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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 928
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NewsMickey Liddell launches LD Distribution
Liddell’s new company adds another buyer to the ranks as the industry prepares for Sundance. Former Paramount Clasics co-head and experienced distribution and marketing consultant David Dinerstein is installed as head of the new company which will release Toronto pick-up Killer Joe starring Matthew McConaughey.
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NewsNew Year's Eve rules sluggish US box office on $14m
The lowest box office weekend in more than three years was distinguished by Focus Features’ spectacular limited debut for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and an excellent limited launch for Paramount’s Young Adult.
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NewsDescendants, Malick, Fassbender thrill LAFCA
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) announced an eclectic selection in its best of 2011 vote on Sunday (Dec 11), highlighting international favourites A Separation, Poetry and City Of Life And Death.
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NewsAFI unveils ten most outstanding films of 2011
The selection is: Bridesmaids, The Descendants (pictured), The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, J. Edgar, Midnight In Paris, Moneyball, The Tree Of Life and War Horse.
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NewsPuss In Boots dethrones Breaking Dawn on $46m int'l
DreamWorks Animation’s burgeoning hit grossed an estimated $45.6m through PPI to propel the relatively early running total to $142.3m.
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NewsMiami unveils 10 entries in Ibero-American contest
The films will compete for $45,000 in prizes money at the 29th annual event, set to run from Mar 2–11.
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NewsKino Lorber takes North America on Putin’s Kiss
Lise Birk Pedersen directed the Monday Production documentary which premiered in the IDFA Feature Documentary competition and is bound for Sundance in January.
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NewsCinemaCon 2012 to fete Timur Bekmambetov
The Russian filmmaker will be garlanded with the International Filmmaker Of The Year Award, as part of CinemaCon’s International Day.
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NewsMI4, Hugo, Potter make it on to Academy’s FX longlist
Fifteen films will proceed to the next stage of voting in early January, when the visual effects branch executive committee will whittle the list down to 10 titles.
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NewsIM Global snatches rights to spec script Kidnap
Knate Gwaltney’s story centres on a woman who pursues her son’s abductors following a shopping mall kidnapping.
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NewsHarrison Ford on board Jackie Robinson project for Legendary Pictures
Ford will play baseball executive Branch Rickey while Chadwick Boseman has been cast as the iconic sportsman Robinson.
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FeaturesElizabeth Olsen
The US actress talks about her complex first lead role in Martha Marcy May Marlene.
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FeaturesCarlos Saldanha
Rio director Carlos Saldanha tells Jeremy Kay about putting the city’s carnival spirit on screen.
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NewsBreaking Dawn seeks fourth weekend atop int’l charts
Summit International’s tween dream may have raced to more than $350m but it will face stiff competition this weekend from Puss In Boots and Arthur Christmas.
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NewsAFM to stay in Santa Monica through 2017
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has extended its deal with the Loews Santa Monica following months of speculation over a mooted move to L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles Downtown.
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Myriad boards Marisa Tomei thriller Inescapable
Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico will handle worldwide sales and serves as executive producer alongside Christine Vachon and Mark Sloane of Alliance Films, which will distribute in Canada.
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Red Flag acquires US rights to politics doc ReGENERATION
Phillip Montgomery’s debut doc explores youth disillusionment with the political process and the events that led up to the Occupy movement.
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FeaturesGlenn Close
Glenn Close first played Albert Nobbs on stage nearly 30 years ago. She speaks to Screen about how she ‘put skin in the game’ to bring the project to the screen as producer, financier and star.
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FeaturesMichelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh immersed herself in the life of Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi for The Lady and persuaded Luc Besson to direct.