All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 491
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NewsAlcon Interactive, Oculus plot 'Blade Runner 2049' VR content
Alcon Entertainment has launched Alcon Interactive and announced an initial venture with Oculus to make and distribute VR experiences based on the upcoming – and newly titled – Blade Runner 2049.
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NewsColombia ‘safe’ location after plebiscite result
EXCLUSIVE: Industry figures in Colombia have moved to reassure international partners that the shock referendum vote rejecting peace talks with Farc guerrillas will not affect the country’s growing reputation as a safe production base.
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NewsTheatre group lobby head in Netflix / iPic warning
The head of the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) on Wednesday urged the industry to “tread lightly” as it emerged that the streaming giant has struck a formal day-and-date distribution arrangement with the luxury exhibition chain.
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NewsNikkatsu, XYZ Films partner on 'Re:Born'
EXCLUSIVE: The companies have struck a world sales alliance on Yuji Shimomura’s completed action title in the run-up to Busan and AFM.
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NewsUS Briefs: Awards heavyweights bookend Denver Film Festival
PLUS: Warner Bros dates all-female Ocean’s 8; Vimeo’s big plans for Staff Pick channel; and more…
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NewsAFI FEST to honour Isabelle Huppert
The French star delivered one of the performances of the year in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics acquires 'The Comedian'
The distributor has picked up North American rights from Cinelou to the film starring Robert De Niro and has scheduled an awards qualifying run.
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NewsNorth American briefs: Open Road dates 'Bleed For This' expansion
Plus: Travis Reid named RealD COO; BAFTA sets VR advisory group
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NewsSIFF director Carl Spence to step down
The chief curator and festival director at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) will continue to serve in an advisory capacity through spring 2017.
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NewsXYZ Films promotes Scott Freije
EXCLUSIVE: The executive becomes part of an expanded sales division in the run-up to next month’s AFM in Santa Monica.
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NewsKevin Hoiseth to head sales at Concourse Media
Co-founders Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts have hired the executive, who most recently served at International Film Trust.
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NewsCFO shuffle at Participant Media, TWC
Andy Kim has joined Participant Media as CFO from The Weinstein Company, where David Hutkin has been promoted to fill the position.
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NewsNate Parker addresses past in '60 Minutes' interview
In a wide-ranging interview on CBS that aired in the US on Sunday, the star and creator of Oscar contender The Birth Of A Nation answered direct questions about the 1999 rape allegation that resurfaced in the media in August.
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NewsMiles Teller joins Unified’s 'Aardvark'
The actor has boarded the voice cast in the lead role as Gilbert in The Ark And The Aardvark, Keith Kjarval’s company confirmed on Monday.
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NewsUS Briefs: Sundance unveils Episodic Story Lab selections
Plus: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross to score ‘Patriots Day’
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News'Miss Peregrine' rules North American charts on $29m (update)
Fox’s children’s fantasy tale starring Eva Green debuted at number one over the weekend, while Lionsgate-Summit’s Deepwater Horizon secured second place and Buena Vista’s Queen Of Katwe burst into the top ten.
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NewsUS Briefs: Steve Golin sells piece of Anonymous Content
The management and production company behind the likes of Spotlight, The Revenant, and Mr. Robot has received “a substantial minority investment” from Emerson Collective.
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Comment'Rules Don't Apply' director Warren Beatty on reboots, Trump
The Hollywood legend took to online form Reddit on Thursday as a new trailer dropped for his latest directorial outing and admitted he could see a president portray him if there were ever a biopic of his life.
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NewsHuahua Media, Shanghai Film Group invest in 'Jack Reacher' sequel
Paramount Pictures hierarchy announced on Friday that a joint venture of the Chinese companies has made “a significant investment” in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
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NewsSPC picks up multiple territories on 'Maudie'
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in the US as well as the UK and Latin America to Aisling Walsh’s recent Telluride world premiere starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke.