All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1156
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NewsElephant Eye takes North American rights to Sundance winner La Nana
Elephant Eye Films has made its first narrative acquisition, swooping on North American rights to Sebastian Silva’s Chilean filmLa Nana(The Maid) following its award winningpremiere at Sundance.
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My Life In Ruins to close Tribeca Film Festival on May 2
Playtone and 26 Films' $20m comedy My Life In Ruins starring My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos will get a special presentation screening as the closing night film at Tribeca.Several cast members are expected to attend the May 2 event ahead of the comedy's nationwide North American release through ...
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Sony takes international media rights to Class 5 Films' Obama doc
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has swooped on all international media rights (excluding UK TV) and North American home entertainment rights to the previously untitled documentary By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama.
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The Necessities Of Life takes world feature prize at Sonoma
Benoit Pilon's Canadian drama and closing night film The Necessities Of Life won the 12th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival best world feature prize at the weekend.Karen Kingsbury's Like Dandelion Dust won best narrative feature and Andy Abrahams Wilson's Under Our Skin took corresponding documentary honours.Ethan Peck was named best ...
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9th Annual Int'l Beverly Hills Film Festival unveils winners
Andrea Pellizzer's Italian comedy Tre Lire, Primo Giorno and Michael Feifer's serial killer horror story Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas dominated the awards ceremony as the 9th Annual International Beverly Hills Film Festival came to a close over the weekend.Tre Lire, Primo Giorno won the best in show Golden Palm Award ...
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Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles announces seminar line-up
Producing Indian content for the Indian and international market and film financing options will be on the agenda at the 7th Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles’seminar series In Prime Time: Hollywood’s Spotlight On India on April 24.
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NewsBAFTA/LA to honour Tracey Ullman with inaugural Charlie Chaplin award
Tracey Ullman will receive BAFTA/LA’s inaugural Charlie Chaplin Lifetime Achievement Award For Comedy at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles on May 8 marking the culmination of BritWeek 2009.
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NewsOverture to handle Sundance screenplay winner Paper Heart
Overture Films has taken over financing and worldwide theatrical distribution on Nicholas Jasenovec’s award winning comedy Paper Heart from sister company Anchor Bay Entertainment.
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NewsWeinsteins promote Laine Kline to evp business and legal affairs
Laine Kline has been promoted to executive vice president of business and legal affairs at The Weinstein Company, president of business and legal affairs Andrew Kramer announced today [April7].
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GC Corp, Killer Films take over Betsy And The Emperor
New York-based Killer Films has boardedBetsy And The Emperorbased on Napoleon’s final years in exile, which Patrice Chereau had previously been lined up to direct for AzorFilms and BackUp Films.
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Gigantic, Skin among key winners at AFI Dallas festival
Matt Aselton’s Gigantic won the unrestricted $25,000 cash prize for the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature as the AFI Dallas International Film Festival came to a close, while Paul Saltzman’s Prom Night In Mississippi won the corresponding documentary prize and the unrestricted $25,000 cash prize from Target.Joe Berlinger’s ...
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Children Of Invention to open 25th LA Asian Pacific Film Festival
Tze Chun’sChildren Of Inventionand Yojiro Takita’s Oscar winningDeparturesbookend the 25th Anniversary Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, set to run from April 30-May 7.A roster of 35 features and 146 shorts will screen at the event, including So Yong Kim’s Centrepiece gala screening Treeless Mountain, Anders Ostergaard’s Burma VJ, Christine ...
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Monsters Vs Aliens wins international box office with $34.2m
In a vibrant weekend in which both PPI’sMonsters Vs Aliensand UPI’sFast & Furiousgrossed more than $30m it was the former that ran out the winner as it debuted in 43 territories and grossedan estimated $34.2m overall from 6,991 sites to raise the early international running total to $47.7m.
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NewsFast And Furious speeds to $100m global opening for Universal
The on-screen reunion of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious delivered the biggest launch of the year-to-date with a spectacular $72.5m estimated gross reminiscent of summer launches that also set a new April opening weekend record and produced the biggest debut in Universal’s eight-year action franchise.Diesel and ...
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NewsGolden Globes set 2010 timetable, moving back to Jan 17
The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place on Jan 17th 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
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Rum Diary starts shooting for GK Films, Infinitum Nihil in Puerto Rico
Principal photography began in Puerto Rico on March 25 on GK Films and Infinitum Nihil’s The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard and RichardJenkins.
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Noah Baumbach starts production on new film with Ben Stiller
Production began last week in Los Angeles on Focus Features’ untitled film starring Ben Stiller for writer-director Noah Baumbach.
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Trejo, Laas to star in evangelist comedy Pastor Shepherd
Harbor Light Entertainment will commence principal photography this spring on Edwin Marshall’s comedyPastor Shepherdin Wimberly, Texas.
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NewsMonsters, Aliens Versus Fast, Furious at international box office
This weekend Paramount Pictures International (PPI) should dominate the overseas arena when it unleashes DreamWorks Animation’sMonsters Vs Aliensin more than 45 territories. The distributor will face a stiff challenge from Universal Pictures International (UPI), however, which launches its action thrillerFast & Furiousin more than 31.Monsters Vs Aliens has grossed $13.3m ...
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Digital conversion of theatres delayed by credit crunch
A thawing in the credit markets is key to kick-starting the sluggish digital conversion process and should occur within the next quarter, a leading banker told attendees on the third day ofShoWest.