EXCLUSIVE– Few names conjure up the magic and market of Cannes as much as Mario Kassar and Carolco Pictures. Along with partner Andrew G. Vajna, Kassar helped to disrupt the independent film business, ...

EXCLUSIVE: I caught up with Carolco co-founder Mario Kassar, who had two recently deceased artists on his mind, and how they helped shape his highest-flying foreign sales company of the ‘80s. That ...

Under the azure skies of the Mediterranean, on a gleaming white yacht that rocked gently off the French Riviera, Mario F. Kassar, then 39, was proudly holding court. It was early May 1991, and Kassar- ...

EXCLUSIVE: Terminator, Rambo, and Basic Instinct exec producer Mario Kassar is assembling an English-language adaptation of Audition, the infamous 1997 novel by Japanese author Ryu Murakami about a ...

Mario Kassar’s agreement to settle his tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service for a jaw-dropping $45 million has industry observers scratching their heads and wondering how he can pay that ...

CANNES — Mario Kassar, most recently co-chairman and prexy of C-2 Pictures, has teamed with C-2 colleague Eric Feitshans to form international sales and distribution company Magnetik Media. The ...

Mario Kassar, the film producer and executive who co-founded Carolco Pictures, has bought a Traditional-style house in Encino for $4.315 million. The single-story house, taken down to the studs and ...

One of Hollywood’s biggest spenders now has a hefty tax bill to pay. Mario Kassar, producer of such extravaganzas as the upcoming “Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines,” has formally agreed to pay ...

Veteran Hollywood producer Mario Kassar will executive produce “Foxtrot Six,” a sci-fi action feature from first time Indonesian director Randy Korompis. The $10 million picture is a co-venture ...