All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 711
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CommentExodus: Gods And Kings trailer
Christian Bale glowers, stares down authority and swings a weapon – and we’re not talking about the pitch meeting.
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NewsSony exec DeVon Franklin segues to producer role
DeVon Franklin, who recently oversaw the sleeper hit Heaven Is For Real, is to segue from svp of production for Columbia Pictures to a long-term, first-look producing deal with the studio.
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NewsJackson, Wachowskis set for Comic-Con
Warner Bros has announced its Comic-Con showcase for The Hobbit finale, Mad Max reboot and the Wachowskis’ delayed sci-fi Jupiter Ascending.
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NewsExpendables 3 to premiere in London
Lionsgate top brass announced on Tuesday (8) that the latest episode in the action series will premiere in the UK on August 4.
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NewsWolfe picks up digital rights to trio
Wolfe Releasing has acquired US digital and DVD rights to Mark Herzog and Sandrine Orabona’s Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story, Monika Treut’s Of Girls And Horses and David Au’s Eat With Me.
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NewsHeta Paarte lands at New Regency
The former Focus Features evp of international marketing and distribution will remain in London and oversee marketing and distribution for a slate that includes upciming 2014 releases Gone Girl and Birdman.
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CommentGone Girl, new trailer
Fox has issued its classy but not especially thrilling new trailer for the Gillian Flynn adaptation, due out on October 3.
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NewsVyer Films expands monthly roster
The streaming start-up has added a trio of titles to its July line-up.
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NewsDisney Accelerator selects 11 start-ups
The Walt Disney Company has chosen 11 companies to go through its mentorship and investment programme.
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NewsLionsgate, StudioCanal expand output deal
The renewed output partnership with StudioCanal in Germany, Austria and Switzerland includes a TV component involving ProSieben.
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NewsDream Factory unveils talent roster
EXCLUSIVE: Organisers behind the two-day event set to run July 14-15 during the International Festival Of Business 2014 (IFB 2014) in Liverpool have announced the line-up of guests.
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NewsT4 crosses $400m internationally
UPDATED JULY 7: Transformers: Age Of Extinction summoned a confirmed $96.6m in a dominant second session through Paramount Pictures International to propel the running total to $400.9m and $575.6m worldwide.
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NewsTransformers 4 rules July Fourth on $36m
Paramount’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction held on to pole position in North America over a lacklustre July Fourth holiday weekend that saw a year-on-year drop of nearly 50 percent.
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NewsT4 crosses $400m worldwide
Despite a clash with the scheduled quarter-finals of the World Cup, Transformers: Age Of Extinction will remain the dominant force in the international market where it is expected to soar past $350m.
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NewsCinelicious Pics takes Wasseypur
EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED JULY 7: The distributor is understood to have picked up US rights to Anurag Kashyap’s gangster epic.
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NewsT4 China gross ahead of US
According to Paramount’s partners China Movie Media Group, Transformers: Age Of Extinction has reached $134.5m in its first five days in China – more than the $120.9m in the first five days in North America.
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NewsUni moves Fast 7 up in 2015
Fast & Furious 7 will no longer open on April 10 2015 but one week earlier on April 3 as part of several scheduling announcements from the Universal fold.
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NewsCanada-India treaty first of new era
Canada’s new co-production treaty with India officially came into effect on July 1.
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NewsDrafthouse acquires Cannes hit The Tribe
Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to recent Cannes premiere The Tribe, winner of three sidebar prizes in Critics’ Week.
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FeaturesSteve James, Life Itself
In Life Itself, veteran documentarian Steve James adapts Roger Ebert’s memoirs to throw a light on the life of the celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic, who died in 2013 following a long battle with thyroid cancer.