All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 589
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NewsMatthew Broderick, Chloë Sevigny join ‘Look Away’
UK newcomer Shannon Tarbet will also star in Locomotive Media’s upcoming dark comedy.
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NewsThe Orchard, TFI strike sponsorship deal
Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has brought on the distributor as the new presenting partner of the TFI Documentary Fund.
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News‘6 Days’ shoot begins in New Zealand
EXCLUSIVE: Production commenced in Auckland on Wednesday on the embassy siege action thriller from Toa Fraser that XYZ Films sells internationally.
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News‘Star Wars’ heads to Comic-Con
The team behind Stars Wars: The Force Awakens will light up the hallowed Hall H in San Diego on July 10 with a “special look” at the upcoming tentpole.
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News‘Spotlight’ lands awards season slot
Open Road Films has scheduled a November 6 limited release for Tom McCarthy’s thriller about the team of Boston Globe reporters that uncovered abuse within the Catholic Church.
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NewsUniversal hires production exec Mark Sourian
The new evp of production arrives from DreamWorks Studios where he served as co-president and most recently worked as an independent producer at the studio.
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NewsRichard Crudo re-elected ASC president
The board of governors of the American Society Of Cinematographers has voted Crudo to return as president for a sixth term.
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NewsBreaking Glass Pictures acquires ‘Lyle’
Stewart Thorndike’s psychological is styled as a modern-day lesbian ode to Rosemary’s Baby and stars Gaby Hoffmann.
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NewsKathleen Drumm named TIFF industry office director
Drumm arrives from Screen Australia and will oversee all the Toronto International Film festival’s industry activities.
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NewsIndustry mulls Netflix ‘War Machine’ deal
Film insiders are grappling with the potential ramifications of Netflix’s deal announced on Monday for the Brad Pitt starrer that Screen understands is in the $70m range.
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NewsXLrator acquires North American rights to ‘Admiral’
XLrator Media has acquired North American rights from Arclight Films to the Dutch historical epic that premiered in Berlin earlier this year.
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NewsSPC acquires Almodóvar's 'Silencio'
The team behind Sony Pictures Classics will collaborate with Pedro Almodóvar for the tenth time on the drama following a North American deal with El Deseo.
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NewsDreamWorks sets record straight over ‘The BFG’ shoot
JUNE 9 UPDATE: The studio confirmed on Tuesday it has never shot nor does it plan to shoot its Roald Dahl adaptation on the Faroe Islands as an anti-whale hunt petition focused on the North Atlantic settlement neared 50,000 signatures.
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NewsLive read to close LAFF
Eli Roth will direct a live read of Fast Times At Ridgemont High in what will be the first such event to close the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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NewsA24, J.C. Chandor to develop ‘The Liar’s Ball’
The cutting-edge distributor has taken another stride into development, teaming up with Chandor and long-time producers Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb on the story behind New York’s G.M. Building.
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NewsDan Jahns joins Pacific Mercantile Bank
The company has brought on its new vp / business development officer at its entertainment industries division.
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NewsSculptor Media launches, invests in ‘Urge’
Warren Goz will serve as CEO at the New York and Los Angeles-based film and TV finance and production venture backed by an unnamed private equity source from New York.
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NewsAnia Trzebiatowska joins Visit Films
Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales agent has announced the hire of its new manager of acquisitions.
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NewsPort Of Call to open NYAFF 2015
The 14th New York Asian Film Festival will launch on June 26 with the North American premiere of Philip Yung’s crime thriller.
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NewsNetflix acquires ‘War Machine’
The streaming giant has made its biggest statement yet with regard to studio-level production, swooping on world rights to the Brad Pitt satire and committing to a budget understood to be in the $70m range.