All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 18
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NewsDisney streaming profit grows, core subs top 120m
‘Inside Out 2’, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ drive entertainment division gains.
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NewsDisney head cool on anticipated M&A climate under Donald Trump 2.0: “We’ve already consolidated”
”We don’t really need more assets right now, either from a distribution or a content perspective, to thrive in a disrupted media world.”
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News‘Venom: The Last Dance’ crosses $400m at global box office powered by North America, China
UK box office stands at $14.5m.
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NewsKellan Lutz, Cam Gigandet action thriller ‘Desert Dawn’ sells at AFM for Premiere Entertainment Group (exclusive)
Sales title licensed in Australia, Latin America, Germany, France, Middle East.
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News‘The Summer Book’, ‘The Room Next Door’ bookend 2024 AFI European Union Film Showcase
Brady Corbet’s Venice Silver Lion winner The Brutalist is centrepiece selection.
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NewsLionsgate, Kingdom Story Company renew first-look on back of biggest year to date
Supplier of faith-based film just opened ’The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike, Anthony Hopkins join Guy Ritchie’s ‘Wife & Dog’ for Black Bear
Production scheduled to begin in the UK in February 2025.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2025 guide: the contenders from the Americas
The Americas region last achieved an Oscar nomination two years ago, and most recently won in 2019.
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NewsUtopia closes territory sales at AFM on ‘Pavements’, ‘The Line’ (exclusive)
UK, Australia, Middle East among buyers.
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NewsRaven Banner promotes Michael Da Silva to general manager (exclusive)
Executive previously served as manager of sales & acquisitions, has worked on Frankie Freako, The Sadness, Yummy.
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News‘The Bear’ EP Hiro Murai to make feature directorial debut on samurai film ‘Bushido’ for A24
A24 will finance and produce, Square Peg and 2AM producing.
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NewsNeon schedules December 27 release for Asif Kapadia’s docu-fiction hybrid ‘2073’
Samantha Morton, Naomi Ackie star in IDFA-bound docu-fiction hybrid and Venice world premiere.
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NewsAFM attendees give their verdict on Vegas
While the change of location has been a hard adjustment for AFM regulars, there have been positive green shoots in the market.
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NewsAGC Studios’ Stuart Ford on why US buyers must rediscover “appetite for risk”, future location of AFM
“I’m a huge admirer of A24 and Neon who have shown if you’ll take a part in something creatively, you can have really high levels of success.
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FeaturesUS sellers of faith- and values-based films eye international market
Companies like Angel Studios and Pinnacle Peak Pictures are reaping the rewards with theatrical features.
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NewsProduction wraps in Puerto Rico on Terrence Howard noir ‘Dime Detective’; Cineville selling at AFM (exclusive)
Moovy Studios LLC production in association with Lee Caplin/Picture Entertainment follows troubled detective in San Juan.
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NewsUpgrade Productions begins AFM talks on Guatemalan Oscar submission ‘Rita’ (exclusive)
Fantasy based on real-life orphanage tragedy premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: IFTA head Jean Prewitt on AFM’s Las Vegas move, hopes for the industry
The president and CEO of the Independent Film & Television Alliance on her Las Vegas plans,
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NewsFilm Mode locks sales on ‘Laws Of Man’, ‘Decade Of The Dead’; AFM first look (exclusive)
Middle East, Portugal, Portugal among buyers.
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NewsBreaking Glass Pictures add in-house productions to AFM sales slate (exclusive)
Goal is to have made 23 in-house productions by end of year.