All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 645
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NewsLibertador named Venezuelan Oscar entry
Alberto Arvelo’s Simón Bolívar epic The Liberator – Libertador starring Edgar Ramírez will represent Venezuela as the foreign language Oscar submission.
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NewsRelativity snatches Kidnap for US
Relativity Studios has picked up US rights to Lotus Entertainment and Gold Star Films’ upcoming Halle Berry thriller.
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NewsFortitude talks up Daughter Of God
Keanu Reeves and his Knock Knock co-star Ana de Armas will reunite on the thriller Daughter Of God that Fortitude International represents in Toronto.
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NewsShoreline boards sales on W2 Ent library
Shoreline Entertainment has been appointed sales agent of the W2 Entertainment library of more than 60 features and is in talks with buyers here.
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NewsPartners travel down Hyena Road
EXCLUSIVE: Rhombus Media, WTFilms and Canada Company are teaming up on the Afghanistan war film, set to begin shooting in Manitoba in late September before relocating to Jordan.
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NewsElectric hires Jernej Razen
EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has hired Jernej Razen as vp of acquisitions and development at the company’s international sales division.
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NewsDrive Productions launches in LA, Vancouver
Producers Kyle Mann and Michael Risley have launched development, production and financing company Drive Productions focused on elevated genre.
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NewsGuidance lands world sales agent
Edyson Entertainment has closed a deal with Andrew Herwitz’ Film Sales Company for world sales rights to Guidance, which received its world premiere in Discovery last night (Sept 5).
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NewsTraverse to handle sales on Where The Road Runs Out
Traverse Media has come on board to represent US rights to Where The Road Runs Out, the first feature shot in Equatorial Guinea.
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NewsIFT gets to grips with Headlock
International Film Trust is handling sales in Toronto on Mark Polish’s solo directorial debut Headlock, the first of two from the director that Benaroya Pictures will fully finance.
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NewsMyriad tempts buyers with Heart Beats 3D
Myriad Pictures is in Toronto with world sales on the Das Films and Sikhya Films Bollywood-hip-hop dance title from Step Up creator Duane Adler.
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NewsJosh Greenstein to head Sony marketing
Former Paramount CMO Josh Greenstein is joining Sony as president of worldwide marketing and distribution.
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NewsRADiUS swoops on The Last 5 Years
The distributor has taken North American rights to Toronto world premiere The Last 5 Years starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.
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NewsSaban Films pounces on Tracers
Saban Films has acquired its second film, taking North American rights to the Tayler Lautner parkour thriller. FilmNation handles international sales.
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NewsPantelion, Eugenio Derbez strike pact
Instructions Not Included director Eugenio Derbez has struck an exclusive first-look deal with that film’s distributor Pantelion Films.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to sell int'l on The Duff
Sierra/Affinity has come on to handle international sales on CBS Films’ The Duff starring Mae Whitman, Bianca Santos, Skyler Samuels and Ken Jeong.
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FeaturesAndrew Niccol, Good Kill
In Good Kill, Ethan Hawke plays a conflicted former fighter pilot now operating drones from a base in Las Vegas.
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NewsBen Browning joins FilmNation
The Wayfare Entertainment co-founder and former CEO has joined FilmNation Entertainment in the new position of co-president of production and acquisitions.
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NewsSéville Int’l launches sales on Len
EXCLUSIVE: Séville International will kick off talks with buyers in Toronto on the Anonymous Content drama Len And Company starring Rhys Ifans and Juno Temple.
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NewsHologram sells for Lotus
EXCLUSIVE: Lotus Entertainment has reported a strong response from buyers to Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram For The King starring Tom Hanks.