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Spike Lee, Stephen Frears, Julie Delpy Films to Premiere at Sundance

December 5, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Festival's 2012 lineup of premieres will also include new documentaries from Joe Berlinger and Stacy Peralta

  

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

December 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

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

  

'Tyrannosaur' Named Top British Indie Film

December 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Top acting awards go to Michael Fassbender for "Shame" and Olivia Colman for "Tyrannosaur"

  

'Breaking Dawn' Continues to Rule the Box Office

December 3, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The fourth of Summit's "Twilight" movies took in $5.5 million on Friday - double what Disney's "The Muppets" grossed

  

Drake Doremus 'Like Crazy' Method: Instead of a Script, Actors Got Mix Tapes

December 2, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The indie director and actors Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones dish about shooting the romantic drama on a $250K budget

  

Sundance 2012: New Films From Jonathan Kasdan, Kirby Dick to Debut

November 30, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Festival will present 110 films, drawn from more than 4,000 submissions

  

Indie Box Office: 'Descendants' Gains Momentum, 'Marilyn' Has Sexy Debut

November 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Clooney's "Descendants" grosses big $9.2M over five days while expanding from 29 to 433 locations

  

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

November 20, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

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

  

CBS Films Acquires High School Comedy 'The DUFF' (Exclusive)

November 17, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Studio is in talks with McG to produce the adaptation of Kody Keplinger's novel

  

Indie Box Office: Lars von Trier's 'Melancholia' Opens to a Strong $270K

November 13, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Werner Herzog's "Into the Abyss" grosses only $50,784 at 12 locations

  

Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson Join CBS Films' 'Seven Psychopaths'

November 9, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Sam Rockwell and Tom Waits are also set to star in the action comedy

  

Image Entertainment Picks Up 'Blair Witch' Co-Creator's 'Lovely Molly'

November 7, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The horror film stars newcomer Gretchen Lodge and debuted at this year's Toronto International Film Festival

  

Samuel Goldwyn Acquires Documentary 'The Island President'

November 7, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The company plans a February 2012 release for the Toronto Film Festival Audience Award winner

  

Myriad Pictures Acquires Matt Dillon, Julia Stiles Drama 'Seconds of Pleasure'

November 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

At AFM, distributor picks up non-UK rights to Mike Figgis movie, which also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Brendan Fraser and Christina Hendricks

  

Indie Box Office: 'Like Crazy' Gets Solid $270K Expansion

November 6, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Sundance winner enjoys 119% uptick expanding from 4 to 16 theaters

  

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

November 3, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

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

  

Sierra/Affinity's 'Europa' Sells in a Dozen Territories

November 3, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Sci-fi film about a journey to a Jupiter moon is received warmly at AFM

  

'Primeval's' Michael Katleman to Direct 'Red Squad'

November 2, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Hannibal Classics' action movie will start shooting early in 2012

  

Freestyle Releasing Co-Founder Launches Digital Distribution Company

November 2, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Susan Jackson's Freestyle Digital Media will distribute indie films on VOD, pay TV and into specialty markets

  

AFM Kicks Off With 415 Films -- and More Buyers

November 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

AFM's managing director projects that $800 million of business will be conducted at the eight-day market

  

Ryan Kwanten, Amy Smart, Leslie Bibb Fly to CBS Films' '7500'

November 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Super-natural airline thriller re-teams director Takashi Shimizu with his "Grudge" producer, Taka Ichise

  

Andy Serkis's 'Death of a Superhero' Goes to Tribeca Film

October 31, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The movie also stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Jessica Schwarz and Aisling Lothus

  

'Rum Diary' One of Johnny Depp's Biggest Career Flops

October 30, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The $45M movie, based on Hunter S. Thompson's novel, debuts to only $5M

  

Box Office: 'Puss in Boots' Paws to a Soft $34M Opening

October 30, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Fox's "In Time" manages only $12M and FilmDistrict's "The Rum Diary" stumbles to $5M

  

John Travolta, Robert De Niro to Star in 'Killing Season'

October 29, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

“Ghost Rider's” Mark Steven Johnson is directing the action movie, which starts production in January

  

Drake Doremus' 8 Rules for Making Indie Films

October 29, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The director of "Douchebag" and the new "Like Crazy" says make it hurt, forget the dialogue and get the actors to stop acting