All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1028
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Raven Banner picks up The Collapsed, Skull World for EFM
Fledgling Canadian distributor Raven Banner Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to the pair of films by Unstable Ground and will introduce the titles at the EFM next month.
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SnagFilms takes $10m capital infusion and hires Bingham Ray
New Enterprise Associates and Comcast investment arm Comcast Interactive Capital have invested $10m into SnagFilms and welcomed the former UA president into the fold.
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NewsGolden Globes 2011: The Social Network connects with HFPA
Sony’s Facebook drama emerged as the big winner at the 68th Golden Globes as it converted six nominations into four wins for dramatic picture, director, screenwriter and score.
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NewsSPRI's Green Hornet delivers $16.1m sting overseas
Sony’s new action release was the international champion of a torpid weekend enlivened by a smattering of milestones as Disney’s Tangled soared past $200m, Fox’s Dawn Treader crossed $250m and HP7 became the second biggest overseas performer in the franchise.
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Whistleblower, Louder Than A Bomb win PSIFF audience honours
Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz and Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel’s Louder Than A Bomb have won the 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) narrative and documentary audience awards.
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NewsGreen Hornet dominates US charts on $34m launch
Sony’s The Green Hornet soared to the top of the US charts over Martin Luther King holiday weekend on an estimated $34m, taking almost twice as much as Universal’s comedy debutant The Dilemmain second place.
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NewsCuban open to selling Magnolia Pictures 'for the right price'
With Sundance about to kick off this week, Screendaily has learned that Mark Cuban has turned down multiple bids for the distributor and remains open to a possible sale.
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IFC takes Brighton Rock for US
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Studio Canal’s gangster tale, which marks the directorial debut of Rowan Joffe.
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NewsRapace to star for Scott in Alien companion piece Prometheus
Ridley Scott will direct Noomi Rapace in the sci-fi project Prometheus inspired by Alien that is set to open worldwide through Fox on March 9, 2012.
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Social Network wins best film at Critics Choice Awards
The Social Network, Colin Firth and Natalie Portman and David Fincher were the key winners in the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards [14].
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FeaturesPaolo Virzi
The director and co-writer of Italy’s foreign language Oscar submission The First Beautiful Thing, talks to Jeremy Kay about shooting in his home town Livorno and going up against Avatar at the box office.
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NewsSony unleashes international Green Hornet swarm
Sony’s action caper tale is likely to overthrow Disney’s Tangled as the international champion, although the latter is expected to soar past $200m.
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NewsFilmNation, Relativity strike sales deal ahead of EFM
The companies are in final negotiations to close an exclusive multi-year deal whereby FilmNation will oversee international sales and distribution on Relativity’s single picture titles outside of those pursuant to the co-financed slates set up at Universal and Sony.
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NewsFilm finance expert Jeff Steele launches Film Closings
The former Magnet Media Group CFO’s company will specialise in packaging and closing finance deals and will base his company in Los Angeles and Chicago.
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NewsThe Beaver to receive world premiere at SXSW
Jodie Foster directed and stars alongside Mel Gibson in Summit’s drama about a corporate leader who recovers from a meltdown with the aid of a hand puppet.
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Gary Rubin joins Cohen Media Group
The former head of First Independent Pictures joins the new production and distribution company as senior vice-president.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan to star in Dibbuk Box for Lionsgate
Lionsgate has set an Oct 28 North American release date for Ghost House Pictures’ supernatural tale about a divorced man whose daughter buys a possessed antique box.
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IM Global to kick off sales in Berlin on Bigelow thriller
Stuart Ford’s sales company will introduce the thriller to buyers at the EFM next month, marking Kathryn Bigelow’s follow-up to her Oscar winning The Hurt Locker.
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NewsIFC Films to re-enter Void in LA, New York
The original version of Gaspar Noe’s startling drama Enter The Void is the one that played in French theatres and includes 20 minutes of footage unseen in the US.
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NewsIMAX, Paramount strike four-film deal for 2011
The deal bolsters IMAX Corporation’s standing in the global tentpole business.