Sentences with phrase «which film distributors»

Which film distributors have which horses in which awards season races?

Not exact matches

While major production companies and distributors, à la Disney, typically get most of the credit for the success of Hollywood films, there are dozens of independently run startups like Rodeo that contribute in no small part to the success of projects, and without which these films would not look as glossy as they do.

I mean, the distributor of this film told me that all of the work we have done — the film festivals, all the press, the public appearances, the theatrical release — it all has one goal, which is to be No. 1 VOD on the first VOD weekend, because there is so much product out there on demand that if you're not in the top five it doesn't matter anymore because people can't get through it all.

Take away The Wind Rises, which was briefly screened in 2013 only to qualify for awards (which it did, collecting an Oscar nomination for best animated film), and Disney's 2013 average drops to 53.4 (the studio's lowest average since 2010), though that was still higher than four other major distributors last year.

Unique because of its non-profit status, the Los Angeles - based indie distributor has never qualified for our rankings before, since 2015 is the first year in which the Collaborative released at least seven scored films.

2013 brought Variance its highest - grossing film to date in the form of Dave Grohl's music doc Sound City, which, in turn, gave the tiny but innovative distributor its best - ever year at the box office.

The film was virtually thrown away by its distributor, Paramount Pictures, which was uncertain about packaging a film about a sniper in the wake of the King and Kennedy assassinations.

Sony also had the lowest per - film average gross of the six major distributors in 2011, and its foreign box office growth (which includes a nice total for The Adventures of Tintin, for which Sony held the foreign distribution rights) didn't prevent the studio from finishing fifth in global market share for the second straight year.

Submergence came into the Toronto Film Festival with several distributors having made bids, but UTA decided to wait until after the film's world premiere Sept. 10 to begin negotiations, which have carried on for the past two months.

EXCLUSIVE: Eye in the Sky — the drama about drone strikes — is so timely that distributor Bleecker Street is using President Barack Obama's speech about the new technology as the voice - over for the film's TV spot, which is debuting tonight during the Republican debate (watch it above).

It was announced on Friday that movie distributor The Orchard would not be releasing his film, I Love You, Daddy, which is about a successful television writer (C.K.), whose 17 - year - old daughter (Chloe Grace Moretz) becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker (John Malkovich) with an appalling past.

We are thrilled to report that our friend Daniel Farrands, who wrote Halloweeen: The Curse of Michael Myers, produced The Haunting in Connecticut and the as - yet - still - unreleased Amityville: The Awakening, and directed Never Sleep Again and Crystal Lake Memories, will write and direct the new horror film The Haunting on Long Island: The Amityville Murders, which is currently being shopped around to possible distributors at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.

The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for specialty films — which we define to include independent, foreign (including Bollywood films), and / or documentary films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced for 2018 distribution by an independent distributor (including STX Films, Annapurna, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).

A spokesman for Lionsgate — whose subsidiary Summit Entertainment is handling sales of the film to overseas distributors — issued a statement disavowing responsibility for the posters, which were created for the film's Italian distributor, BIM.

On July 31 at 11 am EST, indie distributor Matt Grady of Factory 25 launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in which fans can have a hand in restoring the damaged print and make it possible to replicate and release the film which ignited the careers of Steve Buscemi, Sam Rockwell, and Stanley Tucci, brought back Jennifer Beals, Seymour Cassel, and included appearances by Will Patton, Jim Jarmusch and Carol Kane.

The case of the DVD, which is available tomorrow from New York - based limited distributor Zeitgeist Films, declares, «Despite some mild bad language in French, this film is appropriate for children.»

For one, the TIFF screenings are billed as a «work - in - progress,» which means that the film's not done, which makes a 2013 release less likely, even if someone picks it up out of TIFF (there's no distributor in place yet).

As a result, producers are suing Heard for $ 10 million for allegedly refusing to promote the movie and «falsely» claiming «she had not contractually agreed to allow the use of nudity» in it, which they said pressured distributors not to purchase the film.

He returns this year with an historical bio-drama, The Young Karl Marx, which premiered at last year's Berlin International Film Festival where distributor The Orchard saw the film.

Additionally, distributor Warner Bros. shuffled the release date until later in the year to better coincide with an Oscar campaign, a sign that the studio feels the film (which co-stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Chris Pratt) is a serious awards contender and not just some low - budget doodle.

While the cast is still not quite together and a domestic distributor remains to be found, Larrain should be starting to shoot the film, which will also star Peter Sarsgaard, in the next couple of months.

The deal follows one earlier today in which French sales agent - distributor - producer Wild Bunch acquired international rights to sell on a film that Stone begins shooting late January in Munich.

The Wrap is reporting that distributor Sony Pictures Classics is «about to buy» the film Smashed, directed by James Ponsoldt and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an alcoholic, which topped quite a few «best of» lists.

