Menemsha Films’ Russian-English language drama Natasha, Kino Lorber's New York Times doc Obit and Well Go USA's existential Buster's Mal Heart starring Rami Malek topped a somewhat quiet Specialty box office weekend. The exception was Bollywood title Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which is reporting over $10.1M in box…

Upstart indie distributor Neon and Hulu have signed a new, multi-year output licensing agreement for all of Neon’s upcoming films and content. Under terms of the deal, Neon’s future titles will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu after their theatrical release. It’s the first output deal for the new Neon, the…

Colossal starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis opened to solid numbers at the Specialty box office over the weekend. Released by distribution newcomer Neon, the feature grossed nearly $126K in four theaters, giving it the highest per theater average of any film in release. STXfilms opened Lone Scherfig's Their Fine…

Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis' participation in the project that would become Nacho Vigalondo's Toronto '16 debut Colossal changed the film's trajectory. The title, which newcomer distribution outfit Neon will open this weekend, had initially been conceived as a Spanish-language film, though that changed once the…

Legion M, the fan-owned entertainment company that has had a hand in such movies as the upcoming Anne Hathaway-Jason Sudeikis pic Colossal and the horror anthology Field Guide to Evil, has been approved by the SEC to begin a Regulation A+ round of equity crowdfunding. The qualification allows companies to raise funds…

“You don’t remember anything last night, huh?” Face it — no good conversation ever started with those words. And the more Anne Hathaway’s Gloria learns, the less she wants to know. But that’s the least of her problems in this first trailer for Colossal, a comedy that bowed at Toronto last year before heading to…

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. rights on the Nacho Vigalondo-directed Colossal with Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis starring have just been sold by CAA and Voltage to an unspecified Chinese-based media company. That China-based enterprise, which paid mid-seven figures for the film and is guaranteeing a significant 2017 theatrical…

EXCLUSIVE: Are they really monsters? Or are they the monsters in Anne Hathaway’s head? That’s one of the big questions that Voltage Pictures’ Colossal poses. The Nacho Vigalondo feature, which endured a six-month legal battle, finally makes its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival at 9PM tonight…

Former Fidélité Films CFO/COO Guillaume Lirondière has joined Paris-based finance, production and distribution outfit Backup Media (Still Alice) as COO. The exec will spearhead production and finance at Backup with founding partners Jean-Baptiste Babin, David Atlan Jackson and Joël Thibout. Backup is entering a new…

Fantastic Fest has unveiled its final wave of programming for next month’s edition, with Nacho Vigalondo’s kaiju monster mash-up Colossal starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis set to close out the genre fest. The indie sci-fi actioner about a woman who discovers a mysterious connection between herself and a giant…

Six months after Godzilla copyrights holders Toho took Voltage Pictures and writer-director Nacho Vigalondo to court over the monster movie Colossal, the parties have reached a deal – and no one had to flatten Tokyo in the process. "It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between the parties to this action, through…

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Blake Nelson has joined the cast of Colossal, the indie sci-fi actioner from writer-director Nacho Vigalondo. Anne Hathaway stars as a woman who moves back to her hometown after losing her job and boyfriend — only to discover that she is somehow strangely connected to a giant lizard-like monster that…