All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1016
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IFTA Production Conference to explore digital marketplace
The 12th annual IFTA Production Conference will discuss strategies for monetising independent film in the digital marketplace on December 3 in Los Angeles.
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NewsIndustry bids emotional farewell to Ronni Chasen
Hundreds of family, friends, associates and well-wishers attended the publicist’s Los Angeles funeral on Sunday [21].
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NewsKidman to receive SBIFF Cinema Vanguard Award
Nicole Kidman will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) Cinema Vanguard Award at the 26th edition of the festival on February 5, 2011.
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NewsDeathly Hallows launches on franchise record $125.1m in US
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 blew away the competition as it stormed to the top of the charts on an estimated record $125.1m from 4,125 theatres.
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NewsPotter takes $205m overseas, record $330.1m globally
Harry Potter mania swept across the globe as the penultimate film in the series plundered an estimated $205m from 19,200 screens in 54 countries and 91 markets.
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NewsDeathly Hallows races to $50m worldwide by Friday
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 has already amassed $49.3m heading into the weekend.
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Day-Lewis to play Lincoln for Spielberg, DreamWorks
The announcement that Day-Lewis will play the 16th President of the US brings together the Oscar winning actor and director for the first time in their careers.
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NewsDeathly Hallows takes over 18,000 screens in 91 markets
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 descends upon the world this weekend like a plague of Death Eaters in what is expected to become one of the biggest launches in history.
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The 5th Quarter gets US release through Rocky Mountain
The distributor will release Rick Bieber’s true-life drama starring Andie MacDowell and Aidan Quinn in March 2011.
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Film Sales Company acquires trio of docs for IDFA
The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired sales rights to three documentaries ahead of their premieres at IDFA in Amsterdam this week.
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Eight projects selected in recent Sundance / Rawi Screenwriters Lab
Artists from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories and Saudi Arabia participated in the recent sixth annual Rawi Screenwriters Lab run by the Royal Film Commission in consultation with Sundance Institute.
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NewsAcademy unveils 15 doc feature contenders
The Academy has announced the documentary hopefuls for awards consideration, with Charles Ferguson’s financial crisis investigation Inside Job, Shlomi Eldar’s human drama Precious Life and Davis Guggenheim’s education jeremiad Waiting For Superman (pictured) all in the mix.
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NewsFox, Aronofsky formalise relationship with two-year deal
Fox Filmed Entertainment has signed Darren Aronofsky and his production company Protozoa Pictures to a new two-year overall deal.
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NewsHollywood shows support for anti-piracy Bill in Congress
Congress is moving forward with an anti-piracy Bill the day after it emerged that the first 36 minutes of the latest Harry Potter episode had leaked online on the eve of its release.
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NewsWeinsteins go to war over MPAA ratings for awards duo
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is preparing to lock horns with the MPAA over the ratings for its two top awards season contenders.
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NewsCross Creek, Vertebra team up with Roth for horror slate
Busy Cross Creek Pictures has partnered with Vertebra Films to fully finance two horror projects that Eli Roth will produce.
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NewsPSIFF offers $100,000 reward for lead in Chasen case
The Palm Springs International Awards Gala and Film Festival has issued a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the murder of Ronni Chasen.
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Henry's Crime finds US home with Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures Film & TV (MPF&TV) will release the Keanu Reeves rom-com in North America after Maitland Primrose Group acquired rights in a deal brokered by CAA.
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Paladin acquires US rights to mystery Footsteps
Mark Urman’s boutique distributor has set exclusive engagements for New York and Los Angeles in March 2011.
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Constantin options Ahern novel Where Rainbows End
Constantin Film has optioned film rights to Where Rainbows End, the second novel by Irish besteller Cecelia Ahern.