All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1329
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Laura Dern signs on for Polson's Tenderness
Laura Dern has joinedRussell Crowe in John Polson's thriller Tenderness, which is set to begin filming in New York onMonday.New York-based GreeneStreetFilms International is reporting a torrent of interest on the story of aviolent teenager who falls for a runaway girl while being investigated by adetective.Sixth Sense editor Andrew Mondshein ...
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Weinsteins give fables irreverent twist
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has launched UnstableFables, a new line 'of direct-to-video CG animatedfeatures being produced with The Jim' Henson Company, Flame Ventures andPrana Studios.''The projects will take an irreverent twist on fairytales and the 'first releases will be based on Goldilocks, The ThreeLittle Pigs, and 'Billy Goats Gruff.''Production is ...
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Focus takes rights to next film from Hany Abu-Assad
Focus Features has picked upworldwide rights to Hany Abu-Assad's follow-up to Paradise Now.Abu-Assad pitched theas-yet-untitled contemporary drama to Focus and is writing the screenplay.Senior vice president ofproduction Kahli Small is supervising development for production president JohnLyons.Paradise Now earned a foreign language Academy Award nominationthis year and picked up a string ...
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Abu-Assad's follow-up to Paradise Now lands at Focus
Focus Features has picked up worldwide rights to Hany Abu-Assad's follow-upto Paradise Now.Abu-Assad pitched the as-yet-untitled contemporary drama to Focus and iswriting the screenplay. Senior vice president of production Kahli Small issupervising development for production president John Lyons.Paradise Now earned an foreign language Academy Award nominationthis year and picked up ...
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Myriad takes on three for sales: Argento, Barreto, Silberling
Myriad Pictures has picked upworldwide rights to Dario Argento's English-language horror picture TheMother Of Tears, and Brad Silberling's comedy 10 Items Or Less starring MorganFreeman.The company is also sellingworldwide rights excluding Latin America and France to Bruno Barreto'sRio-set bus hijack drama 174. Filming is set to begin in Riothis autumn ...
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McTiernan confirmed to direct Deadly Exchange for Film Bridge
John McTiernanhas been confirmed to direct the thriller Deadly Exchange,about a terrorist who infiltrates the US to hunt down the FBI agent that killedhis family.Ellen Wander'sUS-based Film Bridge International is selling rights here to the jointproduction with Anthony J Ridio Productions, and is overseeing financing.Production is setto being in Louisiana ...
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Producers Guild of America sets date for January 20 awards
The 2007 Producers Guild of America's awards ceremony will take placein Los Angeles on January 20.The annual event will be staged at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza inCentury City on Jan 20.Nominations will be announced on January 4.
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Ireton promoted to president and representative director of Warner Japan
William Iretonhas been promoted to president and representative director of WarnerEntertainment Japan.Ireton assumesbroad oversight of all of the studio's business activities in Japan, a remitthat encompasses theatrical and home entertainment operations, consumerproducts, online and emerging distribution technologies.He will reportthrough executive vice president of international Richard Fox to chairman andchief operating ...
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Paramount brands specialised label as Paramount Vantage
Paramount unveiled its new division Paramount Vantage at a high-profile reception heretonight.Vantage willencompass Paramount Classics and will release approximately 8-10 films each year said John Lesher, who heads up both divisions.The first Vantagerelease will be Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Babel,which receives its world premiere here on Tuesday and opens in North ...
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Element Films locks 13 deals on The Last Time
John Fremes' Element FilmsInternational (EFI) has closed key deals in Cannes on drama The Last Time starring Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser andAmber Valletta.Fremes is showing footage tobuyers on Michael Caleo's tale of a top salesman who falls for his protege'sgirlfriend. The project is in post-production.Adam Rosenfelt, president ofUS-based production company ...
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Horizon strikes genre deal with Media Blasters
Vancouver-based sales agentHorizon Entertainment has signed a deal to handle four titles on MediaBlasters' genre slate.The package includes twoEnglish-language titles: the serial killer horror film Shadow: DeadRiot starring Tony Todd of Candyman; and the occult horror tale Flesh For TheBeast.Rounding out the slate areJapanese pictures The Neighbour No. 13, based ...
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First Look in ring with Clark's fightclub pic
Henry Winterstern's ambitious US production, distribution and salescompany First Look Studios is developing a project about the teenfightclub scene with Larry Clark.Clark will direct the story based on a concept he devised withWinterstern. Clark and Evan Weiner are co-writing the screenplay.The First Look Studios production will be produced by Winterstern ...
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Endgame completes new funding round
Jim Stern's EndgameEntertainment has completed another round of financing, bringing the company'sequity to more than $100m in operating capital.The new financing will allowEndgame greater flexibility to make bigger- budget features and financethird-party projects.The private equity fundlaunched in March 2003 and has converted to a fully operational production andfinancing entity.Its co-financing ...
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ThinkFilm gets US rights to Keeping Mum
ThinkFilm has picked up USrights to the ensemble comedy Keeping Mum, starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and PatrickSwayze.The company plans aSeptember release on the film, which stars Atkinson as an absent-mindedvicar whose family troubles appear to be solved by the arrival of amysterious housekeeper.Keeping Mum was directed ...
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IDT ramps up production on Mean Margaret
Ambitious IDT Entertainmentis ramping up production at its Los Angeles headquarters on its fourthCG-animated feature, Mean Margaret.The story centres on afriendship that develops between a missing young girl and a groundhogcalled Fred.Joe Piscatella and CraigWilliams adapted the screenplay from Tor Seidler's award-winning book.Jane Startz and Cheryl Aboodare serving as producers. ...
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Alpine launches domestic distribution arm with Snipes-starrer
Alpine Picturesis launching a theatrical distribution arm and will kick off this autumn withthe release of teen thriller Love Is The Drug written by CapeFear screenwriter Wesley Strick.Darryl Hannahstars in the story of a treacherous love triangle. The Box Office Productions'thriller also stars Lizzy Caplan, John Patrick Amedori and Jenny ...
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Lionsgate bites into Daybreakers
Lionsgate isteaming up with US-based Furst Films and New Zealand effects house WetaWorkshop on the vampire horror feature Daybreakers.Lionsgatepresident of international Nick Meyer will introduce the project to buyers herethis week and Lionsgate plans a North American release in 2007.Australianfilmmakers Peter and Michael Spierig will direct the future-set story of ...
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Devlin to make directorial debut on Ghosting
IndependenceDay producer Dean Devlin will make his feature directorial debut on theparanormal thriller Ghosting.Devlin wrote thescript from a screenplay by Jessie Alexander and will produce with fellowElectric Entertainment partners Kearie Peak and Marc Roskin.Ghosting followsthe exploits of a recently crippled police officer who uses a technique toleave the world of ...
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Quaid to star in Eclectic's Mexico period epic El Hubris
Dennis Quaid isset to star in Eclectic Pictures' $8.5m historical epic El Hubris,about the Pacho Villa-led Mexican invasion of the US in 1916.Heidi Jo Markel'sUS-based Eclectic is selling worldwide rights here on the project, which is 50%financed by Anthony J Tomaska and Joseph J Tomaska through Magnificent MileProductions.Quaid plays aretired ...
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Kaufman to direct space shuttle drama for Media 8
Philip Kaufman will directMedia 8's space shuttle disaster drama Challenger with Oscar-nominated David Strathairn set to playthe lead.US-based Media 8 is sellingworldwide rights in Cannes on the project, which Media 8 will co-producein association with Code Entertainment and Carol Baum ProductionsStrathairn will play the scientistand Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman, who ...