All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 607
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NewsAmazon Studios, Bleecker Street buy ‘Elvis & Nixon’
Ted Hope’s expanding team at the digital platform alongside Andrew Karpen’s fledgling distributor have snapped up US rights with the latter in line to handle the theatrical release.
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News‘Tallulah’ begins NYC shoot
Tammy Blanchard and Zachary Quinto are among a slew of new cast to join Route One Entertainment and Ocean Blue Entertainment’s dramatic comedy Tallulah, which has begun shooting in New York City.
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NewsMatt Kaplan to head Awesomeness Films
AwesomenessTV is ramping up its film business in the wake of the 2014 social success of Expelled and has brought on the Chapter One Films founder as president of Awesomeness Films.
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NewsKathleen Kennedy joins USC film school board
The Lucasfilm president has joined the board of councilors of the USC School Of Cinematic Arts.
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NewsMarketing guru Tim Palen rises at Lionsgate
The long-standing executive has been named Chief Brand Officer and president of worldwide marketing.
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NewsOpen Road acquires Ricky Gervais' 'Life On The Road'
Worldwide sales agent eOne Features has struck a US deal on Ricky Gervais’ comedy charting the post-The Office life of mockumentary sensation David Brent.
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NewsUni soars past $3.8bn box office
Worldwide tickets sales for the year-to-date reached a new high for the studio of $3.819bn on Monday.
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NewsMarketing the 'Jurassic' beast
EXCLUSIVE: Universal heads orchestrated a precisely calibrated marketing campaign in support of the release that played a critical role in driving the tentpole past $1bn worldwide in record time on Monday.
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News‘Jurassic World’ hits $1bn global
Universal and Legendary’s juggernaut will become the fastest film in history to reach the milestone on Monday, its 13th day in release.
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NewsMarc Forster boards Stanley Kubrick war script
The Downslope will be the first in a trilogy that producers Lauren Selig, Barry Levine and Reneé Wolfe are planning based on the iconic director’s unproduced original 1956 screenplay.
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NewsThe Orchard strikes Duplass Brothers deal
In a significant statement of its ambitions to forge ties with a stable of regular collaborators, the distributor has closed a deal with Duplass Brothers Productions on worldwide theatrical and ancillary rights to seven titles.
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News'Independence Day' sequel title unveiled
Roland Emmerich’s follow-up to his 1996 blockbuster that launched the film career of Will Smith will be called Independence Day Resurgence.
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NewsBGP acquires 'Dynamite: A 60's Love Story'
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to drama-thriller Dynamite: A 60’s Love Story starring Ian Harding and Evanna Lynch.
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News‘Carry On’, ‘Submarine’ among 2015 Palm Springs ShortFest winners
Festival brass hailed a record turnout for the renowned event and honoured a range of international filmmakers at the awards ceremony on Sunday night.
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News‘Jurassic World’ rules North America on $106.6m
JUNE 22 UPDATE: A monster North American session saw Universal-Legendary’s smash produce the second biggest second weekend ever to reach $402.8m, while Inside Out scored the biggest opening for an original property on $90.4m.
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News‘Jurassic World’ nears $1bn global
Universal and Legendary’s Jurassic World continued to dominate the globe as a muscular second session propelled the smash within swiping distance of $1bn. Warner Bros’ San Andreas crossed $400m worldwide.
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NewsImage acquires US rights to ‘June’
Kennedy Brice, Casper Van Dien (pictured) and Victoria Pratt star in the sci-fi thriller.
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News‘Jurassic’ crosses $400m int'l
The adventure reboot stood at $412m by the end of Wednesday via Universal Pictures International as executives anticipated an emphatic follow-up session despite the day-and-date release of Inside Out in several key markets.
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NewsLuke Parker Bowles to chair BAFTA NY
Parker Bowles previously served as vice-chairman and is the head of production at Story Mining & Supply Co.
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NewsNational Geographic joins Searchlight on Malala doc
National Geographic Channel has joined Fox Searchlight to distribute He Named Me Malala.