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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 652
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NewsFox Searchlight promotes Ray Strache
Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced that Strache has been promoted to svp of acquisitions and co-productions effective immediately.
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NewsCohen Media Group acquires The New Girlfriend
Cohen Media Group has acquired US rights to Mandarin Cinema’s current San Sebastian Film Festival entry directed by François Ozon.
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NewsFocus Features takes A Little Chaos
The distributor has acquired North American and Scandinavian rights to Alan Rickman’s recent Toronto International Film Festival closing night selection.
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NewsSoftbank switches focus to Legendary
UPDATE: The Japanese giant has reportedly cooled off on acquiring Dreamworks and has switched its focus to buying a chunk of Thomas Tull’s company.
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NewsIFC takes Goodbye To All That
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Angus MacLachlan’s Tribeca ensemble drama starring Paul Schneider, Heather Graham, Melanie Lynskey and Amy Sedaris.
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NewsProducers set up Horizon Award
Christine Vachon, Lynette Howell and Cassian Elwes have teamed up with Twitter, Vimeo, The Black List, Sundance Institute, Women In Film, and Indiegogo to establish the award aimed at helping young female directors.
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NewsThe Equalizer claims US crown on $35m
North American audiences could not resist the reteaming of Denzel Washington and his Training Day director Antoine Fuqua as action thriller The Equalizer opened top through Sony on an estimated $35m.
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NewsMaze Runner adds $29m int'l
SEPTEMBER 29 UPDATE: The Maze Runner used a confirmed $28.8m haul from 62 markets to strengthen its grip on the international crown and repel a solid launch by Sony’s The Equalizer.
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NewsSundance Selects takes Free The Nipple
The distributor has acquired North American rights to the politically charged drama from Disruptive Films and Emotion Pictures.
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NewsSwedish producers head to New York
A group of producers and entertainment executives is heading to New York for a series of talks and one-on-one networking sessions over October 6-8.
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NewsCold Deck casts up
Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo have been cast in Cold Deck ahead of the scheduled September 30 start in Toronto.
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NewsDuncan Cork joins NeonGrid
The founder and former CEO of Slated has joined the Los Angeles-based social tagging platform as head of product.
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FeaturesBen Kingsley, Travis Knight on The Boxtrolls
The Oscar-winning actor and Laika CEO, lead animator and producer talk about family feature The Boxtrolls.
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NewsAdvanced Imaging Society unveil awards
The Society honoured 19 companies at the fifth annual Entertainment Technology And New Product Awards luncheon ceremony held at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.
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NewsThe Equalizer ready to rule
Sony unloads the Denzel Washington action thriller in 57 territories day-and-date with North America this weekend and will give reigning champion The Maze Runner a run for its money.
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NewsSony buys The Eden Project
The studio has acquired the Material sci-fi spec script from Christina Hodson.
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NewsAtomic Fiction opens Montreal hub
The California-based effects studio has opened its flagship facility in Montreal.
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NewsBGP takes the wheel on Drive
EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Hammond and Daniel Hammond’s ambitious start-up Broad Green Pictures (BGP) will self-distribute Isabel Coixet’s recent Toronto world premiere Learning To Drive in the US.
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NewsRed Bull takes On Any Sunday sequel
Red Bull Media House in association with Freeride Entertainment will release motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter theatrically on November 7. Separately, Gravitas Ventures has taken VOD rights to As Night Comes.
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NewsA Better Place wraps shoot
Digital Jungle Pictures has completed post-production on its first feature marking the directorial debut of Dennis Ho.