All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 547
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NewsSundance unveils Midnight line-up
In an unusual move, the Sundance Film Festival revealed the nine-strong genre strand line-up late on Sunday night with little warning.
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News'Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2' rules North America on $103m
NOVEMBER 23 UPDATE: Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 rounded out the YA franchise to ensure all four in the series opened on more than $100m in North America.
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NewsSubmarine cuts deals on doc pair
Submarine announced at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) it has licensed Jessica Edwards’ Mavis! And Laura Israel’s Don’t Blink - Robert Frank in multiple territories.
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News'Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2' hits $247.2m global
NOV 23 UPDATE: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 dominated global box office at the weekend, powered by a confirmed $144.5m international haul from 87 markets.
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NewsCharles Stone to direct 'Ain’t No Half Steppin'
Broad Green Pictures announced the development on Friday as part if its recently announced production deal with Matt Alvarez.
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NewsBrie Larson to receive Palm Springs honour
The star of Room, whose stirring performance as a mother in captivity has catapaulted her to the front of the Oscar race, will collect the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Breakthrough Performance Award.
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FeaturesIdris Elba: a commanding turn
Idris Elba’s mesmerising performance as the predatory soldier Commandant in Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts Of No Nation is based on the actor’s empathy with his character, as he tells Jeremy Kay.
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CommentVive le cinema
Screen US editor Jeremy Kay highlights the best film contenders and considers the strength of human resolve in the wake of the Paris attacks.
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FeaturesBrie Larson: up close and personal
Brie Larson went to startling lengths to prepare for the role of a lifetime in Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, as she reveals to Jeremy Kay.
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FeaturesTarget acquired: Benicio del Toro on 'Sicario'
Benicio del Toro talks to Jeremy Kay about his role as a ruthless killer in Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario and the disheartening lack of progress in the war on drugs since his work on Traffic in 2000.
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NewsStudy: Amazon trails rivals in original content race
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s five most popular original shows in the US, UK and Australia are struggling to keep pace with the best offerings from HBO and Netflix, according to research by Parrot Analytics.
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NewsRebecca Kearey named president of Fox Searchlight International
Veteran exec previously served as evp at Fox Searchlight International and Fox International Productions.
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News'Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2' takes early $43m worldwide
NOVEMBER 20 UPDATE: The Hunger Games franchise finale grossed $16m from Thursday night screenings in North American and arrives in a further 19 markets on Friday including China and Mexico.
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NewsLive-action, animation shorts advance in Oscar race
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences announced on Thursday the shortlists for both categories.
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NewsUS Briefs: Costume Designers Guild honours for Quentin Tarantino, Ellen Mirojnick
Plus: Freestyle sets Mother Teresa drama The Letters release date; Kathy Bates joins Bad Santa 2; Momentum picks up word rights to Milton’s Secret; STX Entertainment wraps The Space Between Us… and more.
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NewsMickey Rourke begins 'Tiger' shoot
Principal photography has begun in Cincinnati on the drama from R3M Productions in association with Grodnik / Aloe Productions.
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NewsAwesomeness Films signs Jurassic Party first-look
President Matt Kaplan illustrates scope of ambition in deal with Insurgent screenwriter Brian Duffield and Nicki Cortese’s new production company.
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NewsFIP, 'Stalingrad' producers strike Russian pact
Fox International Productions (FIP) has signed an exclusive first-look deal for Russian-language films with Paul Heth and Michael Schlicht.
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NewsRelativity Media outlines restructure plan
Ryan Kavanaugh filed papers with the US Bankruptcy Court in New York on Wednesday that proposed the foundations of a slimmed-down company and a seven-film slate.
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NewsUS Briefs: Cinema Eye announces Heterodox Award finallists
Plus: Josh Reinhold joins Matt Alvarez’s new production company; Jane Seymour boards ESX Entertainment’s Praying For Rain… and more.