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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 962
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NewsRelativity Media to release Soderbergh’s Haywire
For the second time in a week the company has taken over distribution from a film that Lionsgate was set to release.
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NewsPanda 2, Thor drive PPI past $1bn in 2011 ticket sales
The company reached the milestone on Jun 10, four days earlier than its prior record and for the fifth consecutive year.
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Circus Road Films to handle domestic sale on Joy
The drama from Red Love Film follows two sisters who come to terms with a devastating loss.
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NewsGhent to honour Ronni Chasen with tribute concert
Elliot Goldenthal, Howard Shore, and Hans Zimmer will attend a closing ceremony concert in honour of the late publicist Ronni Chasen at the 38th Ghent Film Festival on Oct 22.
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Provincetown Int’l Film Festival to run Jun 15-19
The festival opens tonight [15] with The Perfect Family and closes with Master Harold And The Boys.
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NewsTarsem commences shoot on Relativity’s Snow White
FilmNation handled international sales on the film in Cannes, where it was one of a handful of must-have $100m projects in a resurgent marketplace.
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NewsPirates 4 becomes Disney’s biggest international release
The fourth entry in the adventure series has overtaken Alice In Wonderland to stand at $695.5m and is now the fourth biggest overseas release in history.
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend Bafta event
The Royals are scheduled to turn up to the inaugural Brits To Watch dinner in Los Angeles on July 9.
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NewsHudson's Academy era begins with rule change bombshell
In a dramatic switch and clear populist play aimed at higher ratings, the Academy has instituted a merit-based system that will generate anywhere from five to 10 contenders in Oscar’s prestige best picture category.
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NewsMPCA, SPWA play Assassination Games with Van Damme
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions takes worldwide media rights to the hitman story, the latest Jean-Claude Van Damme collaboration with Brad Krevoy and ambitious Los Angeles-based MPCA.
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MPEG to honour sound editor Don Hall
The renowned winner of numerous awards will collect the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s (MPEG) Fellowship and Service Award at a ceremony on Oct 15 in Los Angeles.
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eOne takes North American rights to The Family Tree
Hope Davis and Dermot Mulroney star in the offbeat comedy exploring the frailties of the modern American family.
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CBS Films names Christine Batista svp of national partnerships and publicity.
Batista will be responsible for the studio’s national and field publicity operations as well as promotions, product integrations and national partnerships.
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NewsCinema Guild takes US rights to Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Turkish Cannes competition entry shared the Grand Prix and follows a motley crew of men who search for a missing body in the Anatolian steppes.
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Susan Bedusa earns development stripes at 4th Row Films
The executive is promoted to vp of development at the production company.
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NewsWeinsteins take US rights to Madonna's W.E.
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has picked up Madonna’s drama, one of two acquisitions it made in the dying days of Cannes along with a competition title that is expected to be announced this week.
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NewsSeattle bestows awards on Gandu, On The Ice
“Q” Kaushik Mukherjee won the best new director grand jury prize as the 37th Seattle International Film Festival came to a close on Sunday [12].
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NewsPanda rules overseas on $57m as Pirates 4 heads for $700m
An excellent weekend for Paramount Pictures International (PPI) saw Kung Fu Panda 2 cruise past $200m to dominate the overseas arena on a confirmed $56.7m weekend haul alongside a $6.7m debut for Super 8 from Australia and a handful of territories.
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NewsSuper 8 tops US charts in $38m opening weekend
Paramount’s sci-fi mystery defied expectations to pull off a solid launch and earn the first number one debut for an original storyline of the summer, while Relativity Media’s Judy Moody flopped in seventh place.
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NewsPirates 4 bids to hold on to overseas crown
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be locked in a battle for international box office supremacy this weekend with The Hangover Part II, X-Men: First Class and Kung Fu Panda 2.