All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 737
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NewsAngelina Jolie talks up Unbroken
CINEMACON: Angelina Jolie graced the Universal Pictures presentation as she introduced footage from the upcoming December 25 release of her potential awards contender Unbroken.
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NewsProduction wraps on Lost In Austin
Principal photography has finished in Los Angeles on the caper starring Linda Cardellini, Skeet Ulrich, Craig Robinson, Kristen Schaal and Ursula Parker.
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NewsChina first market to cross $3bn
CINEMACON: MPAA CEO and chairman Senator Chris Dodd said global box office for all films released in 2013 reached $35.9bn, marking a 4% year-on-year rise.
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NewsMagnolia takes US on Whitey Bulger doc
Joe Berlinger’s Whitey: The United States Of America V. James J Bulger premiered at Sundance. Separately, Phase 4 Films and The Vladar Company will extend the Canadian release of Generation Iron.
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NewsShade VFX expands to NYC
In a move that bucks the gloomy trend prevalent in the US-based effects industry, CEO Bryan Godwin has announced (25) that Shade will open a facility in New York.
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NewsNATO calls for more family films
CINEMACON: National Association Of Theatre Owners chief John Fithian urged delegates at the Las Vegas convention to release more family films year-round.
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NewsSummit swoops on Dork Diaries
Summit Entertainment has picked up all rights to Rachel Renée Russell’s bestseller series and is in negotiations to reunite with producer Karen Rosenfelt of Sunswept Entertainment.
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NewsHemingway, Still Waters to open Sonoma
The 17th edition of the Sonoma International Film Festival will open with Richard Shepard’s dark comedy Don Hemingway starring Jude Law and Chris Lowell’s friendship drama Beside Still Waters.
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Blanc/Biehn Productions lines up Fembot
Production is set to commence in Hollywood in July on the sci-fi feature in time for a 2015 autumn release.
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NewsProduction duo join Levantine
Donna Gigliotti and longtime film development executive Renee Witt have joined New York-based Levantine Films.
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CommentFox unleashes X-Men: DOFP trailer
Uh-oh Michael Fassbender is back in the helmet, flicking puny humans into the air. Ian McKellen pouts knowingly. Hugh Jackman is angry again. It can only be X-Men: Days Of Future Past.
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NewsKosse to theatres: invest in VOD
Attendees at CinemaCon’s international day heard Universal Pictures’ president of international David Kosse sound a warning to exhibitors.
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NewsCinemaCon: RealD extends China footprint
RealD has signed a deal with China’s Wanda Cinema Line Corporation to instal a further 780 cinema systems over the next three years.
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Beijing, New York to premiere at Filmart
Easternlight is selling the feature directorial debut of cinematographer and Gus Van Sant collaborator Rain Li.
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NewsPantelion options Hopelessly Devoted
The distributor behind 2013 smash Instructions Not Included has boarded the English-language rom-com by writers Jill Mazursky and Jamee Decio.
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NewsCinemaCon: Dolby trumpets Atmos
Dolby Laboratories announced on the opening day of CinemaCon (24) that it will instal the Dolby Atmos audio platform in more than 100 screens on the Indonesian Cinemaxx circuit over the next three or more years.
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NewsAlfred Molina joins Matador
The veteran actor will play Andres Galan in fledgling El Rey Network’s scripted original series from Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman set to premiere in July.
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NewsCinedigm picks up Antboy
Viva Pictures’ Danish film premiered at Toronto last autumn and is the live-action adaptation of Kenneth Bogh Andersen’s comic book series.
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NewsParamount, Plan B to adapt Big Short
Adam McKay will adapt the screenplay and direct Michael Lewis’ book about the housing and credit bubble.
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NewsDisney buys Maker Studios
The deal could be worth up to $950m and marks a timely recognition by the studio of Millennial might.