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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1037
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Pohlad begins Apparition restructure amid staff lay-offs
Bill Pohlad has commenced the first stage of restructuring at Apparition, cutting 60% of the company’s bicoastal workforce and hiring Tom Ortenberg as consultant.
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Disney licenses package to VOD outfit Picturebox in Poland
VOD subscription service PictureBox has acquired the on-demand rights in Poland to more than 30 films from The Walt Disney Company EMEA.
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Sundance Institute unveils 18 Documentary Film Program grantees
The Sundance Institute announced 18 recipients on Wednesday (June 30) of its Documentary Film Program grant for the spring 2010 round.
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NewsParamount first studio to cross $1bn domestic in 2010
Paramount Pictures has become the first studio this year to cross $1bn at the domestic box office on the back of Iron Man 2’s $306.9m theatrical run.
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Screen Media corrals Edinburgh favourite Ransom Pride for US release
Screen Media has acquired worldwide rights to Horsethief Pictures’ graphic novel western The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride following its world premiere in Edinburgh.
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E1 acquires US rights to Ashley Judd drama Helen
E1 Entertainment has acquired US rights from Vera Rights Management to the drama Helen starring Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic and Lauren Lee Smith.
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NewsDominic Cooper to play Iron Man's father in Captain America: The First Avenger
Dominic Cooper has become the latest actor to join the cast of Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The First Avenger following yesterday’s news about Tommy Lee Jones.
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NewsFirst Run Features sets November theatrical launch for Bhutto
First Run Features has acquired Duane Baughman’s documentary Bhutto based on the life of the assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto.
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GFI launches DVD distribution arm and educational programme
The Global Film Initiative (GFI) has expanded its distribution enterprise and launched a DVD arm dedicated to films from its Traveling Lens series.
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Undertow, The String among Frameline34 winners
Frameline34, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, closed on June 27 with Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl.
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Mara Sternthal promoted to GMX general manager
Mara Sternthal has been promoted from senior vice-president of business development to general manager at Global Media Exchange (GMX).
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Commission approves second futures exchange as Congress vote looms
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission gave the go-ahead on Monday [28] for the Cantor Futures Exchange amid doubts that such schemes will get off the ground as Congress considers financial reforms.
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News7-57 Releasing captures Dominican thriller La Soga
7-57 Releasing and partner Markedia Worldwide have announced the acquisition of US distribution rights and international sales on Manny Perez and Josh Crook’s Dominican action thriller La Soga.
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Myriad promotes Axume to evp distributions and operations
Elias Axume has been promoted to executive vice-president of distribution and operations at Santa Monica-based sales, finance and production company Myriad Pictures.
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The Gold Mine among Palm Springs ShortFest winners
Jacques Bonnavent’s The Gold Mine (La Mina De Oro) (Mexico) won the Best Of Festival Award at the culmination of the 2010 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market.
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Tommy Lee Jones joins Captain America cast
Tommy Lee Jones has been cast as US Army Colonel Chester Phillips in Marvel Studio’s Captain America: The First Avenger.
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Alcon, Spike Lee in talks for action thriller Nagasaki Deadline
Spike Lee is in talks to direct the action thriller Nagasaki Deadline that Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment will finance and co-produce.
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NewsSPC takes North America from Bavaria for Life, Above All
Munich’s Bavaria Film International has licensed North American rights on Oliver Schmitz’s coming-of-age drama Life, Above All to Sony Pictures Classics (SPC).
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Disney sets January 2011 date for Miramax thriller
Disney has set a January 21, 2011, domestic release date for the thriller Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark, one of several titles left on the Miramax slate.
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I Love You, Mommy earns Silverdocs best US feature prize
Stephanie Wang-Breal’s Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You, Mommy) has won the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival’s Sterling Award for Best US Feature.