All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 659
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CommentWith You finds fans for Dirty South
Los Angeles-based double Grammy nominee Dirty South isn’t just talented in the recording studio, as his debut short With You proves.
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NewsDisney board extends Iger contract
Bob Iger’s will remain as chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company until June 30, 2018.
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NewsTilda Swinton, Bennett Miller in Gotham honours
The British star will collect the Actor Tribute and Miller the Director Tribute at the 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City on December 1.
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CommentBlack Sea trailer surfaces
Desperate men in search of sunken Nazi gold beneath the waves. Don’t keep us waiting any longer, Focus Features.
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NewsSoftbank in $250m Legendary play
The Japanese conglomerate has found its Hollywood partner, investing a quarter of a billion dollars to form a joint venture with Legendary to maximise content via OTT platforms with particular emphasis on China and India.
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NewsNetflix, Sandler in four-film pact
The latest assault in Netflix’s week of shock and awe sees a four-film deal with Adam Sandler that will stream exclusively in nearly 50 countries where the service operates.
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NewsContent Media sells 400 Days
EXCLUSIVE: The company has reported a strong response following Toronto to its sci-fi thriller starring Caity Lotz, Brandon Routh, Dane Cook and Ben Feldman.
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NewsFox unleashes Gone Girl
The Maze Runner has crossed $100m and faces stiff competition this weekend from the wide launch of Fox stablemate Gone Girl, the David Fincher mystery that opened the New York Film Festival.
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NewsInterstellar in special early launch
Paramount and Warner Bros top brass said Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi will open on November 5 on 70mm Imax, 70mm and 35mm formats – two days ahead of the conventional release.
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NewsAngry Birds star cast revealed
It has emerged that Jason Sudeikis will lead the voice cast as Red, alongside Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride and Peter Dinklage.
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NewsNicholas Carpou to lead Uni domestic distribution
The long-serving senior executive will become president of domestic distribution and the outgoing Nikki Rocco.
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NewsFocus Features sets US date for Race
The studio said it will open the Jesse Owens film wide on April 8, 2016, and announced that William Hurt has joined the cast. Mister Smith handles international sales.
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NewsCinema Guild falls for Horse Money
Cinema Guild has taken all US rights to Pedro Costa’s New York Film Festival selection. Separately RADiUS has picked up US rights to Heaven Knows What.
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NewsNick Shumaker joins UTA Independent Film Group
The executive most recently served at Memento Films International, where he served four years as the New York-based rep working on English-language productions and acquisitions.
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NewsNetflix, Narcos team meet Colombian president
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos flew to Colombia this week to meet President Juan Manuel Santos to discuss the upcoming original crime series Narcos as well as the country’s new cash rebate system.
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NewseOne, Hammer partner up
eOne and Hammer have agreed to an exclusive multi-year first-look film deal.
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NewsWe The Economy series ready to launch
Paul Allen’s Vulcan Productions and Morgan Spurlock’s Cinelan are preparing a series of shorts based on the economy, including the directorial debut of former Focus Features CEO James Schamus.
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CommentInherent Vice trailer rolls in
Joaquin Phoenix. As Doc Sportello. In Paul Thomas Anderson’s take on the Thomas Pynchon novel. Oh come on. Does it get any better?
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NewsSea Of Trees wraps shoot
Gus Van Sant has concluded principal photography in location in Japan and Massachusetts on Bloom sales title The Sea Of Trees.
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NewsBEFILMIFF launches as buyer showcase
EXCLUSIVE: New York-based festival veteran Laurence Asseraf is launching the invite-only BE FILM International Features Festival as a platform to enable global films to find US distribution.