But Iger's comments
about Searchlight make me wonder if Disney is finally interested in exploring an area they haven't in a long time.
Unfortunately, that can't quite be said
about Searchlight's current offerings.
Not exact matches
Cesar's Way pays
about $ 3,700 per month for its
Searchlight service package, which was implemented in April 2014.
One shareholder asked Iger
about his plans for Fox
Searchlight, the arthouse film division that on Sunday won the Academy Award for best picture for «The Shape of Water.»
Suppose that on a dark night you see the beam from a
searchlight, or a lighthouse, moving
about the sky, or sweeping over the sea; the beam in some sense preserves its identity and yet you do not think of its being a «thing.»
Searchlight called for politicians to stop talking
about immigration so much.
The anti-fascist group
Searchlight is preparing to release further information today
about the killer's links with the EDL.
We are
searchlights, we can see in the dark We are rockets, pointed up at the stars We are billions of beautiful hearts And you sold us down the river too far What
about us?
Disney's pending acquisition of Fox has some worried
about the future of the stalwart distributor Fox
Searchlight and its appetite coming into Sundance (heads Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula say they arrive with slots to fill and intend to play the game same as they always do).
Historically,
about half of Fox
Searchlight's pictures have been acquisitions of finished or near - completed projects from festivals such as Sundance and Toronto.
Amazing stray bleep during Frances McDormand's speech
about that storied Hollywood company, F ***
Searchlight.
Below, read Iger's comments
about how Disney plans to leave Fox
Searchlight alone should the deal go through.
Under the Same Moon — Fox
Searchlight, 109 min — Patricia Riggen wrote and directed this moving tale
about a young Mexican woman working illegally as a domestic in LA while struggling to get her green card so she can bring her young son to live with her.
The filmmaking team approached Fox
Searchlight about producing the project.
In 2014 we talked to
Searchlight about it and I suggested we do it between seasons of the television show.»
When Iger was asked
about Disney's intentions for Fox
Searchlight if the acquisition is eventually approved by the proper governmental agencies, the CEO responded:
When: June 12th Why: Alfonso Gomez - Rejon's sophomore effort was one of the most talked -
about movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival, igniting a bidding war between eight studios before eventually landing at Fox
Searchlight.
But there's one that looks like it'll close sooner rather than later: based - in - fact drama «Fruitvale,»
about a young man killed by policemen in Oakland, has multiple suitors, with The Weinstein Company (said to be front - runners), Fox
Searchlight, Paramount and Focus Features all interested, with a $ 2 million pricetag in place.
Nikki Finke wonders aloud
about why Fox
Searchlight has taken the plunge again on a Hilary Swank project, which re-teams director Tony Goldwyn and screenwriter Pamela Grey (who last worked together on the Diane Lane female fantasy pic,...
Fox
Searchlight's Battle of the Sexes,
about the legendary 1973 tennis match between ex - champ / hustler Bobby Riggs and world No. 1 Billie Jean King, will have its game date at the multiplex on September 22.
The sci - fi film that centers on the discovery of a second Earth was one of the more buzzed
about films at the festival this past January, winning the Special Jury Prize and securing distribution from Fox
Searchlight.
It's a definite possibility, but probably more likely is another Fox
Searchlight pickup: John Crowley's «Brooklyn,» an old fashioned love story
about an Irish immigrant making her way through 1950's - era New York that has Oscar written all over it.
«The representatives at Disney, what they've said publicly and what we've heard privately is: They are truly excited
about the films
Searchlight does.
So let's give these siblings a hand for taking Fox
Searchlight's dime and giving them back a cringe - comedy
about a likeable schlub (Reilly), his new dream girlfriend (Tomei) and her vengeful, clingy adult - olescent son (Hill) that's essentially an ever - so - slightly polished Duplass brothers» movie.
After a record - breaking podcast last month, we go at it again — this time talking a lot
about Fox
Searchlight «s Jackie, both our love of the film and its Oscar chances.
Director John Crowley, producer Fiona Dwyer and star Saoirse Ronan joined me for a conversation
about their luminous and romantic drama Brooklyn, which Fox
Searchlight brought as part of their Contenders presentation.
In even bigger acquisition news, Fox
Searchlight secured the distribution rights for Nat Turner biopic The Birth Of A Nation, spending a record - breaking $ 17.5 million for the buzzed -
about debut (and probable Sundance winner).
Prestige - seekers such as A24, Fox
Searchlight and Focus Features also sat out Sundance, which may say something
about this year's crop of films.
The biopic
about author of «Winnie the Pooh», A.A.Milne, is upcoming and Fox
Searchlight have revealed the first poster for the film,...
My list of didn't - see - yet shame includes: Eskil Vogt's Blind that everyone raved
about, Brendan Gleeson's Calvary which Fox
Searchlight picked up, German drama Wetlands, Jake Paltrow's sci - fi western Young Ones, Jim Mickle's Cold in July, bedtime horror The Babadook that some said is the best of the fest, Mark Duplass & Elisabeth Moss in The One I Love, Jenny Slate in Obvious Child, A.J. Edwards» Lincoln film The Better Angels, plus the highly praised closing night film They Came Together, not to mention the Audience Award winning doc Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory.
Fox
Searchlight must be feeling very good
about the film to debut the trailer and poster this early.
Leading the pack is Fox
Searchlight once again, who picked up Sean Durkin's film Martha Marcy May Marlene, starring Sundance sensation Elizabeth Olsen (the third Olsen sister), which is one of the most buzzed
about films at this fest.
• Sticking with Fox
Searchlight, we talk
about the reaction to Mark Romanek's «Never Let Me Go» so far (see SPOILER warning below) and how much of a foothold it could maintain throughout the season.
Fox
Searchlight has shared a teaser clip from Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, «a love story
about one of the most influential filmmakers...
Toronto International Film Festival: We're just
about halfway through the Toronto International Film Festival and we've already got a pretty big sale, Fox
Searchlight snatching up the Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan - starrer Shame and setting it for a 2011 release.
Fox
Searchlight is adapting Wilson, Clowes» graphic novel
about a grumpy divorcée who lives in self - imposed exile because he hates and / or judges everyone.
After overachieving on the creatively satisfying blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi has set Rebel Wilson to the cast of his new film, Jojo Rabbit, the Fox
Searchlight WWII satire he wrote
about a 10 - year old boy who struggles to find his place in an increasingly Fascist regime and turns to an imaginary friend when faced with the discovery that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Those combined grosses along with the date range grosses from earlier releases brought
Searchlight's summer total to
about $ 6.7 million, a contrast from last year's $ 23.25 million, fueled in part by Far From the Madding Crowd ($ 12.23 M) and Me and Earl and The Dying Girl ($ 6.75 M).
Searchlight had this to say
about their purchase:
While the film won't officially be released into theaters next spring, Fox
Searchlight must already be feeling pretty good
about their upcoming crime comedy «Dom Hemingway.»