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Matt Kaplan to head Awesomeness Films
AwesomenessTV is ramping up its film business in the wake of the 2014 social success of Expelled and has brought on the Chapter One Films founder as president of Awesomeness Films.
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Kathleen Kennedy joins USC film school board
The Lucasfilm president has joined the board of councilors of the USC School Of Cinematic Arts.
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Tom Holland cast as Spider-Man; Jon Watts to direct
Star of The Impossible is a former Screen Star of Tomorrow.
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Marketing guru Tim Palen rises at Lionsgate
The long-standing executive has been named Chief Brand Officer and president of worldwide marketing.
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Open Road acquires Ricky Gervais' 'Life On The Road'
Worldwide sales agent eOne Features has struck a US deal on Ricky Gervais’ comedy charting the post-The Office life of mockumentary sensation David Brent.
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Benedict Cumberbatch's 'Hamlet' in Event Cinema first
Shakespeare adaptation will become the first ever live 4K broadcast to multiple cinemas under Sony, Vue and NT Live partnership.
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Warp Films' Alex Marshall named Archery Pictures COO
Exec joins Liza Marshall and Kris Thykier’s growing company.
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Geena Davis to launch gender inequality event at London Film Festival
Partnership struck between Geena Davis Institute On Gender In Media, Women In Film And Television (UK) and BFI London Film Festival
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'Titanic' composer James Horner dies in plane crash
UPDATED JUNE 23: Hollywood composer also wrote the soundtracks to Avatar, Braveheart and the upcoming Southpaw.
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Ralph Fiennes to direct Rudolf Nureyev drama
EXCLUSIVE: David Hare script to be produced by Philomena producer and BBC Films.
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Jurassic World, SPL2 top China box office
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Jurassic World chomped through another $68.49m to top the China box office last week, although local action thriller SPL2: A Time For Consequences opened strongly with $43.36m.
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China Lion takes IM Global trio
China Lion Film Distribution has acquired rights for North America, Australia and New Zealand to three titles handled by IM Global – Only You, The Wasted Times and Mr Six.
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Uni soars past $3.8bn box office
Worldwide tickets sales for the year-to-date reached a new high for the studio of $3.819bn on Monday.
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Marketing the 'Jurassic' beast
EXCLUSIVE: Universal heads orchestrated a precisely calibrated marketing campaign in support of the release that played a critical role in driving the tentpole past $1bn worldwide in record time on Monday.
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eOne, Creative England partner on drama slate
The Walking Dead distributor and UK funding body launch slate for regional producers.
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‘Jurassic World’ hits $1bn global
Universal and Legendary’s juggernaut will become the fastest film in history to reach the milestone on Monday, its 13th day in release.
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Marc Forster boards Stanley Kubrick war script
The Downslope will be the first in a trilogy that producers Lauren Selig, Barry Levine and Reneé Wolfe are planning based on the iconic director’s unproduced original 1956 screenplay.
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The Orchard strikes Duplass Brothers deal
In a significant statement of its ambitions to forge ties with a stable of regular collaborators, the distributor has closed a deal with Duplass Brothers Productions on worldwide theatrical and ancillary rights to seven titles.
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Dolby Cinema, JT Bioscopen unveil Netherlands deal
The companies have announced JT Hilversum as the second Dolby Cinema location in the Netherlands, six months after Dolby Cinema opened one of its first theatres at JT Eindhoven.
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'Independence Day' sequel title unveiled
Roland Emmerich’s follow-up to his 1996 blockbuster that launched the film career of Will Smith will be called Independence Day Resurgence.