All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 661
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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.
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NewsPrincipal photography begins on Spotlight
John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James Billy Crudup and Jamey Sheridan have joined Participant Media’s drama about the Boston Globe investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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NewsUS-China summit sets LA return
Guo Guangchang, chairman of Studio 8 backer Fosun International, will deliver a keynote speech on the future of Chinese capital in Hollywood at the fifth annual US-China Film Summit in Los Angeles on November 5.
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FeaturesKent Jones, New York Film Festival
The director and chair of the selection committee at NYFF talks to Jeremy Kay about why world premieres aren’t the name of the game, Martin Scorsese and a certain Edward Snowden documentary.
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NewsMillennium Entertainment takes The Humbling
The distributor has acquired US rights to Barry Levinson’s dark comedy starring Al Pacino and Greta Gerwig, following the world premiere in Venice and North American premiere in Toronto.
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NewsMagnolia takes US on Kill Me Three Times
Kriv Stenders’ comedic crime thriller starring Simon Pegg premiered in Toronto and will open theatrically in 2015. Cargo handles international sales.
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NewsDesert Dancer to open SBIFF
Relativity Studios’ Desert Dancer will open the 30th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, set to run from January 27-February 7.
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NewsSFFS, KRF unveil grant finallists
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) and Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF) have selected 14 finallists for the latest round of SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants.
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NewsProduction wraps on Frankenstein
Candyman director Bernard Rose has wrapped production on a contemporary version of Mary Shelley’s classic novel for Summerstorm Entertainment and Bad Badger in association with Eclectic Pictures.
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NewsMillennium Ent closes $40m financing
The company led by Bill Lee has secured senior revolving credit facilities and a term loan facility as it seeks to grow the film slate and the business.