Mumbai: South West Screen announced that In the Dark Half, the first of the three iFeatures films to reach completion, has been selected to screen at the Raindance Film Festival in London (28 September...
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Jiande Chen appointed as Imax China CEO
Mumbai: Imax Corporation has appointed Jiande Chen as CEO of Imax China. Reporting to China’s Board of Directors and its chairman, Imax CEO Richard Gelfond, Chen will direct the Company’s expansion in the greater...
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Tiger Gate Entertainment appoints Wendy Reeds as EVP sales & distribution
MUMBAI: Lionsgate and Tiger Gate Entertainment have appointed Wendy Reeds as EVP – sales and distribution. Reeds will spearhead all Tiger Gate content sales activities and will also direct Lionsgate’s film and TV sales...
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John Fogelman launches FactoryMade Ventures with J.J. Abrams as principal investor
Mumbai: John Fogelman announced the launch of FactoryMade Ventures, http://www.factorymade.com , a hybrid entertainment, media business development and consulting firm. Filmmaker J.J. Abrams will join FactoryMade as its principal investor. FactoryMade Ventures will partner...
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Weinstein Company launches label to bring new content to new platforms
Mumbai: Tom Quinn and Jason Janego have joined forces with The Weinstein Company (TWC) co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein to create a TWC label to bring new films and specialty entertainment to audiences simultaneously across multiple...
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Shooting begins on Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Gangster Squad
Mumbai: Principal photography began on Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ The Gangster Squad, starring Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Sean Penn. The movie is being directed by Ruben Fleischer. Los Angeles, 1949....
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GDC joins hands with Jinyi Zhujiang Movie Circuit
Mumbai: – GDC Technology has inked a contract with Jinyi Zhujiang Movie Circuit Co., Ltd. The contract is a repeat order, which involves the deployment of 200 GDC SX-2000A Digital Cinema Servers with Integrated Media Block (IMB). Full...
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Sony converts new exhibitors to 4K digital cinema
MUMBAI: As the exhibition industry continues its conversion to digital technology, Sony continues to expand its 4K customer base with the addition of three unique and innovative circuits: Beach Movie Bistro, in Virginia Beach,...
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CBS Films acquires rights to Tamara Ireland Stone’s novel Time Between Us
Mumbai: CBS Films has acquired feature film rights to Tamara Ireland Stone’s debut novel Time Between Us and set Robin Schorr to produce through her RCR Pictures banner. Young adult tome follows a teenage...
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Academy Grants $50,000 to Telluride Film Festival
Mumbai: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the 2011 Telluride Film Festival’s Guest Director program, this year featuring musician Caetano Veloso. Veloso has over 100...
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