All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 679
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NewsSaban expands exec roster
Saban Films is gearing up for its first release of The Homesman and has hired Azniv Taschyan as vp of finance and Jonathan Saba as vp of marketing.
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NewsOpen Road sets Rosewater release
Jon Stewart’s feature directorial debut and potential awards contender is set to premiere in Toronto next month.
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NewsMarket gets ready for Guardians
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes swung to top spot last weekend but Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy is standing by to knock the primates off their perch.
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NewsThe Way He Looks wins at NewFest
Daniel Ribeiro’s The Way He Looks was named best feature at New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender film festival while Brumby Boylston’s Cruising Electric took audience award for best short.
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NewsLionsgate picks up Down A Dark Hall
The studio has acquired feature rights to Lois Duncan’s 1974 novel Down A Dark Hall and set Rodrigo Cortés to direct and Twilight saga author Stephenie Meyer to produce.
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NewsSea Of Trees commences shoot
Waypoint Entertainment and Netter Productions’ drama has begun shooting and will film on location in Massachusetts and Japan. Ken Kao and Alex Walton’s Bloom represents international rights and launched pre-sales in Cannes.
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NewsFIP hires Michael Andreen
Fox International Productions has named Michael Andreen svp of production, effective August 1.The appointment marks Andreen’s second return to the studio, having previously served in various creative production capacities on Master and Commander and The Day After Tomorrow, among others.He most recently worked at Narratology as a consultant to Chinese ...
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NewsTara Kemes climbs at Rainmaker
Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment, the company behind Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper, has promoted Tara Kemes to the new position of vp of culture and talent.
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NewsBron to produce Meadowland
Aaron L Gilbert and Brenda Gilbert’s Vancouver-based company will produce the psychological drama starring Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson, Elisabeth Moss and Natasha Lyonne.
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NewsGotham honour for Ted Sarandos
Leaders at the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) said the chief content officer will receive this year’s Industry Tribute at the 24th annual Gothams in New York on December 1.
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NewsKino Lorber takes Decent One, Winter
The distributor has acquired all US rights to Vanessa Lapa’s documentary on the secret personal writings and photographs of Heinrich Himmler as well as mystery Winter In The Blood.
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NewsCinedigm, Great Point Media strike pact
Cinedigm Corp and Robert Halmi Jr’s Great Point Media have signed a multi-picture distribution and production output deal.
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NewsIFC Midnight embraces Inner Demons
Seth Grossman directed Schorr Pictures’ horror film about an intervention-style reality TV show.
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NewsToronto to world premiere Angel, Tusk
Michael Wintbottom’s The Face of An Angel, Kevin Smith’s Tusk and Peter Strickland’s The Duke Of Burgundy will receive their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival; new documentaries from Joshua Oppenheimer and Nick Broomfield are also among TIFF’s second wave.
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CommentbeActive publishes Transmedia 2.0
Nuno Bernardo’s book is his follow-up to the 2011 publication The Producers Guide To Transmedia.
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NewsComic-Con: WB leads social buzz
Comic-Con 2014 sparked 1.7m social media mentions as Warner Bros dominated the conversation, according to social media experts Way To Blue.
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NewsBuyers take The Devil’s Hand
EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Management Group has licensed the Rufus Sewell horror-thriller from Mickey Liddell’s LD Entertainment in a slew of markets.
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NewsDWKs Animation hires Mark Zoradi
The former president of Buena Vista International has been named COO of DreamWorks Animation while Ann Daly is promoted to president.
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NewsIM Global ventures into TV
Former Syfy president of original content Mark Stern has come on board as president and partner in the new venture, IM Global Television.
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CommentNew Hobbit finale trailer
Cue haunting folk song overlay and solemn skyward glances — it’s time for the first trailer to Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies.