All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 498

  • Cinema seats
    News

    Art House Convergence opposes Screening Room

    MARCH 15 UPDATE: The group representing 600 distribution entities on Tuesday sent an open letter in protest over the distribution platform proposed by Napster co-founder Sean Parker and music industry executive Prem Akkaraju.

  • Lu Chuan
    News

    Lu Chuan to adapt 'River Town'

    2016-03-14T22:55:00Z

    The Chinese director of local box office hit Chronicles Of The Ghostly Tribe is attached to direct and produce Peter Hessler’s memoir.

  • Holidays
    News

    Vertical, XYZ take world on 'Holidays'

    2016-03-14T18:38:00Z

    Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films have partnered on worldwide rights to the horror anthology.

  • Tribeca Film Festival
    News

    Tribeca launches TV showcase

    2016-03-14T18:00:00Z

    Organisers at the 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) unveiled on Monday Tribeca Tune In, featuring six season premieres, three sneak peeks and season finales, three conversations, and four special events.  

  • AMBI Monika Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino
    News

    Lantica, AMBI partner on slate, facility

    2016-03-14T16:50:00Z

    Dominican Republic-based Lantica Media and AMBI Group are to partner on a slate of English and Spanish-language features.

  • Claire In Motion
    News

    Visit Films takes trio to SXSW

    2016-03-13T22:13:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales agency is in Austin, Texas, with three new titles for buyers.

  • Amy Hobby
    Features

    Amy Hobby, TFI Latin America Fund

    2016-03-13T21:54:00Z

    Tribeca Institute recently unveiled the 10 projects selected to receive support in its drive to nurture distinctive voices from Latin America and the Caribbean.

  • American Fable
    Features

    Anne Hamilton, 'American Fable'

    2016-03-13T21:28:00Z

    Jeremy Kay talks to the first-time feature director and former Terrence Malick intern about her SXSW selection, which premieres in Visions on Sunday.

  • Dheepan
    News

    'Dheepan' and 'Paulina' triumph in Miami

    2016-03-13T20:40:00Z

    Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan won the Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize and Argentine filmmaker Santiago Mitre’s Paulina won the Lexus Ibero-American Feature Film Prize at the 33rd edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival.

  • Deadpool
    News

    Fox International crosses $1bn

    2016-03-13T20:21:00Z

    Powered by Deadpool, The Revenant and Kung Fu Panda 3, the studio has reached the milestone in its second fastest time.

  • Zootopia
    News

    'Zootopia' stays top in US on $51m

    2016-03-13T20:12:00Z

    MARCH 14 UPDATE: Disney’s latest animation juggernaut held on to pole position in its second session as a confirmed $51.3m boosted the running total to $143.9m.

  • Zootopia
    News

    'Zootopia' hits $439m worldwide

    2016-03-13T19:18:00Z

    MARCH 14 UPDATE: Zootopia continued to decimate the Hollywood competition and earned a further $89.3m in a rousing session thanks in large part to a $56.5m haul in China that propelled the international running total to $294.9m.

  • Peter Jackson
    News

    Napster co-founder’s first-run film service draws fire

    2016-03-13T18:59:00Z

    Sean Parker’s The Screening Room is shaping up to be a controversial proposition as exhibitors and celebrated film-makers including Peter Jackson line up on opposite sides of the release window divide.

  • Kevin Spacey
    News

    Kevin Spacey passes on Relativity chairman role

    2016-03-13T13:07:00Z

    The actor has stepped away from the position announced in January as the company continues to wade through a restructure process, according to court documents.

  • Room
    News

    'Room' sweeps Canadian Screen Awards

    2016-03-13T04:24:00Z

    The Canada-Ireland drama dominated the awards show on Sunday night, picking up nine honours including best film.

  • The Free State Of Jones
    News

    IM Global names trio of new hires

    2016-03-12T00:21:00Z

    The Los Angeles-based production, sales and financing venture, whose upcoming slate of releases includes Free State Of Jones, has bulked up its finance, business and legal affairs, and marketing and publicity divisions.

  • The Little Prince
    News

    US Briefs: Paramount pulls out of US release of 'The Little Prince'

    2016-03-11T22:34:00Z

    Plus: Imax, UN in programme to effect change.

  • John Goodman
    News

    John Goodman joins 'Patriots Day'

    2016-03-11T22:01:00Z

    The star of March 11 new release 10 Cloverfield Lane joins previously announced J.K. Simmons and Mark Wahlberg on CBS Films and Lionsgate’s Boston Marathon bombing drama.

  • Spaceship
    Features

    Alex Taylor, 'Spaceship'

    2016-03-11T19:43:00Z

    The British director’s SXSW short Kids Might Fly won a special jury prize in 2010 and he returns to Austin, Texas, with a story of alien abduction and teen angst.

  • The Arbalest
    Features

    Adam Pinney, 'The Arbalest'

    2016-03-11T18:58:00Z

    Mike Brune stars in the SXSW Narrative Feature Competition selection as Foster Kalt, a toy inventor who reflects on his lifelong obsession with one Sylvia Frank.