All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1124
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NewsPhase 4, Submarine complete US theatrical deal on Order Of Chaos
Phase 4 Films has acquired US theatrical rights from Submarine Entertainment to Vince Vieluf’s thriller Order Of Chaos.
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NewsProduction starts on Perfect Weekend's Whitney Brown
Production has begun in Atlanta, Georgia, on Perfect Weekend’s family comedy The Greening Of Whitney Brown.
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NewsAMC to handle distribution deal for education doc Ten9Eight
50 Eggs Productions has signed a direct distribution deal with AMC Entertainment Inc to handle Ten9eight: Shoot For The Moon during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
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NewsVitagraph and FilmBuff take US theatrical and VOD rights to financial doc Collapse
Vitagraph Films and FilmBuff have signed deals to handle the US theatrical and VOD release respectively of Chris Smith’s documentary Collapse.
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Piracy, financing and DIY distribution on AFM seminar agenda
The state of the independent business, foreign investment, pitching and DIY distribution are among subjects up for discussion at the AFM seminars.
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NewsLightning strikes sales deal on Mexican Oscar hopeful Backyard
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has picked up all international sales rights excluding Latin America to Carlos Carrera’s Mexican foreign language Oscar submission Backyard (El Traspatio).
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NewsAnna Kendrick named 2010 Palm Springs festival's rising star
Anna Kendrick will receive the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Rising Star Award in January for her performance in Up In The Air.
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NewsWFE boards rom-com Bitter/Sweet for AFM
Worldwide Film Entertainment (WFE) will handle sales on Thailand-based producer Urs Brunner’ romantic comedy Bitter/Sweet starring Josh Brolin and Kip Pardue.
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Gravitas Ventures expands VOD pipeline with slew of content deals
Digital entertainment content aggregator and distributor Gravitas Ventures has broadened its VOD pipeline through deals with The Film Sales Company, Submarine and others.
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NewsJulianne Moore, Ryan Kavanaugh among HFF honourees
Julianne Moore, Bradley Cooper and Ryan Kavanaugh are among the latest honourees to be feted at the upcoming 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival (HFF) and Hollywood Awards.
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NewsSharon Stone, Carice Van Houten get Satisfaction with Media 8
Sharon Stone and Carice Van Houten are attached and Chris Evans is in talks to star in the drama Satisfaction, which Media 8 represents worldwide and will introduce to buyers at AFM.
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NewsFocus Features names five winners in Africa First Program
For the second consecutive year five film-makers have been awarded $10,000 apiece in Focus Features’ Africa First Program for short films.
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NewsFuture Weather wins FIND Sloan Producers Grant
Film Independent has awarded Jenny Deller and Kristin Fairweather its third annual Sloan Producers Grant for their project Future Weather.
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NewsDon't waste time looking for a US pre-buy, Jeremy Thomas tells film-makers
Independent international film-makers who come to the US in search of financing are making “a wasted trip”, the Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas said over the weekend.
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NewsMike Nichols to receive AFI's lifetime achievement award
Mike Nichols will receive the 38th AFI Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute’s board of trustees chair Sir Howard Stringer announced over the weekend.
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NewsUp flies high above studio pack with $21m overseas haul
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International’s Up was back on top of Hollywood’s overseas elite at the weekend thanks to an estimated $21m haul that boosted the running total to $257.1m.
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NewsCouples Retreat offers hope for Universal with $35.3m US launch
The Universal comedy Couples Retreat gave the studio’s new regime a timely shot in the arm as it soared to the top on an estimated $35.3m over the weekend.
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NewsHaifaa Al Mansour wins Circle Conference's $100,000 Shasha Grant
Saudi film-maker Haifaa Al Mansour was awarded the $100,000 Shasha Grant for her screenplay Wajda as the Circle Conference came to a close in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsImagenation and Hyde Park team up with Singapore's MDA
Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group have extended their partnership to create a strategic alliance with Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA).
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NewsAFM to screen 445 films including 73 world premieres
A total of 445 films in 27 languages including 73 world premieres and 311 market premieres will screen during the 30th AFM, set to run in Santa Monica from November 4-11.