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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 899
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Lance Volland, Désirée Finnegan rise at Warner Bros int’l publicity
Volland has led the studio’s international publicity efforts for the past five years and is promoted to evp while Finnegan becomes svp.
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Blancbiehn Productions plans June shoot on family drama Treachery
Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc Biehn have announced casting on their latest project and will star alongside Sarah Butler, Caitlin Keats, Chris Meyer and Matthew Ziff.
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O-Scope promotes Dan Berger, David Laub
The executive will jointly oversee marketing, distribution and acquisitions as it emerged that Oscilloscope Laboratories co-founder and president David Fenkel is seguing into a consultancy role after four years at the company.
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NewsTimur Bekmambetov to direct drama The Current War
The filmmaker’s company Bazelevs has acquired Michael Mitnick’s Black List script about the public battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse for control of the early power industry.
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FIP hires ex-Weinstein executive Laine Kline
The new arrival will serve as svp of business affairs for Sanford Panitch’s division.
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Little Studio Films signs Mick Garris to direct Invasion
The Los Angeles-based company will represent all rights to the sci-fi thriller at the Cannes market.
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NewsRed Sea Media adds Frankie Go Boom to Cannes slate
Chairman and CEO Roman Kopelevich will commence sales on the Croisette on Jordan Roberts’ rom-com starring Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan, Chris O’Dowd from Bridesmaids, Ron Perlman and Whitney Cummings.
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Cinema Without Borders to honour Darryl Macdonald
The director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival & Film Market and executive director of the Palm Springs Film Society will be the winner of the first annual Friend Of International Cinema Award.
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NewsExclusive Media reports sales deluge on Robot & Frank
EXCLUSIVE: Jake Schreier’s popular Sundance premiere went on to screen at the EFM in Berlin and has proved to be a broadly appealing title for buyers.
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FeaturesClifford Werber, Fluent Entertainment
The Fox and Warner Bros veteran talks about a studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films.
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NewsRobert Pattinson joins Preferred Content's Mission: Blacklist
Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar’s fledgling Embankment Films will commence international pre-sales on the Saddam Hussein thriller in Cannes. Preferred Content produced and co-represents North American rights with WME Global.
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Suzanne Fritz earns domestic publicity stripes at Warner Bros
As svp of domestic publicity Fritz will continue to create and execute on campaigns. She reports to evp Juli Goodwin.
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NewsThomas Kretschmann enters Open Grave
The German star has boarded Atlas Independent’s horror tale alongside South Africa’s Sharlto Copley, Josie Ho, Joseph Morgan, Erin Richards and Max Wrottesley. Camela Galano’s (pictured) Speranza13 Media has already closed a number of sales.
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NewsTelefilm Canada: Canadian co-pro business in healty state
Telefilm Canada announced on Wednesday (May 3) that the five-year total from 2006-10 for Canadian feature film treaty co-production budgets amounted to $1.02bn.
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NewsThe Avengers reaches $261m international box office
Marvel Studios’ superhero mash-up added $43.3m on Tuesday through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
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Check Entertainment dates Audrey for September release
Richard Gabai’s new distributorwill release Dean Pollack’s Audrey in theatres in September.
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Magnolia picks up US rights to Steve Jobs doc
Robert Cringely shot the interview with the Apple guru in 1995 and screened the film earlier this year in Magnolia sibling Landmark theatres.
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Paramount signs first-look with producer Ian Bryce
It also emerged on Wednesday (May 2) that Bryce, a best picture Oscar nominee for Saving Private Ryan, has hired Rebecca Rajkowski as director of development.
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NewsAlliance sale expected to be announced within the month
EXCLUSIVE: A decision on the sale of Alliance Films is expected within the next two to four weeks, company chairman Victor Loewy told ScreenDaily this week.
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NewsJoe Drake, Nathan Kahane launch Good Universe
The Mandate Pictures co-founders have left the Lionsgate fold and head to Cannes with their financing, production and sales operation and a pair of buzz titles: Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake and Jon Turteltaub comedy Last Vegas.