A key driver in Brazil’s late 1990s cinema resurgence, Globo Filmes has co-produced iconic box office blockbusters, Oscar and “A” Fest plays, arthouse breakouts. movies sparking big TV spin-offs. A brief selection of milestones in its storied history:
1990
President Fernando Collar’s government closes state owned film company Embrafilme, decimating Brazilian film production.
1993
A new Audiovisual Law offers companies income tax deductions for investment in Brazilian movies as Brazil’s Resurgence – economic and cultural recovery – lifts off.
1997
Globo Filmes is founded. Recalls Daniel Filho, its guiding spirit, in early years: “I started working in Globo TV but I always said: “I want to make cinema.’ I was on my way to close a deal with exhibitor Luis Severiano Ribeiro to launch a film production house when I got a call from Globo to launch Globo Filmes. I agreed: Globo had to do what French and British channels were doing: Participate in films.
1990
President Fernando Collar’s government closes state owned film company Embrafilme, decimating Brazilian film production.
1993
A new Audiovisual Law offers companies income tax deductions for investment in Brazilian movies as Brazil’s Resurgence – economic and cultural recovery – lifts off.
1997
Globo Filmes is founded. Recalls Daniel Filho, its guiding spirit, in early years: “I started working in Globo TV but I always said: “I want to make cinema.’ I was on my way to close a deal with exhibitor Luis Severiano Ribeiro to launch a film production house when I got a call from Globo to launch Globo Filmes. I agreed: Globo had to do what French and British channels were doing: Participate in films.
- 5/16/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich Sci-Fi Action Film ‘World-Breaker’ Goes to Signature for U.K. (Exclusive)
U.K. production, sales and distribution outfit Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to action sci-fi movie World-Breaker starring Luke Evans (The Hobbit), Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil), and Billie Boullet (A Small Light) from The Exchange. The news comes as the film wraps production in Northern Ireland and the Cannes Film Festival and market kicked off.
The feature, produced by Bradley Gallo (Wild Mountain Thyme), Michael A. Helfant (The Call), Martin Brennan (One Way), Jib Polhemus (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), and Tracy Mercer (Madam Secretary), is directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist) from a script written by Joshua Rollins (Infinite Storm). It follows a father and daughter who must escape a burning city and fight for survival while the human race faces a war with “vicious creatures from another dimension.”
Evans plays the father, Jovovich the mother, and Boullett the daughter.
The deal was negotiated between...
The feature, produced by Bradley Gallo (Wild Mountain Thyme), Michael A. Helfant (The Call), Martin Brennan (One Way), Jib Polhemus (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), and Tracy Mercer (Madam Secretary), is directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist) from a script written by Joshua Rollins (Infinite Storm). It follows a father and daughter who must escape a burning city and fight for survival while the human race faces a war with “vicious creatures from another dimension.”
Evans plays the father, Jovovich the mother, and Boullett the daughter.
The deal was negotiated between...
- 5/15/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to the family adventure animation film Butterfly Tale from sales company Pink Parrot. Its voice cast features Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, She-Hulk), Mena Massoud (Aladdin, Star Wars: Ahsoka) and Tristan D. Lalla (Long Shot).
Butterfly Tale tells the story of Patrick (voiced by Massoud), “a gutsy and loveable, yet inept one-winged butterfly, who stows away in a milkweed trailer in order to be part of the migration journey of a lifetime,” according to a plot description. “Along with his best friend, a goofy caterpillar named Marty, and Jennifer (Maslany), a butterfly who is afraid of heights, Patrick will become an unlikely hero.”
The movie, produced by Marie-Claude Beauchamp (The Legend of Sarila) and Emely Christians (All Creatures Big and Small), was directed by Sophie Roy (Double Dribble) from a script written by Heidi Foss (Pup Academy) and Lienne Sawatsky (The Guava Juice Show...
Butterfly Tale tells the story of Patrick (voiced by Massoud), “a gutsy and loveable, yet inept one-winged butterfly, who stows away in a milkweed trailer in order to be part of the migration journey of a lifetime,” according to a plot description. “Along with his best friend, a goofy caterpillar named Marty, and Jennifer (Maslany), a butterfly who is afraid of heights, Patrick will become an unlikely hero.”
The movie, produced by Marie-Claude Beauchamp (The Legend of Sarila) and Emely Christians (All Creatures Big and Small), was directed by Sophie Roy (Double Dribble) from a script written by Heidi Foss (Pup Academy) and Lienne Sawatsky (The Guava Juice Show...
- 2/19/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neve Campbell is aptly recognized as a scream queen for her notable performances in the horror genre which launched her to international prominence. An accomplished Canadian actress, Campbell began acting in her home country in the late 1980s, appearing in minor roles in television projects such as Catwalk (192-1993) and The Canterville Ghost (1996). Campbell began getting noticed when she moved her craft to the United States. Her role as Julia Salinger in Party of Five (1994–2000) turned her into a teen idol with a nomination for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress. While starring in the Fox...
