All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1104
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NewsAndrew Zein joins WBITD in senior creative and sales role
Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) has hired UK production executive Andrew Zein to serve as senior vice-president of creative, format development and sales.
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NewsAvatar leads Visual Effects Society nominations roster
Avatar has earned 11 nominations from the Visual Effects Society (VES) and Coraline four ahead of the 8th Annual VES Awards on February 28.
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NewsFilm Department targets Jeff Morris' International Assassin screenplay
The Film Department has acquired Jeff Morris’ action-comedy screenplay True Memoirs Of An International Assassin.
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NewsIFC Films acquires US rights to Gaspar Noe's Enter The Void
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Gaspar Noe’s Enter The Void ahead of its US premiere at Sundance in the Spotlight section.
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NewsRonald Harwood to write MLK biopic for DreamWorks
Ronald Harwood will write the screenplay for DreamWorks’ Martin Luther King Jr biopic that Steven Spielberg, Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones are producing.
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NewsApparition lines up Nash Edgerton's noir The Square for April
Apparition has acquired all North American rights to The Square, the first feature film from Australian stuntman-turned-director Nash Edgerton.
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NewsSummit, Jonathan Levine team up on Warm Bodies
Summit Entertainment has acquired feature rights to Warm Bodies and hired Jonathan Levine (pictured) to write and direct the project.
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NewsAvatar adds $129m overseas and sets sail for history
In its fifth weekend Avatar stayed on course to sink Titanic’s 12-year international and global box office records as it added an estimated $128.9m through Fox International to raise the tally to $1.2bn.
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NewsMicrofinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus among Sundance panelist roster
Sundance has unveiled its roster of panels and special events, which this year will feature a number of philanthropists, activists and artists who support the festival’s goal of using art to effect social change.
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NewsAbramowitz, Eftekhar launch distribution and marketing venture Area23a
Independent marketing and distribution consultant Richard Abramowitz and Ocule Films founder Kirt Eftekhar have launched the bi-coastal distributor Area23a.
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NewsThe Imperialists Are Still Alive! among Film Sales Company Sundance slate
Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has lined up his initial Sundance slate, with a roster that includes worldwide rights to Zeina Durra’s The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
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NewsEmily Blunt added to honours roster at 25th Santa Barbara Festival
Emily Bunt will receive the Chopin Virtuoso Award at the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) next month.
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FeaturesBuzz nation
Which films will generate heat in Utah’s mountain cool? Jeremy Kay picks a selection of titles from across the festival
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NewsAvatar and The Hangover win best picture Golden Globes
Avatar won the best dramatic film and The Hangover won best comedy or musical as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association spread their largesse far and wide at the 67th Golden Globes.
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NewsGirl With The Dragon Tattoo wins PSIFF audience award
Niels Arden Oplev’s murder mystery and European box office smash The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden/Denmark/Germany) has won the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for best narrative feature.
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NewsAvatar now third biggest US release ever after $41.3m hold
A robust $54.6m hold over the four-day Martin Luther King Day public holiday in the fifth weekend saw Fox’s Avatar overtake Star Wars to become the third biggest North American release in history.
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FeaturesThe documentaries
The war in Afghanistan - and Joan Rivers - provide rich subject matter for a series of eye-catching docs premiering at Sundance
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FeaturesPeak condition
John Cooper, the new director of the Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31), tells Jeremy Kay about his desire to return this year’s edition to its artistically independent origins.
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NewsInternational distribution chief Anthony Marcoly out at Disney
Disney’s president of international theatrical distribution Anthony Marcoly is leaving the studio after two decades as chairman Rich Ross (pictured) implemented further changes to the executive roster.