All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1000
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FeaturesSummer joyride
The US summer season revs into high gear on April 29 with the release of UPI’s Fast Five.
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FeaturesEmpire state of mind
The Tribeca Film Festival is growing beyond its core festival into new distribution platforms and international initiatives.
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Zeitgeist acquires US rights to The Salt Of Life
Gianni Di Gregorio’s comedy stars Valeria de Franciscis as a spendthrift mother in a family of strong female characters.
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Billy Bob Thornton, Eva Longoria join LLeju’s The Baytown Disco
LLeju is financing and producing the story of three redneck brothers who get more than they bargained for after agreeing to help a woman recover her son from his seemingly abusive father.
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NewsFox / Blue Sky's Rio in a league of its own on $56m hold
Fox International’s animated release is on its way to becoming a smash and shredded the competition as it soared to $131.2m in the second weekend.
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NewsAnimated birds soar over North American box office on $40m
A strong debut for Fox’s global family hit Rio eclipsed a subdued start for Scream 4, the latest entry in The Weinstein Company/Dimension’s 15-year-old horror spoof series.
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Submarine, Madman close Australian deal over doc trio
The agreement covers all rights to Bill Cunningham New York by Richard Press, Blank City by Celine Dahnier, How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr Foster? by Carlos Carcas and Norberto Lopez Amado and Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles by Jon Foy.
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NewsRio faces Scream 4 in overseas weekend battle
Fox International’s Rio is the one to beat this weekend as it opens in a further 19 territories en route to $100m.
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The Economist Film Project unveils maiden slate
The Edge Of Joy, Wagah, Last Train Home and Good Fortune will all go out on PBS Newshour and were selected by the partners to “reflect the types of issues The Economist is known for covering.”
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Relativity picks up US rights to House At The End of The Street
The thriller from FilmNation Entertainment and A Bigger Boat stars Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue and Max Theriot.
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Lionsgate wades into The Bay for US distribution
Barry Levinson’s found footage eco-horror film stems from the producers behind Paranormal Activity and Insidious.
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NewsMGM, Fox renew home entertainment distribution deal
The agreement covers worldwide Blu-ray and DVD distribution and runs through 2016 and covers the MGM library as well as new productions such as the upcoming Bond 23.
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Anonymous Content announces trio of hires
Doug Wald, Sandra Chang and Tony Lipp have joined the company and will head the talent division.
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Submarine boards Norman Mailer adaptation
Michael Epstein, Michael Mailer and Stanley Buchthal of Dakota Group are to produce the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Armies Of The Night.
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NewsSPC confirms North American deal on Carnage
Sony Pictures Classics confirmed today [14] it has acquired North American rights to Roman Polanski’s comedy starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C Reilly.
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Sundance Selects takes North America on Last Days Here
Don Argott and Demian Fenton’s documentary premiered at SXSW and explores the tumultuous life of heavy metal legend Bobby Liebling and features the music of Liebling’s band Pentagram.
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NewsContent Film to handle sales on SXSW hit 96 Minutes
Aimee Lagos wrote and directed the film, based on true events involving a day in the life of four people caught up in a carjacking.
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NewsSony, MGM reach Bond 23 co-fi, marketing and distribution deal
The studios announced the agreement last night [13] and will explore co-financing opportunities on future features produced by each studio over the next five years.
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NewsAndrew Adamson to direct Hugh Laurie in Mr Pip
The creative force behind the Shrek and Chronicles Of Narnia franchises will direct his first indie feature based on the bestseller by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones.
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Shooting underway on Aaron Eckhart thriller The Expatriate
Philipp Stolzl is directing the film in Montreal before production relocates to Brussels in May.