All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1053
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Screen Media takes North America on White Lion
Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Michael Swan’s live-action family adventure White Lion.
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NewsInception, Expendables, Airbender battle for overseas
Warner Bros Pictures International’s Inception will battle with Nu Image’s The Expendables and Paramount’s TheLast Airbender for box office supremacy this weekend.
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Withoutabox adds Toronto and other festivals
Withoutabox has added Toronto and several other high-profile festivals to its International Film Festival Submissions System linking film-makers and rights-holders with festivals.
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NewsDrafthouse picks up Four Lions
The Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse cinema is expanding into distribution through Drafthouse Films and has taken US rights to Chris Morris’ Four Lions.
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Magnet gets US rights to Ong Bak 3
Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to Sahamongkolfilm International’s martial arts epic Ong Bak 3.
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NewsATO takes TIFF world premiere Casino Jack
A December release is being targeted for the film, which stars Kevin Spacey as a disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abranoff.
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NewsFox Searchlight takes on Malick's The Tree of Life
Fox Searchlight has taken US rights from River Road Entertainment to Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life but the film won’t be a player in this year’s awards season.
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FeaturesAbe Sylvia
First time director Abe Sylvia speaks to Jeremy Kay about making Dirty Girl, a 1980s set road movie which premieres in Toronto’s Discovery section.
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FeaturesMy Idiot Brother
Paul Rudd stars alongside Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel in this recently wrapped ensemble comedy written and directed by Jesse Peretz.
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Production underway on Keanu Reeves drama Generation Um...
Principal photography is scheduled to start in New York today [9] on Company Films’ Generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves, which Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures is introducing to buyers in Toronto.
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NewsUniversal aims high with Dark Tower adaptations
Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment is teaming up with Ron Howard to adapt Stephen King’s venerated fantasy saga The Dark Tower.
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Lionsgate urges shareholds to reject latest Icahn bid
The latest round in the battle for Lionsgate took an expected turn as the company’s board rallied against Carl Icahn’s recently modified hostile takeover.
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Oscilloscope takes North America for Franco's Saturday Night
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to James Franco’s directorial debut, Saturday Night.
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Spyglass' Birnbaum, Barber proceed with plan to run MGM, reports say
Spyglass co-founders Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber are reportedly moving closer in their quest to run beleaguered MGM.
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Sundance Institute, Gates Foundation plan doc shorts initiative
Sundance Institute and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are teaming up on a documentary shorts initiative related to global health, poverty and education.
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Imax Corporation signs deal with CFG for two more installations
Imax Corporation and China Film Group Corporation (CFG) have agreed to expand their partnership with two new systems.
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IFTA names 30 most significant independent films of past 30 years
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has selected what it regards as the 30 most significant independent films to commemorate its 30th anniversary.
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Lorber takes US rights to Le Quattro Volte
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights to Toronto-bound Le Quattro Volte from Italian director Michelangelo Frammartino (The Gift).
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NewsFubar II among trio of new TIFF sales titles for Celluloid Nightmares
Celluloid Nightmares has picked up rights to three titles heading into Toronto, including Midnight Madness opener Fubar II.
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NewsPohlad winds down Apparition, seeks new home for Tree Of Life
Apparition is winding down 13 months after its official launch as owner Bill Pohlad laid off the final 11 employees in the Los Angeles and New York offices today [7].