Distributor A24 has taken that particular element of the film, which bowed at Sundance and is set for a summer release, to some pretty wild ends, sending out creepy dolls to various audience members after they take in the chilling horror feature.

One of the most promising young actors in Hong Kong, his second film (which won him a «Best Actor» award) was shot in mainland China, prompting Taiwanese distributors to blacklist him for three years.

Money Monster, which debuted at Cannes this past week with Hollywood royalty in attendance when director Jodie Foster and stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts graced the red carpet, ended its three - day run with $ 14.6 M. Distributor Sony is banking that the film will have some staying power as it is the only real adult - demo drama in the marketplace for the coming weeks.

Continuing the year of the vet, earlier we saw strong performances that could attract voters» attention from a past winner, 70 - year - old Helen Mirren, in Woman In Gold (a film The Weinstein Company has already started campaigning for its star); and 72 - year - old Blythe Danner getting a full - bodied leading role in the hit adult indie I'll See You In My Dreams which has grossed over $ 7 million so far for new distributor Bleecker Street, which will probably be encouraged to launch an Oscar campaign on her behalf.

MRC is producing and financing the sequel, which is expected to be released by Universal Pictures, the distributor of the first film.

Release: None yet, as the film will need a U.S. distributor before that can happen, which likely means this will pop up on the festival circuit before it plays your local theater.

After a six - picture run with Sony Classics, this time Allen has chosen to go with Amazon Studios for the film's domestic release on July 29, which will test the new distributor's ability to hit the auteur's target theatrical audience prior to home viewing availability.

Producer / distributor Fun Academy Motion Pictures has a mission statement to create films that «entertain, innovate and inspire,» which explains the style of «Sgt. Stubby» — as gentle as it gets for a movie about trench warfare.

The film's distributors are urging Wong to film a sequel, in which Wong is considering.

Netflix has the funds to pay the Billy Madison star the $ 80m - per - film fee which he reportedly receives from theatrical distributors and the comic has worked outside the major studio system for some time, so will not fear reprisals.

Running time: 97 minutes Distributor: Criterion Collection DVD Extras: A new digital transfer supervised and approved by director of photography; «Ask Todd,» an audio Q&A with director Todd Solondz; Making «Life During Wartime,» a new documentary featuring interviews with actors; a new video piece in which Lachman discusses his work on the film; the original theatrical trailer; and a booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt.

Much ink has been spilled on how director Thornton initially turned in a four - hour cut of the film, which so freaked original U.S. distributor Columbia that they switched domestic duties with their co-producer, Miramax, which was originally set to handle the international push.

Mario Bava's first credited feature film as director has appeared in various complicated guises since its release 47 years ago in Italy — the original Director's Cut in Italian, the Director's Cut with an English dub track prepared by the Italian producers and released only in Europe, and the AIP re-edit, which had the U.S. distributor cutting it down for faster pacing, re-dubbing the dialogue with its own stable of voice actors, and replacing Roberto Nicolosi's original score with a more punchy, aggressive version by AIP's all - in - one music department, Les Baxter.

Also, there's a beautiful noblewoman with people - touching - her issues named Eliza (Kate Beckinsale), after whom the European version of this film is still named, which says something about what distributors think audiences will tolerate in our respective markets, methinks.

But the auction — which came down to Paramount, Amazon Studios and Universal in the end — really commenced after distributors heard about a couple of «friends and family» screenings of the finished film.

Not Fade Away only sold a pitiful 75,000 tickets in its limited winter release, but Are You Here must have fared much worse, as distributor Millennium Entertainment didn't even tabulate any ticket sales on the film, which was released On Demand the same day.

The distributor, which specialises in giving a platform to arthouse and independent films, has recently announced a string of deals with various TV providers, such as Freesat and BT, which means that viewers will be able to watch Joe online in your living room as well as on their computers.

Then, sometime in the intervening eight months, Benson and his distributor recut the film from scratch into a new two - hour entity, known as «The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Them,» which gets its first outing as part of Un Certain Regard at Cannes today.

She said that she's had a number of inquiries about the film during the three - day event, which brings together art house operators along with festival organizers and distributors.

Distributor Strand is releasing his follow - up, Staying Vertical, which screened in competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where the company first saw the film, and later played the New York Film Festival.

I liked the last Star Wars film quite a bit, and this new one looks pretty good too, but, really, they are Death Stars of cinema releases; vast, planet - sized pieces of machinery issuing scorched - earth marketing campaigns from which other distributors shrink in terror.

Magnolia purchased «The Guilty» and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg doc «RBG» with Participant Media, while The Orchard bought the rights to «American Animals» with MoviePass, which announced it would begin acquiring films with established distributors and promote them via its movie ticket subscription program.

Apart from producing quality content, you need to have an extended network of quality people, which includes book publishers, literary agents, distributors, theatrical producers, and film producers.