All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 788
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NewsComic-Con: SPWA gets Grace
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired worldwide rights to the horror-thriller from Automatik, Oddfellows Entertainment and Colony Pictures.
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NewsCandelabra bags 15 Emmy noms
HBO’s acclaimed Liberace drama Behind The Candelabra starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon may be ineligible for Oscar consideration but that has not stopped recognition coming from the world of television.
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NewsComic-Con: IMAX gets Divergent
Ahead of Thursday’s [18] convention panel on Divergent, top brass from IMAX Corporation and Lionsgate-owned Summit said that the first episode of the sci-fi trilogy will be remastered into IMAX and released worldwide commencing on Mar 21, 2014.
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NewsBrightlight, Telefilm Canada ready Nootka
EXCLUSIVE: Brightlight Pictures with the support of Telefilm Canada is lining up period epic White Slaves Of The Nootka.
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NewsComic-Con: footage can pay
The importance of preview footage as a driver of audience engagement is highlighted in Comic-Con research conducted by international communications agency Way To Blue.
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Uni print control exec to retire
In a sign of the times, Universal Pictures announced on Wednesday [17] that Mark Link will retire from his role as vp of print control in January 2014 after 38 years with the studio.
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NewsFoursquare, CBS, Regal 'Do' Con
CBS Films and Regal Entertainment have partnered with the Foursquare app on a Comic-Con promotion centred on upcoming release The To Do List.
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NewsRemstar, D Films bulk up prestige slates
Canadian distribution: Remstar Films has acquired Parkland and Dark Places in a deal with Exclusive Media while separately D Films has struck a deal with Cohen Media Group for The Attack.
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NewsFox Searchlight to produce Wild
The studio has acquired worldwide rights to Nick Hornby’s adaptation of Wild with Reese Witherspoon set to star and produce.
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NewsLew Weitzman, 1937-2013
A memorial service in honour of literary agent Lew Weitzman, who died on Jun 30 aged 76, has been set for Jul 24 in Los Angeles.
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NewsNEXT Weekend unveils roster
Sundance organisers have announced the line-up for the inaugural NEXT Weekend event, set to run in Los Angeles from Aug 8-11 at various venues. The programme includes world premieres of The Foxy Merkins and How To Be A Man.
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NewsSony to release Inferno in 2015
The studio will relesae the third adaptation in the Dan Brown series on Dec 18, 2015.
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NewsTrio join Wiig's Welcome
Linda Cardellini, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tim Robbins will join Kristen Wiig in the upcoming Welcome To Me, which Cargo International is selling outside North America. Separately, financier Kilburn Media has lined up its first film, Flock Of Dudes.
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NewsGuggenheim on Yousafzai doc
The plight of Pakistani student activist Malala Yousafzai has captured the imagination of Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, who have signed Davis Guggenheim to direct Image Nation Abu Dhabi’s documentary about the teenager.
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NewsPascal, Utley named AMPAS governors
Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal and Fox Searchlight co-president Nancy Utley are among 10 first-time members voted to the board of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.
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Roberto Paris named Italy MD at UPIE
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) top brass announced on Monday [15] that the former Sony Pictures Home Entertainment executive has been hired as managing director of Italian operations.
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NewsCronenberg starts Maps shoot
eOne and Prospero Pictures executives have announced that principal photography has begun on David Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars.
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NewsGravitas takes Calvin & Hobbes doc
Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American rights to Joel Allen Schroeder’s documentary Dear Mr. Watterson.
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NewsDespicable Me 2 stays top in US
Universal’s Despicable Me 2 led a strong weekend and stayed top in its second session as an estimated $44.8m beat Sony’s number two arrival Grown Ups 2 on $42.5m and a relatively mediocre $38.3m haul by Warner Bros’ Pacific Rim in third place.
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NewsPacific Rim impresses on int'l debut
Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi tentpole Pacific Rim delivered an encouraging $53m first foray outside North America but it was not quite enough to usurp Despicable Me 2 as the reigning champion generated $55.5m to climb to $243.2m. Fast & Furious 6 roared past $700m worldwide.