All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 491
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NewsSTX moves into VR with Surreal acquisition
Robert Simonds’ ambitious Los Angeles-based studio has snapped up the immersive content creator in a bid to build a multi-faceted VR operation.
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NewsUni rings changes at Dreamworks Animation
One day after Comcast completed its $3.8bn acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, Universal Filmed Entertainment has announced its leadership structure for the business segments of the new purchase.
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NewsIFP Film Week expands public programmes
Organisers at the Brooklyn event have broadened the public programming remit and will present the Screen Forward Conference, screenings, VR experiences and free community events.
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NewsAva DuVernay, Steve James set for Hollywood doc conference
The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced on Tuesday the programme and additional keynotes for the biennial filmmaker-to-filmmaker conference inaugurated by the IDA and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences in 2014.
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NewsRolling Stones, Iggy Pop docs set for GEMS 2016
Top brass at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Miami Film Festival unveiled on Tuesday two films from the line-up of the four-day event in October.
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NewsToronto: Discovery, Next Wave, VR, In Conversations unveiled
Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced that Isabelle Huppert, Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji and Mark Wahlberg will be among the eight participants in the In Conversation With… series.
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NewsStacey Snider to assume Fox reins on September 1
Twentieth Century Fox Film confirmed on Tuesday that the executive will replace Jim Gianopulos as chairman and CEO earlier than expected.
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News'Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk' to premiere at NYFF
Ang Lee’s drama will receive its world premiere as a special presentation on October 14 in what will be the first public screening of a narrative film shot in 4K, native 3D and 120 frames per second.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires 'After The Storm'
The distributor has picked up Kore-eda Hirokazu’s drama ahead of its North American premiere in Toronto’s Masters programme next month.
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NewsNorth American briefs: Academy considers first sci-tech Oscar submissions
Plus: Rupert Grint to star in Crackle’s Snatch series; and more…
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NewsGroup that represented Nate Parker accuser speaks out
In the latest twist in the saga involving the director and star of The Birth Of A Nation, the head of the Women’s Law Project has called for an overhaul in sexual assault laws and the way campuses deal with harassment claims.
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News'Ben-Hur' crashes in North America; 'Suicide Squad' races on
AUGUST 22 UPDATE: MGM-Paramount’s $100m Ben-Hur flopped on $11.2m to become the latest victim in a dismal summer for remakes and sequels, while Warner Bros’ comic book adaptation stayed top for the third weekend in a row.
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NewsUS Briefs: NYFF unveils Retrospectives line-up
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center announced on Friday the section of the 54th New York Film Festival headlined by Bertrand Tavernier’s documentary My Journey Through French Cinema.
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News'Replicas' begins Puerto Rico shoot
Principal photography has got underway on the sci-fi thriller starring Keanu Reeves and Alice Eve as it emerged that London and LA-based Riverstone Pictures will co-finance with Remstar Studios.
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NewsPaul Hanneman to leave Fox
The executive will depart his role as president of Fox worldwide theatrical marketing and distribution in October.
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NewsToronto: 'Transparent', 'Black Mirror' episodes in TV line-up
TIFF audiences will get the chance to see the first three episodes of the new season of Jill Soloway’s acclaimed Emmy-winning Amazon Studios series Transparent.
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NewsSundance Selects acquires 'Kiki'
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has moved on US rights to Sara Jordenö’s documentary following a deal with Submarine Entertainment.
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NewsJared Leto joins 'Blade Runner' sequel
Alcon Entertainment said on Thursday the Oscar-winning actor and star of Suicide Squad has rounded out the casting on Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming sci-fi.
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News'Suicide Squad' hits $500m global
Warner Bros Pictures International executives said on Thursday their DC Entertainment adaptation had reached $271m.
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NewsUS Briefs: Taylor Kitsch joins 'American Assassin'
CBS Films and Lionsgate announced the casting on Thursday on the project that will already star Dylan O’Brien and Michael Keaton.