All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 804
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NewsNantucket, Academy strike pact
The Nantucket Film Festival has sealed a partnership with The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences around the Ciné Institute of Haiti and the Nantucket Film Festival Teen Filmmaking programme.
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NewsJohansson joins Chef cast
Scarlett Johansson has joined the cast of Jon Favreau’s Chef, which Aldamisa International has introduced to buyers here.
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108 Media finds Camera Trap
108 Media has acquired worldwide sales for the found footage title Camera Trap and is showing footage in the market.
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NewsSPWA takes territories on Gold
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired key territories on the Justin Timberlake starrer Spinning Gold, which Foresight Unlimited has introduced to buyers in Cannes.
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NewsBreslin to star in Octane's Peste
Abigail Breslin has landed the lead role in contagion thriller Peste based on Barbara Marshall’s Black List screenplay. IM Global’s Octane genre unit finances and launches sales in Cannes.
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NewsVision finds Ms. Right, Grief Tourist
Vision Films has unveiled its Cannes sales slate including the thriller The Grief Tourist starring Melanie Griffith, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Michael Cudlitz.
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NewsSpotlight finds love in Tar
EXCLUSIVE: Spotlight Pictures has acquired international rights to the romance Tar starring James Franco, Mila Kunis and Jessica Chastain.
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NewsIFT locks in Cusack's Cell
EXCLUSIVE: Fledgling sales outfit International Film Trust arrives on the Croisette with Cell starring John Cusack and is negotiating to handle sales on Some Velvet Morning from Neil LaBute.
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NewsVisit boards Sur, Wait, Flex
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has added Michael Polish’s Big Sur, M Blash’s The Wait and dance documentary Flex is Kings to its Croisette line-up.
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NewsAmerica Video Films boards Middleton
Enrique Maya’s America Video Films will screen the Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga rom-com Middleton. Anchor Bay Films plans to release in North America this year.
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Red Sea adds trio for Cannes
Roman Kopelevich’s ambitious LA-based Red Sea Media has added three titles to his sales slate for Cannes.
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NewsWorldview boards Song One
EXCLUSIVE: Worldview Entertainment has come on board to finance and produce the drama Song One starring Oscar winner Anne Hathaway. Lotus Entertainment will introduce to buyers in Cannes.
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NewsMagnet drawn to Big Bad Wolves
Magnet Releasing has acquired all North American rights from XYZ Films to Big Bad Wolves.
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NewsWaltz enters Candy Store
Christoph Waltz has come on board Good Universe and Lionsgate’s crime thriller Candy Store. Good Universe launches sales on the Croisette this week and Lionsgate will distribute in North America.
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NewsLincoln Center sets Chan tribute
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and New York Asian Film Festival have unveiled plans for the largest Jackie Chan retrospective ever to take place in North America.
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NewsExclusive Media rocks to Metallica
Exclusive Media is launching sales in Cannes and will screen Nimród Antal’s Metallica Through The Never starring the band and Dane DeHaan from breakout hit Chronicle.
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NewsIFT acquires Jerry Lewis' Max Rose
International Film Trust will launch sales on the Croisette on the Jerry Lewis drama Max Rose. ICM Partners represents US rights.
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NewsCinedigm, Uni strike supply deal
Cinedigm and Universal Studios Home Entertainment have signed a multi-year deal whereby Universal will provide comprehensive supply-chain services across North America for Cinedigm’s DVD and Blu-ray library.
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NewsFilm Sales brisk on eve of Cannes
Andrew Herwitz’s The Film Sales Company has sold German rights to Rapid-Eye for Room 237, which premiered last year in Directors Fortnight.
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NewsLionsgate takes Quiet Ones
Distributor Lionsgate has picked up North American rights to Hammer’s The Quiet Ones