All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 602
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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.
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News'Monster Hunt' rules int’l on $72m
UPDATED JULY 20: The $30m Chinese-language fantasy adventure secured top berth at the international marketplace ahead of Hollywood’s Minions, which was the biggest global earner of the session, as well as China’s superhero spoof Jian Bing Man and a bona fide US superhero in the shape of Ant-Man.
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CommentNew York Asian Film Festival 2015
The 2015 festival came to a conclusion on July 11 with the screening of Coin Locker Girl.
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News‘Ant-Man’ swarms over US box office on $57m
JULY 20 UPDATE: The final film of Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe debuted top in North America as Universal comedy Trainwreck arrived at number three on $30.1m.
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News'A Sinner In Mecca' among 2015 Outfest winners
Parvez Sharma’s pilgrimmage to Mecca shot on an iPhone picked up a prize as the LGBT festival in Los Angeles came to a close on Sunday night.
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NewsBold acquires spec script ‘The Edge Of Normal’
The production and finance company has acquired the spec script by Matt Venne based on the novel by Carla Norton.
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NewsImage snaps up ‘A Christmas Horror Story’
The RLJ Entertainment label has acquired US rights from Paradigm Talent Agency on behalf of the filmmakers.
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News'Ant-Man', 'Minions' to clash at box office
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s animation Minions has raced to $339.9m and at its current rate will soar past $400m by Sunday.
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NewsPatrice Théroux, Leif Bristow move ahead on Shakespeare series
The former head of eOne’s global film operation Patrice Théroux and Leif Bristow of Leif Films have hired My Left Foot screenwriter Shane Connaughton to write The Family Shakespeare.
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NewsFilm Movement picks up ‘Men Go To Battle’
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to Zachary Treitz’s debut feature and Tribeca 2015 selection.
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NewsWarner Bros, MACCS International strike software distribution pact
The studio has brought its global theatrical distribution operations under one technology platform and licensed MACCS Theatrical Distribution Software to run its North American operation.
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News'Demolition' gets 2016 release
Fox Searchlight announced the release date on Wednesday for Jean-Marc Valleé’s upcoming drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.