All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1176
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Kramer promoted to president of business and legal affairs at TWC
Andrew Kramer has been promoted to president of business and legal affairs for The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Dimension Films.Kramer will remain in the Los Angeles office and will be charged with overseeing all of TWC and Dimension Films' business and legal affairs and negotiating deals covering all aspects of ...
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CMG takes on 3D CGI animated feature Zambezia
Cinema Management Group (CMG) president Edward Noeltner has picked up international rights ahead of Toronto to the 3D CGI animated feature Zambezia.South African-based animation house Triggerfish Animation's family tale takes place on the edge of a spectacular waterfall in the Zambezi River Valley where the eponymous bird comes under attack ...
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Dark Knight leads international box office with $19m from 62 territories
The Dark Knight maintained its number one status overseas as the Warner Bros Pictures International release added $19m from 6,580 screens in 62 territories to raise the tally to $416.7m.The superhero adaptation stayed top in its second weekend in Germany as $4.4m from 955 screens boosted the running score to ...
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Warner's The Dark Knight crosses $500m at domestic box office
Summer fizzled out as the Labor Day weekend saw Warner Bros' The Dark Knight finally cross $500m at the domestic box office in its seventh weekend in release.DreamWorks-Paramount's comedy Tropic Thunder stayed atop the charts despite a concerted challenge from the sci-fi adventure Babylon AD.Tropic Thunder added an estimated $11.5m ...
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Urman leaves troubled THINKFilm to head up Senator in US
Mark Urman is leaving beleaguered THINKFilm to start work as president of Marco Weber's Senator Entertainment on October 1.The development follows Weber's recent acquisition of all shares in US-based company Senator Entertainment and his severing of ties with former German-based parent company Senator Entertainment AG.Meanwhile Urman's departure from THINKFilm casts ...
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Hancock hits Japan on 400 screens for SPRI
Warner Bros Pictures International's The Dark Knight should cross $400m by Friday [Aug 29] to consolidate its ranking as the second biggest overseas release of the year-to-date behind Indiana Jones 4.The action crime spectacular has opened in all its major markets and looks good to finish in the $415-$420m range.Meanwhile ...
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In Focus: Shoreline Entertainment
Morris Ruskin, chief of the Los Angeles-based financing, sales and production outfit Shoreline Entertainment, is expanding the business by returning to his roots.The sales agent launched the company years ago primarily as a production entity and recently he has concluded that greater focus on production will build momentum for Shoreline's ...
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Interview: Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker, which has its world premiere at Venice followed by the North American premiere in Toronto, is Kathryn Bigelow's first feature in six years and yet the director remains as relevant and absorbing as ever.Despite a bombardment of contemporary war films over the past year or so, the ...
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Sam Taylor-Wood to direct feature about John Lennon's early years
Sam Taylor-Wood will direct Ecosse Films' Nowhere Boy recounting the story of John Lennon's early years and his first steps towards superstardom.Taylor-Wood, riding high after the Cannes screening of her debut short Love You More, plans a March 2009 shoot on location in Liverpool. Worldwide sales agent HanWay Films will ...
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IFC picks up US rights to Danish smash Flame & Citron
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Ole Christian Madsen's Danish box office hit Flame & Citron ahead of its screening at the Telluride Film Festival and the official international premiere at Toronto.The company will release the tale of second world war resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Denmark day-and-date in theatres ...
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LA Latino Film Festival hosts Days Of Wrath, Hotel California
Celia Fox's gang drama Days Of Wrath starring Wilmer Valderrama and Laurence Fishburne will screen in the Opera Prima Competition of the 12th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), which runs from September 12-19.LALIFF co-founders Edward James Olmos and Marlene Dermer will also present the West Coast premiere ...
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Fox moves Australia forward in US to Thanksgiving weekend
Twentieth Century Fox has moved Baz Luhrmann's Australia into the lucrative Thanksgiving weekend slot, announcing that it will release the adventure saga in North America on November 26.The film was originally scheduled to open on November 14 however studio chiefs took the decision to move it after Warner Bros switched ...
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Maya takes US theatrical and DVD for Talento De Barrio
Maya Entertainment has acquired the US theatrical and DVD rights to Jose Ivan Santiago's gangster drama Talento De Barrio starring reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee.The film opens in select markets on September 19 and tells of a young man from the Puerto Rican barrios whose past catches up with him after ...
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6.5 Minutes In Tel Aviv wins best of festival award at Palm Springs
Mirey Brantz' Israeli entry 6.5 Minutes In Tel Aviv won the 2008 Palm Springs International ShortFest's Best Of Festival Award as the seven-day event came to a close on August 27.As Best of Festival winner, Brantz becomess eligible to submit his film for Oscar consideration.Marcal Fores' UK submission Friends Forever ...
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here! Films takes domestic on De Fleur's Queen Raquela
here! Films has acquired North American rights to Icelandic film-maker Olaf De Fleur's The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela.Sister company Regent Releasing will distribute the film in select cities this autumn starting with New York and Los Angeles on September 26.The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela centres on a transsexual ...
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UPIE kicks off Blu-ray strategy with day-and-date launch of Hulk
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) kicks off its international Blu-ray strategy on October 13 with the day-and-date launch of The Incredible Hulk on the high definition format and DVD.The company's Blu-ray release platform will reach the UK, Australia, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, Spain, Mexico, Italy and Brazil this year.Up to ...
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Fictitious documentary on Tropic Thunder goes onto iTunes
DreamWorks has uploaded a companion piece to Tropic Thunder on iTunes that chronicles the fictitious cast and crew's struggle to film the movie with the movie in Paramount-DreamWorks' recent action comedy release.The mockumentary Rain Of Madness stars Jay Baruchel, Jack Black, Steve Coogan, Robert Downey Jr, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte ...
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Brian Owens named artistic director at Nashville Film Festival
Brian Owens has been hired as artistic director of the Nashville Film Festival, which is gearing up for its 40th anniversary celebrations from April 16-23, 2009.Owens previously served as artistic director of the Indianapolis International Film Festival, which he founded in 2003.During his tenure he expanded the festival's programming to ...
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Pre-Toronto buys: SPC takes Paris 36, THINKFilm buys Genova
In two significant pre-Toronto acquisitions, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US, Australasian and Scandinavian rights from Pathe International to Christophe Barratier's Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) while THINKFilm has acquired North American rights to Michael Winterbottom's Genova.Paris 36, follow-up to Barratier's feted 2004 release Les Choristes (The Choir), is set to ...
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Visit Films acquires worldwide rights to Adolfo Alix Jr's Adela
New York-based Visit Films has acquired worldwide rights to Adolfo Alix Jr's Filipino drama Adela ahead of its premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival's Contemporary World Cinema section next month.The film tells the story of a former radio personality celebrating her 80th birthday in the slums of Manila who ...