- 1/21/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Families are invited to join Virginia Otis and the Otis family on a thrilling adventure at a late 1880s English countryside estate in the animated feature The Canterville Ghost. On February 13, 2024, Shout! Studios and Shout! Kids will release The Canterville Ghost on DVD. The movie is available now on Digital for purchase or rent across all major entertainment platforms. Poised to entertain kids, families, and animation enthusiasts, The Canterville Ghost is a colorful animated movie adventure filled with humor and whimsical characters. The film boasts vibrant storytelling, a strong young female lead character, and important messages about curiosity, courage, friendship, love, and ... Read more...
- 12/5/2023
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Mubi launched ‘How To Have Sex’ on 150 sites.
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Nov 3-5)Total gross to date Week 1. Trolls Band Together (Universal) £1.8m £12.8m 3 2. Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal) £1.4m £8.7m 2 3. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount) £1.1m £7.8m 3 4. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Trafalgar) £970,488 £11.7m 4 5. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) £536,000 £7.2m 4
Trolls Band Together has usurped Universal stablemate Five Nights At Freddy’s to top the UK-Ireland box office; as Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex started with just over £100,000 for Mubi.
Trolls Band Together added £1.8m on its third weekend in cinemas – a 28% fall, that...
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Nov 3-5)Total gross to date Week 1. Trolls Band Together (Universal) £1.8m £12.8m 3 2. Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal) £1.4m £8.7m 2 3. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount) £1.1m £7.8m 3 4. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Trafalgar) £970,488 £11.7m 4 5. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) £536,000 £7.2m 4
Trolls Band Together has usurped Universal stablemate Five Nights At Freddy’s to top the UK-Ireland box office; as Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex started with just over £100,000 for Mubi.
Trolls Band Together added £1.8m on its third weekend in cinemas – a 28% fall, that...
- 11/6/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Studiocanal launches short story adaptation ‘Cat Person’.
Thriller Five Nights At Freddy’s heads the new titles at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, as one of a selection of genre choices available to audiences on the pre-Halloween weekend.
Opening in 609 cinemas through Universal, Five Nights At Freddy’s is adapted from Scott Cawthon’s videogame franchise of the same name. The film stars Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson as a security guard at an abandoned entertainment venue, who discovers that its animatronic mascots move and kill anyone still there after midnight.
Directed by Emma Tammi, the film is produced by horror...
Thriller Five Nights At Freddy’s heads the new titles at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, as one of a selection of genre choices available to audiences on the pre-Halloween weekend.
Opening in 609 cinemas through Universal, Five Nights At Freddy’s is adapted from Scott Cawthon’s videogame franchise of the same name. The film stars Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson as a security guard at an abandoned entertainment venue, who discovers that its animatronic mascots move and kill anyone still there after midnight.
Directed by Emma Tammi, the film is produced by horror...
- 10/27/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Australia’s Rialto and the U.K’s Vertigo Releasing have joined forces to launch Galaxy Pictures, a new film distribution company in Australia and New Zealand. The company will focus on “broad-appeal, star-driven commercial pictures that cater to consumers attuned to an increasingly digital landscape.”
The two companies have already been cooperating for the past three years and handle 120 titles. The new company represents a formalization of that partnership which has seen them work together on titles including “Honest Thief,” “Boss Level,” “Ainbo: Amazon Princess,” “Dreambuilders,” “The Misfits” and “Cosmic Sin.”
Galaxy’s 2024 releasing slate includes “Land of Bad,” starring Australia’s Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth, “Long Legs,” starring Nicolas Cage, “Sleeping Dogs,” starring Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan, “Armoured,” starring Sylvester Stallone, “The Canterville Ghost,” starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, culinary romance “The Taste of Things” (aka “Pot Au Feu”) and “The Rule of Jenny,” starring John Lithgow...
The two companies have already been cooperating for the past three years and handle 120 titles. The new company represents a formalization of that partnership which has seen them work together on titles including “Honest Thief,” “Boss Level,” “Ainbo: Amazon Princess,” “Dreambuilders,” “The Misfits” and “Cosmic Sin.”
Galaxy’s 2024 releasing slate includes “Land of Bad,” starring Australia’s Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth, “Long Legs,” starring Nicolas Cage, “Sleeping Dogs,” starring Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan, “Armoured,” starring Sylvester Stallone, “The Canterville Ghost,” starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, culinary romance “The Taste of Things” (aka “Pot Au Feu”) and “The Rule of Jenny,” starring John Lithgow...
- 10/27/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
An Iranian American woman navigating culture clash, an Argentine bank heist and an animated ghost story voiced by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debut this weekend with a handful of docs and some notable expansion, vying with Apple wide release Killers Of The Flower Moon.
