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Searchlight Veteran Nancy Utley Launches Lake Ellyn; Lands First-Look Deal With Chernin Entertainment
Six months after departing from Searchlight Pictures, that studio’s former co-chairman Nancy Utley is opening the doors to a new production company, Lake Ellyn Entertainment, that will produce film and TV content in a first-look deal with Chernin Entertainment.
Chernin Entertainment has had a first-look deal with Netfl…
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Searchlight Pictures Exec Transition: Steve Gilula & Nancy Utley Retiring; David Greenbaum & Matthew Greenfield Promoted To Presidents
A seismic shift here in the independent film sphere in the walk-up to Oscar Sunday: Longtime Searchlight Pictures Chairmen Nancy Utley (65) and Steve Gilula (70) have announced their retirement after a two decades-plus run with the classic label which Disney purchased from Fox.
Searchlight veterans Matthew Greenfield…
Fox Searchlight Makes North American Rights Deal For ‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ Before Toronto & London Fest Bows
EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight has preemptively acquired North American rights to The Personal History of David Copperfield, the Armando Iannucci-directed drama that makes its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, to be followed by its European premiere as the opening film of…
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Notes On The Season: Fox Searchlight Chiefs On Playing ‘Favourites’ And Rejecting Oscar Politics; Viggo Mortensen’s Rousing ‘Green Book’ Defense
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit
For some, this weekend is the craziest of awards season, as the travel crunch is on from events in L.A. to NYC to London, as nominees have to figure out where to be from the ASC and USC awards to the Grammys to the BAFTAs. The latter two are on…
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Ang Lee & Nancy Utley Among Those Set For DGA Honors
The Directors Guild said Ang Lee, Fox Searchlight chairman Nancy Utley, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), SAG-AFTRA senior advisor John McGuire and costume designer Ann Roth will be the recipients of this year’s DGA Honors. The ceremony is set for October 18 at the DGA Theater in New York City.
The awards recognize…
Fox Searchlight Ups Nancy Utley And Steve Gilula To Chairman Roles In Multi-Year Contract Extension
Following a strong year that culminated in a Best Picture Oscar win for The Shape of Water, Fox Searchlight heads Steve Gilula and Nancy Utley have each been upped to the role of chairman of the specialty unit.
The promotions are accompanied by multi-year extensions of the pair’s contracts, according to an…
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Fox Searchlight Launches TV Division; David Greenbaum, Matthew Greenfield Upped To Production Presidents For Film, TV
Capitalizing on its staggering Oscar season success, Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula are branching into the television business. They’ve launched Searchlight Television, making the company a 360-degree hub for creative talent and broadening the variety of projects produced under the…
Fox Searchlight’s Stephen Gilula & Nancy Utley On Sundance, The Indie Biz And Being Swallowed By Disney
EXCLUSIVE: Every distributor arriving in Park City today faces challenges, but none comes here with a more intriguing narrative than Fox Searchlight and its long time leaders and stalwart Sundance buyers Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley. Just as Disney ended 2017 by leaving Hollywood gobsmacked with the announcement it…
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Telluride: ‘12 Years A Slave’ Ignites The Festival, But Fox Searchlight Plans To Take It Slow
Telluride has been buzzing since last night’s first screening of Steve McQueen‘s excellent slavery drama, 12 Years A Slave. One site which shall remain nameless was so overcome that the writer already just about declared the Oscar race over and done. “Guess we don’t have to go to Toronto now,” said a publicist here…
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Analysis: Amy Pascal Leads “Historic” Day For Women And The Motion Picture Academy
Today’s announcement revealing the results of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences‘ annual Board Of Governors election was a historic one, at least as far as women and their power position in the organization is concerned. That is something that makes outgoing President Hawk Koch very happy. He…
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OSCARS Q&A: Mike Fleming Interviews Fox Searchlight's Steve Gilula And Nancy Utley
Even though Fox Searchlight co-presidents Steve Gilula and Nancy Utley have turned “challenging films” like Slumdog Millionaire, Black Swan, Crazy Heart, Once, Juno, and 127 Hours into awards-season successes, they are the lowest-profile indie moguls you will find. At a time when they are steering two Best Picture…
Fox Searchlight's 'Tree Of Life' Release Branches Out To UK
EXCLUSIVE: After opening Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life in the U.S., Fox Searchlight presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula have acquired the U.K. rights to the film from Bill Pohlad’s River Road Entertainment, which financed the film. They’ve dated the film for July 8 opening in the U.K. The film, which stars B…
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