All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1031
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Miller and Savin prepare Beach Boys drummer biopic
Randall Miller and Jody Savin, the film-making team behind Bottle Shock, are developing a project about the life and times of The Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
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Sundance Institute names six Composers Lab Fellows
The Sundance Institute has announced the six composers selected as Fellows for its Film Composers Lab, set to run in Utah from August 11-26.
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Killer's Vachon to deliver keynote at Strategic Partners co-pro market
Killer Films co-founder Christine Vachon will give the keynote address at Strategic Partners’s 13th Canadian co-production market in September.
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Netflix continues content expansion strategy with Epix deal
Netflix and pay-TV platform Epix have confirmed a deal granting Netflix the right to stream new titles from Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM.
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Hermano to open 14th LALIFF on August 19
The North American premiere of Marcel Rasquin’s Hermano has been selected as the opening night gala presentation at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival on August 19.
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Sherlock Holmes, Crazy Heart among World Soundtrack nominees
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the list of nominees for the 2010 Awards.
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Inception reaches quarter-billion overseas on $48m hold
Inception maintained its winning ways as an estimated $47.8m hold from more than 8,144 screens in 61 markets helped the sci-fi thriller stay top overseas.
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Millennium sells US rights on The Mechanic to CBS Films
CBS Films has acquired US rights from Millennium Films to The Mechanic starring Jason Statham and directed Simon West.
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The Other Guys arrests Inception with $36m debut
Sony’s Will Ferrell comedy The Other Guys usurped Inception for the first time in four weeks as it opened top on an estimated $35.6m.
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Inception heads into weekend as overseas box office favourite
After crossing $200m by Thursday [5] Inception was expected to retain its crown. Warner Bros will look to keep momentum going with two significant launches in Spain and Brazil.
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The talent packagers
Media Rights Capital has carved a place in Hollywood as a provider of major movies with aggressive deals for talent. Jeremy Kay speaks to co-founder Modi Wiczyk
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A Legendary journey
Launched six years ago, Legendary Pictures survived the economic crash and continues to bring private equity and hedge-fund investment to Hollywood movies. Jeremy Kay meets chairman and CEO Thomas Tull.
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The empire builder
In a short time, Relativity Media has become one of the biggest players in the business − and that now includes its own domestic distribution operation. Company founder Ryan Kavanaugh speaks to Jeremy Kay.
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O-Scope loses ratings appeal for An Unfinished FIlm.
The MPAA’s classification and rating appeals board has upheld the R rating given to the Holocaust documentary A Film Unfinished.
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Relativity Media finds Safe Haven with Nicholas Sparks
Relativity Media has acquired Nicholas Sparks’ upcoming novel Safe Haven in a deal that will see the company share marketing and promotional support with Grand Central Publishing on the upcoming book launch.
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Golden Gate Creations sets up hubs in India, Los Angeles
Fledgling Indian production and distribution company Golden Gate Creations is set to release its first feature Soch Lo (Think About It!).
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Kurt Russell to play high school coach in Freedom's Touchback
Kurt Russell will play the head high school football coach in Freedom Films’ Touchback.
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Summit sets Breaking Dawn Part 2 for November 16 2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 will mark the culmination of the vampire series which has already grossed more than $1.7bn worldwide with two films still to open.
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Lionsgate board throws out Icahn's $6.50 tender offer
Lionsgate said last night [2] its board of directors had rejected Carl Icahn’s unsolicited offer to buy up to all of the issued and outstanding common shares at $6.50 per share.
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O-Scope appeals against MPAA rating on Holocaust doc
Oscilloscope Laboratories will appeal on August 5 against the MPAA’s decision to give an R rating to the Holocaust documentary A Film Unfinished for “disturbing images of Holocaust atrocities including graphic nudity.”