More Indie Shrinkage: Film Dept Teams Up With Weinstein
Consolidation is the name of the game everywhere in the movie business these days. Mark Gill’s independent film company, The Film Department, has decided to hand international sales duties to The...
View ArticleMark Gill on The Film Department’s Demise: ‘We Had Impeccably Difficult Timing’
With one hit movie under its belt and two promising films in the can, The Film Department is shutting down May 27 — a victim of the credit crunch and, perhaps, shifts in the industry. The company's...
View ArticleMillennium Films Names Mark Gill President
Millennium Films on Tuesday named Mark Gill as its new president. The announcement comes one month after long-time Millennium/Nu Image partner Danny Dimbort left to join Red Granite pictures. Joe...
View ArticleJudge Denies ‘Lovelace’ Restraining Order, Film Will Open As Scheduled (Updated)
Update, 5:30 p.m. PT: A judge has denied Arrow Productions' pursuit of a temporary restraining order against the film "Lovelace," and the biopic of famous adult film actress Linda Lovelace (ne Linda...
View ArticleGerard Butler’s ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Sequel Acquired by Focus Features
Focus Features has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “London Has Fallen,” the sequel to the hit 2013 action movie “Olympus Has Fallen,” which grossed nearly $100 million at the domestic box office....
View ArticleKevin Costner in Talks for Ariel Vromen’s ‘Criminal’
Kevin Costner is in negotiations to headline Millennium Films’ sci-fi thriller “Criminal,” an individual close to the production has confirmed to TheWrap. Ariel Vromen (“The Iceman”) is directing....
View Article‘EastEnders’ Star Sam Strike in Talks for Lead in ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’...
“EastEnders” star Sam Strike is in negotiations to star in “Leatherface,” the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” prequel that is coming together at Millennium Films, multiple individuals familiar with the...
View ArticleJames Bloor in Final Negotiations to Join ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Prequel...
James Bloor is in final negotiations to join Sam Strike in “Leatherface.” The “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” prequel is presented as a mystery of sorts about three teenage psychopaths, one of whom grows up...
View Article‘Mr. Selfridge’ Actress Jessica Madsen Joins Horror Movie ‘Leatherface’...
“Mr. Selfridge” actress Jessica Madsen will join Sam Strike and James Bloor in “Leatherface,” the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” prequel gearing up for production at Millennium Films, TheWrap has learned....
View Article‘Leatherface’ Casts Newcomer Vanessa Grasse as Female Lead (Exclusive)
Newcomer Vanessa Grasse has landed the female lead in Millennium Films’ “Leatherface,” a prequel to “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that co-stars Stephen Dorff and Lili Taylor, TheWrap has learned....
View ArticleRyan Reynolds’‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Lands ‘Expendables 3’ Director Patrick Hughes
Ryan Reynolds‘ film “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” has a new director, TheWrap has learned. Jeff Wadlow has exited the Millennium Films project and “The Expendables 3” director Patrick Hughes has taken his...
View ArticleShortList 2016: Teenage Boy Believes Masturbation Makes Him a ‘Killer’ (Video)
Matt Kazman wanted to make a film that got inside the minds of teenage boys. The obvious avenue: masturbation. Kazman’s “Killer,” one of the finalists in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival 2016, is a...
View Article‘Slingshot,’‘Maman(s)’ and ‘Thunder Road’ Take Prizes at TheWrap’s ShortList...
Maïmouna Doucouré’s “Maman(s),” the story of an 8-year-old girl in Paris whose father returns home from Senegal to his family with a second wife, won the IMAX Industry Prize at TheWrap’s fifth annual...
View ArticleMark Gill Out as Millennium Films President
Mark Gill, the president of Millennium Films, the independent film company behind such hits as “The Expendables,” is stepping down, TheWrap has learned. Gill joined the company as president back in...
View Article‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Shoots to $1.65 Million at Thursday Box Office
“The Hitman’s Bodyguard” earned a respectable $1.65 million at the Thursday previews, on its way to an estimated $18 million opening weekend. Steven Soderbergh’s heist comedy, “Logan Lucky,” earned...
View Article‘England Is Mine’ Review: Morrissey Biopic Feels Like a Perfectly Unhappy...
If you don’t care about Morrissey, former lead vocalist and lyricist of legendary U.K. band The Smiths, then it’s unlikely you’ll be seeing “England is Mine,” the reverent biopic about the young...
View ArticleRussell Crowe Thriller ‘Unhinged’ Sets Early July Theatrical Release
Mark Gill’s Solstice Studios is planning to release its first film, a thriller starring Russell Crowe called “Unhinged,” and it plans to do so at the start of July in the hopes that it will be one of...
View ArticleHow a Small Film Slate at Toronto Film Festival Translated Into Big Sales
With a slimmed-down film slate, a delayed awards season schedule, a virtual market and uncertainty around releasing films theatrically, this year’s Toronto sales market was meant to be active, but not...
View ArticleAs Most Studios Sit Out the Pandemic, Some Indies Are Scoring Surprise Box...
There was a point when screenwriters Chris Charles and Danny Kravitz didn’t know if their film, the Liam Neeson thriller “The Marksman,” was even going to hit theaters after it wrapped production in...
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