Sony Pictures Classics The Persian Version opens on eight screens in NY, LA, Toronto and Vancouver today. The film by writer-director Maryam Keshavarz won both the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance where it premiered (Deadline review here). Her previous film Circumstance, about two teenage Iranian girls who fall in love, won the Audience Award too, in 2011, but the filmmaker hasn’t been able to return to Iran since.
The Persian Version stars Layla Mohammadi as Leila, Iranian-American like Keshavarz, and bisexual, striving to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant,...
Sony Pictures Classics The Persian Version opens on eight screens in NY, LA, Toronto and Vancouver today. The film by writer-director Maryam Keshavarz won both the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance where it premiered (Deadline review here). Her previous film Circumstance, about two teenage Iranian girls who fall in love, won the Audience Award too, in 2011, but the filmmaker hasn’t been able to return to Iran since.
The Persian Version stars Layla Mohammadi as Leila, Iranian-American like Keshavarz, and bisexual, striving to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Icon Creative Studios feature scheduled for delivery Q2 2025.
Cmg has boarded worldwide rights from Canada’s Icon Creative Studio to Charlie The Wonderdog and will launch pre-sales at AFM.
Steve Ball and Shea Wageman are directing the feature and Wageman produces with Carson Loveday.
Icon Creative Studio is Canada’s largest CG animation company and has collaborated with Pixar, Disney+, Nickelodeon (Transformer’s EarthSpark), and Netflix.
Charlie The Wonderdog follows timid nine-year old Sasha as he teams up with his beloved family dog Charlie, who gets abducted by aliens and returns with superpowers, to thwart a plan by the neighbour...
Cmg has boarded worldwide rights from Canada’s Icon Creative Studio to Charlie The Wonderdog and will launch pre-sales at AFM.
Steve Ball and Shea Wageman are directing the feature and Wageman produces with Carson Loveday.
Icon Creative Studio is Canada’s largest CG animation company and has collaborated with Pixar, Disney+, Nickelodeon (Transformer’s EarthSpark), and Netflix.
Charlie The Wonderdog follows timid nine-year old Sasha as he teams up with his beloved family dog Charlie, who gets abducted by aliens and returns with superpowers, to thwart a plan by the neighbour...
- 10/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese returns to theaters just in time to take on Taylor Swift in the second weekend of her record-setting “The Eras Tour” concert movie. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is Scorsese’s first movie since “The Irishman” in 2019, which ultimately ended up on Netflix. Adapted from David Grann‘s 2017 true-crime novel, it’s about a group of unscrupulous white men in the 1920s trying to rob the Osage Nation of Oklahoma out of their oil money.
“Killers” reunites Scorsese with two of the actors with whom he’s collaborated the most, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, though this is only the second time they star in one of his movies together.
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De Niro’s relationship with Scorsese goes back 50 years to “Mean Streets,” but one of their...
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is Scorsese’s first movie since “The Irishman” in 2019, which ultimately ended up on Netflix. Adapted from David Grann‘s 2017 true-crime novel, it’s about a group of unscrupulous white men in the 1920s trying to rob the Osage Nation of Oklahoma out of their oil money.
“Killers” reunites Scorsese with two of the actors with whom he’s collaborated the most, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, though this is only the second time they star in one of his movies together.
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De Niro’s relationship with Scorsese goes back 50 years to “Mean Streets,” but one of their...
- 10/18/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Oscar Wilde is known as one of the greatest wits in literary history. But he has brought some delightful eeriness, too, with works like The Picture of Dorian Gray and more. This month, one of his finest combinations of the two, the 1887 short story “The Canterville Ghost”, will arrive in animated form on the big screen. Now, we have a clip from The Canterville Ghost courtesy of Blue Fox Entertainment and Shout! Studios that, like the movie itself, is aimed at the whole family.
In the clip, host Hiram Otis (David Harewood) shows off “the new wonder of the modern world” – electricity – to his dazzled guests, only to be pranked by those channeling the spirit of Sir Simon de Canterville (Stephen Fry), who soon commandeers the spook….
The official plot of The Canterville Ghost: “As the nineteenth gives way to the twentieth century and scientific invention brings forth new...
In the clip, host Hiram Otis (David Harewood) shows off “the new wonder of the modern world” – electricity – to his dazzled guests, only to be pranked by those channeling the spirit of Sir Simon de Canterville (Stephen Fry), who soon commandeers the spook….
The official plot of The Canterville Ghost: “As the nineteenth gives way to the twentieth century and scientific invention brings forth new...
- 10/17/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Highest-grossing event cinema release ever in the territory.
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Oct 13-15) Total gross to date Week 1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Trafalgar) £5.7m £5.7m 1 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) £1.3m £3.3m 1 3. The Exorcist: Believer (Universal) £1m £3.5m 2 4. Sumotherhood (Paramount) £734,000 £746,000 1 5. The Creator (Disney) £642,345 £5.4m 3
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has become the highest-grossing event cinema release ever in the UK and Ireland after just three days in cinemas.
