All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1092
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Helen Mirren with career award
Helen Mirren will receive the 21stPalm Springs International Film Festival’s Career Achievement Award on January 5.
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Camelot fetches worldwide rights to family title Wiener Dog Nationals
Camelot Entertainment Group has picked up worldwide distribution rights to the upcoming family film Wiener Dog Nationals that is set to begin filming in 2010.
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NewsGreg Silverman promoted to new development and production role at Warner Bros
Greg Silverman has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice-president of creative development and production at Warner Bros.
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NewsParamount takes US rights to red-hot Oren Peli's Area 51
Paramount Pictures has reunited with Paranormal Activity (pictured) director Oren Peli, paying high seven figures for US rights to the in-demand film-maker’s alien thriller follow-up Area 51.
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NewsNew Moon leads record Thanksgiving weekend with $42.5m gross
The Twilight Saga: New Moon narrowly held on to its number one berth over a record Thanksgiving holiday weekend that saw it add a further $42.5m over three days and $66m over five according to estimates from Summit Entertainment, raising the domestic tally to $230.7m.
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NewsNew Moon bites further $85.1m out of overseas box office to reach $243m
Summit Entertainment’s Twilight Saga: New Moon maintained a devastating early pace as an estimated $85.1m international haul in the second weekend raised the tally to $243m.
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FeaturesThe golden night
The Golden Globes is hoping to make its annual banquet awards presentation (Jan 17) even more lively than usual with the addition of Ricky Gervais as host.
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NewsIFP names Joana Vicente interim executive director as Michelle Byrd departs
Joana Vicente (pictured) will serve as interim executive director of IFP following the departure of Michelle Byrd, who is stepping down after 16 years of service.
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NewsProtektor, The Good Soldier among winners at Starz Denver Film Festival
Marek Najbrt’s Protektor (still pictured) won the Starz Denver Film Festival’s (SDFF) Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for best feature film as the event came to a close on November 22.
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NewsGravity Films signs Katherine Brooks to direct female jockey biopic Freak
LA-based Gravity Films has attached Katherine Brooks (pictured) to direct its first film Freak, based on the life of Julie Krone, the only female jockey in the US to win a Triple Crown race.
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NewsGirlfriend Experience, Sin Nombre among 38 features to screen in Bahamas
Steven Soderbergh’s drama The Girlfriend Experience and Joshua Goldin’s dark comedy Wonderful World starring Matthew Broderick are among the line-up of 38 features at the sixth Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF).
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NewsOlivia Thirlby to star in Sherry Hormann's The No Game
Olivia Thirlby (pictured) will star alongside Marcia Gay Harden and Shohreh Aghdashloo on Sherry Hormann’s drama The No Game, set to commence shooting in New York and Israel in March 2010.
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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.