All United States articles – Page 885
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ReviewsAlexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Dir: Miguel Arteta. US. 2014. 81mins
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NewsJinga lures buyers to The Canal
On the eve of the US release, the UK genre specialist Jinga Films has licensed Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror to a number of territories including a deal with Kaleidoscope for the UK and Ireland.
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FeaturesIvan Kavanagh, The Canal
The director talks about Park Films’ deeply atmospheric Ireland/UK movie starring Rupert Evans, former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Antonia Campbell-Hughes and youngster Calum Heath.
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NewsLionsgate duo to head worldwide home ent
Lionsgate has promoted Jim Packer and Ron Schwartz to jointly head worldwide home entertainment operations. Separately, Robert Simonds has hired two more senior executives to his nascent studio.
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NewsPremiere to sell Christian Mingle
EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based sales company has added the faith-based rom-com to its roster heading into MIPCOM.
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NewsNew Regency, Walden Media ready Santa Is Real
Stephen Chbosky of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower fame is set to direct from a screenplay that Larry Stuckey will write.
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NewsThe Exchange gets Celebrated
EXCLUSIVE: CEO Brian O’Shea has launched a television division in the run-up to MIPCOM.
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NewsMagnet boards female horror anthology XX
Heading into the AFM, Magnet Releasing is to fully finance and take worldwide rights to the project from producers XYZ Films. Separately, eOne will distribute After The Fall In North America and fresh cast have joined relationship drama The Choice.
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NewsPartners launch Merced Media
QED International CEO Bill Block and PalmStar Media Capital CEO Kevin Frakes have teamed up with Merced Capital L.P. to launch a $500m-plus development, production and financing feature fund.
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NewsBryan Cranston to star in The Infiltrator
Relativity International to handle sales on Good Films thriller at AFM.
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NewsUniversal boards Baltasar Kormakur’s Vikingr
The Icelandic filmmaker’s latest venture with Universal will be based on tales of Nordic settlers and life in the Viking age.
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NewsVerbinski, Carell align for paranoid thriller
Gore Verbinski will direct Steve Carell in the untitled project for New Regency, the LA-based producer-financier riding high on the number one release of Gone Girl last weekend.
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NewsRevolution buys Morgan Creek Int'l library
Revolution Studios, now owned by Fortress Investment Group following the reported $250m sale by Joe Roth earlier this year, has purchased the 64 titles comprising the Morgan Creek International film library.
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NewsAFI unveils DWW mentors
The American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop For Women (DWW) has formed a mentor group.
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NewsSlingshot, EuropaCorp TV sign pact
Slingshot Global Media has signed a non-exclusive television development venture with EuropaCorp Television Studios.
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NewsHeadline Pictures reveals TV slate
London-based Headline Pictures, the outfit behind Quartet and The Invisible Woman, has revealed further details of its slate of high end TV dramas.
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NewsSummit sets Deepwater Horizon release
Summit Entertainment has set a wide September 30 2016 release for J C Chandor’s oil spill disaster film starring Mark Wahlberg.
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NewsBleiberg boards Club Life
EXCLUSIVE: In the run-up to AFM Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired international rights to the drama starring Jerry Ferrara from Entourage and Gossip Girl’s Jessica Szohr.
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NewsFoxcatcher to close AFI FEST 2014
Bennett Miller’s psychological drama starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo will finally get its close-up at the festival after it was pulled from last year’s edition.