All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1146
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NewsJump Street acquires Australasian rights to The Eclipse
Jump Street Films has acquired Australia/New Zealand rights from Magnolia International to Conor McPherson’s Tribeca hit The Eclipse.
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NewsTom Hiddleston to play Loki in Branagh's Thor
Marvel Studios has cast Tom Hiddleston to play the villain Loki in the studio’s upcoming Thor adaptation.
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NewsOverture acquires The Men Who Stare At Goats
Overture Films has acquired The Men Who Stare At Goats, starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, from CAA.
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NewsMiyazaki's Ponyo to close LA Film Festival
Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo On A Cliff By The Sea close this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival on June 28.
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NewsToronto's Cinemavault drives international sales of Trucker
Toronto-based Cinemavault has closed international sales on Plum Pictures’ drama Trucker, which stars Michelle Monaghan as a truck driver who is reunited with her estranged son.
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NewsGooding, Martinez line up for John Eyre's The Last Warrior
Cuba Gooding Jr, Olivier Martinez and Sergio Peris-Mencheta are in final negotiations to star in John Eyres’ $15m (€11m) post-apocalyptic action film The Last Warrior.
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NewsMagnet Relesing takes on US rights to Warlords
Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm Magnet Releasing has bought North American rights to Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s historical war epic Warlords. It stars Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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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.