All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 471
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News'Suicide Squad' smashes US August record on $133.7m
AUGUST 8 UPDATE: After a patchy 2016 Warner Bros has a rare North American opening weekend to crow about as its comic book adaptation destroyed the previous high-water mark for the late summer month and the studio crossed the $1bn milestone for the 16th consecutive year.
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NewsDavid Kosse hires Andy Leyshon as STX UK managing director
STX International president David Kosse has named his first big hire, bringing in the distribution specialist and former sales director for Universal Pictures UK and Eire.
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News'Suicide Squad' races to $30m at international box office
AUGUST 5 UPDATE: The R-rated comic book adaptation opened top in 33 new markets on Thursday led by a record $3.9m industry opening day in Russia as the overall international running total climbed to $29.6m.
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NewsProducer Liz Watts joins 'Mary Magdalene'
The founder of Sydney-based Porchlight Films has teamed up with the UK’s See-Saw Films on the prestige drama ahead of a European production start later this year.
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NewsWarner Bros dates 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel
With a little over three months to go before the release of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, the studio confirmed a follow-up to the Harry Potter spin-off is in the works.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films to make TV series 'The Surge'
The company is partnering with producers Michael S. Emerson and Colonel F. Lee Reynolds to adapt the book Battle For Baqubah: Killing Our Way Out by retired First Sergeant Robert S. Colella.
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News'The Lost City Of Z' to close NYFF
James Gray’s adventure has been a long time coming but audiences will finally get a chance to see it as the closing night world premiere screening at the 54th New York Film Festival on October 15.
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NewsCheryl Boone Isaacs re-elected Academy president
The board of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences on Tuesday night voted its president to a fourth term heading into what could become an impassioned season of Oscar campaigning fuelled by the diversity agenda.
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NewsToronto unveils Canadian titles
A heavyweight roster of world premieres from the leading lights of Canada’s film industry will grace the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
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CommentOliver Stone’s views on mobile telephony
Want to get the audience to switch off their phones before a screening? This is how the Snowden director does it.
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NewsUS Briefs: Woody Harrelson starrer 'Wilson' gets 2017 release
Fox Searchlight will open Wilson in limited release on March 3, 2017.
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NewsSTX Entertainment pulls out of 'Gypsy'
The studio will no longer distribute and co-finance the Barbra Streisand project about Momma Rose, according to reports.
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NewsWill Poulter, Ben O’Toole, Jack Reynor join 'Untitled Detroit Project'
The trio of up-and-comers have boarded Kathryn Bigelow’s crime drama that is scheduled to shoot later this summer.
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News'The Secret Life Of Pets 2' gets greenlight
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment top brass announced the development on Tuesday, the day The Secret Life Of Pets crossed $400m worldwide.
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NewsJimmy Fallon to host 74th Golden Globes
The comedian credited with revitalising NBC’s The Tonight Show will emcee the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual jamboree on January 8, 2017.
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NewsAnton Yelchin’s parents sue Fiat Chrysler
Victor Yelchin and Irina Yelchina have filed papers with the Los Angeles Superior Court alleging the auto giant and others were responsible for their son’s wrongful death.
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NewsBroadcast journalists line up Critics’ Choice doc awards
The inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards honouring features and non-fiction television will be presented on November 3 at BRIC in Brooklyn, New York.
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NewsRealD, Wanda Cinema Line expand 3D alliance
The companies announced in China on Tuesday morning what they called the largest 3D installation agreement in the history of the format.
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News'Jason Bourne' in $59m North American debut
AUGUST 1 UPDATE: The reunion of Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass scored the second biggest opening weekend of Universal’s 14-year spy franchise when unadjusted for inflation.
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NewsUS media heavyweights unite behind Mark Boal case
A group of non-profits, journalists and media companies led by The Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press has come out in support of the Oscar-winning screenwriter’s legal battle with the US government.