All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 978
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Screen Gems to release SXSW hit Attack The Block in US
Joe Cornish’s action film recently received its world premiere in Austin where it won the Midnight Feature Audience Award.
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Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell join Silent Hill 2
The newest recruits to Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody’s horror sequel join the previously announced cast of Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger.
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Cary Elwes, Jason Alexander join Fantastic’s Delhi Safari
Fantastic Films International heads Roxane Barbat and Fred deWysocki are handling worldwide pre-sales on the 3D animated Bollywood adventure and will be introducing to buyers in Cannes.
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Image swoops on North American rights to The Perfect Game
William Dear directed the feel-good story of a lowly team from Monterrey, Mexico, that won the 1957 Little League World Series ending with a perfect final game.
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Josh Lucas joins Nicolas Cage as Medallion shoot kicks off
Nu Image is representing international rights on the action thriller, which commenced principal photography in New Orleans this week [4].
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Nolan to shoot third Batman film in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Film Office announced today [5] that the upcoming Warner Bros / Legendary Pictures tentpole The Dark Knight Rises will shoot in the Pennsylvania city this summer.
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Cinereach awards $400,000 to 13 winter grant recipients
The non-profit body said it had received more than 1,000 submissions from more than 70 countries.
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Disney pushes Monsters Inc prequel into summer 2013
Disney has pushed back the release of its 14th Pixar film Monsters University from Nov 2 2012 to Jun 21 2013.
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Congress, MPAA step up anti-piracy rhetoric
In a big day of tub-thumping against IP violation, leaders on Capitol Hill pledged support for legislation to combat online piracy while the MPAA said the studios were suing the unlicensed film streaming service Zediva.
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Lincoln Center to unveil new landmark site in June
The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center will open in June in the heart of Lincoln Center’s redeveloped 16-acre campus with distribution veteran Bingham Ray as its first strategy consultant.
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Hutcherson, Hemsworth feel Hunger for Lionsgate
Lionsgate today [4] confirmed reports that Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have joined Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence its spring 2012 tentpole The Hunger Games, about an annual televised fight to the death between teenagers.
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Tribeca adds Tony Kaye, Kings Of Leon doc
The world premiere of Kaye’s Detachment and a work-in-progress screening of Stephen C Mitchell’s Talihina Sky: The Story Of Kings Of Leon join the line-up.
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IMAX, Premiere Cinema Corp agree terms for Texas theatres
Three IMAX theatre systems are expected to open by the end of the year in Houston, Lubbock, and El Paso.
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Sound mixer Dennis L Maitland dies
The renowned professional’s feature credits include Moonstruck, Three Days Of The Condor, Lenny and …And Justice For All. He died in New York on Apr 1 a day after his 80th birthday.
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Valhalla, GK-TV partner on period drama series Port Royal
The one-hour television series is based on an original idea by Valhalla Entertainment’s Gale Anne Hurd and is set to go into development immediately.
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Mongrel takes Canada on Shut Up Little Man!
Matthew Bate’s documentary launched at Sundance and was represented by Submarine Entertainment.
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Hop skips to the top of US charts in $38m debut
Universal’s family film Hop featuring the voice of Russell Brand in the lead bounced to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $38.1m for the highest launch of the year-to-date.
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Sucker Punch confirmed as Hollywood overseas champ
Warner Bros Pictures International’s action fantasy leapfrogged Battle: LA thanks to a confirmed $11.5m haul as Sony executives revised their weekend take from $14.7m to $10.3m.
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Relativity marketing and distribution head Peter Adee to leave
In a statement issued on Friday Adee said he will leave on Jun 1 and said he had “always planned to depart when the time was right.”
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LA Asian Pacific Film Festival to screen 180 films
Running Apr 28-May 7, the festival programme includes a retrospective of cinematographer James Wong Howe and the C3 Digital Conference and will open with Fast Five.