All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1119
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NewsHanWay Films lines up A Single Shot with Michael Fassbender
Hot off his star turn in Inglourious Basterds, rising UK star Michael Fassbender has joined Forest Whitaker, William H Macy and Thomas Hayden Church on the thriller A Single Shot.
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NewsReiko Bradley returns from illness to set up Eclipse International
Reiko Bradley has resurfaced following a near fatal stroke three years ago and arrives at AFM with her new LA-based international sales and distribution company Eclipse International.
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NewsSteve Martin and Alec Baldwin to co-host 82nd Academy Awards
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
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NewsShowcase boards Experimental Activity, Handsome Harry to AFM
Showcase Entertainment has picked up international sales rights for AFM to Experimental Activity starring Katie Featherstone from the US box office phenomenon Paranormal Activity.
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NewsMPower commences talks at AFM on Hello, I Love You
Steve McEveety’s LA-based Mpower Pictures will produce the tween romantic comedy Hello, I Love You to be directed by Sunu Gonera.
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NewsCory Monteith joins Myriad Pictures' Breaking The Girl
Cory Monteith from the television show Glee has joined Amanda Crew and Adrianne Palicki on Jamie Babbit’s thriller Breaking The Girl, which Myriad Pictures is pre-selling here.
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NewsCinemavault raises fear factor with The Disturbed and Yesterday
Toronto-based Cinemavault will be handling international sales here on two new titles, Conor McMahon’s Irish thriller The Disturbed and Robert Grant’s Canadian zombie film Yesterday.
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FeaturesUnited States at AFM
New projects from Robert Redford, Catherine Hardwicke, Paul Haggis and Sofia Coppola.
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NewsMadman takes Australia, NZ on Good Hair ahead of AFM from CMG
Madman Entertainment has acquired Australian and New Zealand rights from Cinema Management Group (CMG) to the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair.
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NewsB D Fox Independent secures P&A fund for distribution pipeline
B D Fox Independent president and CEO Brian D Fox has secured P&A funding for a slate of films and is looking to acquire three to four completed titles for US theatrical distribution.
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NewsSPC acquires US rights to Mother And Child
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired US rights from WME Global to Rodrigo Garcia’s drama Mother And Child following its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsBattsek's Miramax departure chills specialty sector
In another sign that the US majors have little inclination for the specialty business, Daniel Battsek will depart his post as president of Miramax in January 2010.
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NewsJosh Berger named president and MD of Warner Bros Spain
Josh Berger has been appointed president and managing director of Warner Bros Entertainment Spain, effective December 1.
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NewsCanadian Film Centre North-South Marketplace to promote US ties
The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has launched the CFC North-South Marketplace, a series of initiatives over the next three years designed to support cross-border relationships for Canadian talent and create a more vibrant local industry.
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Videograms Of A Revolution to open fourth Romanian Film Festival in New York
Corneliu Porumboiu’s Romanian foreign language Oscar submission Police, Adjective (pictured) will be among the line-up at the fourth annual Romanian Film Festival in New York City, called 4 Years, 3 Days And 2 Decades Later.
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NewsACI boards Amy Adams romantic musical Moonlight Serenade for AFM
Looking to capitalse on the growing popularity of films such as Mamma Mia! and High School Musical 3, LA-based American Cinema International (ACI) has boarded foreign sales rights to the romantic musical Moonlight Serenade starring Amy Adams.
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NewsCaleb Deschanel to receive ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
Caleb Deschanel, ASC will receive the American Society Of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards on February 27, 2010 in Los Angeles.
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NewsProduction underway in New Mexico on Overture and Exclusive's Let Me In
Production has begun in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Let Me In, Hammer Films’ English-language retelling of the Swedish vampire hit Let The Right One In that Overture Films will release in North America.
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NewsLA-based Clandestine Service hires Robert Aaronson and Roy Bodner
LA-based feature and television international distribution and sales company Clandestine Service has hired Robert Aaronson as executive vice president of acquisitions and Roy Bodner as chief operations officer.
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NewsKing of Pop reigns overseas as This Is It launches on $68.5m
The Michael Jackson tribute film This is It dominated the international market with the fifth biggest launch of the year thanks to a $68.5m weekend haul through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) from 9,200 screens in 108 markets.