All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 858
-
NewsIFC feels Java Heat from Margate House Films
The US deal on Conor Allyn’s action thriller starring Lutz and Mickey Rourke was announced on Monday (5).
-
News
JuntoBox Films, Indiegogo joins forces to help filmmakers
The collaborative studio announced at AFM it has teamed up with the crowdfunding platform and greenlit Sharon Is Caring, the fourth project selected by JuntoBox co-chairman Forest Whitaker.
-
News
Oscilloscope Laboratories hires Amanda Lebow
Lebow arrives from Submarine as part of an initiative to ramp up the digital department and will take the lead on digital and ancillary sales.
-
News
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani to receive Cinema Italian Style Award
The prize goes to a person or people who have “promoted exchange between the Italian and international film industry.” Previous recipients include George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Terry Gilliam, Vittorio Storaro, Milena Canonero, John Turturro and Douglas Kirkland.
-
NewsIFP announces audience award nominees
The nominees for the 3rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Audience Award are: Artifact, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Burn: One Year ON The Front Lines Of The Battle To Save Detroit, The Invisible War (pictured), and Once In A Lullaby: The PS 22 Chorus Story.
-
News
Canada’s Double Dutch International acquires comedy Conception
Josh Stolberg wrote, directed and produced the rom-com about the stories of nine couples on the night they conceive.
-
News
Lionsgate’s Michael Burns extends contract through 2017
The vice-chairman has signed a new employment contract that keeps him in the post through October 2017.
-
News
Submarine genre label Torpedo lines up Thai remake
Torpedo Pictures will produce the English language version of the thriller 6IXTYNIN9.
-
News
New Films to commence production on Air Disturbance
Joe Dante will commence shooting the horror thriller on Nov 27 in Los Angeles.
-
-
NewsBuyers soak up IM Global musical Sunshine
IM Global has reported a strong response to the comedy-musical Walking On Sunshine with Kylie Minogue and Gemma Arterton attached to star.
-
NewsSpotlight shines on Stuck Between Stations, Oogieloves
EXCLUSIVE: Spotlight Pictures has come on board to sell Stuck Between Stations and The Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure.
-
News
Red Sea strikes production pact with Enderby Entertainment
Red Sea Media’s genre label Dead Sea Media has closed the four-film deal with Enderby and its genre label Tony-Seven Films. Red Sea and Ton-Seven introduced the titles at AFM and Red Sea will handle international sales.
-
News
Freestyle plans theatrical release for InAPPropriate Comedy
Freestyle Releasing has acquired North American rights to the sketch comedy and plans a theatrical launch followed by DVD and VoD through Freestyle Digital Media.
-
NewsWreck-It Ralph opens top on $49m in strong US session
An early November surge saw the North American top 12 climb 53% against last weekend and gain 20% on the comparable session in 2011 as Buena Vista’s highly regarded animation stormed to the top.
-
NewsSensational Skyfall adds $156m to reach $289.1m international
UPDATED: James Bond remained irrepressible outside North America and is closing in on $300m after a mere 10 days. The result puts Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) total box office for the year-to-date on $2.16bn – overhauling the $2.14bn record with two months of the year to go.
-
News
Home, Stung sell well for XYZ, Celluloid Nightmares
Celluloid Nightmares has struck a multi-territory deal with Wild Bunch on Home, Nicholas McCarthy’s follow-up to Sundance hit The Pact.
-
NewsScarcity of AFM must-haves drives up prices
In contrast to the deadly Storm Sandy that ravaged the East Coast on the eve of the AFM and delayed the arrival of a number of attendees, the pace of the market itself some 3,000 miles away in Santa Monica has been far more languid.
-
News
Dracula project among 10-strong Steven Paul roster
EXCLUSIVE: Steven Paul has wrapped production on Dracula: The Dark Prince, one of 10 features he has committed to producing in the next 12 months through his group of companies SP Entertainment Group, Crystal Edge and Crystal Sky.
-
NewsSeven Arts founder Peter Hoffman talks Thomasina, Winter Queen
Peter Hoffman’s Seven Arts has moved into self-distribution and is lining up a remake of the family property Thomasina after acquiring rights from the late author Paul Gallico’s estate.