All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 644
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CommentOscars 2015: Who will win, who should win
Screen predicts who will walk away with the big awards on Sunday night - and how that may differ from who should win.
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NewsFifty Shades hits $300m at global box office
Fifty Shades Of Grey has raced to $311.7m worldwide via Universal heading into a second weekend it looks certain to dominate.
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NewsAlbert Martínez Martín joins Lantica
Lantica Media has hired the producer as vice-president of its production and financing arm Lantica Pictures.
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NewsEwan McGregor to direct American Pastoral
Lakeshore Entertainment has found its director for the Philip Roth adaptation after Phillip Noyce dropped out due to what were understood to be scheduling issues.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils 2015 dates
Top brass at the increasingly heavyweight awards season staging post have announced this year’s festival dates.
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NewsThe Orchard acquires Kung Fu Elliot
The distributor plans to release the Slamdance 2014 documentary later this month.
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NewsWillie Nelson, Charlotte Rampling line up Miracle
Production is set to begin next month in Texas on Lian Lunson’s Waiting For The Miracle To Come starring Willie Nelson, Charlotte Rampling and newcomer Sophie Lowe.
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NewsBad Robot extends Paramount deal
JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions has extended its first-look deal at paramount through July 2018.
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NewsVMI’s Kurt Cobain drama sells to Germany, Japan
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based VMI Worldwide closed a pair of major theatrical deals at the EFM on its Kurt Cobain true-crime drama.
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NewsCOLCOA to honour Michel Hazanavicius
Festival to honour The Artist director with encore presentation of OSS 117: Cairo, Nest Of Spies.
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NewsHonig Im Kopf hits heights in Germany
The Warner Bros and Barefoot Films family drama starring Til Schweiger has become the studio’s biggest release of all time in Germany.
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NewsSXSW unveils complete roster
Award-winning producer and Killer Films co-founder Christine Vachon has joined the March roster of SXSW keynote speakers.
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NewsBill Thomas earns Art Directors Guild stripes
Executive previously served as national director of Electronic Media Services Division.
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NewsInferno cast bulks up for Imagine
Omar Sy and Irrfan Khan have joined Imagine Entertainment and Columbia Pictures’ third Robert Langdon thriller starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones.
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NewsJillianne Reinseth on rise at eOne Family
Effective March 2, Reinseth will oversee linear content acquisition, development and production for the division.
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NewsMiami unveils Encuentros projects
Top brass at Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival announced on Tuesday (February 17) the five post-production selections.
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NewsEmmanuel Lubezki takes ASC honour
The Mexican’s triumph at Sunday’s (February 15) 29th Annual American Society Of Cinematographers awards for Birdman cements his status as favourite for the Oscar this weekend.
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NewsAdopt Films acquires Victoria for US
The distributor has picked up US rights from The Match Factory to Sebastian Schipper’s thriller following its world premiere in Berlin.
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NewsNetflix acquires all rights to Jadotville
The streaming giant has announced a major play that concluded in the final days of the EFM, flexing its mighty claws for all rights to one of the hottest packages in Berlin.
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NewsFifty Shades ties up US on $93m
FEBRUARY 17 UPDATE: Universal’s smash S&M romance dominated North America on a confirmed $85.2m three-day debut that toppled The Passion Of The Christ’s 11-year February record and scored $93m over the four-day Presidents’ Day Weekend.