All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 581
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News'Don’t Knock Twice' begins Wales shoot
Lucy Boynton from Miss Potter and Nick Moran of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels fame have joined Katee Sackhoff on the supernatural horror. Content Media represents worldwide sales.
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News'Miles Ahead' to close NYFF
The world premiere of Don Cheadle’s directorial debut will close the 53rd New York Film Festival on October 11.
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News'Jurassic World' becomes third-biggest release of all time
The Universal hierarchy announced on Wednesday that its monster smash has overtaken The Avengers on $1.52bn to reach $1.522bn worldwide.
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NewsSTX launches sales division
EXCLUSIVE: Top brass at Robert Simonds’ studio have ended weeks of speculation and confirmed to Screendaily the hire of John Friedberg as president of international sales.
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NewsSony, Transmission partner on home ent pact
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Transmission Films on Wednesday announced a multi-year distribution agreement for Australia-based Transmission’s library and future releases.
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NewsHigh female count among 140 Project Forum entries
More than half of the Independent Filmmaker Project’s (IFP) 140 titles at the upcoming Project Forum in Septembers’ IFP Independent Film Week hail from women.
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NewsEnsemble cast joins '37'
Regner Grasten Film and Game 7 Films on Wednesday announced the ensemble cast for their fictional account of the night Kitty Genovese was murdered in 1964.
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NewsOpen Road acquires 'Mother’s Day'
The distributor has picked up all US rights to rom-com to star Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis.
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NewsBroad Green, Uni strike home ent deal
Under the multi-year distribution services agreement Universal Pictures will exclusively manage back-room distribution services for all Broad Green titles for Blu-ray and DVD.
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NewsCargo Film & Releasing boards Tony Vaccaro doc
New York-based sales company Cargo Film & Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to the upcoming documentary.
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NewsAsif Kapadia, Jia Zhangke among TIFF industry guests
The Toronto International Film Festival’s industry office announced on Tuesday the first raft of participants confirmed to attend the seven-day conference.
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NewsGerry Lopez to step down as AMC CEO
In a sudden move, the president and CEO of the second largest exhibitor in the US is to depart the company on August 6 “to pursue another opportunity.”
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NewsRoadside Attractions sets 'Stonewall' date
The drama about the 1969 Stonewall riots will open on September 25. Separately, Sundance Selects has acquired A Ballerina’s Tale and Gravitas Ventures has picked up Unbranded.
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NewsChristina Lazaridi joins ttff industry team
Top brass at the 2015 trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) announced on Tuesday that the Oscar-nominated short film writer will serve as facilitator for this year’s RBC Focus: Filmmakers’ Immersion in September.
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NewsTeri Everett to head Uni corporate comms
The executive will start work as evp of global communications for Universal Filmed Entertainment on August 17 and replaces outgoing Kori Bernards, who is leaving after seven years.
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NewsTyler Perry joins ‘Brain On Fire’
The multi-hyphenate joins Chloë Grace Moretz and Carrie-Anne Moss on the Broad Green, Denver & Delilah and Foundation Features adaptation. Separately, Clea DuVall lines up a directorial debut and Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings is the subject of a documentary.
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NewsARC Entertainment acquires 'Molly Moon'
The North American rights deal has cued up an August 14 release on VOD and in select theatres for Christopher N Rowley’s adaptation.
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NewsBron Studios launches The Realm
Garrick Dion will head the new label focused on director-driven films across multiple genres, managing director Aaron L Gilbert of the British Columbia-based Bron announced on Monday.
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NewsProducers tee up Moe Norman golf biopic
EXCLUSIVE: David Carver Films and Scott Duncan are developing a feature based on the life of the man whom they claim was one of the most misunderstood golfers in history.
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NewsRosamund Pike joins 'High Wire Act'
The Oscar-nominated star of Gone Girl joins Jon Hamm on Radar Pictures’ political action-thriller that Good Universe represents internationally.