Sentences with word «searchlight»

Nancy Utley was appointed President of Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2009 charged with jointly managing all aspects of the company including production, acquisitions, marketing and distribution alongside fellow President Stephen Gilula.

The tale of a poor Jersey girl seeking success as a rapper, Patti Cake $ has been acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures for worldwide distribution.

According to THR, the film opted to go with Fox Searchlight for distribution because of a $ 4.75 million up - front offer as well as the promise of high royalties for home video sales.

Best picture winner at Sundance this year, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl was snapped up by Fox Searchlight in hopes of pushing it into the awards season.

«We are very pleased to be in business with Fox Searchlight on Luca Guadagnino's new film.

The company recently produced Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave which Fox Searchlight releases on October 18, 2013.

Carol from The Weinstein Company and Youth from Fox Searchlight show up here as they have at many festival announcements already.

Her work on other international marketing campaigns at Searchlight include for Black Swan, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Desendants and Juno.

In this film publicity image released by Fox Searchlight films, Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal are shown in a scene from «Crazy Heart.»

Rated PG - 13 Opens: June 12, 2015 Studio: Fox Searchlight Starring: Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, R.J. Cyler, Nick Offerman, Molly Shannon Directed by: Alfonso Gomez - Rejon

«The marketplace is always changing, but now it is changing more rapidly, both on the production and consumer side,» said Searchlight co-president Stephen Gilula.

Yet the verticals take on a life apart from the historical record, as for every one of these artists, like searchlights in the night.

The latter is interesting as Fox Searchlight picked up both of these films for distribution.

But its top contender last year, «The Birth of Nation» — which Searchlight bought for a record $ 17.5 million at Sundance — was derailed after a 1999 rape allegation surfaced against director and star Nate Parker.

When you've had as much success tapping into the «grey pound» (or dollar) as Fox Searchlight did with The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, it makes perfect sense to try again.

«Brooklyn» was another Academy Awards contender taking a jump in theaters this weekend, and it brought in $ 1.1 million after distributor Fox Searchlight added 88 theaters in its third week, bringing its count to 111.

Earlier today Fox Searchlight announced via Twitter that they have acquired 12 Years a Slave and plan to position Steve...

As great as my anticipation is for this film I'm also expecting some level of backlash if Searchlight plans this much hype for it.

At Searchlight Television, the early emphasis appears to be on mining the studio's feature film library for adaptations, in addition to developing original material.

She wrote, directed and starred in three feature films, Sudden Manhattan, I'll Take You There and Waitress, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, was purchased hours later by Fox Searchlight Films, and went on to critical acclaim and box - office success.

Directed and written by Mike Cahill, I ORIGINS is his second feature following ANOTHER EARTH which Fox Searchlight acquired at Sundance in 2011.

It wasn't long after this that it became evident that they needed more room and decided to sell the home in Boulder City and move to a rural area just few miles North of Searchlight Nevada.

Fox Searchlight also released the first movie clips of the movie last week including one featuring Matthias and his co-star Tom Hardy.

• Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (NasdaqCM: ENT) agreed to a significant investment from Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. Financial terms weren't disclosed.

In fact, when Fox Searchlight opened its wallet to acquire the rights to The Birth of a Nation earlier this year, the move came amid another Oscars - related controversy that stemmed from the complete lack of non-white acting nominees at the most recent Academy Awards.

The film's similarities end there, and I suspect Fox Searchlight moved off their 2016 date, as not to be lumped in with the Focus Features film starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton.

So on reflection, given the lack of competition, it's perhaps more understandable why Fox Searchlight paid $ 5 million for Clark Gregg «s «Choke,» a not - especially - commercial Chuck Palahaniuk adaptation starring Sam Rockwell, Kelly Macdonald and Gillian Jacobs.

I'm very happy for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, as I am a very big fan of the film, it won me over, and it's going to breakout into the mainstream with Fox Searchlight backing it.

«Homework is a real coming of age story, it touched us with its genuine performances, depth and wit,» said Fox Searchlight co-president Nancy Utley in the press release.

The Fox Searchlight dark comedy got a big boost over the weekend, winning best ensemble, best actress (Frances McDormand), and best supporting actor (Sam Rockwell) at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

It took home both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards and Fox Searchlight put a record - setting $ 12 million bid in for global distribution rights (the film would end up going for less through...

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.

Yet again, Fox Searchlight knows how to cut amazing trailers from fantastic films.

Following its premiere at Sundance, Searchlight took Patti Cake $ on a five - city PA tour in addition to screenings at New Directors / New Films, SXSW, Cannes Directors Fortnight, San Francisco and other festivals.

Nevada Certificate of Completion Once you complete the online Searchlight Nevada defensive driving course, you will receive your Nevada Certificate of Completion.

«Snake crawled, avoiding searchlights, killed guard, rode jeep, called in helicopter for evac,» said another.

Run by veteran co-presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula (with production co-heads Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum, and acquisition executives Ray Strache and Megan O'Brien), Fox Searchlight makes movies designed to cost less than $ 15 million, but are backed by a worldwide machine.

It can be challenging for Searchlight singles looking for a more meaningful relationships that last.

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).

His main aim, however, is to do for biology what other Buddhist - inclined writers have done for neuroscience, physics and psychology — to highlight the parallels between the two disciplines, which he says «complement each other like a pair of powerful searchlights illuminating the same thing from different angles».

If Fox Searchlight want to get Tree of Life out there before Cannes, wouldn't Berlin make a whole lot more sense than Sundance?

He adds it's staffed, «with real Nevadans from Nevada and folks from Searchlight who support Reid.»

His Fox Searchlight feature Thank You for Smoking also played at the 2006 fest.

She joined the company in 2006 and has managed all international marketing functions, working across the entire Searchlight slate, including the recent overseas campaigns for Best Picture Oscar winner The Shape Of Water ($ 113M + international box office) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri... Read

With Fox Searchlight coming off two Best Picture wins in a row (Birdman and 12 Years a Slave) and featuring Oscar - worthy turns from Best Actor contender Michael Caine and Best Supporting Actor hopeful Harvey Keitel and a scene - stealing cameo from two - time Oscar winner Jane Fonda, this is not to be missed.

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