All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1025
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Slasher Films lines up horror slate for Guns N' Roses axeman
The celebrated rock guitarist Slash has launched the aptly titled horror label in partnership with Michael Williams and Rob Eric of Scout Productions.
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FeaturesClay Jeter
Tennessee-born Clay Jeter talks to Jeremy Kay about his feature directorial debut Jess + Moss, which screens in Sundance’s New Frontier section this week.
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Sundance honours short film, unveils Mahindra winners
The Sundance Film Festival announced its short film winners on Tuesday [25] at a ceremony in Park City.
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Matt Lucas joins Akerlund comedy Small Apartments
British comedian Matt Lucas will star in Jonas Akerlund’s comedy feature Small Apartments, set to start filming in late March.
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FeaturesThe Fighter
Director David O RussellProducers David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg, Ryan Kavanaugh, Paul Tamasy, Dorothy AufieroProduction companies Relativity Media, Mandeville FilmsUS distributor Paramount PicturesInternational distributors Relativity Media, The Weinstein CompanyUS release date December 10, 2010David O Russell’s crowd-pleaser The Fighter is a story of heart, in front of and behind ...
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Features127 Hours
Director Danny BoyleProducers Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John SmithsonProduction companies Cloud Eight Films, Pathé Pictures, Everest Entertainment, Decibel Films, Darlow Smithson ProductionsUS distributor Fox Searchlight PicturesInternational sales Pathé InternationalUS release date November 5, 2010“Danny and I had been looking for something to do together after Slumdog Millionaire,” says UK producer ...
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FeaturesThe Kids Are All Right
Director Lisa CholodenkoProducers Celine Rattray, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Gary Gilbert, Philippe Hellmann, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin LundbergProduction companies Gilbert Films, Antidote Films, Mandalay VisionUS distributor Focus FeaturesInternational sales Inferno EntertainmentUS release date July 9, 2010When Focus Features acquired North America and select international territories on The Kids Are All Right following ...
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FeaturesBlack Swan
Director Darren AronofskyProducers Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold W Messer, Brian OliverProduction companies Protozoa Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cross Creek PicturesUS distributor Fox SearchlightInternational distribution Fox Int’lUS release date December 1, 2010Darren Aronofsky had always wanted to make a film set in the world of ballet. So when ...
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FeaturesTrue Grit
Directors Ethan Coen, Joel CoenProducers Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel CoenProduction companies Scott Rudin Productions, Mike Zoss ProductionsWorldwide distribution Paramount Pictures InternationalUS release date December 22, 2010It was the writing and arcane dialogue of Charles Portis’ novel True Grit — rather than the memory of John Wayne in Henry Hathaway’s ...
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FeaturesThe Social Network
Director David FincherProducers Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti, Cean ChaffinProduction companies Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions, Trigger Street ProductionsWorldwide distribution Sony PicturesUS release date October 1, 2010Scott Rudin, the Oscar-winning producer of No Country For Old Men, is once again in contention ...
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NewsBengali Detective, Knuckle lined up for remakes
Fox Searchlight announced its second worldwide Sundance deal of the day and its third of the festival, after swooping on worldwide remake rights to The Bengali Detective, as HBO took remake rights to Knuckle.
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NewsMickey Liddell enters House, Participant takes Circumstance
Mickey Liddell has acquired most of the world on the Sundance horror film Silent House starring Elizabeth Olsen while the forbidden love drama Circumstance has sold to Participant Media for North America.
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Birch on to star in, produce dark comedy Petunia
Thora Birch will star in the dark comedy Petunia which is set to commence filming in New York on Jan 24.
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Ex-Dune head Coote joins RGM Media
Pan Asian media and entertainment company RGM Media has appointed former Dune head Greg Coote director and chairman of the company.
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NewsMagnolia, Searchlight add to Sundance deal volume
A flurry of deals broke on Monday [24] as Sundance settled into its stride, with Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media acquiring US rights to Page One and Fox Searchlight bagging a second on-site deal with world rights to Martha Marcy May Marlene
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NewsPortman's magical week rolls on as Strings tops US on $20.3m
Paramount’s rom-com No Strings Attached starring Golden Globe winner Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher opened top on an estimated $20.3m.
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The Big Bang joins Anchor Bay 2011 slate
Anchor Bay Films is planning a second quarter US release on the thriller starring Antonio Banderas as a private eye hired to find a missing stripper.
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NewsSony's Green Hornet rules overseas with $19m hold
The action release added $18.7m from 4,775 screens in 45 markets as the early running total climbed to $37.4m and Australia generated a $3.1m number one launch.
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Bill Hicks film gets US release through Gravitas and Variance
Gravitas Ventures and Variance Films will jointly release in American: The Bill Hicks Story in theatres and on VOD on April 8.
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NewsEmotional Smith vows to self-distribute Red State
The filmmaker delivered an impassioned speech against the studio marketing system that capped a busy night as Fox Searchlight confirmed it had acquired most of the world on Homework and the Weinsteins took territories on My Idiot Brother.