A hot and heavy rumor that A24 will be acquired by Apple is being shot down and called untrue by insiders. Word around town is that Apple wants to make an acquisition of the indie film distributor as the digital giant’s entry portal into the film business. The rumor caught fire after this week’s exit of John Hodges…

By way of explaining Endeavor Content's aim, Co-President Graham Taylor told the INTV conference here in Jerusalem today, “All we're trying to do is make dreams come true.” He was being slightly cheeky at the close of a panel titled “Disruption in Film,” but added quite seriously, “Apathy and cynicism are the death of…

A24, the company founded in 2012 by Daniel Katz, David Fenkel and John Hodges, has been hitting the motherlode—for indie companies, anyway—with smart film choices and even smarter ways of bringing them to marketplace, particularly in their increasingly innovative—and, yes, disruptive—use of digital marketing. It not…

  Its subject matter is challenging, its title romantic and its Oscar prospects aglow. Moonlight, distributed by the innovative, tough-minded indie A24, swept the Gotham Awards this week and seems teed up for the Spirits and other plaudits. But while aggressively promoting Moonlight, A24  typically is ducking…

Oscilloscope Pictures will be buying at the Cannes Film Festival this year despite the death today of company founder Adam Yauch. Dan Berger and David Laub, who just a day ago were promoted to jointly oversee marketing, distribution and acquisitions for the indie film company, will attend this month’s festival…

Oscilloscope president and co-founder David Fenkel is stepping down from his post and moving to a consulting role at the indie film distributor, the company announced today. As part of the transition, Dan Berger and David Laub have been promoted to jointly oversee marketing, distribution and acquisitions. Berger has…