Indie Box Office: 'Shame' Opens to Strong $361K at 10 Theaters

December 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 9 weeks ago

"The Artist" and "The Descendants" also continue to play well as they expand

  

This Year's Oscar Season: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

November 21, 2011 By Steve Pond 11 weeks ago

Awards contenders are hiring armies of publicists -- is it savvy campaigning, or desperation?

  

Indie Box Office: 'The Descendants' Ascends to Big $1.3M Opening

November 20, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 11 weeks ago

Alexander Payne's movie opens at only 29 locations, but is No. 10 at the box office

  

Fox Searchlight Signs First-Look Deal with 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' Team

November 3, 2011 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

Borderline Films has also produced "Afterschool" and "Two Gates of Sleep"

  

Michael Fassbender's 'Shame' Slapped With NC-17 Rating

October 25, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 15 weeks ago

Steve McQueen's provocative film includes full male frontal nudity and a great deal of sex

  

Elizabeth Olsen: 'Martha Marcy' Breakout Star on Fear, Fame and That Confounding Ending

October 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 15 weeks ago

Talking with the other Olsen sister and her colleagues on one of the year's most unsettling and demanding dramas

  

'Black Swan' Lawsuit Stirs Intern Debate: Education or Exploitation?

October 4, 2011 By Brent Lang & Fred Schruers 18 weeks ago

In a down economy are movie companies relying too heavily on free labor?

  

'Black Swan' Sued for Using Unpaid Interns (Updated)

September 29, 2011 By Brent Lang 19 weeks ago

Fox Searchlight is being charged with violating minimum wage and labor laws

  

'Shame' Shocks With Pitiless, NC-17 Sex

September 12, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 21 weeks ago

British director Steve McQueen's drama takes a piercing, pitiless look at the culture of sexual excess in Western society

  

'Napoleon Dynamite' Producers Sue Fox Searchlight for $10M+

September 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 23 weeks ago

The lawsuit contends Fox Searchlight paid producers less than half the royalty rate it promised

  

Fox Searchlight Moves Up 'The Descendants' to Nov. 23 Release

July 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 28 weeks ago

Alexander Payne's movie, starring George Clooney, had originally been slated for a Dec. 16 debut

  

'Tree of Life' Photo Confirms It: Penn, Pitt ... and Dinosaurs

April 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 41 weeks ago

The year's most tantalizing movie offers new stills, including a glimpse of prehistoric life

  

'Win Win' Ready to Move Up in Weight Class This Weekend

April 1, 2011 By Steve Pond 44 weeks ago

Tom McCarthy's critical favorite is already a quiet indie hit -- but can it find that elusive mainstream audience?

  

Meet Sundance's 'It Girl' Brit Marling

January 28, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The actress and "Another Earth" star is writing her own ticket by writing her own movies

  

UPDATED: Sundance 2011 Deal Scorecard = 34 Films Sold!

January 26, 2011 By Dominic Patten & Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Studios were on a buying spree this year in Park City. With the festival now completed, TheWrap does the numbers on who has what and how many of them

  

Fox Searchlight Continues Hot Streak With 'Another Earth' Acquisition

January 26, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Brit Marling and William Mapother star in Mike Cahill's directorial debu; Fox pays $750K

  

Sundance Review: Tom McCarthy's 'Win Win' a Huge Win for Fox Searchlight

January 22, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan are excellent, but Bobby Cannavale steals the movie and Alex Shaffer's makes an impressive debut

  

Fox Solves the SAG Screener Problem via iTunes

January 7, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"127 Hours," "Black Swan" and "Conviction" available to 100,000 voters online

  

Critical Darling '127 Hours' Cuts Itself Off From Wide Audience

December 28, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Graphic amputation scene presents serious marketing challenge for Fox Searchlight

  

Mark Romanek Wants to Send Ben Stiller to Death Row

September 16, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Screenwriter Steve Conrad ("The Pursuit of Happyness") is working on the black comedy about a father who fights a parking ticket

  

'127 Hours' Casualty Count at TIFF: 3 Faintings, 1 Seizure

September 13, 2010 By John H. Foote 1 year ago

Danny Boyle's tale of mountain climber Aaron Rolston's self-amputation are almost impossible to watch -- and the talk of Toronto

  

TIFF's Day 3: Ebert’s Tweet-off, and Subtitles Gone Bad

September 12, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The top specialty divisions both throw parties, but TIFF malfunctions wreak havoc

  

Terrence Malick Plants 'Tree of Life' at Fox Searchlight

September 9, 2010 By Brent Lang & Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The studio plans a 2011 release for the film starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn

  

Olivia Thirlby to Shadow Karl Urban in 3D 'Judge Dredd'

September 3, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Pete Travis will direct DNA Films' futuristic action movie from an adapted screenplay by Alex Garland

  

Exclusive: Fox Searchlight Circling Anne Hathaway's 'Lola Versus'

August 11, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Michael London's Groundswell Productions will finance and produce the romantic comedy from director Daryl Wein

  

Casey Affleck Wants Out of the Friend Zone in 'The F-Word'

July 26, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Alex Holdridge will direct Fox Searchlight's romantic comedy from a script by Elan Mastai

  

Callbacks: Foster, Mulligan Eye 'Stoker'; Mafia Wars on Hollywood's Radar

June 29, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Eve in talks for"X-Men: First Class"; Lord/Miller to direct WB's Lego movie; De Laurentiis enlists in "Sigma Force"

  

Channing Tatum to Star in Romantic Sci-Fi Epic 'Ion'

June 24, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Scott Free's Ridley and Tony Scott are attached to produce Will Dunn's original spec script

  

Fox Searchlight Taps Greenbaum as VP of Production

April 12, 2010 By Wrap Staff 1 year ago

Miramax executive will replace Jeremy Steckler

  

Diablo Cody to Write 'Young Adult' for Mandate

March 24, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Oscar-winning screenwriter reunites with "Juno" team for stalker comedy

  

Imagine Poaches Searchlight's Steckler

March 24, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Suit behind "Juno," "(500) Days of Summer" will be new executive VP of motion pictures

  

Payne's 'Descendants' Sets Clooney's Supporting Cast

March 15, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer, Robert Forster and Beau Bridges join Fox Searchlight film