All United States articles – Page 907
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NewsAnnapurna Pictures launches VR unit
Megan Ellison is venturing into virtual reality and has formed the joint venture VRSE.farm with artist Chris Milk, whose Evolution Of Verse premieres in Sundance this week.
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FeaturesJM Cravioto, Reversal
The Mexican film-maker went to the same CUEC film school as Alfonso Cuaron and Emmanuel Lubezki. His English-language debut premieres in Sundance in Park City At Midnight on January 23. Spoiler alert.
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NewsDistribution round-up: TWC sets Southpaw release
The Weinstein Company has set its release date for the Jake Gyllenhaal boxing drama. In other news, DIRECTV Cinema is previewing Tracers, Samuel Goldwyn has acquired Somm: Into The Bottle and Vimeo has launched an on-demand publisher network.
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NewsFábrica de Cine, SharpSword Films board Silence
Martin Scorsese’s prestige independent drama and passion project Silence is moving ahead with a January 30 production start in Taiwan as the latest financing element has entered the equation.
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NewsAmerican Cinema Editors to honour trio
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) will honour Diane Adler and Jerry Greenberg as well as journalist Carolyn Giardina at the 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards on January 30 in Los Angeles.
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NewsWhite God among New Directors/New Films titles
The Museum Of Modern Art and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center have announced their initial selections ahead of the festival, set to run in New York from March 18-29.
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NewsWriters Guild to honour Pedro Almodóvar
The Spanish maestro will receive the Writers Guild Of America, West’s Jean Renoir Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
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NewsCaroline Kaplan joins Cinereach
Cinereach has hired independent film specialist and producer Caroline Kaplan as head of creative initiatives.
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NewsDreamWorks Animation faces lay-offs
The studio is considering letting go of up to 400 employees according to reports.
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NewsStrand Releasing acquires A Borrowed Identity
Eran Riklis’ drama formerly known as Dancing Arabs is based on Sayed Kashua’s adaptation of his novel of the same name and premiered in Locarno last year.
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NewsRosanne Korenberg joins Miramax
The producer has joined Miramax on the eve of Sundance as svp of acquisitions and co-productions.
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NewsIFC Midnight acquires The Stranger
The US rights deal for Guillermo Amoedo’s ‘Chilewood’ genre film Eli Roth Presents The Stranger follows the recent world premiere at Fantastic Fest.
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NewsNicolas Cage to star in Army Of One
TWC-Dimension has picked up North American rights to Condé Nast Entertainment and Endgame Entertainment’s Osama Bin Laden satire.
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NewsFortitude International lines up Dive
EXCLUSIVE: Ariel Vromen will direct the submarine thriller that Fortitude International is fully financing.
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NewsCantinas launches distribution subsidiary
Cantinas Entertainment has acquired Mission Pictures to form Cantinas Distribution.
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NewsBlumhouse International, Sierra/Affinity strike pact
Sierra/Affinity will kick off pre-sales in Berlin next month on Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut thriller as part of its exclusive deal to license and service Blumhouse International (BHI) films not distributed via Universal Pictures International.
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NewsGravitas Ventures hires Griffin Gmelich
Gravitas Ventures has made changes to its team in the run-up to Sundance led by the hiring of Griffin Gmelich from hulu as svp of sales and business development.
















