All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 673
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NewsStrategic Partners sets panels
Atlantic Film Festival market Strategic Partners top brass have announced the panels for the event, set to run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from September 11-14.
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NewsAFI DWW to expand beyond shorts
The AFI Directing Workshop for Women (AFI DWW) is to launch an episodic programme.
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NewsRob Brydon to host Britannia Awards
The comedian and actor will emcee the 2014 BAFTA Los Angeles Jaguar Britannia Awards on October 30 in Beverly Hills.
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NewsScreen Engine, ASI form research giant
Film tester Screen Engine has acquired dial test TV research pioneer ASI Entertainment.
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NewsKen Jeong to star in celebrity satire
Hyde Park Entertainment, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, and WWE Studios are to co-produce the comedy Untitled Celebrity Death Pool starring Ken Jeong. Hyde Park International handles sales outside the US.
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NewsJohn Stevenson to direct Noah’s Ark
Unified Pictures has hired Ku Fu Panda director John Stevenson to make its first CGI feature.
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NewsOpen Road sets Rock the Kasbah date
Rock The Kasbah stars Bill Murray as a washed-up rock manger who champions a young Afghan singer in the country’s version of American Idol.
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CommentMen, Women & Children teaser
“Discover how little you know about the people you know,” suggests the slightly sinister tagline to Jason Reitman’s upcoming Toronto world premiere.
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CommentTIFF declares Bill Murray Day
Everybody adores him, so Toronto International Film Festival has done the decent thing.
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NewsRADiUS takes The Great Invisible
The distributor has acquired US rights to Participant Media’s documentary about the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on Gulf communities.
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NewsSundance Institute names fellows
Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound have announced the directors and composers selected for the second of two Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound.
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NewsJohnny Depp joins Yoga Hosers
The second entry in Kevin Smith’s True North trilogy marks the return of Depp and his daughter alongside Smith’s daughter, all of whom are confirmed cast members in Smith’s imminent Toronto world premiere Tusk.
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NewsLas Horas Contigo to open FICG in LA
The Guadalajara International Film Festival in Los Angeles – FICG in LA – has unveiled its line-up.
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NewsUni dates Legendary duo
Universal has dated a pair of Legendary Pictures titles and will release Krampus on November 25, 2015, and Spectral in 3D on August 12, 2016.
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NewsOpen Road to re-release Chef
UPDATED: The Jon Favreau crowd-pleaser will return to theatres on August 29 in a likely Golden Globes play after the initial early-summer run grossed $29.3m. Meanwhile, Open Road has pushed Nightcrawler back by two weeks.
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NewsBill Lee in Millennium buy-out
The management team of Millennium Entertainment, led by CEO Bill Lee, and private investment firm Virgo Investment Group have partnered to acquire the Millennium Entertainment library and distribution platform.
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CommentAnt-Man first-look
They weren’t kidding around at Marvel Studios when they announced the start of production in San Francisco this week.
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NewsToronto unveils Discovery, Mavericks
Bill Murray starrer St. Vincent will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of this week’s wave of programming that includes Discovery.
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NewsGrindstone takes Dying Of The Light
Nicolas Cage stars in Paul Schrader’s thriller from Over Under Media and Tin Res Entertainment. Nicolas Winding Refn is on the executive producer roster.
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NewsMeadowland starts New York shoot
Giovanni Ribisi, Juno Temple and Ty Simpkins are among a host of cast joining Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson, Elisabeth Moss, and Natasha Lyonne on Bron Studios’ psychological drama.