All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 872
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NewsJon Mone named evp production at Universal
The executive has been in the studio fold since 2006 in his capacity as an executive at Scott Stuber’s Universal-based Bluegrass Films.
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NewsAndrew Garfield, Marc Webb return to Amazing Spider-Man
Columbia Pictures top brass made the announcement on Friday (28) in the wake of the summer success of The Amazing Spider-Man’s $751m worldwide haul.
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NewsMalick, De Palma films find US distributors
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder while eOne Films North America will release Brian De Palma’s Passion. Both films will open in 2013 and thus are out of contention for the current awards season race.
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NewsMinds Eye, Red Sky, Moving Pictures board Avalon
Canada’s Minds Eye Entertainment, Red Sky Entertainment and Moving Pictures Media will produce the live-action fantasy book adaptation Avalon: Web Of Magic [pictured].
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NewsWell Go USA swoops on North American rights to The Thieves
Choi Dong-hoon’s South Korean heist thriller was a summer smash in its home country where it reportedly generated more than 10m admissions – the first film to do so since tsunami action film Haeundae three years ago.
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NewsWinkler Films options The Empty Glass
J I Baker will adapt the thriller screenplay from his novel about conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe.
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NewsFilm District moves up thriller release Dead Man Down
The film will now open on Mar 8 2013 after FlimDistrict initially selected Apr 5 2013.
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NewsDistribution round-up: Film Movement acquires Broken
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Rufus Norris’ Critics’ Week opener, while The Cinema Guild has swooped on US rights to Museum Hours and Freestyle Digital Media will release Amphibious (pictured) in North America.
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NewsLionsgate grows borrowing base with $800m facility
The new five-year revolving credit facility replaces the studio’s previous $340m deal.
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NewsLakeshore to finance Baby Jane remake
More than two months after it emerged that Walter Hill [pictured] would remake the 1962 thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? A clearer picture of the elements is beginning to emerge.
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NewsBabacar Diene joins Voltage in key acquisitions role
The new hire joins as vp of acquisitions and most recently worked at IM Global where since 2010 he served in a similar capacity for Apsara Distribution.
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NewsHitchcock to open AFI FEST on Nov 1
Sacha Gervasi’s film is based on Stephen Rebello’s book Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho and the film will receive its world premiere.
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CommentArgo and The Master off to strong start in awards season
Jeremy Kay analyses how the awards race is shaping up after Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
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NewsCinemaCon organisers unveil 2013 show dates
The official convention of the National Association Of Theatre Owners is set to take place from Apr 15-18 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
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NewsTom Rothman to produce Robopocalypse for DreamWorks, Fox
The outgoing co-head of Twentieth Century Fox said: “If you are in politics, you dream of a call from the White House, in baseball, from the Yankees, in movies, from Steven Spielberg.”
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NewsExclusive Media invests in Millennium Entertainment
Screendaily broke the story in Cannes that Nigel Sinclair and Guy East’s ambitious company was circling Millennium Entertainment and the principals joined Nu Image founders Avi Lerner and Trevor Short on Tuesday (25) to announce they had acquired a minority stake.
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NewsUniversal Pictures heralds record box office haul
The studio, celebrating its 100th anniversary, announced on Tuesday (25) that its films had amassed $1.128bn for the year-to-date, setting a new company record.
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NewsA24 acquires Ginger & Rosa, Kino Lorber buys Resnais
Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa premiered in Telluride and will get a 2012 qualifying run before opening in theatres in early 2013. Alain Resnais’ You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet will open early next year.
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NewsNew York's Maven Pictures revs up Rollin’ Thunder
Following the sale in Toronto of their comedy Imogene to Roadside Attractions / Lionsgate, Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray said on Tuesday (25) they will produce the bowling comedy.
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NewsLionsgate-Summit merger expands IDC output deal
Summit and NuVision founder Pedro Rodriguez formed IDC to release films in Latin America and the deal will now cover content from Summit’s new owner Lionsgate.