Resilience is the key to survival in this business, especially for directors, and after weathering a public feud over the Natalie Portman western Jane Got a Gun, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay is basking in the Cannes sunshine after receiving a seven-minute standing ovation last night for the premiere of her…

A trio of Specialty newcomers had mostly solid starts over the weekend, with the annual theatrical showcase of Oscar shorts leading the way, grossing over a half-million in over a hundred locations. Amplify launched the regular theatrical roll out of Rooster Teeth’s Lazer Team with fairly sharp results. The title has…

This year’s crop of 15 Oscar-nominated short films heads to North American theaters Friday via Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures. The annual showcase has grown since first rolling out in 2006, reaching hundreds of theaters and grossing seven figures at the box office. The Weinstein Company, meanwhile, will…

The French premiere and press events for Natalie Portman-starrer Jane Got A Gun have been cancelled in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. The news was confirmed this morning by French distributor Mars in an email to journalists. The junket for the film, directed by Gavin O’Connor, was due to take place on Sunday…

EXCLUSIVE: Thanks to some persuasion by famed attorney and the film’s principal financier David Boies, Jane Got A Gun has just been extricated from Relativity Media ahead of an expected Chapter 11 filing tomorrow. Boies, the attorney who has been involved in everything from successfully suing states over Proposition 8…

EXCLUSIVE: Just days after Relativity Media pushed the release date of its comedy Masterminds for the third time (it’s now on October 9), we hear that the company yesterday missed their extension deadline that they were given by investors. Also, we’re hearing that Relativity is on the verge of pushing Jane Got A Gun…

Jane Got A Gun producer Scott Steindorff will be at Comic-Con tomorrow signing copies of Sympathy For The Soul, a supernatural adventure comic book he created, wrote and published in partnership with Lion Forge Comics. He’ll sign the first issue at 1 PM at Booth 2300 on the convention floor. Illustrated by Pow Rodrix…

Hopefully the third time’s the charm. Relativity again has delayed the release for the Natalie Portman Western Jane Got A Gun. The troubled production now is  slated to bow September 4, more than half a year later than its previous February 20 date. The pic, which has been through three bad guys, two directors and one…

There’s a new finish line on the Western’s long and dusty road to the big screen. Relativity today set a February 20 release date for Jane Got a Gun, which had been set for this summer and has been through three bad guys, two directors and one lawsuit. Natalie Portman stars as Jane, who rebuilds her life with new…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Gavin O’Connor, the writer-director of the superb generational fighter tale Warrior, the indie Tumbleweeds, cop drama Pride And Glory, and the U.S. Gold Medal-winning hockey team saga Miracle. O’Connor most recently directed the pilot that launched the FX series The Americans, and he came on…

The legal standoff between director Lynne Ramsay and the producers of Jane Got A Gun has ended in a draw, almost a year after the helmer abruptly left the pic on the first day of production. "Jane Got a Gun Production LLC and Lynne Ramsay announce the pending civil action and all other disputes between the parties…

Aldamisa Entertainment is teaming up with Neal Dodson, Corey Moosa, and Zachary Quinto's Before The Door Pictures to produce horror romance Vivien Hasn't Been Herself Lately, from writer-director Brian Duffield. The project marks Duffield’s directorial debut after penning Black List script Your Bridesmaid’s A Bitch…