The concert film, released by Trafalgar Releasing, has taken £5.7m with final figures still coming in.
It overtakes the £5.5m total gross of last year’s Prima Facie,...
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Oct 13-15) Total gross to date Week 1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Trafalgar) £5.7m £5.7m 1 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) £1.3m £3.3m 1 3. The Exorcist: Believer (Universal) £1m £3.5m 2 4. Sumotherhood (Paramount) £734,000 £746,000 1 5. The Creator (Disney) £642,345 £5.4m 3
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has become the highest-grossing event cinema release ever in the UK and Ireland after just three days in cinemas.
The concert film, released by Trafalgar Releasing, has taken £5.7m with final figures still coming in.
It overtakes the £5.5m total gross of last year’s Prima Facie,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Oppenheimer’ tops ‘Barbie’ this weekend alone.
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Oct 6-8)Total gross to date Week 1. The Exorcist: Believer (Universal) £1.7m £1.92m 1 2. The Creator (Disney) £1m £4.2m 2 3. Saw X (Lionsgate) £953,798 £3.8m 2 4. The Great Escaper (Warner Bros) £590,265 £593,149 1 5. A Haunting In Venice (Disney) £558,724 £7.9m 4
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22
Universal’s franchise horror The Exorcist: Believer has topped the UK-Ireland box office on its opening weekend, with a £1.7m start.
Playing in 545 sites, the film took a £3,029 average. Believer’s £1.7m opening is the biggest opening figure for an Exorcist film to date, topping the £1.2m total of 2004’s Exorcist: The Beginning.
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Oct 6-8)Total gross to date Week 1. The Exorcist: Believer (Universal) £1.7m £1.92m 1 2. The Creator (Disney) £1m £4.2m 2 3. Saw X (Lionsgate) £953,798 £3.8m 2 4. The Great Escaper (Warner Bros) £590,265 £593,149 1 5. A Haunting In Venice (Disney) £558,724 £7.9m 4
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22
Universal’s franchise horror The Exorcist: Believer has topped the UK-Ireland box office on its opening weekend, with a £1.7m start.
Playing in 545 sites, the film took a £3,029 average. Believer’s £1.7m opening is the biggest opening figure for an Exorcist film to date, topping the £1.2m total of 2004’s Exorcist: The Beginning.
- 10/9/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie’ previews make enough for top five place.
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Sep 29-Oct 1) Total gross to date Week 1. Saw X (Lionsgate) £1.92m £1.92m 1 2. The Creator (Disney) £1.89m £2.2m 1 3. A Haunting In Venice (Disney) £1m £6.8m 3 4. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) £988,525 £1.1m - 5. The Nun II (Warner Bros) £418,694 £5.9m 4
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.21
Lionsgate’s torture horror Saw X cut into top spot at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, with a sharp £1.93m opening.
From 552 locations, Saw X took a £3,464 average – a strong start for an 18-rated film. It is the sixth-highest-grossing...
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Sep 29-Oct 1) Total gross to date Week 1. Saw X (Lionsgate) £1.92m £1.92m 1 2. The Creator (Disney) £1.89m £2.2m 1 3. A Haunting In Venice (Disney) £1m £6.8m 3 4. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) £988,525 £1.1m - 5. The Nun II (Warner Bros) £418,694 £5.9m 4
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.21
Lionsgate’s torture horror Saw X cut into top spot at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, with a sharp £1.93m opening.
From 552 locations, Saw X took a £3,464 average – a strong start for an 18-rated film. It is the sixth-highest-grossing...
- 10/2/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Moderate opening for ‘Expend4bles’.
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Sep 22-24)Total gross to date Week 1. A Haunting In Venice (Disney) £1.5m £4.9m 2 2. Expend4bles (Lionsgate)
£761,521 £761,521 1 3. The Nun II (Warner Bros)
£703,000 £5.1m 3 4. The Equalizer 3 (Sony)
£537,327 £7.3m 4 5. Dumb Money (Black Bear) £506,090 £506,090 1
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22
Disney’s A Haunting In Venice held top spot at the UK-Ireland box office for a second successive weekend, with the market in need of a boost having fallen significantly since the halcyon summer days of Barbenheimer.
A Haunting In Venice added £1.47m – a 32% drop – and is up to £4.9m total. It is still below...
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Sep 22-24)Total gross to date Week 1. A Haunting In Venice (Disney) £1.5m £4.9m 2 2. Expend4bles (Lionsgate)
£761,521 £761,521 1 3. The Nun II (Warner Bros)
£703,000 £5.1m 3 4. The Equalizer 3 (Sony)
£537,327 £7.3m 4 5. Dumb Money (Black Bear) £506,090 £506,090 1
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22
Disney’s A Haunting In Venice held top spot at the UK-Ireland box office for a second successive weekend, with the market in need of a boost having fallen significantly since the halcyon summer days of Barbenheimer.
