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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1017
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NewsBusy Magnet acquires US rights to Black Death
Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights from HanWay Films to Christopher Smith’s medieval thriller Black Death starring Sean Bean.
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NewsUS-China summit set for Los Angeles on eve of AFM
A special Chinese delegation will explore opportunities with Hollywood professionals at a US-China Film Summit on November 2 in Los Angeles, one day before the AFM kicks off across town in Santa Monica.
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FeaturesThe starting post
A host of titles are jostling for position in the awards race as Venice and Toronto kick off. Jeremy Kay assesses the credentials of the leading contenders.
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NewsMagnet drawn to Vanishing On 7th Street
Magnet Releasing has announced its second acquisition this week, taking US rights from Cinetic to Brad Anderson’s recent Toronto world premiere Vanishing On 7th Street.
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NewsHemingway's Garden Of Eden goes to Roadside for US
Roadside Attractions has acquired US rights to Hemingway’s Garden Of Eden directed by John Irvin and starring Mena Suvari and Jack Huston.
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NewsFranco to collect Santa Barbara award
James Franco will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performance Of The Year Award on January 29, 2011.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Mulligan with breakthrough award
Carey Mulligan will receive the 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Breakthrough Performance Award for her work in Never Let Me Go and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
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Shoreline to commence sales on Bonnie And Clyde at AFM
Shoreline Entertainment has come aboard as sales agent on Cypress Moon Studios’ The Story Of Bonnie AndClyde, which is set to star Hilary Duff and Kevin Zegers.
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NewsDisney pays $115m to distribute Iron Man 3, The Avengers
Disney’s agreement with Paramount modifies the terms under which the former acquired Marvel Entertainment last year.
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Bodyguards And Assassins heads to Indomina
Indomina Releasing has added US rights to Hong Kong martial arts hit Bodyguards And Assassins to its rapidly expanding line-up.
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Magnet snares Norwegian tale The Troll Hunter
Magnet Releasing has acquired worldwide rights excluding Europe to Andre Ovredal’s The Troll Hunter.
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NewsAFI FEST adds Poetry, Precious Life to line-up
Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry (pictured), Shlomi Eldar’s documentary Precious Life and Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins will screen during AFI FEST 2010 as top brass unveiled entries in five further sections.
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NewsBlack Swan, Winter's Bone among Gotham nominees
Black Swan (pictured), Winter’s Bone and Blue Valentine are among the best feature Gotham Awards nominees announced in New York today [18].
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Fabrication adds comedy Brother's Justice to slate
Los Angeles-based Fabrication Films will introduce buyers at AFM next month to the Dax Shepard comedy Brother’s Justice starring Tom Arnold and Bradley Cooper.
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NewsDallas Society to honour Duvall with Dallas Star Award
The Dallas Film Society will honour Robert Duvall at its inaugural autumn fundraising event The Art Of Film in November with the Dallas Star Award.
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NewsUPI's Despicable Me rules international with $26m haul
Universal/UPI’s Despicable Me saw off a concerted challenge from Sony’s Eat Pray Love to finish as the weekend’s top overseas performer on an estimated $25.7m. Meanwhile Fox International set a new company record as it crossed $2.5bn in combined ticket sales for the year-to-date.
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How I Ended The Summer earns top award at Chicago
Aleksei Popogrebsky’s How I Ended The Summer won the Chicago International Film Festival’s Gold for best film in the international feature film competition.
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NewsJackasses oust Facebook founder with $50m launch
A group of clowns usurped a genius Harvard drop-out as Paramount’s Jackass 3-D soared to number one in its opening weekend thanks to an estimated $50m haul that set a new opening record for October..
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Hope, Solondz commence New York shoot on Dark Horse
Shooting commenced this week [11] in New York State on Todd Solondz’s ensemble drama Dark Horse, which occasional collaborator Ted Hope is producing through his new Double Hope Films.
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Mandeville partners with Warner Bros on Collared
Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman have closed a deal with Warner Bros for a pitch with screenwriter Bill Birch to write the action film Collared.