All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 969
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NewsLast Call At The Oasis marks second Toronto deal for ATO
The company has picked up US rights to Participant Media’s water scarcity doc Last Call At The Oasis.
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NewsLionsgate confirms You’re Next, Friends deals from Toronto
The studio has closed a deal for North American rights to Adam Wingard’s Midnight Madness hit and confirmed it has acquired alongside Roadside Attractions North American rights to the ensemble drama Friends With Kids.
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NewsMedia Rights Capital closes $350m revolving credit facility
JP Morgan Chase, Comerica, Bank Of America, SunTrust and Union Bank led the financing.
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The Help cast to receive Hollywood Film Awards ensemble honour
DreamWorks’ Civil Rights Era drama has grossed more than $148m in North America since it went on release six weeks ago through Buena Vista.
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Image takes North America for American Football comedy Division III
The buyer has picked up all rights to Division III: Football’s Finest from Toronto and plans to hit the college circuit this autumn.
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NewsMagnet drawn to Ti West's The Innkeepers
Hot off the heels of a Toronto buying spree Magnet Releasing announced on Tuesday it had acquired US theatrical and VoD rights to West’s ghost film.
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Samuel Goldwyn Foundation announces five writing award finallists
Foundation president Samuel Goldwyn Jr revealed the names of contenders for the 2011 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards on Tuesday (20).
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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.