All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1102
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NewsSeven films chosen for Academy's make-up shortlist
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences announced today [January 11] that seven films have made it on to the shortlist for the make-up prize.
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NewsAvatar seventh biggest US film on $429m after $48.5m haul
Avatar stayed top in North America for the fourth weekend in a row with an estimated $48.5m haul through Fox that lifted the running total to $429m.
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NewsAvatar grosses $150m overseas to reach $915.1m
If the extraordinary heights of Titanic’s final box office once seemed unattainable, Avatar proved it is more than up for the challenge internationally at least as it climbed more than 4.5% in its fourth weekend to gross $150m and raise the tally to $915.1m.
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NewsAnchor Bay to release Toronto hit Alice Creed in US
Anchor Bay will release J Blakeson’s much fancied kidnapping thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed starring Gemma Arterton following its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsIFC Films boards horror tale The Human Centipede
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Tom Six’ horror film The Human Centipede (First Sequence).
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NewsChina, Palm Springs Film Festival clash over Tibet doc
Chinese authorities have pulled two films from the Palm Springs International Film Festival ahead of screenings later this week of The Sun Behind The Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle For Freedom.
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NewsAvatar heads into weekend as second biggest global release
Avatar enters its fourth weekend as the second highest grossing worldwide release in history on $1.131bn and should have little trouble retaining its box office crown as it sweeps past $800m overseas.
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Five finalists go through to AFM / People's Choice Awards pitch contest
The AFM has announced the five nominees for the first Favorite Film Pitch award in its joint initiative with the People’s Choice Awards.
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NewsSundance Selects lines up VOD launch for festival trio
VOD platform Sundance Selects and the Sundance Film Festival are collaborating on the day-and-date VOD release of three festival films.
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NewsBigelow, Cameron, Tarantino among DGA feature nominees
Kathryn Bigelow (pictured), James Cameron, Lee Daniels, Jason Reitman and Quentin Tarantino will vie for the Directors Guild Of America’s (DGA) top prize.
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NewsWarner Bros boards remake rights to Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
Warner Bros has picked up English-language remake rights to CJ Entertainment’s South Korean hit Sympathy For Mr Vengeance.
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NewsSaoirse Ronan reunites with Joe Wright on Hanna for Focus Features
Focus Features has confirmed Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan will reunite with Atonement director Joe Wright in the lead role in Hanna.
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NewsOverture to release Let Me In on October 1
Overture Films has set an October 1 North American release date for the thriller Let Me In, inspired by Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish vampire hit Let The Right One In.
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NewsWorld premiere of Kick-Ass to open SXSW
The world premiere of Lionsgate and Marv Films’ Kick-Ass will open South By Southwest (SXSW) on March 12.
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NewsDistrict 9, Avatar, Harry Potter on Oscar visual effects shortlist
Seven films have made it on to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ shortlist for the visual effects Oscar.
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NewsAvatar grosses spectacular $5.3m opening day in China
Avatar set an opening day record in China after grossing an estimated $5.3m on January 4 according to Fox International, and added approximately $4.4m on the second day for an early $9.7m running total.
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NewsJonathan Levine, Anna Kendrick board Mandate's cancer comedy
Mandate Pictures has hired Jonathan Levine to direct and Golden Globe nominee Anna Kendrick to star in its untitled James McAvoy and Seth Rogen comedy.
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NewsScreen Media acquires James Ivory's The City Of Your Final Destination
Screen Media Films has acquired all North American rights to James Ivory’s The City Of Your Final Destination based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Peter Cameron.
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NewsIMAX, Discovery, Sony to launch US 3D network in 2011
Discovery Communications, Sony Corporation and IMAX Corporation are preparing to launch a 24/7 dedicated 3D television network in the US in 2011.
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NewsAn Education, Avatar, Hurt Locker among PGA nominees
Avatar’s James Cameron and Jon Landau, Inglourious Basterds’ Lawrence Bender, and Star Trek’s J J Abrams and Damon Lindelof are among the ten sets of nominees for the Producers Guild Of America’s Darryl F Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures.