All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 797
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NewsCannes 2013 buoyed by US buys
The tidal wave of product that swept up on Cannes’ shore on the eve of the market made buyers warier than ever, however the result was steady international trade punctuated by notable US buys.
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NewseOne falls for Naomi Watts' Diana
The trademark late cascade of US deals emerged on Thursday [23] as Cannes neared the finish line, led by eOne’s acquisition of US rights to hot market title Diana.
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NewsAFI DOCS to honour Errol Morris
The US premiere of AJ Schnack’s Caucus will close AFI DOCS and Errol Morris will be honoured at the festival’s Charles Guggenheim Symposium for his contributions to the documentary genre.
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NewsContreras lines up Language
Mexican director Ernesto Contreras is to direct I dream In Another Language based on an original story by his brother Carlos Contreras.
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NewsProvincetown adds 2013 honourees
Matt Dillon will receive the Excellence In Acting Award and Cinematographer Ed Lachman will collect the Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF).
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NewsCinedigm acquires TIFF premiere Visitors
Cinedigm has taken North American rights to Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors, set to receive its world premiere on Sept 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsVertical finds The Snow Queen
Vertical Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the Russian 3D animated feature The Snow Queen. Wizart Distribution’s Diana Yurinova handled international sales in Cannes.
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NewsLionsgate acquires US on Blood Ties
In what the parties claimed to be the biggest US buy of the festival, Lionsgate/Roadside announced on Wednesday [23] they had acquired Cannes Competition entry Blood Ties.
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Primeridian lines up Future
Primeridian Entertainment has hired Roger L Simon to write its second feature project, tentatively titled The Future Is Now.
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NewsSundance Selects gets Blue
Sundance Selects announced out of Cannes it is acquiring rights to Abdellatif Kechiche’s competition entry Blue Is The Warmest Color from Wild Bunch.
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NewsLionsgate breaks its Cannes record
Lionsgate has revealed record sales in Cannes, earning more than $250m on the slate of nine titles including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 and 2, Step Up 5 and The Last Witch Hunter.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC buys Tai Chi
RADiUS-TWC has swooped on its second buy of the festival, taking North American rights to Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man Of Tai Chi.
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Hutcherson to star in Ape
The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson will star in the psychological thriller Ape from Atomic Owl Pictures and JetLag Productions.
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NewsIFT sells King of the Kastle
EXCLUSIVE: Deals for the comedy, starring Clive Owen [pictured], have closed on the likes of Latin America and Germany.
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NewsIM Global Walks with Redford
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy directed by Robert Redford [pictured] sells to France, Germany, Australia and Latin America, among others.
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NewsNYU Graduate slate comes to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Producer and NYU teacher Robert Nickson has been talking to sales agents on the Croisette about a slate of features from the NYU Graduate Film Program.
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NewsHighland reports Barely Lethal sales
EXCLUSIVE: Kyle Newman’s action film, starring Samuel L Jackson and Hailee Steinfeld, sells to China, CIS and Latin America, among others.
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NewsMagnolia seals ABCs of Death 2 deals
EXCLUSIVE: Horror anthology sells to UK and Australia, among others.
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NewsTanweer in buying spree
EXCLUSIVE: Ambitious Tanweer has closed a slew of acquisitions led by Big Eyes and St. Vincent from The Weinstein Company for India and Turkey and Laggies and The Forger from The Solution for India and Greece.
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FeaturesPaul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis, The Canyons
It began with a lucky calamity. Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis originally came together to work on Bait, a movie backed by Spanish money that was set up at Lionsgate. When that fell apart, the two creative forces got talking about making something else.