All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 586
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News‘Fast & Furious 7’ crosses $800m
APRIL 13 UPDATE: The action franchise that keeps on giving for Universal soared to $3.18bn worldwide thanks to an estimated $259.2m worldwide weekend haul that boosted the running total to $801.5m.
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News'Furious 7' stays top in US on $60m
APRIL 13 UPDATE: Universal’s global blockbuster – now at $801.5m – soared to $251.5m on the back of a confirmed $59.6m second weekend number one hold.
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NewsHBO, Films We Like swoop on 'Mavis!'
Brooklyn-based producer Film First announced a pair of deals on its documentary about music legend Mavis Staples.
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NewsUniversal, Mike De Luca sign first-look
A little over one week after announcing his departure from Columbia Pictures as president of production, the in-demand producer has closed a three-year deal with Universal Pictures.
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NewsLionsgate picks up 'Luckiest Girl Alive'
Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea’s Pacific Standard will produce Jessica Knoll’s upcoming novel.
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NewsJim Berk departs Participant Media
In a shock development, the company’s CEO is stepping down after eight years.
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NewsGlendon Palmer joins IM Global
The veteran executive and producer arrives as senior vice-president of development and production and will immediately shepherd a rom-com about President Obama and the First Lady’s first date.
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News‘Fast & Furious 7' crosses $525m
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and the gang are expected to hold on to the global box office crown this weekend as the film reached $526.8m through Thursday morning.
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NewsLionsgate plots Comic-Con S-VOD channel
Busy Lionsgate made two significant and separate announcements on Thursday, lining up an S-VOD service with the organisers of Comic-Con and extending its Grindstone partnership with Emmett/Furla Films.
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News'Wasp' flies to Breaking Glass Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has picked up North American rights to the LGBT drama from Swiss feature directorial debutant Philippe Audi-Dor.
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NewsRightsTrade launches cloud-based deal service
The online global marketplace for film and television rights has unveiled DealWizard to handle complex data and terms and recognise the key role that relationships play in negotiating and closing deals.
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NewsAcademy dates Oscars through 2018
The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences and ABC Television Network have revealed dates for the next three Oscars shows.
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NewsD J Gugenheim joins Andrew Lauren Productions
The former Lotus Entertainment executive arrives as president of production and will get to work on a director-driven, commercial slate.
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NewsSFFS / KRF grantees unveiled
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) and Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF) have selected the finallists for the latest round of SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants.
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NewsBold Films eyes May start on 'Shot Caller'
Bold’s Michel Litvak and Matthew Rhodes have announced the company’s first project since its awards season duo Whiplash and Nightcrawler.
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NewsDistribution: Kino Lorber, Zeitgeist in action
Kino Lorber has acquired all US and Canadian rights from Le Pacte to Israeli film-maker Nadav Lapid’s The Kindergarten Teacher.
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NewsTribeca unveils Latin America Fund grantees
Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has announced the 10 recipients of the 2015 TFI Latin America Fund and introduced Los Cabos Film Festival and Labodigital as new partners.
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NewsXLrator Media acquires 'Five Star'
The distributor cut the North American deal on the inner-city drama with XYZ Films.
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NewsLionsgate lines up 'The Odyssey'
The studio is teaming up with its family of The Hunger Games film-makers and taking on Homer’s paean to ancient Greek heroism and ingenuity.
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NewsUPI crosses $1bn in record time
Top brass at Universal Pictures International (UPI) said the studio was on course to reach the box office milestone in record time on Wednesday (April 8).