All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1008
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CommentCinema of the future: dry ice and popcorn sauces?
Jeremy Kay takes on the gigantic popcorn buckets and other treats on display at CinemaCon
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NewsLionsgate launches microbudget initiative, names first three films
The programme will focus on films under $2m and the first three are post-apocalyptic comedy Rapture-Palooza, comedy Gay Dude and supernatural thriller 6 Miranda Drive, to be directed by Wolf Creek creator Greg McLean.
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NewsCinemaCon: Lucas, Cameron, Katzenberg look to future
Three of the godfathers of event filmmaking reassured CinemaCon attendees yesterday [30] that the best is yet to come in digital filmmaking.
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Lionsgate, Tyler Perry renew multi-year first-look deal
The studio announced today [Mar 31] it had extended its lucrative partnership with Perry through a multi-year arrangement.
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California's Dodge College launches pioneering Chapman Entertainment
Chapman University’s Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts has formed a production and distribution venture, becoming what is believed to be the first film school in the US to do so.
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MPF&TV carves out Filmart sales on Miss Nobody, Grey Skies
Moving Pictures Film & TV has concluded the sale of horror film Grey Skies and 3D film Robin Hood: Ghosts Of Sherwood to HGC Entertainment in China.
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Lincoln Center unveils Norman Jewison retrospective
This will be the first major tribute to the director’s work in New York and is set to run from May 25-30.
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Whole Foods, Silverdocs launch green grant
The nationwide retailer of natural and organic food has teamed up with AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival on a $50,000 award for films about the environment to be awarded at Silverdocs on Jun 25.
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NewsCinemaCon: new MPAA chief Dodd addresses piracy, China
Senator Chris Dodd sent out all the right signals and said nothing new in his inaugural address as chairman and CEO of the MPAA at CinemaCon on Tuesday [29].
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NewsBeginners to open San Francisco Int'l Film Festival
Mike Mill’s Beginners starring Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor will open the San Francisco International Film Festival, set to run from Apr 21-May 5.
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FilmNation hires Karen Lunder as evp production
Lunder arrives from Landscape Entertainment where she served as president of production and will report to president of production Aaron Ryder.
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SPC acquires worldwide rights to Damsels In Distress
Whit Stillman directed the comedy and stars alongside Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody and Analeigh Tipton.
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Tony To named evp of production at Disney
To has built a distinguished track record as producer that includes the Tom Hanks miniseries From The East To The Moon and earned a co-executive producer credit on Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s Band Of Brothers.i
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Paramount options futuristic young adult novel Earthseed
Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg will adapt the story and will produce through her Tall Girls Productions.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils 2011 dates, extends free ticket deal
The event will run from Nov 3-10 in Hollywood, in tandem with its market partner the AFM in Santa Monica that goes from Nov 2-9.
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NewsFilmDistrict to release Johnny Depp starrer The Rum Diary
The fledgling distributor issued a timely announcement out of CinemaCon in Las Vegas as it prepares to release its first film Insidious on Friday.
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Writer Scott Burns in line for Dallas honours
Scott Z Burns, whose credits include The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant and the upcoming Contagion, will receive the Dallas International Film Festival’s Dallas Star Award.
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Tribeca Film announces four VoD festival premieres
Tribeca Film executives announced last night [29] that four selections from next month’s Tribeca Film Festival will go out on VoD day-and-date with the start of the festival on Apr 20.
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Sharni Vinson joins Snoot’s You’re Next
The rising Australian star of Step Up 3D comes on board as the home invasion thriller commenced shooting on Tuesday [29] in Missouri.