All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 789
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NewsCBS Films confirms F Word deal
UPDATED SEPT 10: CBS Films top brass said on Tuesday evening (September 10) they had acquired US rights to Michael Dowse’s The F Word in a deal understood to fall between $2.5m and $3m.
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NewsNonStop finds When Jews Were Funny
EXCLUSIVE: NonStop Entertainment has acquired Scandinavian, Icelandic and Baltic rights from The Film Sales Company to Alan Zweig’s documentary When Jews Were Funny.
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FeaturesDaniel Brühl and Niki Lauda, Rush
After Sunday’s (September 8) gala presentation North American premiere at Roy Thompson Hall, Rush star Daniel Brühl and Niki Lauda sat down with Jeremy Kay to talk about the film. Lauda flew in to attend the premiere.
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NewsFogelson out at Universal
In a stunning development Adam Fogelson has left Universal Pictures as chairman and Jeff Shell has been named chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group.
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NewsBAFTA/LA to honour Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen will receive the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award For Excellence In Comedy on November 9 in Los Angeles.
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NewsIFC Midnight enters The Station
The distributor has acquired US rights to Marvin Kren’s Midnight Madness entry about a group of scientists at a German Alpine research lab who encounter a horrifying biological force.
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NewsMillennium acquires Fading Gigolo
Millennium Entertainment has paid in the region of $3m for US rights to Fading Gigolo in the latest Toronto deal to emerge at the festival.
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NewsFilmBuff makes beeline for Buzz
FilmBuff has acquired US rights to TIFF Docs entry Burt’s Buzz and will release in theatres and on VoD in 2014.
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NewsFilmSharks continues 2+2 sales
FilmSharks has closed further deals on Diego Kaplan’s swingers drama 2+2 (A Couple With A Couple).
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NewsTIFF momentum set to stay high
With two major $7m deals in the can and interest in Fading Gigolo, Horns and All Is By My Side, the Toronto momentum showed no sign of letting up heading into a busy Sunday night.
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FeaturesEmanuel Michael and Cassandra Kulukundis, Unison Films
The Unison Films principals talk to Jeremy Kay about their Toronto premiere The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her [pictured].
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FeaturesPaul Haggis, Third Person
It took two-and-a-half years before Paul Haggis was happy with the script for Third Person, he tells Jeremy Kay.
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NewsSPWA swoops on Therese
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has licensed the UK and a raft of territories from Exclusive Media to the Toronto entry Therese.
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NewsPeriscope eyes German market
Submarine Entertainment, Dakota Group and NFP Marketing & Distribution in Germany have launched Periscope Pictures, a joint venture distribution imprint and label in Germany.
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NewsElysium tops int'l on $21.2m
Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi action release added an estimated $21.2m from 10,630 screens in 52 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International to push the running total to $127.1m.
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NewsWorldview, Roth eye Inferno sequel
Fresh from Saturday night’s (7) world premiere of The Green Inferno, wheels are in motion on Beyond The Green Inferno. Exclusive Media will reprise its role as international sales agent and CAA arranged financing and represents US rights.
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NewsBiFrost lines up The Swimmer
Daniel Wagner’s BiFrost Pictures will finance and produce The Swimmer starring Ben McKenzie of TV hits Southland and The O.C.
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Raven Banner takes Battery
Toronto-based Raven Banner has acquired international rights to Jeremy Gardner’s elevated genre hit The Battery.
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NewsTWC buys Carney's Song
The Weinstein Company has closed a $7m deal with a $20m P&A commitment for US rights to Can a Song Save Your Life? following Saturday night’s hit world premiere that concluded a second early major deal after Bad Words.
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FeaturesMike Flanagan, Oculus
Mike Flanagan talks about his Midnight Madness entry Oculus, a chiller about a mirror that is “like a portable Overlook Hotel”. Jeremy Kay tries not to gulp too loudly.