All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 707
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Winter Soldier rules on $75m
UPDATED MARCH 31: Captain America: The Winter Soldier smashed its way to the top of the international box office thanks to a confirmed $75m haul through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International. Meanwhile Paramount’s Noah was in exceptional form.
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Alexander Payne among LMGA winners
Staff at the Location Managers Guild Of America (LMGA) have announced the winners of its first Annual Location Managers Guild Of America Awards.
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Factory 25 snaps up Apocalypse
The distributor has acquired world rights to has acquired world rights to Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film by Hanley Banks.
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Warners, Fox roll out big guns
The last two of the US majors to present their slate to attendees brought suitable star-power and razzmatazz to the final day of CinemaCon in Las Vegas (27).
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Provincetown honour for Cronenberg
The Canadian auteur will collect the Filmmaker On The Edge Award at this year’s 16th annual festival on Cape Cod.
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Dodge College unveils Women In Focus
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts will present its 15th Annual Women in Focus Conference on April 11.
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Magnolia takes world on Honeymoon
Magnet Releasing’s genre arm has snapped up Leigh Janiak’s feature directorial debut in a deal with ICM Partners.
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Noah storms Australia on $750K
Darren Aronofsky’s Biblical epic claimed 55% market share on opening day in star Russell Crowe’s home turf of Australia (27), Paramount Pictures International reported.
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RiverRun unveils honourees, jurors
Chicago-based Kartemquin Films will receive the North Carolina festival’s Master Of Cinema award.
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Germanidi named Slamdance director
Germanidi has served as manager for the festival since 2012. President and co-founder Peter Baxter will continue to oversee the Slamdance organisation including the development of the Slamdance Studios distribution business.
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Noah scores mighty Russia launch
Paramount Pictures International top brass said Darren Aronofsky’s film opened on $2.75m in Russia for the fourth biggest non-holiday debut in history.
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Captain America 2 eyes victory
Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the overwhelming favourite to usurp DreamWorks’ Need For Speed this weekend as it prepares to launch in around 33 markets through Disney.
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Music Box takes The Green Prince
Submarine and Global Screen have licensed all US rights excluding TV to Nadav Schirman’s psychological thriller.
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CinemaCon: Nolan talks Interstellar
Christopher Nolan waxed lyrical about early influences like Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey but gave little away about his upcoming sci-fi starring Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey.
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XYZ Films hires James Marsh
EXCLUSIVE: The company announced at Filmart (26) that it has brought on Asian-based acquisitions executive James Marsh.
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Mariangela Hall joins Rogers & Cowan
The international film publicist has joined global entertainment PR and marketing agency Rogers & Cowan.
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Junction launches new investment platform
The San Francisco-based online platform takes advantage of the new JOBS Act allowing general solicitation of accredited investors.
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MEETS unveils 12th project
The final project selected to take part in the first Latin American Co-Production Market in Panama City from April 7-9 has been announced (26) during the the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival.
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Remstar hears The Voices
The distributor has acquired Canadian rights to Marjane Satrapi’s recent Sundance world premiere.
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Tribeca adds two to festival
Alex Gibney’s work-in-progress Untitled James Brown Documentary and the world premiere of Björk: Biophilia Live will screen.