A Haunting In Venice added £1.47m – a 32% drop – and is up to £4.9m total. It is still below...
- 9/25/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Black Bear makes its biggest release with ‘Dumb Money’.
Expend4bles is looking to end the action franchise on a high note at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, opening in 577 cinemas through Lionsgate.
Billed as the final film entry in the series, Expend4bles sees the titular team of mercenaries tasked with preventing a Third World War. Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture all reprise their roles, with Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran and Andy Garcia all joining the cast.
Expend4bles resurrects the franchise after a nine-year hiatus since 2014’s The Expendables 3.
Expend4bles is looking to end the action franchise on a high note at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, opening in 577 cinemas through Lionsgate.
Billed as the final film entry in the series, Expend4bles sees the titular team of mercenaries tasked with preventing a Third World War. Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture all reprise their roles, with Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran and Andy Garcia all joining the cast.
Expend4bles resurrects the franchise after a nine-year hiatus since 2014’s The Expendables 3.
- 9/22/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Disney’s Hercule Poirot film “A Haunting in Venice” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £2.1 million ($2.7 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.
In its second weekend, in second place, Warner Bros.’ “The Nun II” collected £1.1 million for a total of £3.8 million.
In its third weekend, in third place, Sony’s “The Equalizer 3” took in £874,709 for a total of £6.2 million.
Shah Rukh Khan’s Bollywood blockbuster “Jawan,” distributed by Yash Raj Films, earned £480,243 in its second weekend for a total of £2.3 million.
Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Barbie,” which grossed £456,329 in its ninth weekend for a mighty total of £94.5 million. The film is the highest grosser of the year and remains in seventh position on the territory’s all time chart, within nudging distance of “Spectre” (£95.2 million). “Barbie” is likely to surpass or at least come within martini-shaking distance of James Bond as for one week only,...
In its second weekend, in second place, Warner Bros.’ “The Nun II” collected £1.1 million for a total of £3.8 million.
In its third weekend, in third place, Sony’s “The Equalizer 3” took in £874,709 for a total of £6.2 million.
Shah Rukh Khan’s Bollywood blockbuster “Jawan,” distributed by Yash Raj Films, earned £480,243 in its second weekend for a total of £2.3 million.
Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Barbie,” which grossed £456,329 in its ninth weekend for a mighty total of £94.5 million. The film is the highest grosser of the year and remains in seventh position on the territory’s all time chart, within nudging distance of “Spectre” (£95.2 million). “Barbie” is likely to surpass or at least come within martini-shaking distance of James Bond as for one week only,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A new animated feature adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost is on the way. Deadline reports today that Shout! Studios and Blue Fox have teamed up to bring The Canterville Ghost to theaters this Halloween.
While no release date has been set just yet, Deadline reports that Shout! Studios and Blue Fox “sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.” That might make this another great gateway horror entry for the whole family this spooky season.
The animated reimagining of Wilde’s short story tells “of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Stephen Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries...
While no release date has been set just yet, Deadline reports that Shout! Studios and Blue Fox “sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.” That might make this another great gateway horror entry for the whole family this spooky season.
The animated reimagining of Wilde’s short story tells “of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Stephen Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries...
- 8/28/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Shout! Studios and Blue Fox Entertainment have jointly acquired North American rights to the starry new animated feature The Canterville Ghost from Beverly Hills-based sales agent Cinema Management Group, Deadline has learned.
Emerging from a multi-year alliance between Shout! Studios and Blue Fox, the deal sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.
A Stephen Fry-led reimagining of the same-name short story by Oscar Wilde that screened as an Official Selection of the 2023 Annecy Animation Film Festival, The Canterville Ghost tells the story of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries to scare out the new arrivals.
Emerging from a multi-year alliance between Shout! Studios and Blue Fox, the deal sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.
A Stephen Fry-led reimagining of the same-name short story by Oscar Wilde that screened as an Official Selection of the 2023 Annecy Animation Film Festival, The Canterville Ghost tells the story of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries to scare out the new arrivals.
- 8/28/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The North American box office has been a challenge to track the past couple of years, first with movie theaters shuttering along with almost everything else due to the Covid pandemic, and then in 2023, just when thing were returning to normal, a pair of Hollywood strikes has further complicated studios’ release-date strategies.
Still, as of last weekend of August, the 2023 domestic box office is already past $6.6 billion in grosses, up 25% over the same frame a year ago, and there are still busy festival and holiday seasons to help boost awareness — and attendance.
Check out 2023’s latest U.S release date schedule for the major and specialty studios below and keep checking back for the latest updates.
