming thriller Recovery.
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NewsIFC Midnight finds Asmodexia
The US rights deal for Marc Carrete’s feature directorial debut follows the recent world premiere at Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
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NewsDoc specialist Cargo picks up trio
New York-based Cargo Film & Releasing has secured international sales rights to 1971, Bronx Obama, and David & Me.
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NewsSony moves FX hub to Vancouver
Lured by British Columbia’s enticing 58% tax incentives, Sony Pictures Imageworks is relocating its headquarters from Los Angeles to Vancouver.
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NewsARC takes Plastic for North America
Cinema Management Group founder Edward Noeltner has struck a deal for ARC Entertainment to distribute the credit card scam thriller in North America.
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NewsSony, Annapurna team on Sausage Party
The companies have set June 3 2016 for the release of the Seth Rogen animated comedy.Sausage Party, another collaboration between Sony and Annapurna following their work on the early awards contender Foxcatcher, is based on a screenplay by Rogen, frequent collaborator Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir.The script is ...
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NewsMGM, Warner Bros to reboot Stargate
MGM and Warner Bros are teaming up with Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin on a feature trilogy of the 1994 feature.
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NewsLarry Charles to write NFI comedy
Larry Charles will write and may direct a reimagined version of the cult Australian hit The Man Who Sued God for New Films International (NFI).
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NewsNoble, Caller drive strong Cannes for Continental
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts’ LA based Continental Media have reported a strong response to the Cannes slate led by Nobel and Unknown Caller.
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NewsGoldstine named Universal marketing head
Josh Goldstine has been appointed the studio’s president of worldwide marketing.
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NewsRADiUS builds Lego doc deal
RADiUS has acquired the bulk of worldwide rights from Submarine to Daniel Junge and Kief Davidson’s Beyond The Brick: A Lego Brickumentary.
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NewsWhite Horse saddles up first film
Production has begun on A Faster Horse, the first film from Nigel Sinclair and Guy East’s White Horse Pictures.
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NewsSing Street sells for FilmNation
EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation, coming off a strong Cannes market, is close to selling out John Carney’s upcoming Sing Street, featuring music from U2’s Bono and The Edge.
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NewsMaleficent, X-Men in BO battle
Disney’s fantasy romp starring Angelina Jolie stormed into the UK on May 28 ahead of a 47-market weekend invasion that will face off with Fox International’s proven juggernaut X-Men: Days Of Future Past.