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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1085
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NewsPGA to honour Joss Whedon with 2010 Vanguard Award
Joss Whedon will receive the Producers Guild Of America’s (PGA) 2010 Vanguard Award in Hollywood on January 24, 2010.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Mariah Carey with breakthrough award
The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Mariah Carey with the Breakthrough Performance Award for her role in Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire.
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NewsNew Moon eclipses 2012 with heavenly $132.1m overseas launch
Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon delivered an astonishing $132.1m weekend launch including previews from 6,873 prints in just 24 markets, a result made all the more remarkable by the fact that this was an independent release.
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NewsNew Moon casts historic shadow over pack with $142.8m US launch
The hype and anticipation surrounding Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon paid off handsomely as the vampire sequel delivered $142.8m from 4,024 theatres in the third highest North American opening weekend in history.
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NewsNew Moon eclipses launch day record with $72.7m in US
Setting up what will be an astonishing first weekend, TheTwilight Saga: New Moon grossed an estimated $72.7m on its first day through Summit Entertainment to beat the old mark set by The Dark Knight.
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NewsNew Moon rises to great heights in first wave of overseas debuts
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, licensed overseas by Summit International, has got off to a flying start overseas, opening top in France on $4.4m from 751 screens and drawing 488,000 on its first day. By comparison Twilight mustered $1.2m on its first day.
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NewsSanta Barbara to honour Farmiga, Sarsgaard, Tucci and Waltz
Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Stanley Tucci and Christoph Waltz will each receive the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award on February 12.
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NewsAMPAS names ten on shortlist for animated short Oscar
Ten animated short films have made it on to the shortlist for the 82nd Academy Awards from an original pool of 37 eligible titles.
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NewsNew Moon post biggest midnight opening record in US
Teeing up what looks to become an astonishing opening weekend for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Summit Entertainment top brass said the film had shattered the midnight opening record with an estimated $26.27m.
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NewsNew Moon eclipses North American midnight opening record on $26.3m
Teeing up what looks to become an astonishing opening weekend for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Summit Entertainment top brass said the film had shattered the domestic midnight opening record with an estimated $26.27m.
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NewsBrad Pitt steps into Dark Void for Plan B, Reliance BIG
Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment has acquired film rights to the upcoming Capcom video game Dark Void under Plan B’s creative partnership with Reliance BIG Entertainment.
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NewsHarden, Aghdashloo join Sherry Hormann's The No Game for The Match Factory
Marcia Gay Harden and Shohreh Aghdashloo have joined the contemporary romance The No Game, which is scheduled to commence shooting shortly in New York and Israel.
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NewsLAFF receives $30,000 Academy Foundation grant for International Spotlight
Film Independent has received a $30,000 grant for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) from the Academy Foundation of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.
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FeaturesAcademy Awards animation: the directors
Screen International brings you three of the directors of this year’s Oscar-nominated animation films.
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NewsDigital Economy Bill proposes legal mandate for Channel 4 film investment
The UK’s new Digital Economy Bill plans to place a legal commitment on broadcaster Channel 4 to invest in film.
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NewsAcademy announces 15-strong documentary shortlist
Fifteen documentaries have made it on to the Oscar shortlist and will go forward to the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards from an initial pool of 89 eligible films, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences announced today [18].
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NewsSony, CBS Films strike international distribution deal
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has signed a three-year marketing and distribution deal with CBS Films, under which Sony will handle international theatrical distribution of the inaugural CBS Films slate and service DVD releases.
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NewsLorenzo di Bonaventura boards Nicholas Flamel youth fantasy series
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and his Di Bonaventura Pictures have signed a deal with bestselling author Michael Scott to adapt Scott’s young adult six-part fantasy series The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel.
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NewsSundance announces 13 artists for New Frontier programme
Sundance Institute has announced 13 artists from six countries whose works will be presented as part of the 2010 edition of New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival.
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Sony promotes Marisa McGrath to svp national theatrical publicity
Marisa McGrath has been promoted to Sony’s senior vice-president of national theatrical publicity.