All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 594
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NewsTennessee theatre gunman shot dead
UPDATE: Police have identified the man they shot dead at a Nashville suburban multiplex as 29-year-old Vincente David Montano. They also said he had been carrying what turned out to be an air pistol and not a gun.
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NewsBig World Pictures acquires 'Aferim!'
Big World Pictures has acquired US rights from Beta Cinema to Romania’s foreign language Oscar submission.
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NewsToronto announces Canadian line-up
World premieres for Patricia Rozema, Guy Édoin and Stephen Dunn are among the selection scheduled to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
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NewsAlchemy boosts board, hires strategy and planning exec
Pat Fitzgerald and Mitch Lowe have joined the board of directors while Kelly Summers arrives as svp of strategy and planning.
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NewsCheryl Boone Isaacs re-elected Academy president
The board of governors announced the news on Tuesday night adding that 20th Century Fox chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos will embark on his first officer stint as treasurer.
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NewsCanada’s Touchwood PR opens LA office
Former president of District PR Kevin McLean will lead the operation as director while international film publicist Kara MacLean is manager and previously worked with Touchwood PR in Toronto.
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NewsRLJ Entertainment snaps up 'Bone Tomahawk'
The Caliber Media Western stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons and Richard Jenkins.
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News'Ultron' drives Disney studio unit in 3Q
The Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger hailed strong performance of “unparalleled brands, franchises and creative content” as the entertainment giant reported third quarter earnings of $2.5bn.
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NewsWoody Allen bulks up cast on latest project
Jeannie Berlin, Corey Stoll from Ant-Man and Ken Stott have joined the cast ahead of a production start later this month in New York and Los Angeles.
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NewsARC acquires 'Chloe And Theo'
Ezna Sands directed the drama starring Dakota Johnson, Mira Sorvino and Theo Ikummaq.
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News'Rogue Nation' tops US on $55.5m
AUGUST 3 UPDATE: Tom Cruise returned to pole position at the North American box office and bucked the trend of diminishing debuts for the last two episodes in the spy franchise, playing his part in helping 2015 box office stay 8.1% ahead of last year by the same stage.
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NewsTom Cruise rules world on $120m
AUGUST 3 UPDATE: The action icon who defies the slide of age returned to the fray over the weekend as Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation dominated the international arena on a confirmed $64.5m from 40 territories and ruled North America on $56m.
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NewsSPC throws 'Truth' into awards ring
The ‘Rathergate’ drama starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett will open in New York and Los Angeles on October 16.
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NewsIFC Midnight acquires '#Horror'
Tara Subkoff’s genre film stars Chloe Sevigny, Tim Hutton, Natasha Lyonne, Balthazar Getty and Taryn Manning, among others.
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NewsCinedigm appoints four to board
The distributor announced on Friday that Blair Westlake, Andy Schuon, Zvi Rhine and Patrick O’Brien have joined as independent directors and will serve on the board, effective immediately.
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NewsGary Oldman joins STX sci-fi romance
Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino and Britt Robertson have also joined the untitled intergalactic love story that Peter Chelsom will direct.
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NewsCourt approves $9.5m Relativity loan
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has granted permission for the bankrupt company to pay staff and maintain day-to-day operations.
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NewsWorld prepares for 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation arrives in 40 territories day-and-date with North America in an opening salvo that should result in a new weekend champion.
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NewsRelativity files for bankruptcy
Ryan Kavanaugh’s embattled studio ended months of speculation on Thursday, initiating a voluntary Chapter 11 filing it said would allow it to strengthen the balance sheet and recapitalise.
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NewsDavid Glasser to exit TWC
The seven-year veteran who arrived in September 2008 to head the international division and climbed to president and COO has resigned and will leave in November.