All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1057
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NewsLightning adds TIFF premiere Beautiful Boy to autumn slate
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has acquired international sales rights to Shawn Ku’s drama Beautiful Boy ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsCoppola, Godard to be among honorary Oscar recipients
Francis Ford Coppola will receive the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award while honorary awards go to film historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, Jean-Luc Godard and Eli Wallach.
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Magnolia takes US rights to All Good Things
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Andrew Jarecki’s All Good Things and is planning a December theatrical release.
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AFI FEST names David Lynch first guest artistic director
David Lynch will serve as AFI FEST’s first guest artistic director when the festival runs in Hollywood from November 4-11 .
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Rashaad Green wraps filming on Gun Hill Road
Filming has wrapped in The Bronx, New York, on Rashaad Ernesto Green’s debut feature Gun Hill Road, which was selected for this year’s Tribeca All Access Programme.
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The Remakes Market to launch in LA in November
Paris-based The Media Faculty and Los Angeles-based Basic Lead are launching The Remakes Market, an inaugural event dedicated to adaptation rights of European films, books, and television properties.
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Freestyle picks up US rights to I Want Your Money
Freestyle Releasing will handle the US theatrical release on RG Entertainment’s politically charged documentary I Want Your Money.
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NewsDimension Films greenlights Piranha 3D sequel
Dimension Films chief Bob Weinstein has greenlit a sequel to Piranha 3D three days after the horror film opened in the top ten on $10.1m.
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NewsExpendables holds on to pole position with $17m
The Expendables held on to its number one berth over a quiet weekend that brought plenty of new blood but nothing to threaten Sylvester Stallone and his cohorts.
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Articuls options Bryson memoir and A Dirty Job
Los Angeles-based Articulus Entertainment has optioned the rights to the bestsellers A Dirty Job from Christopher Moore and The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson.
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Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton join Alcon's Joyful Noise
Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment will finance and produce the musically driven feature Joyful Noise starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton.
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NewsInception faces off against Salt, Toy Story 3 overseas
Inception has grossed $334m through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) and goes into the weekend as a strong defending international champion.
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NewsGyllenhaal, Dancy pair up for vibrator rom-com Hysteria
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy will star in the romantic comedy Hysteria for Forthcoming Films, Beachfront Films and Informant Media.
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Stone to open Chicago International Film Festival
The Ed Norton and Robert De Niro thriller Stone will open the 46th Chicago International Film Festival on October 7.
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Essential to sell international on Barney's Version
Los Angeles-based Essential Entertainment will handle international sales on the drama Barney’s Version ahead of its world premiere in Venice.
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FIND names 12 Screenwriters Lab participants
Film Independent has announced the 12 screenwriters and film projects selected for its 11th annual Screenwriters Lab sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, West.
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D'Amico promotes Sivkov, Dettrow at Myriad
Santa Monica-based production, financing and distribution company Myriad Pictures has made two promotions in the company’s marketing and distribution departments.
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SAG to present Borgnine with lifetime achievement award
Ernest Borgnine will receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
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Arts advocate Arceneaux to head Sundance Institute's external relations
Sundance Institute has appointed Jennifer Arceneaux to the newly created position of director of external relations.