All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 826
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NewsPeppercorn Chronicles cast swells
Jodelle Ferland, Noah Ringer and Michael Eklund have joined UK director Mike Le Han and production partners Black Lake LFP’s teen feature The Peppercorn Chronicles.
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NewsSinemaTV, NBCUniversal extend Turkish pact
SinemaTV has signed a new output deal with NBCUniversal International TV Distribution to broadcast the studio’s feature and television slate for the first time on Turkish TV.
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NewsGatsby in $51m #2 US debut
Warner Bros’ The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio arrived in style ahead of Wednesday’s [15] Cannes opening night screening as Iron Man 3 held on to number one on an estimated $72.4m.
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NewsIron Man 3 eyes $1bn milestone
Marvel Studios’ blockbuster added an estimated $161.8m at the global box office to reach $949m as the international running total climbed by $89.3m to $664.1m. Star Trek Into Darkness enjoyed an excellent first foray to earn $31.7m.
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NewsRelativity Int’l walks Carrion Road
EXCLUSIVE: The freshly minted division led by Camela Galano has struck a deal to co-finance and handle sales on two projets from Atlas Independent, kicking off in Cannes with thriller The Man On Carrion Road.
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NewsAldamisa Int'l tastes Chef
Jon Favreau wrote and will direct the comedy to star Sofia Vergara, Robert Downey Jr, John Leguizamo and Bobby Cannavale. Aldamisa International will kick off pre-sales in Cannes.
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NewsMichael Nyqvist joins Father
The star of the Swedish-language Millennium Trilogy has signed on to the Cannes sales title My So-Called Father opposite Vera Vitali.
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NewsVirgin Produced strikes Overbrook pact
Virgin Produced and Overbrook Entertainment have signed a non-exclusive deal starting on the imminent summer release After Earth.
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NewsUni, MRC board MacFarlane comedy
Universal Pictures and Media Rights Capital (MRC) will co-finance Seth MacFarlane’s Western comedy A Million Ways To Die In The West.
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NewsVision gets So Easy
Vision Films has landed worldwide rights to the autobiographical documentary It’s So Easy And Other Lies about former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan.
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NewsRed Sea bites on Squirrels
CEO Roman Kopelevich will launch sales on the Croisette on the horror-thriller from Bazelevs.
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NewsKochman joins Cohen Media
John Kochman has joined the acquisitions team at Cohen Media Group and will work alongside evp Gary Rubin.
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NewsForesight checks out of Hotel 33
UPDATE: Foresight Unlimited has pulled the thriller from its Cannes slate after it emerged on Friday evening [10] that the financiers had not closed their deal for Nicolas Cage.
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NewsTWC to remake Kite
Distant Horizon president Anant Singh announced on Friday [10] that The Weinstein Company will launch sales in Cannes on the live-action project.
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NewsLone Survivor set for Jan 2014
Universal Pictures announced on Friday [10] that it will release the Mark Wahlberg Navy SEALS film on Jan 10 next year.
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Breaking Glass acquires four for Cannes
Breaking Glass Pictures heads to Cannes with four new sales titles led by prison tale K-11, currently available across the US on VoD and DVD.
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NewsBreakthrough debuts Anti Social
The Toronto-based company has completed production on the horror film and will launch worldwide sales in Cannes.
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NewsShoreline finds Hidden Moon
Shoreline Entertainment has picked up world sales rights to La Victoria Films’ Hidden Moon starring Wes Bentley and will produce the sci-fi Probe.
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NewsPremiere gets HairBrained
Premiere Entertainment has come on board to handle worldwide sales at Cannes on the Brendan Fraser family comedy.
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NFB launches doc initiative
The National Film Board Of Canada is behind a drive to create a multi-platform destination for viewers to engage with documentary filmmakers and subjects.