All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 659
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NewsCinedigm reshuffles theatrical acquisitions
Top brass are restructuring theatrical acquisitions in light of the sudden departure of svp of theatrical releasing Vincent Scordino.
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NewseOne, Cimorelli sign content pact
eOne and YouTube stars Cimorelli – the six singing sisters from Malibu – have struck a multi-year output deal to create and distribute original content in all filmed entertainment media.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films sets Bad Asses release
The distributor will release the action comedy in a theatrical and digital day-and-date launch on March 6.
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NewsBoyhood duo in SBIFF honour
Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke will collect the American Rivera Award at the 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), marking the first time two people will share the honour.
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NewsDave Fleming launches Atlas Artists
The manager has partnered with Charles Roven to form the subsidiary of Atlas Entertainment.
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NewsCast joins Substance Productions’ First Round Down
Jared Keeso, Lauren Lee Smith, Ennis Esmer and Gil Bellows will star star in the Butler Brothers’ sports comedy, which Marina Cordoni Entertainment will introduce to buyers in Berlin.
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NewsOddLot hires Kevin Garrett Monroe
The executive arrives as evp of business and legal affairs, OddLot Entertainment co-presidents Bill Lischak and Michael Nathanson announced on December 8.
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NewsAFI announces awards selections
For the first time the year-end list includes 11 as opposed to the usual 10 features - but Gone Girl and Inherent Vice fail to make the cut.
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NewsSundance: Premieres, Doc Premieres
Festival top brass have revealed a high-profile roster of out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres entries featuring many returning heroes, as well as a new Special Events section and panel participants including George Lucas.
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NewsVentana Sur announces winners
As the Latin American film market came to a close in Buenos Aires at the weekend (December 5), market organisers unveiled a number of award winners.
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NewsDavid Oyelowo, Imitation Game in PSIFF honours
Selma star David Oyelowo will receive the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Breakthrough Performance Award.
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NewsMockingjay rules quiet US on $22m
A lacklustre session enlivened only by an excellent limited bow for Wild saw box office for the top 12 earn $70.4m and fall 54% against last weekend and 19% against the comparable weekend in 2013.
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NewsMockingjay crosses $300m int'l
DECEMBER 8 UPDATE: Lionsgate’s YA hit marches on as a confirmed $32.9m from 87 markets propelled the international running total to $306.6m and $564.7m worldwide.
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NewsThe People Garden gets underway
Production has commence in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, on the film starring Dree Hemingway.
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NewsCinelou starts Cook shoot
Bruce Beresford has begun principal photography in Los Angeles on the drama starring Eddie Murphy.
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NewsCitizenfour scoops IDA prize
Laura Poitras’ acclaimed documentary has prevailed in the International Documentary Association’s 2014 IDA Documentary Awards.
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NewsMPI, NZ Film Commission forge production deal
MPI Media Group and the New Zealand Film Commission have partnered to finance and produce a slate of films for New Zealand’s Lower Budget Feature Films programme.
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NewsLucky McKee boards Epic’s Tales Of Halloween
The writer-director has joined the roster of directors on the upcoming horror anthology
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FeaturesMichael Keaton, Birdman
Michael Keaton tells Jeremy Kay he’s not that similar to Birdman’s washed-up Riggan Thomson.