Focus Features and LAIKA to Continue Partnership for Three More Films
LAIKA, the company that most recently brought us The Boxtrolls, has announced that they plan to continue partnering with the studio Focus Features for three more projects. Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel and LAIKA President and CEO Travis Knight made…
“Insidious: Chapter 3” Set for April 3, 2015 Release
Focus Features has officially set the third installment of “Insidious” for April 3, 2015. Insidious: Chapter 3 will be directed by Leigh Whannell, who wrote the first two films. The upcoming film will also come from a script by Whannell as…
Focus Features Sci-Fi Thriller “The Signal” Gets Release Date
The Signal, the upcoming science fiction thriller from Focus Features, is set to be released in limited theaters on June 13. Then the movie will hit more theaters on June 20 and even more on June 27. In The Signal, three college students on a road trip…
Tom Hardy Officially Set to Play Elton John in Rocketman
Tom Hardy, the man who rocks a sweater vest like nobody’s business, has been officially cast as Elton John in Rocket Pictures’ upcoming biopic, Rocketman. Focus Features has also signed on to give the film a major U.S. release. Rocketman is…
Focus Features Acquires Domestic Theatrical Release of Dallas Buyers Club
Focus Features recently announced that it has acquired the rights to the film, Dallas Buyers Club, which is currently in post-production. The film will be released in a domestic theatrical release in the second half of 2013. The company has also acquired…
Unique PARANORMAN props to be auctioned off to benefit Variety The Children’s Charity
Next week The Children’s Charity of Southern California will begin hosting an online auction for two exclusive props used in LAIKA and Focus Features’ comedy thriller ParaNorman, which is Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.