All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 787
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NewsLinklater to receive Gotham honour
IFP announced that Richard Linklater is to collect the Director Tribute at the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Dec 2 in New York.
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NewsI, Frankenstein to open on IMAX
Lionsgate and Lakeshore’s I, Frankenstein will be released in IMAX in the US and select international territories commencing Jan 24 2014.
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NewsArpa names 2013 honourees
Fruitvale Station producer Sev Ohanian, Not Anymore: A Story Of Revolution producer Matthew Van Dyke and actor Sid Haig are among the honourees at the upcoming 16th Annual Arpa International Film Festival.
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NewsZac Efron's Awkward sets release date
FilmDistrict has changed the named of Zac Efron rom-com Are We Officially Dating? to That Awkward Moment and has set a release date.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn finallists unveiled
Samuel Goldwyn, president of The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, has announced the five finallists and judges for the 2013 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards.
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NewsAFI Awards set for Jan 10
The American Film Institute’s ‘almanac’ of the year’s outstanding achievements in film and television will be unveiled on Jan 10 2014 and honourees will be announced on Dec 9.
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NewsFocus readies Fela Kuti
Andrew Dosunmu will direct Focus Features’ drama Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and human rights activist who rallied against the corrupt Nigerian regime of the 1970s.
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NewsInto The Woods starts shoot
Production has commenced on Disney’s Into The Woods starring Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine.
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NewsPartners line up Insidious 3
eOne, FilmDistrict and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) will partner on a third Insidious episode following the stunning $41.1m estimated number one debut of Insidious: Chapter 2 at the weekend.
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NewsMetrodome takes UK on Visitors
Submarine Entertainment has licensed UK rights for Godfrey Reggio’s Toronto special presentation Visitors to Metrodome and struck an Italian deal with Feltrinelli Films.
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NewsSlave wins TIFF audience award
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Blackberry People’s Choice Award in a significant development that places the hard-hitting drama among an elite club.
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NewsThe Husband seals TIFF deals
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has acquired US sales rights, The Little Film Company international sales and A71 Canadian distribution rights to Scythia Films and Phenomenal Films’ recent Toronto world premiere The Husband.
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NewsInsidious 2 owns US on $41.1m
A sensational number one launch for Insidious: Chapter 2 through FilmDistrict put the horror sequel immediately in profit for the filmmakers and established James Wan unquestionably as the preeminent commercial horror director following summer smash The Conjuring.
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NewsSmurfs 2 crosses $200m int'l
China helped The Smurfs 2 soar past $200m over a lukewarm session, driving the overall weekend take to $17.6m from 13,000 screens in 70 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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NewsF Word sells out for eOne
eOne Films International has reported a roaring trade in Toronto on No Trace Camping’s Michael Dowse rom-com The F Word starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan.
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NewsWadjda to lead first Saudi Oscar bid
Haifaa Al Mansour’s acclaimed drama will contest the Academy’s foreign language race for Saudi Arabia.
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NewsWestEnd racks up TIFF sales on Joe
WestEnd Films has closed a raft of deals on David Gordon Green’s Joe starring Nicholas Cage and Tye Sheridan on the back of its Venice and Toronto premieres.
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NewsHFPA to honour Woody Allen
Woody Allen will receive the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B DeMille Award at the 71st Annual Golden Globes on Jan 22, 2014.
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NewsRoadside takes Words And Pictures
Roadside Attractions has taken US rights in Toronto to Fred Schepisi’s romance Words And Pictures starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche.