All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1013
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NewsForesight Unlimited sells out on Universal Soldier 4
Foresight Unlimited owner Mark Damon has announced a slew of sales on Universal Soldier: A New Dimension, the fourth entry in the action canon set to begin production in a month.
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NewseOne boards sales on $5m Elephant at EFM
eOne Films International head Charlotte Mickie is introducing buyers here to the $5m Elephant, an ambitious feature constructed from documentary elements about a herd in the Indian province of Assam.
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NewsMagnolia, TrustNordisk seal EFM deal for Happy, Happy
Magnolia and TrustNordisk have concluded a fruitful EFM, rounding out a trio of deals with a North American sale on Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury winner Happy, Happy from Norway.
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NewsKing's Speech crosses $100m at overseas box office
The King’s Speech, riding high on its Bafta triumph on Sunday night, has crossed $100m overseas and will reach $200m worldwide today [16].
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NewsIFC, SPC, Zeitgeist in flurry of US deals
IFC Midnight is partnering with MPI Media Group and its subsidiary Dark Sky Films to release Jim Mickle’s Stake Land.
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NewsProduction underway on Sony's The Amazing Spiderman
Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man reboot will be called The Amazing Spiderman, the studio revealed this week.
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Theodore Garcia named MD at PwC US entertainment practice
Theodore Garcia has joined PwC’s US entertainment, media and communications practice as managing director.
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NewsQualia Capital co-founder Ken Schapiro named MGM COO
MGM co-heads Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum have appointed Ken Schapiro as the studio’s new COO.
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Tribeca Institute, JustFilms partner on $750,000 fund
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has partnered on what it claims to be the biggest fund for US filmmakers using cross-platform storytelling to promote social change.
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Paladin to release Meeting Spencer in April
Paladin will release Malcolm Mowbray’s comedy Meeting Spencer starring Jeffrey Tambor this spring.
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Production begins on Rialto International animated comedy Toonstone
Production is underway on the animated comedy Toonstone, one of the first titles that Robbie Little is selling here under the Rialto International label.
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NewsMusic Box, Sundance Selects swoop on Sundance duo
US buyers have snapped up two more Sundance titles with Music Box Films taking US rights excluding TV to Liz Garbus’ documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World and Sundance Selects adding Göran Hugo Olsson’s The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 to its roster.
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Bleiberg starts EFM talks on David Ondricek co-pro Horse
Bleiberg Entertainment is handling world sales here on Lucky Man Films’ upcoming film noir In The Shadow Of The Horse that will unite multiple Czech Lion winner Ivan Trojan with German star Sebastian Koch.
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NewsRik Mayall on board psycho-thriller Errors Of The Human Body
Veteran British comedian Rik Mayall has joined Eron Sheean’s psychological thriller Errors Of The Human Body, which has just begun shooting in Dresden [13].
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IFC takes multiple territories on UK horror Spiderhole
IFC has acquired North America and a slew of territories from Raven Banner to the low budget UK horror film Spiderhole.
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NewsWally Pfister wins ASC cinematography prize for Inception
Wally Pfister has won the 25th Annual American Society Of Cinematographers’ top feature film award for his work on Warner Bros’ box office smash Inception.
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Magnolia recruits Headhunters to North American slate
Magnolia Pictures and TrustNordisk have struck their second deal in two days at the EFM with the North American sale of Morten Tyldum’s Norwegian thriller Headhunters.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films hires Ian Puente as vp business affairs
Ian Puente has joined Samuel Goldwyn Films as vp of business development and general counsel, effective immediately.
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The Dead marches on for TriCoast Worldwide
TriCoast Worldwide has closed a slew of territories on horror film The Dead led by a deal with Global Cinema Distribution for North America.
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NewsArthouse takes US and select rights to Norman Foster documentary
Arthouse Films has acquired all North American, Australian and New Zealand rights to the documentary How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr Foster?