All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1127
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NewsOverture adopts North American rights to Brooklyn's Finest
Overture Films has taken over distribution of Antoine Fuqua’s crime thriller Brooklyn’s Finest from Marco Weber’s moribund Senator Entertainment.
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NewsPatrick Swayze loses battle with cancer at 57
Patrick Swayze, the Houston-born star of such hits as Ghost and Dirty Dancing, died last night (September 14) following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
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NewsScreen Media takes US rights to Sonny Liston biopic Phantom Punch
Screen Media has acquired US rights from Toronto-based sales agent Cinesavvy to Robert Townsend’s biopic Phantom Punch.
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NewsBill Mechanic named keynote speaker at IFTA production conference
Pandemonium CEO and former chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment Bill Mechanic will deliver the keynote address at the 11th Annual Independent Film & Television Alliance’s (IFTA) Production Conference on September 29.
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NewsCraig Dehmel promoted to Fox Int'l svp sales and strategic planning
Craig Dehmel has been promoted to senior vice president of sales and strategic planning for Fox International.
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NewsDogwoof takes UK rights to Mettler's Petropolis
Austria-based Autlook Filmsales has sold UK rights to Dogwoof for Peter Mettler’s documentary Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives On The Alberta Tar Sand.
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NewsOdd Lot Int'l sells B-Girl to Screen Media in North America
Odd Lot International has sold North American rights to its drama B-Girl to Screen Media Films and closed a raft of key international sales.
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NewsMiddle East Int'l Film Festival unveils 33 narrative, doc Black Pearl contenders
The Middle East International Film Festival’s (MEIFF) new executive director Peter Scarlet has hailed a “stong slate” of films at next month’s event that draws from established and emerging Middle Eastern and North African talent.
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NewsContentFilm sells French rights to Doors doc to MK2
ContentFilm has sold French rights to When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors to MK2.
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News120dB Films, Tax Credit Finance merge
Leading independent financers 120dB Films and Tax Credit Finance have merged to form 120dB Films Tax Finance.
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NewsPuerto Rico extends 40% tax credit to 2019
Puerto Rico has extended its 40% film tax credit until 2019 in a move that the territory’s Governor said confirmed its status as “the Mecca of film production on the Caribbean.”Announcing the extension of Law 362, Governor Luis G Fortuno said investors could also look forward to less red tape ...
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Commission reveals 2009 conference line-up
Fox International Productions chief Sanford Panitch, producer Walter Parkes, UK industry stalwart Stewart Till and UTA’s Rich Klubeck will be among the keynote speakers and attendees at the Abu Dhabi Film Commission’s 2009 Circle Conference.
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NewsTyler Perry scores second North American number one debut of 2009
Tyler Perry pulled of his second number one launch of the year as Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself opened top through Lionsgate on an estimated $24m.
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NewsFinal Destination on top overseas with $17.3m weekend haul
The Final Destination led Hollywood’s overseas box office charge with a $17.3m haul from approximately 2,900 screens in 28 territories through Warner Bros Pictures International and independent distributors for a $55.25m running total.
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NewsUS buyers cautious as Toronto's first weekend ends
A stong reaction and best actor prize for Colin Firth place Tom Ford’s A Single Man in the vanguard of hot titles that are expected to inject life into an otherwise muted first few days for US buyers in Toronto.
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NewsMeyer's Sierra launches with Play, Day
Nick Meyer is assembling the initial slate on his Los Angeles-based international sales company Sierra Pictures and is talking to buyers in Toronto about Passion Play and Mother’s Day.
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NewsHyde Park International wields Machete from Rodriguez
LA-based sales outfit takes on action thriller starring Danny Trejo and his Heat compadre Robert De Niro.
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NewsAmanda Crew, Adrianne Palicki join Myriad's Breaking The Girl
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures has set Amanda Crew and Adrianne Palicki to star in Jamie Babbit’s thriller Breaking The Girl.
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NewsIFC Films acquires US rights to Last Stop 174
IFC Films has picked up US rights to Last Stop 174, which premiered here a year ago and was Brazil’s foreign-language Oscar contender.
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NewsKimmel, Bigger Boat and GreeneStreet board Mourning After
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, A Bigger Boat and GreeneStreet Films have acquired Obsessed screenwriter David Loughery’s supernatural thriller pitch Mourning After.