Comedy Legend Billy Crystal and Frank Oz join Winter's Discontent for Atlas Entertainment and Sierra Pictures
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 22 May 2013
SONY PICTURES PICKS UP DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTION AND KEY TERRITORIES WHILE SIERRA/AFFINITY SELLS REMAINDER OF WORLD MARKETS IN CANNES
Culver City, CA (May 13, 2013) – Billy Crystal is attached to star in Winter’s Discontent as a widower who moves into a reputed active adult community in hopes of reinvigorating his sex life. Frank Oz will direct the comedy. Sony Pictures will distribute the film domestically and has also acquired rights in select international territories. Sierra Pictures will finance the film and Sierra/Affinity will handle additional foreign sales on the title in Cannes. The announcement was jointly made today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Steve Bersch, president of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Atlas’ Charles Roven, and Sierra/Affinity’s CEO Nick Meyer.
Kathryn Bigelow and Paul Schimmel to Receive Honorary Degrees from SFAI
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 22 May 2013
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and world-renowned curator Paul Schimmel will receive Doctor of Fine Arts degrees from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). Bigelow—an alumnus of SFAI—and Schimmel are both known for provocative, boundary-pushing work that has revolutionized their respective fields.
Regal Entertainment Group Praised for Making Moviegoing Accessible to All
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 22 May 2013
Cutting-edge technology receives accolades from guests and advocacy groups
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(Business Wire)--Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, announced a milestone with more than 400 theatres now offering the Sony Entertainment Access System at locations across the country. The cutting-edge technology continues to receive accolades for making moviegoing accessible to all.
Ramesh Talware Movies Set to Produce Ten Films Over Next Five Years
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 22 May 2013
MUMBAI--(Business Wire)--Ramesh Talware Movies, based in Nashik, India, has closed financing on its first round of films. Bhavishyachi Aishi Taishi, the company's debut film will head into production later this year. Over the next 5 years, CEO Ramesh Talware aims to invest around $5M US to finance his ambitious projects.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Begins Principal Photography
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 22 May 2013
Andy Serkis Reprises His Celebrated Role of Heroic Ape Caesar
Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Toby Kebbell, Keri Russell, Kodi Smit-Mcphee Also Star
Matt Reeves Directs Newest Chapter of Beloved Franchise Now Filming on Location in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS--(Business Wire)--Twentieth Century Fox announced that principal photography is underway on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.
Regal Entertainment Group Presents Cleopatra Back on the Big Screen
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 22 May 2013
One of the grandest cinema spectacles of all time, available at 75 locations
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(Business Wire)--Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, announces that the Twentieth Century Fox epic Cleopatra will return to the big screen to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Tickets are on sale now online and at 75 participating Regal Cinemas, United Artists and Edwards Theatres for the May 22 triumphant return of this cinematic treasure.
WRITER/DIRECTOR SHANE BLACK TO MAKE “DOC SAVAGE” FOR SONY PICTURES AND ORIGINAL FILM
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 07 May 2013
WRITER/DIRECTOR SHANE BLACK TO MAKE “DOC SAVAGE” FOR SONY PICTURES AND ORIGINAL FILM
CULVER CITY, Calif., May 7, 2013 – Sony Pictures Entertainment has closed its deal with Shane Black to co-write and direct Doc Savage, and Black is eyeing it as his next film, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio. Black co-wrote the screenplay with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, based on the hero of pulp novels, films, and comic books. Neal H. Moritz is producing the project with Ori Marmur through his Original Film banner. Michael Usland will also serve as a producer on the film.
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO MEET DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS AND THE CAST OF “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” AT THE FILM’S LOS ANGELES PREMIERE.
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 01 May 2013
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO MEET DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS AND THE CAST OF “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” AT THE FILM’S LOS ANGELES PREMIERE.
WHAT:PARAMOUNT PICTURES, BAD ROBOT AND CHARITYBUZZ PARTNER TO OFFER STAR TREK FANS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO MEET DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS AND THE CAST OF “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” AT THE FILM’S LOS ANGELES PREMIERE. PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE MISSION CONTINUES.
Charitybuzz, the leading destination for online charity auctions, will host the bidding for a four-pack of VIP tickets to attend the “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” premiere in Los Angeles. The winners will walk the red carpet, meet director J.J. Abrams and the cast, and attend the premiere after-party. Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot will match the winning bid, up to $25,000. Proceeds will benefit The Mission Continues and its work to empower post-9/11 veterans on their new missions here at home.
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, JARED LETO, JENNIFER GARNER STAR IN JEAN-MARC VALLÉE’S DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 29 April 2013
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, JARED LETO, JENNIFER GARNER STAR IN JEAN-MARC VALLÉE’S DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, TO BE RELEASED BY FOCUS FEATURES DOMESTICALLY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK, April 23rd, 2013 – Dallas Buyers Club, currently in post-production, has been acquired by Focus Features for domestic theatrical release in the second half of 2013. The company has also acquired Latin American rights to the feature. Focus CEO James Schamus and Focus president Andrew Karpen made the announcement today.
