All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 664
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NewsCinelicious Pics takes Wasseypur
EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED JULY 7: The distributor is understood to have picked up US rights to Anurag Kashyap’s gangster epic.
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NewsT4 China gross ahead of US
According to Paramount’s partners China Movie Media Group, Transformers: Age Of Extinction has reached $134.5m in its first five days in China – more than the $120.9m in the first five days in North America.
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NewsUni moves Fast 7 up in 2015
Fast & Furious 7 will no longer open on April 10 2015 but one week earlier on April 3 as part of several scheduling announcements from the Universal fold.
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NewsCanada-India treaty first of new era
Canada’s new co-production treaty with India officially came into effect on July 1.
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NewsDrafthouse acquires Cannes hit The Tribe
Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to recent Cannes premiere The Tribe, winner of three sidebar prizes in Critics’ Week.
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FeaturesSteve James, Life Itself
In Life Itself, veteran documentarian Steve James adapts Roger Ebert’s memoirs to throw a light on the life of the celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic, who died in 2013 following a long battle with thyroid cancer.
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NewsMaleficent to cross $600m global mark
Disney’s fantasy starring Angelina Jolie was expected to reach the milestone on July 2, according to executives.
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NewsCourtin to lead Relativity marketing
The executive joins Relativity Media as its first chief marketing officer having previously served as president of Dentsu Aegis Network.
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NewsARC snaps up Autumn Blood
EXCLUSIVE: ARC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Markus Blunder’s thriller.
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FeaturesScott Derrickson, Deliver Us From Evil
The director of Sinister and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose locks horns with dark forces again in his latest film, which stars Eric Bana and Edgar Ramirez and opens in the US this week through Screen Gems. Jeremy Kay comes out from behind the sofa.
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NewsJo Yan to lead UPI’s China efforts
Yan has been named managing director and executive vice-president for China at Universal Pictures International (UPI).
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NewsKartemquin boards Buddha statue doc
Kartemquin Films has joined director-producer Brent Huffman on the documentary Saving Mes Aynak, about the imperiled 2,000-year-old Buddha statue in Afghanistan (pictured).
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NewsAcademy announces submission dates
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced (July 1) category submission deadlines for 87th Academy Awards consideration.
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NewsZipporah plots National Gallery release
The distributor will release Frederick Wiseman’s documentary theatrically in New York at the Film Forum on November 5 followed by nationwide roll-out.
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CommentGoing ape in Hollywood
Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis joined Dawn of The Planet Of The Apes director Matt Reeves for a post-screening Q&A in Hollywood on Monday night (June 30).
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NewsTom Hardy joins The Revenant
New Regency confirmed the casting on Monday (30) as the mouth-watering cast takes shape around Leonardo DiCaprio.
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NewsKino Lorber says hello, Goodbye
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Jean-Luc Godard’s 3D Goodbye To Language following its recent Cannes premiere.
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NewsUnder The Milky Way acquires Swim
Under The Milky Way has picked up US theatrical and worldwide VOD rights to SXSW premiere Swim Little Fish Swim.
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NewsTransformers 4 opens in US on $100m
Paramount’s sci-fi behemoth delivered the biggest North American debut so far in 2014 on an estimated $100m as the $301.3m global launch eclipsed everything in its orbit.
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NewsTransformers 4 storms to $201m int’l
UPDATED JUNE 30: Paramount’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction delivered an estimated $201.3m from 10,152 international screens, $100m in North America and $301.3m worldwide in the biggest opening salvo of 2014 so far.