All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1142
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NewsPepper, Preston and Lafevre join the cast of Casino Jack
Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston and Rachelle Lafevre will join Kevin Spacey on the thriller Casino Jack, which set to begin shooting on May 23 in Toronto.
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Tiger8 and Wuxi launch $150m fund to take Chinese films global
Tiger8 Media and Wuxi Jinyuan Industry Investment And Development Company have launched a $150m (€74m) fund dedicated to financing and producing features in China for worldwide distribution.
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NewsStrand Releasing to Drool all over US
Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Nancy Kissam’s Slamdance romantic comedy Drool starring Laura Harring.
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NewsLittle Film Company boards adaptation of Poe's Usher
The Little Film Company has boarded rights to The Ushers, a 3D contemporary adaptation of the revered Edgar Alan Poe short story The Fall Of The House Of Usher.
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NewsLoving Barack with Nuclear Mango
US-India consultancy and production company Nuclear Mango is lining up a summer shoot on its first film, the tentatively titled Love, Barack.
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NewsOscilloscope to re-release The Law for 50th anniversary
Oscilloscope Laboratories will re-release to Jules Dassin’s little-known classic The Law (La Loi) after picking up North American rights.
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NewsRegent/Here takes two from MK2
Regent Releasing and Here Media have acquired North American rights from MK2 to two projects.
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NewsBuyers avoid riskier pre-buys as hot titles emerge in Cannes market
As the global recession forces the business to take a long, hard look at how it operates, a steely focus has coalesced around the market stands and hotel corridors on the Croisette here in Cannes.
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NewsFocus goes ga-ga for StudioCanal's Baby(ies)
Focus Features has acquired North America, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, Scandinavia and South Africa from StudioCanal to the documentary Baby(ies).
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NewsD'Onofrio, Sorvino join cast of Irishman for Lightning
Vincent D’Onofrio, Paul Sorvino and Vinnie Jones have joined Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer in Code Entertainment’s The Irishman.
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NewsKate Hudson gets Earthbound with Film Department
Kate Hudson will star in the romantic comedy Earthbound, which Mark Gill and Neil Sacker’s The Film Department has lined up for a September 21 start in Montreal.
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NewsRevolver falls for The Girlfriend Experience
Revolver has picked up UK rights to Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience following its world premiere at Tribeca last month.
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NewsParis Indeed Not (In) France
Paris Hilton is jetting in to the Cote D’Azur on Tuesday to promote the documentary Paris, Not France after missing her flight over the weekend.
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NewsRogers & Cowans moves Nikki Parker to London
Entertainment PR and marketing agency Rogers & Cowan is reshuffling its film divisions in a move that will see executive vice-president Nikki Parker transfer from Los Angeles to London.
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NewsPicture This! picks up Broken Promise
Picture This! Entertainment announced has picked up North American rights from Film Europe to Jiri Chlumsky’s Broken Promise.
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NewsEndeavor takes revenge tale Hisss
Endeavor Independent is handling worldwide sales in Cannes on Split Image Pictures and Venus Records And Tapes’ $5m (€ 3.7m) Indian revenge tale Hisss.
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NewsDylan Leiner renews SPC contract through 2012
Sony Pictures Classics’ executive vice-president of acquisitions and production Dylan Leiner has extended his contract by three years.
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NewsMilla Jovovich joins cast of thriller Stone
Milla Jovovich has joined Robert De Niro and Ed Norton on the cast of Mimran Schur Pictures’ thriller Stone.
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NewsLily Cole to star in Harron, Pressman's vampire tale
Producer Edward Pressman and director Mary Harron are teaming up for the first time since American Psycho on the Gothic horror The Moth Diaries.
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Magnolia/Magnet takes on D-13 Ultimatum
Magnolia’s genre arm Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to Patrick Alessandrin’s D13 - Ultimatum, the sequel to Magnet’s 2004 action release D-13.