All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 947
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Myriad adds Rob Lowe political satire Knife Fight to sales slate
Myriad Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on Bill Guttentag’s political satire Knife Fight starring Rob Lowe, Julie Bowen and Jamie Chung.
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One-two for Participant as Contagion opens top on £23m
Participant Media were celebrating a one-two punch this weekend as the company co-financed both the number one opener Contagion and ongoing hit The Help.
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Smurfs rule lacklustre international weekend on $15m
The Smurfs grossed a further $14.9m from 7,610 screens in 73 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) as the tally climbed to $321.2m.
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Shoreline to handle international sales on Generation P.
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired international rights to Victor Ginzburg’s Karlovy Vary special jury prize-winner Generation P.
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Los Angeles office head Dana Archer promoted to evp at DDA
Dana Archer has been promoted to evp of publicity powerhouse DDA PR as she moves closer to a full partnership at the company.
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Crime Scene unites with Nick Wechsler on Man With A Gun
Gambit producers Adam Ripp and Rob Paris of Crime Scene Pictures and Wechsler will produce the Western thriller about an enigmatic loner on the road to redemption.
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The G-Machine broadens distribution platform with GoDigital pact
LA-based production and sales company The G-Machine has signed a deal with digital platform GoDigital Media Group.
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Baxter Brothers, Cinemad Presents launch distribution partnership
The micro independent distributors will distribute features and documentaries in theatres, museums, universities festivals “and any other venue that can project images on a screen.”
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Starbuck, The Hunter among eOne International slate
eOne Films International chief Charlotte Mickie anticipates a strong turnout for tomorrow’s (12) screening of Canadian festival entry Starbuck.
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Stonebrook tempts buyers with PX3D trailer
Stonebrook Entertainment is screening for Toronto buyers the first 3D trailer of PX3D – the next project from The Orphanage producers Rodar y Rodar.
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Sammy Hadida eyes Golgo 13 manga franchise
Hadida’s Davis Films is lining up a potential manga franchise after acquiring film rights to the iconic Japanese property Golgo 13 from master Takao Saito.
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Robert Zemeckis to direct Denzel Washington in Flight for Paramount
Shooting on the redemption drama is scheduled to start in October in Atlanta, Georgia
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Sundance Selects takes North American rights to Beloved
Christophe Honore’s Cannes closing night gala screens inToronto and stars Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier, Paul Schneider and Milos Forman.
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CMG, Triggerfish lure Samuel Jackson, Jeff Goldblum to Zambezia
Samuel L Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Abigail Breslin and Leonard Nimoy have joined the voice cast of Triggerfish Animation Studios and Cinema Management Group’s (CMG) 3D film Zambezia.
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Universal acquires UK rights from Little Film to Spud
The Little Film Company has closed deals on its children’s film Spud led by Universal acquiring all UK rights.
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Searchlight takes US rights to Steve McQueen's Shame
Toronto 2011’s first domestic acquisition is for the acclaimed sex addiction drama starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.
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Image swoops on Beneath The Darkness, All Things Fall Apart
Image Entertainment has announced a pair of acquisitions in Toronto, taking all North American rights to thriller Beneath The Darkness and all US on All Things Fall Apart. The distributor plans theatrical releases on both followed by ancillary roll-out.
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Samuel Goldwyn acquires North American rights to Vreeland doc
The distributor is eyeing a 2012 release for Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, the wife of late icon’s grandson
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Paramount , Indian Paintbrush enlist Winslet, Brolin for Reitman’s Labor Day
The companies will co-produce and Paramount will distribute while Indian Paintbrush will co-finance the project with the company’s Steven Rales and Mark Roybal serving as executive producers.
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Buyers see footage of Nanking epic The Flowers Of War
Domestic and international acquisitions teams crammed into the Varsity Cinema 8 to see 20 minutes from Zhang Yimou’s upcoming historical drama today (9).