All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 825
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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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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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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
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NewsFrank Oz to direct Winter's Discontent
Billy Crystal is attached to star in Winter’s Discontent as a widower who moves into a reputed active adult community in hopes of reinvigorating his sex life.
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NewsPanorama hires Austin-Little
EXCLUSIVE: The financing, production and sales outfit has brought on Laura Austin-Little as vp of international sales.
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Greenwomb adds cast to Infirma
New Mexico-based Greenwomb Productions announced on Monday [13] that Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Gísli Örn Garđarsson and Angus MacFadyen will star in eco-thriller Terra Infirma.
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NewsSchwarzenegger in talks for Toxic
The star is in negotiations to join writer-director Steve Pink’s The Toxic Avenger and International Film Trust (IFT) will launch pre-sales in Cannes
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NewsVision finds Femme; Double Dutch adds four
Vision Films has picked up worldwide rights to Emmanuel Itier’s documentary Femme and arrives on the Croisette with the film’s executive producer and narrator Sharon Stone to boost sales.
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NewsRed Sea adds two for Cannes
Roman Kopelevich has bulked up his sales roster with Sacrilege to be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and comedy-horror Hell Baby.
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NewsHBO Seduced by Toback
HBO has acquired all North American television rights to James Toback’s Seduced And Abandoned, which will play as a special screening on the Croisette. Separately Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment have taken North America on Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes.
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NewsLotus arrives in Cannes
Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel have resurfaced and arrive on the Croisette with Lotus Entertainment, a full-service motion picture financing, production and international sales company.