Latest – Page 775
-
NewsA Better Place wraps shoot
Digital Jungle Pictures has completed post-production on its first feature marking the directorial debut of Dennis Ho.
-
NewsPrincipal photography begins on Spotlight
John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James Billy Crudup and Jamey Sheridan have joined Participant Media’s drama about the Boston Globe investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
-
NewsRio kicks off Brasil competition
Highlights of the main competitive strand that showcases top new Brazilian cinema.
-
NewsUS-China summit sets LA return
Guo Guangchang, chairman of Studio 8 backer Fosun International, will deliver a keynote speech on the future of Chinese capital in Hollywood at the fifth annual US-China Film Summit in Los Angeles on November 5.
-
NewsStudioCanal pacts with Grand Electric
Producer Eric Newman’s newly formed Grand Electric has entered into a multi-year co-venture with StudioCanal through which the new company will acquire, develop, and produce films for the European and US markets.
-
NewsSchedule 2 hires New York chief
Former Focus Features exec to oversee New York operation for London-based technical film services company.
-
NewsMillennium Entertainment takes The Humbling
The distributor has acquired US rights to Barry Levinson’s dark comedy starring Al Pacino and Greta Gerwig, following the world premiere in Venice and North American premiere in Toronto.
-
NewsMagnolia takes US on Kill Me Three Times
Kriv Stenders’ comedic crime thriller starring Simon Pegg premiered in Toronto and will open theatrically in 2015. Cargo handles international sales.
-
NewsDesert Dancer to open SBIFF
Relativity Studios’ Desert Dancer will open the 30th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, set to run from January 27-February 7.
-
NewsSFFS, KRF unveil grant finallists
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) and Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF) have selected 14 finallists for the latest round of SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants.
-
NewsProduction wraps on Frankenstein
Candyman director Bernard Rose has wrapped production on a contemporary version of Mary Shelley’s classic novel for Summerstorm Entertainment and Bad Badger in association with Eclectic Pictures.
-
NewsMillennium Ent closes $40m financing
The company led by Bill Lee has secured senior revolving credit facilities and a term loan facility as it seeks to grow the film slate and the business.
-
NewsPatrick Wilson, Matthew Fox join Bone Tomahawk
The pair joins Kurt Russell and Richard Jenkins on the Western. Celluloid Dreams represents international sales.
-
NewsIFTA votes in new board
Independent Film & Television Alliance membership held their annual elections on September 24 for the executive committee and board of directors.
-
NewsCitizenfour to screen in LACMA Film Series
The Citizenfour bandwagon rolls on as the anticipated Edward Snowden documentary will get what Film Independent top brass have called the West Coast premiere on October 14 for the members-only LACMA Film Series event.
-
NewsLionsgate moves up Mortdecai
The studio has moved its Johnny Depp action comedy up from its original date of February 6, 2015.
-
NewsAdam Fogelson to join Robert Simonds studio
In another coup, the new film and television studio led by Robert Simonds has named the former Universal Pictures chairman as its new chariman of the motion picture group.
-
NewsA Most Violent Year to open AFI FEST
J C Chandor’s anticipated crime drama to get world premiere at LA’s AFI FEST.
-
NewsHamptons Sloan prize for Imitation Game
Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game will be honoured for its “sensitive and moving portrait” of the mathematician Alan Turing as portrayed on screen by Benedict Cumberbatch.
-
NewsWe’ll Never Have Paris finds US home
Orion Releasing has acquired North American rights to Big Bang Theory star Simon Helberg’s feature directorial debut. K5 International handles sales outside North America.