All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1095
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NewsRoss ushers in the new guard at Disney in major reshuffle
Acknowledging the fundamental shift in the way audiences consume entertainment, Disney chairman Rich Ross today [November 11) unveiled a restructure of marketing, distribution, and operations. He said the move would equip the studio to “find innovative ways to provide quality entertainment that is readily available.”
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NewsJ K Simmons to receive Denver's John Cassavetes Award
J K Simmons will be honored with the 2009 Starz Denver Film Festival’s John Cassavetes Award.
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NewsTwenty films submitted for Academy Award animation race
Up to five animated films could be nominated in this season’s Oscar race after the Academy announced it had received 20 submissions.
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NewsInferno turns up the heat as Arabian Nights leads $30m AFM charge
Inferno chiefs Bill Johnson and Jim Siebel have taken more than $30m in multiple territory sales on key AFM titles Arabian Nights, The Killer Elite and The Kids Are All Right.
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NewsThora Birch, Taryn Manning join Cypress Moon's Bonnie & Clyde project
Tonya S Holly of Alabama-based Cypress Moon Studios has cast Thora Birch, Taryn Manning and Cloris Leachman in The Story Of Bonnie And Clyde.
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NewsEssential, Gigapix team up on children's film slate
Essential Entertainment has signed a multi-picture deal with Gigapix Studios for five G and PG-rated live-action children’s films through its subsidiary Recess Films.
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NewsSony to adapt Quebecois action comedy hit Fathers And Guns
Sony Pictures has acquired remake rights to Fathers And Guns based on Emile Gaudreault’s action comedy De Pere En Flic that became the highest grossing French-language film ever released in Quebec and Canada this summer.
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NewsMark Zoradi out as Disney continues to shuffle the pack
In the biggest executive departure since the arrival of Rich Ross as chairman, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi has exited his post.
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NewsThe Secret of Kells heads for US release through GKIDS
GKIDS has acquired US rights to Irish director Tomm Moore’s animated film The Secret Of Kells.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Morgan Freeman with career award
Morgan Freeman will receive the Career Achievement Award For Acting at the The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival in January.
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NewsHoward Gantman named MPAA vp corporate communications in DC
Howard Gantman has been named vice-president of corporate communications at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
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NewsBob Iger, Barry Meyer to be named DGA honorary life members
The Directors Guild Of America will present Walt Disney Company president and CEO Bob Iger and Warner Bros chairman and CEO Barry Meyer with the DGA Honorary Life Member Award.
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NewsNewsweek critic David Ansen named LAFF artistic director
Newsweek film critic David Ansen is joining Film Independent as artistic director of the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival.
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NewsHPI boards AFM sales on Hyde Park, Essen's Leonie
Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Hisako Matsui of Essen Communications are partnering on Leonie, based on the life story of Leonie Gilmour, American mother of world-renowned American-Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi.
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NewsThis Is It stays ahead of the pack overseas as $29m raises tally to $128.6m
This Is It continued to dominate the overseas market as a further $29m from 8,800 screens in 110 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) raised the running total to $128.6m after two weekends.
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NewsWBITD promotes sales executives Roni Patel, Rita Akkari
Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) has promoted Roni Patel to vice president, sales – Scandinavia, Benelux and Middle East, and Rita Akkari to director, sales – Central and Eastern Europe.
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NewsLionsgate reports second quarter year-on-year revenues hike
Bolstered by strong gains in its television production business, new revenue from TV Guide Network and TV Guide.com and reduced theatrical marketing costs, Lionsgate reported revenues of $393.7m and net income of $31.7m for the fiscal 2010 second quarter ended September 30.
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NewsChildren Of God, Precious to bookend sixth Bahamas Int'l Film Festival
Bahamian film-maker Kareem Mortimer’s drama Children Of God and Lee Daniels’ critical darling Precious bookend the sixth annual Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF).
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NewsVivendi Entertainment names Yolanda Macias evp business development and acquisitions
Vivendi Entertainment has promoted Yolanda Macias to executive vice-president of business development and acquisitions.
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NewsCinema Epoch to open Skirt Day in theatres in spring 2010
Cinema Epoch has acquired US rights to Jean-Paul Lilienfeld’s drama Skirt Day (La Journee De La Jupe) starring Isabelle Adjani.