All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 652
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NewsPamela Loo Mayer dies aged 52
The film sales and theatrical booking agent and grand-daughter of Run Run Shaw died on Friday night (August 15) at her home in Calabasas, California, following a long illness. She was 52.
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NewsTurtles stay afloat in US on $28m
Paramount and Nickelodeon Films’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles held on to pole position in the second weekend in North America as The Expendables 3 limped in at number four through Lionsgate on $16.2m.
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NewsDragon 2 soars to $26m in China
UPDATED AUGUST 18: DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 ruled the international roost on $37.7m, powered by a mighty $25.9m debut in China through Oriental DreamWorks.
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NewsMill Valley 2014 announces dates
The 37th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) will take place from October 2-12 in Marin County, California.
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NewsAcademy selects sci-tech longlist
Twenty-one scientific and technical achievements, 16 distinct investigations, have been selected for further consideration by the Academy’s scientific and technical awards committee.
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NewsParamount nabs Louis XIV drama
The studio has acquired US rights to The Moon And The Sun starring Pierce Brosnan and will release on April 10, 2015.
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NewsDimitri Villard options Soul Catcher
The producer, whose credits include Flight Of The Navigator and In Love And War, has optioned the 1972 novel from the Frank Herbert estate.
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NewsImage takes The Houses October Built
Image Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the haunted house thriller.
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NewsLionsgate dates The Age Of Adaline
Lionsgate has scheduled an early 2015 release for the Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment romance starring Blake Lively.
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NewsFilmNation to sell TIFF duo
EXCLUSIVE: Glen Basner’s New York-based production, finance and sales company is handling international rights to Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young and Chris Rock comedy Top Five, both of which are set to premiere in Toronto next month.
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NewsCast joins The Great Mystical Circus
EXCLUSIVE: The Brazil-Portugal-France road movie The Great Mystical Circus is set to commence shooting in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 6, 2015.
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NewsSFFS selects Hearst finallists
The San Francisco Film Society has announced the six finallists for the sixth annual SFFS / Hearst Screenwriting Grant.
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NewsIFC Films acquires Days And Nights
IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Christian Camargo’s story inspired by Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
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NewsGodzilla 2 gets 2018 date
Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures have dated their monster sequel.
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NewsRobin Williams 'had Parkinson’s'
The actor and comedian who died on Monday in an apparent suicide was in the early stages of Parkinson’s Disease, his wife has revealed.
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NewsTIFF unveils industry events roster
Toronto top brass have unveiled details of the Asia Film Summit, Moguls panel and Doc Conference.
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NewsCinedigm strikes Moriah home ent deal
Cinedigm Corp has struck a multi-year deal with Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group to handle home entertainment distribution on the Moriah Films’ documentary film collection of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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NewsGary Sanchez boards Henchmen
Gary Sanchez Productions has come on board Bron Studios’ Henchmen.
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NewsSpirit Awards sets dates
The 30th Film Independent Spirit Awards will take place on February 21, 2015.
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NewsMiners drama in Colombian rebate
The $20m feature about the 2010 rescue of the 33 Chilean workers trapped in the San Jose mine is the first international film to qualify for Colombia’s Law 1556 production incentive.