All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 989
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King's Speech crosses $100m at overseas box office
The King’s Speech, riding high on its Bafta triumph on Sunday night, has crossed $100m overseas and will reach $200m worldwide today [16].
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IFC, SPC, Zeitgeist in flurry of US deals
IFC Midnight is partnering with MPI Media Group and its subsidiary Dark Sky Films to release Jim Mickle’s Stake Land.
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Production underway on Sony's The Amazing Spiderman
Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man reboot will be called The Amazing Spiderman, the studio revealed this week.
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Theodore Garcia named MD at PwC US entertainment practice
Theodore Garcia has joined PwC’s US entertainment, media and communications practice as managing director.
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Qualia Capital co-founder Ken Schapiro named MGM COO
MGM co-heads Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum have appointed Ken Schapiro as the studio’s new COO.
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Tribeca Institute, JustFilms partner on $750,000 fund
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has partnered on what it claims to be the biggest fund for US filmmakers using cross-platform storytelling to promote social change.
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Paladin to release Meeting Spencer in April
Paladin will release Malcolm Mowbray’s comedy Meeting Spencer starring Jeffrey Tambor this spring.
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Production begins on Rialto International animated comedy Toonstone
Production is underway on the animated comedy Toonstone, one of the first titles that Robbie Little is selling here under the Rialto International label.
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Music Box, Sundance Selects swoop on Sundance duo
US buyers have snapped up two more Sundance titles with Music Box Films taking US rights excluding TV to Liz Garbus’ documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World and Sundance Selects adding Göran Hugo Olsson’s The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 to its roster.
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Rik Mayall on board psycho-thriller Errors Of The Human Body
Veteran British comedian Rik Mayall has joined Eron Sheean’s psychological thriller Errors Of The Human Body, which has just begun shooting in Dresden [13].
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Bleiberg starts EFM talks on David Ondricek co-pro Horse
Bleiberg Entertainment is handling world sales here on Lucky Man Films’ upcoming film noir In The Shadow Of The Horse that will unite multiple Czech Lion winner Ivan Trojan with German star Sebastian Koch.
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IFC takes multiple territories on UK horror Spiderhole
IFC has acquired North America and a slew of territories from Raven Banner to the low budget UK horror film Spiderhole.
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Wally Pfister wins ASC cinematography prize for Inception
Wally Pfister has won the 25th Annual American Society Of Cinematographers’ top feature film award for his work on Warner Bros’ box office smash Inception.
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Magnolia recruits Headhunters to North American slate
Magnolia Pictures and TrustNordisk have struck their second deal in two days at the EFM with the North American sale of Morten Tyldum’s Norwegian thriller Headhunters.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films hires Ian Puente as vp business affairs
Ian Puente has joined Samuel Goldwyn Films as vp of business development and general counsel, effective immediately.
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The Dead marches on for TriCoast Worldwide
TriCoast Worldwide has closed a slew of territories on horror film The Dead led by a deal with Global Cinema Distribution for North America.
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Arthouse takes US and select rights to Norman Foster documentary
Arthouse Films has acquired all North American, Australian and New Zealand rights to the documentary How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr Foster?
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FilmDistrict, Miramax partner on US rights to Del Toro's Dark
FilmDistrict and Miramax announced that FilmDistrict has acquired all US rights to the horror film Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark and will release on Aug 12.
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Sales heat up for IM Global over Madonna's W.E.
Stuart Ford’s IM Global was poised last night [13] to close a UK deal with Optimum on Madonna’s dual timeline drama W.E.
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New Films Cinema strikes 10-film pact with Turkish business leader Jak Kamhi
Nesim Hason’s fledgling US distributor New Films Cinema has struck a 10-film production deal with investment partner Jak Kamhi.