Press Releases Archive for July, 2012
JOE CARNAHAN TO RECEIVE 2012 HOLLYSHORTS VISIONARY AWARD
PRESENTED BY DELUXE AND WILL PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE ZACHARY GUERRA’S NEW SHORT FILM THE DEVIL’S DOSH Jason Bergh and Sal Masakela’s Tribeca Film Fest short doc Alekesam Set for West Coast Premiere, Nathaniel Krause’s short Double or Nothing written by Neil LaBute starring Adam Brody, Louisa Krause and Keith David Set For LA Premiere…
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SCRAT OVERTAKES SPIDEY AS ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT HAS BECOME #1 FILM IN THE WORLD 4TH CHAPTER IN ANIMATED FRANCHISE OPENS AS THE #1 FILM IN U.S WITH $46.629 MILLION FOR A GLOBAL TALLY OF $385 MILLION…AND COUNTING “ICE AGE”: FRANCHISE CUME: $2.3 BILLION LOS ANGELES, (July 16, 2012) – The acorn-loving movie icon Scrat…
Read the full article »I Built a Movie Theater – and a Film Festival – and I’d Like You to Come To It, An Invitation From Michael Moore
Sunday, July 15th, 2012 Friends, Here’s something I haven’t spoken much about outside of Michigan, mainly because I live here and I like what modicum of privacy I have in this place I call home and where I try to live a “normal” life. For instance, not a day goes by here where a Republican…
Read the full article » 2 Comments »CHARIOTS OF FIRE – THE FORGOTTEN FACTS
Press Release: For immediate release 13.07.2012 – As Chariots Of Fire returns to cinemas in the UK this weekend, film critics & the media appear to have forgotten that without the financial involvement of Mohamed Al Fayed, Chariots Of Fire would never have been made! Chariots Of Fire was co-produced and financed by Allied Stars, the…
Read the full article »“SAVING LINCOLN” Finishes Post-Production Process
Authentic Lincoln Film introduces a new filmmaking technique, CineCollage, into industry lexicon Los Angeles, July 12, 2012 – SAVING LINCOLN, a new film based on the true story of our 16th President and his bodyguard, has completed production. Directed by Salvador Litvak and starring Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, and Bruce Davison, SAVING LINCOLN tells a unique…
Read the full article » 2 Comments »Acclaimed Animation Director Genndy Tartakovsky Inks Overall Deal with Sony Pictures Animation
Culver City, CA, July 11, 2012 – Sony Pictures Animation continues to expand its stable of talented filmmakers with the signing of three-time Emmy Award winner Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars) to an overall agreement that extends beyond his current directorial film debut of Hotel Transylvania to include development and…
Read the full article »Sundance Institute Announces Grants to 27 Documentaries
Films Receive Funding and Creative Support< Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute today announced 27 feature-length documentary films that will receive $490,000 in grants from its Documentary Film Program and Fund (DFP). Cara Mertes, Director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and Fund said, “The grants announced today represent an incredible array of storytelling. Many…
Read the full article »DADA FILMS / REQUIRED VIEWING ACQUIRE OLYMPIC ROWING FILM “BACKWARDS” FOR U.S. THEATRICAL RELEASE
Starring Sarah Megan Thomas and James Van Der Beek, Film Will Be Released Nationally in September 2012 New York, NY – July 9, 2012 – Gotham and Beverly Hills veteran Independent Film Distributors MJ Peckos’ and Steven Raphael’s DADA FILMS/required viewing announced today that they have acquired BACKWARDS for U.S. theatrical distribution. The film will open on…
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