All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1007
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Freestyle sets Mar 25 limited launch for Skateland
Freestlye Releasing will open Anthony Burns’ feature directorial debut Skateland in New York and Los Angeles on Mar 25.
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Piano In A Factory goes to Film Movement for North America
Film Movement has taken North American rights to The Piano In A Factory, the second feature film from Chinese film-maker Zhang Men.
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O-Scope takes worldwide rights to doc Dark Days
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired worldwide rights to Marc Singer’s portrait of a homeless population living in the underground train tunnels of New York City in the 1990s.
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Artificial Intelligence, Square One acquire Jerry Lewis remake rights
Artificial Intelligence and Social Capital Films have acquired remake rights to Jerry Lewis’ Paramount library.
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HBO, SPC, A&E Indiefilms move on Sundance trio
HBO has picked up all US rights to James Marsh’s Project Nim, while SPC has acquired North America and territories on Take Shelter and A&E Indiefilms took television rights to the Roger Corman documentary.
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Silverman's Electus announces distribution arm
Ben Silverman’s multimedia entertainment company Electus has acquired Engine Entertainment and formed in-house global distribution arm Electus/Engine Distribution.
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Shoreline takes worldwide sales on Sundance Latin pair
Morris Ruskin’s sales company has bulked up its gorwing library of Latin titles, taking worldwide sales on The Cinema Hold Up (Asalto Al Cine) and All Your Dead Ones (Todos Tus Muertos) ahead of their premieres at Sundance.
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NewsFilmNation reports King's Speech has reached $33m overseas
The awards contender is enjoying a regal international run and grossed an estimated $9.4m over the weekend from 655 screens in four territories.
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Raven Banner picks up The Collapsed, Skull World for EFM
Fledgling Canadian distributor Raven Banner Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to the pair of films by Unstable Ground and will introduce the titles at the EFM next month.
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SnagFilms takes $10m capital infusion and hires Bingham Ray
New Enterprise Associates and Comcast investment arm Comcast Interactive Capital have invested $10m into SnagFilms and welcomed the former UA president into the fold.
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NewsGolden Globes 2011: The Social Network connects with HFPA
Sony’s Facebook drama emerged as the big winner at the 68th Golden Globes as it converted six nominations into four wins for dramatic picture, director, screenwriter and score.
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NewsSPRI's Green Hornet delivers $16.1m sting overseas
Sony’s new action release was the international champion of a torpid weekend enlivened by a smattering of milestones as Disney’s Tangled soared past $200m, Fox’s Dawn Treader crossed $250m and HP7 became the second biggest overseas performer in the franchise.
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Whistleblower, Louder Than A Bomb win PSIFF audience honours
Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz and Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel’s Louder Than A Bomb have won the 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) narrative and documentary audience awards.
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NewsGreen Hornet dominates US charts on $34m launch
Sony’s The Green Hornet soared to the top of the US charts over Martin Luther King holiday weekend on an estimated $34m, taking almost twice as much as Universal’s comedy debutant The Dilemmain second place.
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NewsCuban open to selling Magnolia Pictures 'for the right price'
With Sundance about to kick off this week, Screendaily has learned that Mark Cuban has turned down multiple bids for the distributor and remains open to a possible sale.
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IFC takes Brighton Rock for US
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Studio Canal’s gangster tale, which marks the directorial debut of Rowan Joffe.
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NewsRapace to star for Scott in Alien companion piece Prometheus
Ridley Scott will direct Noomi Rapace in the sci-fi project Prometheus inspired by Alien that is set to open worldwide through Fox on March 9, 2012.
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Social Network wins best film at Critics Choice Awards
The Social Network, Colin Firth and Natalie Portman and David Fincher were the key winners in the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards [14].
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FeaturesPaolo Virzi
The director and co-writer of Italy’s foreign language Oscar submission The First Beautiful Thing, talks to Jeremy Kay about shooting in his home town Livorno and going up against Avatar at the box office.
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NewsSony unleashes international Green Hornet swarm
Sony’s action caper tale is likely to overthrow Disney’s Tangled as the international champion, although the latter is expected to soar past $200m.