September Friday, September 1
The Equalizer 3
Sony Pictures (Wide)
The Good Mother
Vertical Entertainment (Moderate)
Cheta Singh
Seven Colors America (Limited)
Don’t Look Away
Level 33 (Limited)
Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
Gkids...
Still, as of last weekend of August, the 2023 domestic box office is already past $6.6 billion in grosses, up 25% over the same frame a year ago, and there are still busy festival and holiday seasons to help boost awareness — and attendance.
Check out 2023’s latest U.S release date schedule for the major and specialty studios below and keep checking back for the latest updates.
September Friday, September 1
The Equalizer 3
Sony Pictures (Wide)
The Good Mother
Vertical Entertainment (Moderate)
Cheta Singh
Seven Colors America (Limited)
Don’t Look Away
Level 33 (Limited)
Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
Gkids...
- 8/28/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk, Little Emma on initial roster.
Toonz Feature Film Division president Ariel Veneziano and Gold Valley Films head of international Allen Tsang have announced a co-production and co-financing partnership on six animated features over the next three years and are joining forces on sales of their entire combined slates in Cannes.
Currently in production, Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk features the voice talent of musician will.i.am in the title role alongside Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), rapper Snoop Dogg, and Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel.
The quest story sees Pigeon-Hawk set out...
Toonz Feature Film Division president Ariel Veneziano and Gold Valley Films head of international Allen Tsang have announced a co-production and co-financing partnership on six animated features over the next three years and are joining forces on sales of their entire combined slates in Cannes.
Currently in production, Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk features the voice talent of musician will.i.am in the title role alongside Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), rapper Snoop Dogg, and Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel.
The quest story sees Pigeon-Hawk set out...
- 5/3/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The recently launched Toonz Feature Film and China’s Golden Valley Films have struck a co-production and co-financing deal for six animated pictures over the course of the next three years.
The companies will also jointly oversee the sale and distribution of the titles, kicking off at the upcoming Cannes Market where executives of both companies will work side-by-side out of the same offices.
The titles include Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk, led by songwriter and rapper will.i.am as the titular protagonist in the voice cast with other members including Jennifer Coolidge, Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Hudson, Snoop Dogg, Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel.
The film, which is due for delivery in 2024, was previously announced as being sold internationally by The Highland Group but the company is no longer involved in the project. CAA Media Finance is handling domestic sales.
The slate also features Toonz and Gold Valley China’s previously announced co-production Little Emma.
The companies will also jointly oversee the sale and distribution of the titles, kicking off at the upcoming Cannes Market where executives of both companies will work side-by-side out of the same offices.
The titles include Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk, led by songwriter and rapper will.i.am as the titular protagonist in the voice cast with other members including Jennifer Coolidge, Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Hudson, Snoop Dogg, Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel.
The film, which is due for delivery in 2024, was previously announced as being sold internationally by The Highland Group but the company is no longer involved in the project. CAA Media Finance is handling domestic sales.
The slate also features Toonz and Gold Valley China’s previously announced co-production Little Emma.
- 5/3/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 2023 edition, running from June 11 to 17.
More than 13,000 animation professionals are set to descend on the French festival’s lakeside setting for its traditional mix of screenings programs across all formats, Work-in-Progress and First-Look sneak peeks, and presentations going behind the scenes of upcoming animation productions.
Competition title Sirocco And The Kingdom Of The Winds by French director Benoît Chieux opens the festival. The fantasy follows the adventures of two young sisters as they try to make their way home after getting trapped in the world of their favorite book.
A Cat In Paris and Phantom Boy director Alain Gagnol co-wrote the screenplay for the feature lead produced by Paris-based Sacrebleu Productions.
The film, which world premieres in Annecy, is among 11 titles competing for the festival’s Crystal award.
Another three French productions debut in Competition: Chiara Malta and...
More than 13,000 animation professionals are set to descend on the French festival’s lakeside setting for its traditional mix of screenings programs across all formats, Work-in-Progress and First-Look sneak peeks, and presentations going behind the scenes of upcoming animation productions.
Competition title Sirocco And The Kingdom Of The Winds by French director Benoît Chieux opens the festival. The fantasy follows the adventures of two young sisters as they try to make their way home after getting trapped in the world of their favorite book.
A Cat In Paris and Phantom Boy director Alain Gagnol co-wrote the screenplay for the feature lead produced by Paris-based Sacrebleu Productions.
The film, which world premieres in Annecy, is among 11 titles competing for the festival’s Crystal award.
Another three French productions debut in Competition: Chiara Malta and...
- 4/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Freddie Highmore to voice Oscar Wilde adaptation.
Production is underway on animated family feature The Canterville Ghost after closing financing with Adrian Politowski’s LA-based production and finance Align.
Align joins India-based Toonz Media Group, which is producing the adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale, and work has begun at Toonz Animation Studio in Trivandrum, India.
