All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 849
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NewsTelluride readies 40th anniversary
In advance of the Coloradan festival’s 40th anniversary edition top brass have added a fifth day of festivities and announced that the 650-seat Werner Herzog Theatre will be ready.
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NewsUni moves up 2 Guns release
Universal Pictures announced three schedule changes on Thursday [28] including the hottest project of the 2012 EFM, 2 Guns.
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NewsLucia Puenzo to adapt La Mujer Infinita
BN Films’ Alex Garcia and Lucas Akoskin announced on Thursday [28] that the Argentinian writer-director Lucia Puenzo will direct a Spanish-language adaptation of José Ignacio Valenzuela’s novel.
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Kibo buys Visualnet stake
Kibo Ventures, the fund backed by Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica, has invested in online production services marketplace Visualnet.com.
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NewsFull Frame honours trio
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will honour Jessica Yu, Molly Thompson and Amir Bar-Lev.
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Gangs Of Wasseypur to open IFFLA
Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur and Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children bookend the 11th annual Indian Film festival Of Los Angeles.
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Paul Bettany joins Transcendence
The British actor is in negotiations to star alongside Johnny Depp in Alcon’s project marking the feature directorial debut of Christopher Nolan’s cinematographer Wally Pfister.
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NewsIndican to sell int’l on A Green Story
Indican Pictures announced on Thursday [28] that it has acquired all international rights to Paramyth Film’s A Green Story. The company previously acquired all North American rights.
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NewsTranscendence, Mass for Depp
Contrary to recent speculation that Johnny Depp’s casting in Black Mass might disrupt his participation in Transcendence, the star’s representatives confirmed on Wednesday [27] that he is on board both projects, which are already well known to international buyers.
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NewsLightcatcher readies narrative slate
Arkansas-based documentary creator Lightcatcher Productions has begun production on six narrative features to be released over five years.
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NewsnWave buys Penguins 3D
nWave Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Atlantic Productions’ Penguins 3D (working title) written and narrated by David Attenborough.
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NewsCinedigm takes on Absence
Cinedigm has acquired worldwide rights to Absence, while in a separate deal Oscilloscope Laboratories will distribute About Sunny in North America.
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NewsCBS plots Kings release
The distributor announced on Wednesday [27] it will release Sundance acquisition The Kings Of Summer (formerly Toy’s House) on Jun 14.
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NewsSolar, Hardy eye Samarkand
Tom Hardy has teamed up with LA-based Solar Pictures to play an SAS veteran returning from the Middle East who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as he tries to reintegrate into society.
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Art Directors Guild launches apprenticeship
The art directors council of the Art Directors Guild will issue a wide call for the first intake to colleges, universities and recent graduates on Mar 4.
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NewsSundance, TED launch prize
The Sundance Institute and TED, host of the multi-disciplinary conference and online lecture series, are collaborating for the first time to offer a $125,000 prize for a short documentary project about the work of Sugata Mitra, winner of the annual TED Prize.
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NewsDrafthouse courts Death
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s distribution arm Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino’s SXSW-bound documentary A Band Called Death.
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CommentWomen ruled the Oscars
The women killed it at the musical variety show that was the 85th Academy Awards.
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NewsFull Frame gets Academy boost
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival said on Monday night [25] that it has been named a qualifying festival in the documentary short subject Oscar category.
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CommentOscars: Argo charges to victory
The 85th Academy Awards lived up to its promise of sure-things, surprises and stumbles… and Screen US editor Jeremy Kay was at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles to bear witness.