All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 992
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NewsNew Films International pairs Guttenberg, Elizabeth in Romance
New Films International is launching sales here on A Novel Romance starring Shannon Elizabeth and Steve Guttenberg.
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NewsH2O closes sales on Samuel Jackson thriller The Samaritan
Sales chief Mark Horowitz has announced a raft of deals on the story of an ex-con who meets a mysterious woman as he is being lured back into a life of crime.
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Big Beach, Duplass Brothers kick off Safety Not Guaranteed shoot
Production is underway in Seattle on the ensemble comedy, inspired by a real request placed in the classified ads section of Backwoods Home Magazine seeking a partner for time travel.
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Production on doc Jodorowsky's Dune heads to US
Production on Frank Pavich’s film has wrapped in France, Switzerland and the UK and will continue this summer in the US.
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W2 Media to release Peter Smalls Is Dead in North America
The new distributor run by president and CEO John Flock and backed by Warren Nimchuk and Warren Fergus plans to release the comedy in October.
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NewsWachowskis, Tykwer outline Cloud Atlas vision to buyers
Cloud Atlas directors Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer presented their vision of the ambitious David Mitchell adaptation to buyers at the Olympia Cinema today [13].
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NewsAnchor Bay takes North America on Roger Corman doc
Anchor Bay Films has picked up North American rights to the Far Hills Pictures documentary Corman’s World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel.
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NewsFilmDistrict Playing The Field with Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel
EXCLUSIVE: Riding high on the success of its inaugural releases, FilmDistrict has picked up US rights from Nu Image/Millennium Films to Gabriele Muccino’s rom-com Playing The Field, starring Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel.
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Lightning boards international rights on Mexican hit El Narco
Lightning Entertainment has acquired international rights to the Mexican hit El Infierno and has commenced talks with buyers here on the crime story - retitled El Narco for the international market.
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NewsDel Toro to serve as LA Film Festival guest director
Guillermo del Toro has been named guest director at the Los Angeles Film Festival and will select a film to present that has been an influence on his work, followed by an on-stage interview.
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Submarine to handle sales on Katie Aselton girl thriller Black Rock
The Freebie writer-director Katie Aselton will direct and star alongside Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth in the all-girl thriller Black Rock, which Submarine is representing here for worldwide sales.
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NewsMillennium Entertainment swoops on Sundance entry Little Birds
Millennium Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Elgin James’ Sundance entry Little Birds starring Juno Temple, Kay Panabaker, with Kate Bosworth and Leslie Mann.
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NewsWeinsteins strike deal for most of world on Wu Xia
The Weinstein Company has taken worldwide rights outside Asia and French-speaking Europe from We Distribution to Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s martial arts film noir Wu Xia.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films swoops on US rights to Sacrifice
The distributor plans to release Chen Kaige’s revenge tale in the US later this year.
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NewsRoad movie Idea In America to open through Indomina Releasing
Indomina Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to the romantic road movie Idea In America to star Orlando Bloom, Cristina Capatondi, Nick Nolte and Stanley Tucci.
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ProSight, Aon/Albert G Ruben launch "game-changer" completion guarantee
ProSight Specialty Insurance and Aon/Albert G Ruben are unveiling in Cannes a joint product they claim to be a comprehensive completion guarantee to cover all risks associated with the filmmaking process.
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NewsColin Firth, Emily Blunt line up for dark comedy with Focus
Academy Award winner Colin Firth will star opposite Emily Blunt in an untitled dark comedy that Focus Features International is introducing to buyers this week.
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NewsOpen Road Films takes US on Killer Elite starring DeNiro, Statham
New distributor has scheduled for a nationwide release this autumn in more than 2,000 theatres and is committing a $25m p&a spend.
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NewsKatie Holmes, Chace Crawford are Responsible Adults for Myriad
Myriad Pictures holds international rights and commences talks with buyers this week on the rom-com to be directed by Jon Poll, who previously directed Charlie Bartlett and produced Dinner For Schmucks.