All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 989
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NewsBeyond The Black Rainbow attracts Magnet for US
EXCLUSIVE: Magnet has picked up US rights and Mongrel Media has acquired Canada from XYZ Films to Panos Cosmatos’ sci-fi thriller Beyond The Black Rainbow.
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NewsCannes buyers flock to Pompeii, End Of Watch, Great Hope Springs
A revitalised Cannes market has translated into sell-outs on key titles as buyers flocked to Summit International’s Pompeii and Tarzan 3D, Exclusive Films International’s End Of Watch and Lionsgate’s Great Hope Springs.
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Salzgeber gets the Jitters for Germany
Raven Banner has licensed German rights to Baldvin Z’s teen drama Jitters to Salzgeber, which plans to release the film in 50 cities.
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CommentMoney talks
Screen chats to director Roger Donaldson, who is in Cannes to promote his new film, Cities, which begins shooting in September.
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Industrial prepares J-horror shoot Haunted Temple
Eric Bassett’s LA-based Industrial Entertainment is lining up a Japan shoot with Neal Edelstein and Mike Macari and Shinya Egawa formerly of Kadokawa Pictures on horror project Haunted Temple, which genre specialist J T Petty will direct.
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Recreation Media, DPS form post-production alliance
Los Angeles-based sales company Recreation Media has signed a partnership with post-production laboratory Digital Post Services (DPS) to offer complete post finding for select projects.
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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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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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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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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.