UK producers include Robert Chandler of Space Age Films as well as Gina Carter and Stephen Fry of Sprout Pictures. Politowski and Martin Metz will produce for Align. LA-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) is handling worldwide sales.
Fry...
Production is underway on animated family feature The Canterville Ghost after closing financing with Adrian Politowski’s LA-based production and finance Align.
Align joins India-based Toonz Media Group, which is producing the adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale, and work has begun at Toonz Animation Studio in Trivandrum, India.
UK producers include Robert Chandler of Space Age Films as well as Gina Carter and Stephen Fry of Sprout Pictures. Politowski and Martin Metz will produce for Align. LA-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) is handling worldwide sales.
Fry...
- 5/25/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Production on Canada-Ireland co-production is scheduled to begin in October.
Emily Beecham, winner of the Cannes 2019 best actress award for her role in Little Joe, has been cast in the lead of Cry From The Sea, which Cinema Management Group is selling at the virtual Cannes market.
Production on the Canada-Ireland co-production is scheduled to begin in October.
The romance centres on a mysterious young American widow who travels to an Irish island to be near the place where her childhood sweetheart drowned on a First World War troop carrier.
There she makes an unlikely alliance with Seamus, the lighthouse...
Emily Beecham, winner of the Cannes 2019 best actress award for her role in Little Joe, has been cast in the lead of Cry From The Sea, which Cinema Management Group is selling at the virtual Cannes market.
Production on the Canada-Ireland co-production is scheduled to begin in October.
The romance centres on a mysterious young American widow who travels to an Irish island to be near the place where her childhood sweetheart drowned on a First World War troop carrier.
There she makes an unlikely alliance with Seamus, the lighthouse...
- 6/25/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Vertical Entertainment holds Us rights and plans September release.
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has acquired international sales rights ahead of the Cannes virtual market to John Leguizamo’s directorial debut and SXSW selection Critical Thinking.
Leguizamo stars in the Miami-set story, based on actual events, about a chess fanatic who against the odds trains a group of underprivileged teenagers and takes them to the Us National Chess Championship.
Rachel Bay Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams, Corwin Tuggles, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Angel Bismark Curiel, Will Hochman, and Jeffry Batista round out the key cast.
Critical Thinking was scheduled to premiere in official...
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has acquired international sales rights ahead of the Cannes virtual market to John Leguizamo’s directorial debut and SXSW selection Critical Thinking.
Leguizamo stars in the Miami-set story, based on actual events, about a chess fanatic who against the odds trains a group of underprivileged teenagers and takes them to the Us National Chess Championship.
Rachel Bay Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams, Corwin Tuggles, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Angel Bismark Curiel, Will Hochman, and Jeffry Batista round out the key cast.
Critical Thinking was scheduled to premiere in official...
- 6/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films, Gina Carter and Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures already on board as animators. Producers target 2021 delivery.
Cinema Management Group said on Thursday (May 7) that Asia-based Toonz Media Group has joined The Canterville Ghost as co-producer.
Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films and Gina Carter and Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures are already on board as animators on the Oscar Wilde Classic, which Cmg handles for sales.
Fry is joined on the voice cast by Freddie Highmore, Imelda Staunton, and Toby Jones.
The producers, assisted by Paul Grindey of Viewfinder Film, signed the deal with Toonz.
Cinema Management Group said on Thursday (May 7) that Asia-based Toonz Media Group has joined The Canterville Ghost as co-producer.
Robert Chandler’s Space Age Films and Gina Carter and Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures are already on board as animators on the Oscar Wilde Classic, which Cmg handles for sales.
Fry is joined on the voice cast by Freddie Highmore, Imelda Staunton, and Toby Jones.
The producers, assisted by Paul Grindey of Viewfinder Film, signed the deal with Toonz.
- 5/7/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Executive “well versed” in international licensing, distribution of animated properties.
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (Cmg) continues to ramp up its activities in independent animation and has brought on Sumedha Saraogi as head of business development.
Saraogi brings more than 20 years of experience in product management, international sales and international marketing. She most recently served as head of international business development at animation powerhouse Symbiosys Technologies, and worked with animation studio Dq Entertainment International.
Joining Cmg at a busy time with six independent animation features in production, Saraogi will attend the Kidscreen Summit in Miami from February 10-13. After...
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (Cmg) continues to ramp up its activities in independent animation and has brought on Sumedha Saraogi as head of business development.
Saraogi brings more than 20 years of experience in product management, international sales and international marketing. She most recently served as head of international business development at animation powerhouse Symbiosys Technologies, and worked with animation studio Dq Entertainment International.
Joining Cmg at a busy time with six independent animation features in production, Saraogi will attend the Kidscreen Summit in Miami from February 10-13. After...
- 1/6/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Edward Noeltner to launch sales in Cannes next month.
