All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1019
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NewsKing's Speech races towards $70m at overseas box office
The multiple Oscar nominee grossed a further $11.2m from 1,180 screens in 17 territories at the weekend as the international total surged to $67m.
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NewsEssential Entertainment, John Woo team up on The Killer remake
Essential Entertainment has joined Lion Rock Productions in its remake of John Woo’s The Killer in 3D and will introduce the project at EFM.
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Disney distribution head Chuck Viane to retire in July
Viane is the president of global distribution for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and has served at the studio for 25 years.
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Krumm options action script Gate of Scars
The former head buyer for the Weinsteins is packaging and will produce the action film after she optioned the script from writer LH Adonis.
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Voltage boards Chris Evans thriller Puncture for EFM
Voltage Pictures has picked up worldwide rights on the upcoming legal thriller Puncture starring Chris Evans and Vinessa Shaw.
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HSI Films brings Venezuelan smash The Zero Hour to EFM
Hollywood Studios International (HSI) has acquired worldwide sales rights excluding Venezuela to the record breaking thriller The Zero Hour (La Hora Cero).
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Miller, Slavin line up top cast for Savannah
Jim Caviezel and Chiwetel Ejiofor have joined the cast of the true story of a white aristocrat who became business partners with a freed black slave.
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Tribeca Institute announces educational programmes
The Tribeca Film Institute has unveiled two new initiatives as part of its 2011 educational programme.
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Rialto has ear for Scorsese's Public Speaking
Rialto Pictures has acquired US theatrical rights to Martin Scorsese’s Public Speaking, the director’s portrait of author, social critic and acerbic wit Fran Lebowitz.
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Maya secures Time Warner VOD channel
Time Warner Cable will launch Maya At The Movies on its Movies On Demand and Español On Demand channels in early February, starting with six and rising to 14 features mostly in English.
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IMAX to transfer common stock listing from NASDAQ to NYSE
IMAX Corporation announced on Monday [31] the pending transfer of the listing of its common stock from the NASDAQ Global Select Market to the New York Stock Exchange.
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SAG honours Firth, Portman, Bale, Leo
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) gave Colin Firth’s Oscar campaign a fillip with the top prize for an actor at last night’s awards [30] in Los Angeles.
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NewsHooper boosts Oscar chances with DGA win for The King's Speech
Tom Hooper won the Director’s Guild Of America top feature prize for The King’s Speech on Saturday night [29].
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NewsThe Rite earns passage to top in US on $15m
New Line’s exorcism drama The Rite starring Anthony Hopkins opened top in a weak weekend in North America through Warner Bros on an estimated $15m.CBS Films’ action remake The Mechanic starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster debuted in third place behind Paramount’s erstwhile champion No Strings Attached on $11.5m.The Academy ...
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NewsSPRI's Green Hornet rules overseas with $16m weekend
Sony Pictures Releasing International held on to the overseas crown thanks to an estimated $15.7m weekend haul, despite the close attention of Disney’s animated hit Tangled.
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NewsSearchlight, UK's Ingenious strike production alliance
The partners will jointly develop, produce and finance British features under an initiative designed to create up to two or three titles per year.
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NewsBrit actor Henry Cavill is Warner Bros' next Superman
British actor Henry Cavill will play Superman for Zack Snyder in Warner Bros and legendary Pictures’ tentpole project.
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NewsLike Crazy, Oregon claim Sundance jury prizes
Drake Doremus’ romance Like Crazy sealed a successful Sundance following the worldwide acquisition by Paramount and Indian Paintbrush as the film won the grand jury dramatic prize.
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NewsPariah finds friends in Focus, Earth wins Sloan Award
Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Dee Rees’ Sundance opening night drama and commissioned the director to write a separate original screenplay.
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FeaturesMike Cahill, Brit Marling, William Mapother
Another Earth writer-director-producer Mike Cahill, co-writer, producer and leading lady Brit Marling and lead actor William Mapother talk to Jeremy Kay about the story of a guilt-ridden girl who pins her hopes of redemption on winning a contest to visit a mirror planet.