KATHLEEN KENNEDY RECEIVES THE 2013 PIONEER AWARD
- Details
- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 29 April 2013
KATHLEEN KENNEDY RECEIVES THE 2013 PIONEER AWARD
More than 2,000 of Hollywood’s best and brightest gather to honor the veteran producer at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Dinner gala raises more than $700,000 to benefit the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation
LAS VEGAS (April 19, 2013) – The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation tonight presented veteran Hollywood producer Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm and Vice President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), with its coveted 2013 Pioneer of the Year Award. Actress Sally Field presented Kennedy with her award. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt hosted the ceremony.
More Articles...
- ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU’S “BIRDMAN” HAS BEGUN PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY
- Four UNLV Film Graduates Accepted into the American Film Institute for Fall 2013
- COLUMBIA PICTURES ACQUIRES DAVID AYER’S “FURY” STARRING BRAD PITT
- UNLV Dept. of Film & the Short Film Archive Present Spring Flicks 2013
- SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT STARTS PRODUCTION ON FUTURISTIC ACTION ADVENTURE "DIVERGENT"
- Winners Named in 2013 TXU Energy Student Film Contest
- Disney•Pixar’s “Finding Dory” to Dive into Theaters November 25, 2015
- CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S “INTERSTELLAR” TO BE CO-PRODUCED AND JOINTLY DISTRIBUTED BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND WARNER BROS. PICTURES
- Film Shot on Florida West Coast to Be Featured at Fort Myers Beach Film Festival
- Filming Begins on Alcon Entertainment’s “Prisoners”
- THE MONUMENTS MEN,” DIRECTED BY AND STARRING GEORGE CLOONEY, BEGINS PRODUCTION IN GERMANY
- JON LANDAU TO SPEAK AT NAB SHOW TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT ON CINEMA
- Relativity Signs Mikael Håfström To Direct Epic Adventure Film Tunnels
- DANE COOK TAPPED TO VOICE DUSTY IN “DISNEY’S PLANES”
- 21st Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
- Twentieth Century Fox Animation Announces RIO 2 Casting
- OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL / Tokyo Premiere Photos!
- CBS FILMS ACQUIRES THE COEN BROTHERS’ ‘INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS’
- INTERNATIONAL GLAMOUR MODEL JORDAN CARVER DAZZLES AUDIENCES WITH HER FILM DEBUT 'WHO KILLED JOHNNY'
- PlattForm Films Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Reconstructing the Dream
- Diablo Cody’s Much-Anticipated Directorial Debut, Paradise, Finds Its Home at Image Entertainment
- GLOBAL SUPERSTAR MARIAH CAREY RECORDS “ALMOST HOME” FOR DISNEY’S “OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL”
- AMC Theatres® Brings Record-Setting Blockbuster from China to U.S. Audiences
- JUNK FOOD ART HOUSE TEAMS UP WITH SONY PICTURES
- WRECK-IT RALPH's Clark Spencer "Wreck-ognized" at PGA
- J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars: Episode VII
- AMC Theatres® Hosts Seventh Annual Best Picture Showcase
- Karina Smirnoff, Cedric Gervais, EC Twins and more at Marquee + Stella Artois present TAO Nightclub Sundance – Night 4
- Allison Janney, Lil Jon, Neon Hitch, Paris Hilton, and more at Marquee + Stella Artois present TAO Nightclub Sundance - Night 3
- Adrian Grenier, Lil Jon, Nas and more at Marquee + Stella Artois present TAO Nightclub Sundance – Night 2
- Inception Media Group Aggressively Begins New Year With Acquisition of Four Feature Films
- Hilton Worldwide and Sundance Institute Announce 2013 LightStay Sustainability Film Award Winners
- ASCC's Luxuria Brands Heads for the Big Screen
- FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES ACQUIRES “THE WAY, WAY BACK”
- Star studded party kicks-off 2013 Sundance Film Festival
- PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND QUALCOMM ANNOUNCE UNPRECEDENTED “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” APP USING CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Smashes Records as It Ventures to the Top of the Worldwide Box Office
- EuropaCorp and Relativity Media Round Out Casting on McG’s Untitled Thriller Project
- Purchase Banner Advertising
- The Nevada Film Critics Society's 2012 Awards for Achievement in Film
- Hark Announces Its Top-10 Most-Listened-To Holiday Movie Sound Bites of All Time
- The Walt Disney Company Completes Lucasfilm Acquisition
- The Women Film Critics Circle 2012 Awards Announced
- “THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY” REACHES $100 MILLION MILESTONE
- Applied Art Productions and Kreate Films to release 'Finding Joy'
- “TOP GUN” TO BE RELEASED IN IMAX® 3D FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
- ROBERT ZEMECKIS TO RECEIVE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD AT 24TH ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS GALA
- IAN McKELLEN: GRAY IS THE NEW WHITE
- Warner Bros. Pictures’ acclaimed hit “argo” strikes box office gold, surpassing $100 million
- MICHAEL BAY RE-TEAMS WITH HIS "PAIN AND GAIN" STAR MARK WAHLBERG FOR TRANSFORMERS 4