All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 666
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NewsMARV to adapt ghostgirl YA series
Matthew Vaughn’s MARV Films has acquired motion picture rights to the young adult novel written by author and filmmaker Tonya Hurley.
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NewsDemolition sells out worldwide
Fox Searchlight has acquired US, UK, Australia/New Zealand, France and Germany while Sony has taken Latin America and other territories on Jean-Marc Vallée’s upcoming romance starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
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NewsChristopher Nolan to receive art directors honour
The Interstellar director will receive the Cinematic Imagery Award at the 19th Annual Art Directors Guilds Excellence In Production Design Awards, on January 21.
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NewsXYZ Films wade into River
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has picked up North American sales rights to the thriller from debut writer-director Jamie M Dagg.
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NewsThierry Fremaux gives masterclass
Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux spoke of his “special love” for Argentina, proposed a ban on selfies on the red carpet and called for a relaxing of distribution windows in a masterclass at Ventana Sur on December 2.
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NewsViolent Year wins NBR poll
JC Chandor’s A Most Violent Year has scooped the best film prize as the National Board Of Review announced its 2014 selections.
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NewsVentana Sur panel talks dubbing
VENTANA SUR: To dub in English or not to dub and the challenges of day-and-date releasing were among the topics sales agents addressed in Buenos Aires on December 2.
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NewsClaude Joli-Coeur named NFB chair
Claude Joli-Coeur has been appointed Canadian government film commissioner and chair of the National Film Board (NFB) for a five-year term, effective from November 27.
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NewsRed Army release put back to 2015
SPC has delayed the release of Gabe Polsky’s film, the stunning omission from the Academy’s documentary shortlist announced on December 2.
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NewsAcademy reveals 15 on documentary shortlist
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences unveiled on December 2 the 15-strong list of documentary features that advance in the voting process.
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NewsTorrente 5 draws wide buyer pool
VENTANA SUR EXCLUSIVE: Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based sales agent has licensed Hungary and Romania on Torrente: Mission Euro Vegas to ADS Service following the previously announced deal with Disney.
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NewsPSIFF announces Awards Buzz
The organisers of the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will screen 50 of the 83 foreign-language Oscar submissions.
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NewsEffie Gray finds US home
Adopt Films has picked up Effie Gray for the US and plans a spring theatrical release.
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NewsCinemaven launches at Ventana Sur
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Davia and Diego Marambio have officially unveiled their Miami-based consultancy.
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NewsSlamdance 2015 unveils line-up
Festival top brass announced the 19 films that will screen at the Slamdance Film Festival, set to run in Park City, Utah, from January 23-29.
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NewsBirdman scoops Gothams honours
Hours after the New York Film Critics Circle favoured Boyhood, the Gotham Awards have presented two key honours to Birdman.
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NewsLionsgate sets Wild Card release
The Jason Statham action thriller also stars Michael Angarano, Milo Ventimiglia and Dominik García-Lorido and will open theatrically and on VOD in a day-and-date pattern on January 30.
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NewsPGA announces 2014 doc nominees
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has unveiled its Documentary Motion Pictures nominees.
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NewsBoyhood prevails in NYFCC vote
The New York Film Critics Circle have announced the season’s first meaningful bucket of awards and anointed Boyhood best film, Richard Linklater best director and Patricia Arquette best supporting actress.
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NewsJean-Claude Van Damme joins Kickboxer
Twenty-four years after he played a young man out to avenge his brother’s death in 1989’s Kickboxer, the Belgian martial arts icon has replaced Tony Jaa on the remake cast in the instructor role.