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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 965
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NewsNu Image cuts German deals for Texas Chainsaw, Wedding
EXCLUSIVE: Nu Image has licensed all German-speaking rights on Constantin Film to Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D and closed a deal with Telemunchen for Robert De Niro comedy The Big Wedding.
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Magnet Media signs three-film deal with Prime Focus
Jeanette Buerling’s LA-based finance and production house Magnet Media Group has closed a three-film deal with effects company Prime Focus and will shoot all three in Germany in association with MMC Studios.
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NewsCross Creek hires Russell Gewirtz to write Black Mass
EXCLUSIVE: Brian Oliver’s Cross Creek Pictures has hired Inside Man screenwriter Russell Gewirtz to write Black Mass, a $35m project about the unholy alliance between the FBI and the Boston mob.
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Summit swoops on Snitch for US rights
Summit Entertainment will release Snitch starring Dwayne Johnson in the US, it emerged in Cannes on Monday afternoon [16].
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NewsWeinsteins circling domestic deal on The Wettest County
The Weinstein Company is understood to be close to acquiring domestic rights on John Hillcoat’s The Wettest County.
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Summit, RCR team up to co-finance Highlander
Summit Entertainment and Beverly Hills-based RCR Media Group will co-finance the Highlander reboot, it emerged today [16].
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NewsMiramax, Netflix unveil streaming agreement
Miramax CEO Mike Lang has wasted little time cutting deals to exploit the library here on the Croisette and has announced a streaming agreement with Netflix to start in June.
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NewsDominic Purcell joins cast of Vikingdom, Epic Pictures closes deals
Patrick Ewald’s Epic Pictures Group licenses a host of deals on slate
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CMG hits stride on Croisette with diverse slate
EXCLUSIVE: Ed Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has closed deals on zombie slacker film Deadheads with Eagle for Australia and New Zealand, Splendid for Germany and Benelux and Front Row for the Middle East.
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NewsJuno Temple joins Brass Teapot for Northern Lights
EXCLUSIVE: White hot Juno Temple and Michael Angarano will star in The Brass Teapot, a darkly comic morality tale packaged by Gersh Agency that TF1 is selling internationally and is being fast-tracked for a July start in New York.
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NewsSundance Selects takes US on Sleeping Beauty
Sundance Selects acquired US rights to Cannes competition entry Sleeping Beauty on Sunday night [15] as momentum gathered on several domestic plays on the Croisette.
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NewsThor stays top in US on $35m second weekend hold
Marvel Studios’ superhero adaptation Thor extended its reign at the North American box office through Paramount as the Norse god of thunder added an estimated $34.5m for $119.3m after the second weekend.
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NewsFast Five takes $58m as Thor, Rio reach milestones
Fast & Furious Five remains the top attraction overseas and used an estimated $58m haul through Universal/UPI to boost the running total to $271.7m.
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Miramax, Dimension partner on Amityville sequel
Miramax has delved into the vaults to partner with Dimension on The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes in the first project to go under the partnership with the Weinsteins to make sequels to Miramax properties.
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NewsIM Global impresses Cannes buyers with new titles
By the half-way mark Stuart Ford’s IM Global has reported brisk business on its slate including the Sam Worthington action title The Last Days Of American Crime.
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NewsFilmDistrict boards Angelina Jolie directorial debut
Busy FilmDistrict has inserted the actress’ feature directorial debut In The Land Of Blood And Honey into its 2011 slate and will release in the US on Dec 23.
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O-Scope takes domestic rights to The Other F Word
Oscilloscope Laboratories and Showtime Networks have acquired SXSW documentary The Other F Word
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Indomina invites buyers to Enter Nowhere
Indomina has closed a deal with Falcon for the Middle East on new sales title Enter Nowhere, a horror story starring Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos, Scott Eastwood, Katherine Waterston and Christopher Denham.
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NewsFilmDistrict acquires domestic rights to sci-fi Looper
FilmDistrict has announced its second major acquisition in Cannes, teaming up with TriStar on Rian Johnson’s highly anticipated time travel conceit.
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New Films International to handle sales on Score
EXCLUSIVE: New Films International has boarded dales is talking up Score: A Hockey Musical starring Noah Reid, Allie MacDonald, Olivia Newton-John and Nelly Furtado.