All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1197
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Film Movement acquires Under The Bombs, The Trap
Film Movement has acquired Philippe Aractingi's Lebanese drama Under The Bombs and Srdan Golubovic's Serbian film noir The Trap.Aractingi shot Under The Bombs during the Lebanon-Israel conflict in 2006 and the story centres on the understanding that develops between a Christian taxi driver and his fare, a Shiite woman from ...
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Lionsgate secures five-year $340m revolving credit facility
Lionsgate has secured a five-year $340m revolving credit facility with JPMorgan and Wachovia Bank that replaces the previous $215m facility with JPMorgan.'This new facility is another component of Lionsgate's strong balance sheet, a key driver of our growth in the future,' Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns said.'With $371m in cash ...
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Dark Knight's international weekend even bigger than estimates
The Dark Knight grossed $2m more at the weekend in international markets than initially thought as $67.7m and more than 8.7m admissions from 7,135 screens in 51 markets raised the running total to $128.3m.Click here to see full international weekend reportWarner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) executives announced the actual results ...
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Apice promoted in creative services at Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures' worldwide creative services group has promoted Matt Apice to vice president of digital production.Apice continues to report to the group's executive vice president Dan Wolfe and assumes a brief that includes co-ordination of post-production operations with other departments and identifying emerging technologies.'As a former editor, Matt has become ...
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Studios parade 2008 and 09 blockbusters at Comic-Con
Sam Raimi will commence exploratory work this week on a new instalment in his iconic Evil Dead series, the director told Comic-Con attendees.Speaking after he unveiled footage from his upcoming horror release Drag Me To Hell, a back-to-roots exercise following the grand scale of the Spider-Man franchise, Raimi said he ...
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Warner's Knight crosses $300m in record time in North America
The Dark Knight demolition derby continued apace as Warner Bros' world-beating action epic grossed an estimated $75.6m to set a new second weekend record and crossed $300m in another new mark of 10 days.Christopher Nolan's phenomenon currently stands at $314.2m and trails Iron Man by a whisker as the second ...
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Knight clubs the competition with $65.6m international weekend
The bat ruled the waves as Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) The Dark Knight clobbered the opposition thanks to an estimated $65.6m weekend gross from 43 markets for $126.3m after two weekends.The action epic has grossed 156% of the box office its 2005 prequel Batman Begins generated in the same ...
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Darren Aronofsky on board to remake Robocop for MGM
MGM has confirmed the rumour circulating Hollywood last week that Darren Aronofsky will direct and David Self will write its RoboCop remake, which is being fast-tracked for a 2010 release.Phoenix Pictures' Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer and David Thwaites will produce and MGM's executive vice president of production Cale ...
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Morgan Spurlock signs with CAA for representation
Morgan Spurlock has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.Spurlock's second feature Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden opened in limited release earlier in the year and follows his 2004 Oscar nominated Super Size Me.He is managed by The Arlook Group and attorney John Sloss of Sloss, ...
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New York DocuWeek announces first annual lineup of films
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), War Child and Flow are among a 14-film lineup that will screen at the International Documentary Association's (IDA) inaugural New York showcase DocuWeek.The event is inspired by DocuWeek's successful and ongoing run in Los Angeles and will give documentaries a chance to qualify for the Oscars. Academy ...
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United States - Docs Under The Microscope
Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP), is an award-winning former executive producer of PBS's documentary showcase P.O.V. who knows only too well how unforgiving the non-fiction arena can be. For every Michael Moore, Morgan Spurlock and Alex Gibney there are thousands of film-makers whose stories ...
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New Projects - Graphic encounters
Iron Man 2Marvel Studios and Paramount return in 2010 with Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Jon Favreau once again at the helm. Downey Jr has also signed to play Sherlock Holmes, in a project based on a graphic novel, for Warner Bros.The AvengersNo relation to the 1998 ...
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In Focus:A hero's welcome
Modern Hollywood has had a thing for spandex tights and alter egos ever since Christopher Reeve launched into the Manhattan skyline in Warner Bros' 1978 hit Superman.While subsequent superhero adventures have met with varying degrees of success, there is a level of accomplishment and ambition in recent years that suggests ...
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Dark Knight is now fastest film to $200m in box office history
The Dark Knight has become the fastest release in history to cross $200m after it reached the milestone in five days, smashing the previous mark of eight days set by Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in 2006.The comic book sequel stands at $203.8m and would have overtaken Batman ...
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US PGA signs cooperation agreement with Spanish Producers Group
The Producers Guild Of America's (PGA) international committee has signed a deal with the Spanish Producers Association (FAPAE) following months of talks.The semi-formal arrangement will allow PGA and FAPAE members to exchange information and ideas and seek assistance on projects.The international committee recently signed similar agreements with Jordan, Denmark, Singapore ...
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Lionsgate signs three-year first-look deal with Tyler Perry
Lionsgate has signed a three-year first-look deal with Tyler Perry, whose warm-hearted family comedies launched with Diary Of A Mad Black Woman in 2005 and fuelled one of the studio's biggest success stories in recent years.Perry will provide at least three additional films to Lionsgate following the fiscal 2009 release ...
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Netflix closes down Red Envelope Entertainment
Netflix has closed down its all-rights acquisitions venture Red Envelope Entertainment (REE) and feature production activities, citing a desire to focus on its core business of online distribution.REE's key staff of four including acquisitions and distribution chief Liesl Copland will be moving on.The division bought more than 120 films during ...
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Shine Group, New Regency team for new UK-based Shine Pictures
UK-based Shine Group and US producer-distributor New Regency have formed Shine Pictures, a UK-based company that will develop and produce broad commercial films for the global marketplace.Shine Group CEO and chairman Elisabeth Murdoch and New Regency's co-chairmen Bob Harper and Hutch Parker will head the jointly owned venture while Shine's ...
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Impact Film Festival to launch in US during political conventions
Fair trade, the national debt, stem cell research and Hurricane Katrina are among the topics covered in the upcoming Impact Film Festival, a four-day event that will take place during each of the Democratic and Republican Conventions in Denver and Minneapolis.Screenings include the world premiere of Jessica Gerstle's stem cell ...
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Oscilloscope buys domestic rights to Wendy And Lucy
New York-based Oscilloscope Pictures has picked up North American rights to Kelly Reichardt's road movie Wendy And Lucy, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.Oscilloscope plans a December 10 release at Film Forum in New York City followed by a national expansion in early 2009.The film is based on ...