All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 630
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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).
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NewsDrishyam, Sundance unveil screenwriter fellows
Sundance Institute and Drishyam have unveiled the artists and creative advisors for the inaugural Drishyam | Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab set to run in Goa, India, from April 12-16.
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NewsTribeca Film Institute announces Sloan grantees
The Tribeca Film Institute has announced the 2015 recipients of the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund.
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NewsDisney pushes back 'The Finest Hours'
Imax Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios have renewed their exhibition relationship with a multi-film deal that runs from this year through 2017.
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NewsNew Mexico improves ‘Breaking Bad’ incentives
Production companies in New Mexico will be allowed to pre-assign tax rebates to third parties under a new law approved on Wednesday by Governor Susana Martinez.
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NewsChina-US alliance plots 'Need For Speed 2'
The Chinese JV triumvirate of China Movie Channel Program Center, Jiaflix Enterprises and 1905 Pictures are teaming up with Electronic Arts on the English-language sequel.
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NewsBroad Green acquires 'The Dark Horse'
The company has picked up US rights from Seville Pictures International to James Napier Robertson’s festival favourite starring Cliff Curtis as the New Zealand chess prodigy and youth leader Genesis Potini.
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NewsJohn Short joins Radiant Films International
President and CEO Mimi Steinbauer has hired the former Voltage Pictures senior executive as she seeks to broaden the company’s content creation mandate.
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NewsMichelle Nunes earns Cinedigm operations stripes
The executive recently served as vice-president and will continue to report to Cinedigm Entertainment Group president Bill Sondheim.
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NewsRussos confirmed on 'Avengers: Infinity War'
Marvel Studios has announced Joe and Anthony Russo will direct the two-part story.
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NewsVertical Entertainment acquires ‘Pod’
The distributor has picked up North American rights to Mickey Keating’s SXSW Midnight thriller.
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NewsBentonville festival in Lifetime tie-in
Geena Davis and ARC Entertainment’s inaugural event has secured the network as part of a guaranteed jigsaw of distribution for prize-winners.
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News'Grace Of Monaco' to debut on Lifetime
Nearly one year after its opening night slot in Cannes, it emerged that the biopic starring Nicole Kidman will not get a US theatrical release.
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NewsBill Block seeks to dismiss QED Holdings suit
The QED International founder has branded as “specious” all claims against him.
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NewsNetflix to release ‘Special Correspondents’
The streaming giant has taken another potential theatrical release off the table, acquiring world rights to the Ricky Gervais satire.
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NewsPFS launches women’s residency programme
The initiative runs now through April 17 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and will be followed by another residency later this autumn.
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NewsBOND/360 acquires 'A Perfect 14'
The New York-based distributor will release Giovanna Morales Vargas’ feature directorial debut documentary currently in production.
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NewsFox International crosses $1bn
The company has swept past the milestone in its second fastest time behind 2010 when Avatar was king of the world.
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NewsDavid Kaminow to head Annapurna marketing
As president of marketing Kaminow will report to company founder Megan Ellison and gets to work on a slate that includes Richard Linklater’s That’s What I’m Talking About.