All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1141
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NewsO-Scope picks up The Messenger for North America
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North America rights to Oren Moverman’s The Messenger starring Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson.
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NewsHere Media takes international sales on Toe To Toe
Here Media has taken international sales rights to Emily Abt’s narrative feature directorial debut Toe To Toe.
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NewsGordon Prend to head marketing efforts at Anchor Bay
Anchor Bay Entertainment has promoted Gordon Prend to executive vice-president of worldwide marketing.
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NewsWolfe pounces on The Baby Formula, Half-Life
Wolfe Releasing has acquired US rights to gay titles The Baby Formula and Half-Life and plans a simultaneous DVD release with VOD campaign through Warner Brothers Digital Distribution.
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NewsIce Age 3 freezes Bruno out of international box office
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs dominated Bruno and the rest of the overseas competition with a monstrous second weekend that propelled it past $325m.
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NewsBruno struts to the top of the US box office
Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest comedic incarnation Bruno knocked Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen off its perch thanks to an estimated $30.4m number one launch.
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NewsRupert Graves eyes Balkans drama The Filthy War
Rupert Graves is attached to play the lead role of Eduardo in the Balkans-set drama The Filthy War to be directed by John Irvin.Graves will play a war correspondent in former Yugoslavia who creates a platoon of international volunteers to defend a Croatian village from Serb militants.Vinnie Jones has been ...
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NewsSundance broadens support for producers ahead of summer Labs
The Sundance Institute is expanding its support for producers in 2009-10 by accommodating documentary film-makers and stepping up industry access.
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NewsParamount first studio in 2009 to surge past $1bn domestic mark
Paramount Pictures has crossed the $1bn domestic box office line ahead of the Hollywood pack on the back of the storming run by Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.
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NewsWriter, critic and festival director Juan Carlos Frugone dies in Spain aged 71
Writer, film critic and festival director Juan Carlos Frugone died at a hospital outside of Madrid on July 7 after losing a battle with cancer. He was 71.
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NewsFox International expects Ice Age 3 to be too cool for Bruno
Fox International’s animated powerhouse Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs should continue as overseas champion this weekend despite what it sure to be a concerted effort by a certain Austrian fashionista.
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Sony hires Raja Gosnell to direct The Smurfs
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have hired Raja Gosnell to direct the live-action and animated Smurfs feature.
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NewsFox International becomes first distributor to cross $1bn in 2009
Fox International has become the first distributor to cross $1bn this year following a string of mighty performances by Ice Age 3, Night At The Museum 2 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
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NewsTransformers 2 becomes second fastest North American release to reach $300m
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen has became the second fastest film in history to reach $300m at the North American box office.
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NewsBruno soars in Australia with $1.4m first-day haul
Bruno has scored the second biggest opening day of the year in Australia behind Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen with a $1.35m Wednesday launch.
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Calgary shoot underway on Tucker And Dale Vs Evil
Production has begun in Calgary on the comedy Tucker And Dale Vs Evil starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk.
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NewsSri Lanka enters Flowers Of The Sky in Academy Awards race
Wonderphil Productions Flowers Of The Sky has been named as Sri Lanka’s official selection for best foreign film in the 2010 Academy Awards race.
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First Doha Tribeca Film Festival announces autumn dates
The inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival will run in Doha, Qatar, from October 29-November 1.
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NewsBarry Johnson named Searchlight vp national publicity
Barry Dale Johnson has joined Fox Searchlight effective July 23 as vice-president of national publicity and will relocate to New York.
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NewsRelativity prepares August shoot on SNL comedy MacGruber
Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media is preparing an August start on the comedy MacGruber, based on the Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch about an inept spy.