All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 45
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NewsNetflix execs tout ‘Bullet Train Explosion’, ‘The Leopard’, ‘One Hundred Years Of Solitude’ at first international showcase
Chief content officer Bela Bajaria and leadership team introduced first International Showcase in Hollywood.
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NewsBleecker Street acquires US rights to David Mackenzie’s TIFF premiere ‘Relay’
Theatrical release planned for 2025.
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News‘Red One’ tops North American box office on $32.1m, ‘Hello, Love, Again’ scores record opening for Filipino film
Heretic crosses $20m, Anora hits $10m.
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News‘Gladiator II’ vanquishes rivals at global box office with $87m opening salvo
Sword-and-sandals sequel sets record R-rated release for Paramount, top international bow for Ridley Scott.
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NewsCoralie Fargeat pulls ‘The Substance’ from Camerimage amid furore over fest director remarks
Polish cinematography festival runs November 16-23.
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NewsIFTA to discuss 2025 AFM location in early December after top sellers plot breakaway LA event (exclusive)
“The Palms is not a fit for purpose venue”.
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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.