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has boarded its latest prestige independent animation, acquiring sales rights to Annecy selection Away by director Gints Zilbalodis ahead of a Cannes market launch.
The film will premiere in Annecy’s new Contrechamp section in June when it will compete for the newly created Contrechamp Award and Contrechamp Jury Distinction. It joins Cmg’s Annecy selection Salma’s Big Wish (Dia de Muertos), which company president Edward Noeltner and his team began selling at the Efm in Berlin in February. Annecy International Animated Film Festival runs from...
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has boarded its latest prestige independent animation, acquiring sales rights to Annecy selection Away by director Gints Zilbalodis ahead of a Cannes market launch.
The film will premiere in Annecy’s new Contrechamp section in June when it will compete for the newly created Contrechamp Award and Contrechamp Jury Distinction. It joins Cmg’s Annecy selection Salma’s Big Wish (Dia de Muertos), which company president Edward Noeltner and his team began selling at the Efm in Berlin in February. Annecy International Animated Film Festival runs from...
- 4/26/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Cmg sales slate includes animation Dia De Muertos, horror-thriller The Shed.
Uncommon Pictures has teamed up with Edward Noeltner’s La-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) on Tim Disney’s sci-fi feature William ahead of the Efm next week.
Disney, the great-nephew of Walt Disney, directed and co-wrote the feature about two star academics, Dr Julian Reed, played by Waleed Zuaiter and Dr. Barbara Sullivan played by Maria Dizzia (Orange Is The New Black) who fall in love after discovering the body of a previously frozen Neanderthal man.
Against the directive of university administrators, they take the controversial move of creating...
Uncommon Pictures has teamed up with Edward Noeltner’s La-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) on Tim Disney’s sci-fi feature William ahead of the Efm next week.
Disney, the great-nephew of Walt Disney, directed and co-wrote the feature about two star academics, Dr Julian Reed, played by Waleed Zuaiter and Dr. Barbara Sullivan played by Maria Dizzia (Orange Is The New Black) who fall in love after discovering the body of a previously frozen Neanderthal man.
Against the directive of university administrators, they take the controversial move of creating...
- 1/31/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sales to launch in Berlin; Videocine sets Mexico release.
Edward Noeltner’s Los Angeles-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has picked up worldwide sales rights excluding Latin America to the Mexican CGI family animation Dia de Muertos.
The title from Guadalajara-based animation studio Metacube Technology and Entertainment (Sugar Skulls) is in post-production and scheduled for a wide theatrical release in Mexico through distribution powerhouse Videocine on November 2, coinciding with Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations.
Ten-time Ariel Award-winning filmmaker Carlos Eduardo Gutierrez Medrano and Ariel Award-winning animation director Juan Jose Medina directed, and Estefani Gaona Gochicoa (La Princesa y el Caracol) served as producer.
Edward Noeltner’s Los Angeles-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has picked up worldwide sales rights excluding Latin America to the Mexican CGI family animation Dia de Muertos.
The title from Guadalajara-based animation studio Metacube Technology and Entertainment (Sugar Skulls) is in post-production and scheduled for a wide theatrical release in Mexico through distribution powerhouse Videocine on November 2, coinciding with Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations.
Ten-time Ariel Award-winning filmmaker Carlos Eduardo Gutierrez Medrano and Ariel Award-winning animation director Juan Jose Medina directed, and Estefani Gaona Gochicoa (La Princesa y el Caracol) served as producer.
- 1/21/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
IFC Midnight has announced the acquisition of Dark Summer, with plans to release the movie in North America early next year:
“IFC Midnight has acquired North American distribution rights to Content Media’s supernatural horror film Dark Summer.
IFC Midnight plans to release the film on all platforms January 9th, 2015.
A highly stylized modern ghost story, Dark Summer follows Daniel Williamson, a 17 year old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house, and twists that will leave audiences reeling.
Paul Solet (Grace) directed Dark Summer for Preferred Film & TV (Pft), based off a screenplay by Mike Le (creator of the popular web series, K-town and writer of Screen Gem’s Patient Zero). The film was produced by Pft‘s Ross M. Dinerstein and executive produced by Content’s Jamie Carmichael.
The film...
“IFC Midnight has acquired North American distribution rights to Content Media’s supernatural horror film Dark Summer.
IFC Midnight plans to release the film on all platforms January 9th, 2015.
A highly stylized modern ghost story, Dark Summer follows Daniel Williamson, a 17 year old on house arrest for the summer. With his mother away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house, and twists that will leave audiences reeling.
Paul Solet (Grace) directed Dark Summer for Preferred Film & TV (Pft), based off a screenplay by Mike Le (creator of the popular web series, K-town and writer of Screen Gem’s Patient Zero). The film was produced by Pft‘s Ross M. Dinerstein and executive produced by Content’s Jamie Carmichael.
The film...
- 10/17/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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