All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 953
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Legendary appoints Jon Jashni to new position of president
The executive will continue to serve as Legendary Entertainment’s chief creative officer and reports directly to chairman and CEO Thomas Tull.
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Paramount Pictures unveils Hollywood Project preservation plan
The studio has applied to the City Of Los Angeles to upgrade its 62-acre property comprising the 56-acre lot and six adjacent properties in Hollywood.
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NewsReed out as Disney reviews local-language production
In the latest development in a turbulent year for studio activity in local production and acquisitions, Disney confirmed on Monday (19) it closed down its local language production unit in Burbank back in June.
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NewsLionsgate, Roadside find Friends as Music Box dives into Sea
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have picked up all US rights to Jennifer Westfeldt’s Toronto world premiere Friends With Kids, while fierce interest continued to swirl around Hysteria. Music Box meanwhile concluded its deal with Protagonist for US rights on The Deep Blue Sea.
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NewsSmurfs gross $17m to rule international for sixth session
Universal’s Johnny English may have been breathing down their necks but Sony’s smurfs kept their cool to hold on to pole position as an estimated $17.3m from 6,900 screens in 72 markets boosted the running total to $344.5m
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NewsLion King re-release dominates US charts on $29m debut
Disney’s re-release of The Lion King, the 1994 hit reformatted into 3D to inject extra pizzazz to consumers, launched at number one on an estimated $29.3m.
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NewsWhere Do We Go Now?, The Raid among TIFF winners
The Cadillac People’s Choice Award has gone to Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? (pictured) about a doughty band of women determined to protect their war-torn community.
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NewsMagnolia nets psycho-thriller The Hunter in Toronto
Magnolia Pictures has closed a deal for US rights to Daniel Nettheim’s psychological thriller following its Toronto world premiere.
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NewsATO Pictures tastes The Oranges; WWE buys The Day
The late torrent of Toronto deal continued heading into the weekend as ATO Pictures said on Friday (16) it had picked up North America rights to The Oranges while WWE Studios acquired US rights to The Day.
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NewsJohnny English poised to step into the void as Smurfs slows
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) The Smurfs has ruled the roost for several weekends and has begun to slow down after a magnificent run that has yielded more than $322.8m.
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NewsTrishna goes to Sundance Selects for North America
Sundance Selects has confirmed its acquisition of all North American rights to Trishna, Michael Winterbottom’s India-set contemporary retelling of Tess Of The D’Urbevilles.
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CommentGodfather of grunge
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, on writing the lead track for Machine Gun Preacher and making an appearance in Cameron Crowe’s Pearl Jam Twenty.
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NewsIFC shopping spree lands Sister's Sister, 4:44, Incident
A flurry of Toronto deals emerged late on Wednesday (14) as UTA and Submarine sold Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister to IFC for North and Latin America, StudioCanal for the UK and Madman for Australia and New Zealand in a bundle of deals that amounted to approximately $1.5m.
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NewsDigital platform Prescreen launches with eye on social media
The model is designed to offer filmmakers and distributors an alternative to traditional channels through the mass marketing of curated content that is then shared by users through social media.
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NewsLittle Film Company signs first-look with 8th Street Films
Robbie Little announced the pact with producer Scott Rosenfelt’s company on Wednesday (14).
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NewsSony's Pascal, Lynton mourn death of John Calley
Former Sony Pictures chairman and CEO John Calley has died. He was 81.
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NewsLiddell moves on Killer Joe, Magnet buys God Bless America
Liddell Entertainment has stumped up a $4m MG for US rights to the thriller Killer Joe starring Matthew Maconaughey and Emile Hirsch following its weekend North American premiere in Toronto.
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NewsTerraferma shifts for Elle Driver
Elle Driver has closed key territories here on Emanuele Crialese’s Venice special jury prize-winner Terraferma ahead of its North American premiere tonight (13).
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NewsJohnny Lin's Filmula broadens reach, strikes FilmNation pact
Taiwanese Filmula founder Johnny Lin is expanding his reach into co-financing and production and has announced a first-look development deal with FilmNation.
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NewsFilmNation teams up with Hirschbiegel on Eye In The Sky
FilmNation is fast-tracking the international thriller Eye In The Sky and has set Oliver Hirschbiegel to direct after acquiring rights from BBC Films in cooperation with BBC TV.