All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 268
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NewsProtagonist Pictures hires Focus exec Luane Gauer as head of acquisitions (exclusive)
Gauer most recently held the position of Focus Features vice-president of production and acquisitions.
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NewsRon Meyer stepping down as NBCUniversal vice-chairman
Hollywood insider had been at studio for 25 years.
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NewsMartin Scorsese boards Venice, TIFF entry ‘Pieces Of A Woman’ as executive producer
Bron Releasing handles world sales.
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NewsTelefilm Canada announces 16 projects for 2020-21 Talent To Watch programme
Fifty percent of selections directed by women.
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NewsChina release pushes ‘Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone’ past $1bn global box office
Fantasy film originally opened around rest of world 19 years ago.
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NewsAlamo Drafthouse cinemas to reopen select sites on August 21
Bill & Ted Face The Music, Tenet on the schedule.
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NewsNetflix, Jordan Peele projects to get support under new CA tax credit scheme
Nine feature projects selected overall.
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News‘Imitation Game’ producers Black Bear Pictures name film, TV heads
Michael Heimler promoted to head of production and finance.
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NewsFocus Features president Robert Walak stepping down
British executive will continue to work with studio on projects he helped shepherd into development.
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News‘Sponge On The Run ’, ‘Unhinged’ launch at Canadian box office as theatres reopen (updated)
US major chains scheduled to reopen this week.
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NewsDaniel Kaluuya to star in YA adaptation of Femi Fadugba's 'The Upper World’ for Netflix
Producer Eric Newman brought property to streamer and will produce.
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NewsNew York Film Festival 2020 unveils main slate
Dates moved forward to September 17–October 11 to expand access via drive-in screenings.
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NewsTelefilm Canada unveils Indigenous feature projects
Three projects directed by women, three directed or co-directed by those who identify as gender-diverse.
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NewsAMC Theatres to reopen in US on August 20 with day of 15c ticket prices
Approximately 300 additional locations around the country expected to open over the following two weeks.
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NewsAli Sar named HFPA president following death of Lorenzo Soria
Predecessor died on August 7 in Los Angeles.
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NewsWarnerMedia head declares support for theatrical, forecasts shorter windows
“We’re absolutely going to embrace a theatrical release when we’re able to and clearly with Tenet.”
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NewsFemale screenwriter non-profit The Writers Lab goes international (exclusive)
Collaboration with Untamed Stories in UK, Spain’s Filmmarket Hub to expand reach beyond US for first time.
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NewsRon Perlman, Chazz Palminteri crime comedy ‘Clover’ lands at Bleiberg/Dimbort (exclusive)
Byron Allen’s Freestyle Releasing handles North American rights.
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NewsAzazel Jacobs’s ‘French Exit’ to close New York Film Festival
Sony Pictures Classics holds multi-territory distribution rights.