All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1005
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Birch on to star in, produce dark comedy Petunia
Thora Birch will star in the dark comedy Petunia which is set to commence filming in New York on Jan 24.
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Ex-Dune head Coote joins RGM Media
Pan Asian media and entertainment company RGM Media has appointed former Dune head Greg Coote director and chairman of the company.
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NewsMagnolia, Searchlight add to Sundance deal volume
A flurry of deals broke on Monday [24] as Sundance settled into its stride, with Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media acquiring US rights to Page One and Fox Searchlight bagging a second on-site deal with world rights to Martha Marcy May Marlene
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NewsPortman's magical week rolls on as Strings tops US on $20.3m
Paramount’s rom-com No Strings Attached starring Golden Globe winner Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher opened top on an estimated $20.3m.
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The Big Bang joins Anchor Bay 2011 slate
Anchor Bay Films is planning a second quarter US release on the thriller starring Antonio Banderas as a private eye hired to find a missing stripper.
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NewsSony's Green Hornet rules overseas with $19m hold
The action release added $18.7m from 4,775 screens in 45 markets as the early running total climbed to $37.4m and Australia generated a $3.1m number one launch.
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Bill Hicks film gets US release through Gravitas and Variance
Gravitas Ventures and Variance Films will jointly release in American: The Bill Hicks Story in theatres and on VOD on April 8.
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NewsEmotional Smith vows to self-distribute Red State
The filmmaker delivered an impassioned speech against the studio marketing system that capped a busy night as Fox Searchlight confirmed it had acquired most of the world on Homework and the Weinsteins took territories on My Idiot Brother.
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NewsSundance Frontier's The Nine Muses goes to New Wave in UK
New Wave Films has acquired UK rights to Josh Akomfrah’s New Frontier entry.
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NewsPGA names The King's Speech best film of the year
The British period drama took the Darryl F Zanuck award for best film at last night’s [22] ceremony in Los Angeles.
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NewsContentFilm takes foreign rights to Sundance doc Knuckle
ContentFilm International will represent foreign sales excluding the UK in Berlin on the hot World Cinema Dramatic Competition entry.
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FeaturesRonni Chasen: a life in film
Following the death of the veteran publicist, this year’s awards season is missing one of its most beloved figures.
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FeaturesA very fine vintage
The last year has yielded a remarkable selection of awards contenders (and a few that could sneak in as wild cards), the majority of which were made outside the studio system. Jeremy Kay reports
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NewsK5 International boards sales on Sundance drama HERE
The Germany company will commence sales on Braden King’s US Dramatic Competition entry at EFM next month.
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Anchor Bay takes select territories on Tanner Hall
Anchor Bay Films has acquired US, UK, Australia and New Zealand on the ensemble drama starring Rooney Mara.
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NewsMPI nabs US rights to Howard Marks biopic Mr Nice
The distributor closed the deal today [21] in Park City, taking all US rights to the comedy-drama starring Rhys Ifans.
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Greg Kinnear, Jane Curtin join TWC's I Don't Know How She Does It
The new arrivals join previously announced Sarah Jessica Parker and Pierce Brosnan on the comedy.
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Newsro*co films international boards Sundance doc Connected
Annie Roney’s ro*co films international has acquired foreign sales rights to Tiffany Shlain’s Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology, premiering in Sundance today [21].
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NewsSundance kicks off with strong screenings, sales buzz
Last night’s clutch of well received opening night films at Sundance combined with SPWA’s preemptive swoop on the Morgan Spurlock documentary earlier in the day has instilled hope among attendees that this will be a busy festival.
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NewsForesight Unlimited announces sales on Sundance premiere The Ledge
Mark Damon’s Los Angeles-based sales and production company has closed key territories on the starry US Dramatic Competition entry ahead of Friday’s [21] world premiere.