All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 875
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cargo, Jump Street solidify Australian ties
EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Entertainment and Australia’s Jump Street Films have signed a multi-year output deal and formed a financing, production, distribution and sales company to develop original Australian content.
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Raven Banner closes deals on Manborg
MPI Media Group has picked up US rights to Steve Kostanski’s sci-fi action Manborg.
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Leomark closes VoD delas on Pinching Penny
Erik Lundmark’s Leomark Studios has licensed VoD rights to the crime caper Pinching Penny to Beijing-based JY Entertainment.
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CMG closes Sarila deals for Russia, Germany
Ed Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (CMG) has licensed Canadian 3D animated adventure The Legend Of Sarila to Luxor for Russia, Telepool for Germany and 5 Star Pictures for Israel.
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Myriad Pictures to sell Olivia Wilde comedy Relanxious
CEO Kirk D’Amico has introduced the project from The Allegiance Theater to buyers at AFM.
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Speranza13, Amber Entertainment strike sales partnership
Camela Galano’s Speranza13 has signed on to handle exclusive sales on Ileen Maisel and Lawrence Elman’s Amber Entertainment slate and has just introduced the company’s third project Stronghold to AFM buyers.
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NewsSierra/Affinity-Par deal offers independent opportunity
The synergy between the studio and independent worlds came into sharp focus on Friday with fresh developments on a pair of Paramount titles and, separately, Red Granite’s red-hot Wolf Of Wall Street.
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NewsCargo Entertainment starts talks on King's Highway
EXCLUSIVE: Adrien Brody is attached to star in the thriller King’s Highway, the latest title that Cargo Entertainment president Mark Lindsay has introduce to AFM buyers.
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Tricoast to sell Tolstoy adaptation Two Jacks
Tricoast Worldwide is selling Two Jacks starring Danny Huston, Sienna Miller, Jack Huston, Billy Zane and Jacqueline Bisset.
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Baja Int’l Film Festival to honour Ed Norton, Matt Dillon
The inaugural festival’s honorees will include Directors Guild Of America president Michael Apted, Virginia Madsen, Diego Luna, Melissa Leo and director Nicolas Echevarria.
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NewsTwenty-one features to vie for Oscar animation prize
The Academy issued the longlist on Friday (2), adding that some of the titles have not yet executed their Los Angeles qualifying runs.
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IDA Festival to feature tribute to NFB interactive works
The festival is set to run from Nov 14-25 in Amsterdam and features a number of key works from the National Film Board Of Canada (NFB).
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Image acquires US rights to action sci-fi Stranded
Roger Christian directed the Minds Eye Entertainment production in association with Moving Pictures Media. Christian Slater stars with Brendan Fehr, Amy Matysio and Michael Therriault.