All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 682
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NewsStrategic Partners unveils speakers
The Canadian co-production/co-financing market has announced the speakers for the 201 event, set for September 11-14 in Halifax.
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NewsCameron Crowe pic pushed back
Columbia Pictures and Regency Enterprises are scheduling Cameron Crowe Untitled for release on May 29, 2015.
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NewsYahoo in pre-theatre One Chance release
Yahoo will platform the drama in an exclusive slot before The Weinstein Company releases the film theatrically in the US on August 29.
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NewsBirdman to close NYFF
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s Birdman will close the 52nd New York Film Festival, set to run from September 26-October 12.
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NewsMichael Caine joins Witch Hunter
The British veteran takes his place on Summit Entertainment’s supernatural action film The Last Witch Hunter alongside Vin Diesel and Rose Leslie. Lionsgate International handles sales outside North America.
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FeaturesMike Cahill, I Origins
Mike Cahill burst onto the scene three years ago when his feature directorial debut Another Earth premiered at Sundance and won the special jury prize and the $20,000 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.
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NewsDrunktown’s Finest wins at Outfest
The 32nd edition of the Los Angeles-based LGBT comes to a close on July 20 with a screening of Jack Plotnick’s Space Station 76 starring Patrick Wilson, Matt Bomer, Liv Tyler, Sam Pancake and Jennifer Cox.
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NewsApes keep swinging on $36m
Fox’s Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes held off the challenge of three potential threats and climbed to $139m in its second weekend as the top 12 North American releases slipped 25% against 2013.
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NewsJason Blum cements Uni ties
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have signed a 10-year first-look production deal as Jason Blum looks to form partnerships across NBCUniversal.
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NewsT4 rules on $84.6m international
UPDATE JULY 21: Paramount Pictures International’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction grossed more than originally reported in its fourth session, taking $84.6m to reach $662.6m despite a mighty $61.9m from Fox’s Apes sequel.
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NewsJames Garner dies aged 86
James Garner, the Oscar nominee, double Golden Globe and Emmy winner who famously starred in TV’s The Rockford Files, has died at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. He was 86.
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NewsNYFF lands Inherent Vice premiere
Top brass at the New York Film Festival (NYFF) issued their second statement of intent within a week as it emerged that Paul Thomas Anderson’s crime mystery will receive its world premiere on October 4.
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NewsCarter High ready to start shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Production on the remarkable true story starring Vivica Fox is set to kick off in Dallas, Texas, on July 21.
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NewsDisney unveils mystery Marvel dates
Heading into Comic-Con the hit factory Marvel Studios has dated five wide releases through Disney spanning summers 2017 to 2019 — although the identity of each remains a mystery.
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NewsSandra Bullock to play Tupperware queen
The Oscar winner will star for Sony in Brownie Wise, which Tate Taylor of The Help fame will direct.
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NewsUni acquires Jolie-Pitt starrer
Universal Pictures has prevailed in a studio bidding war, picking up world rights to the drama By The Sea that will mark the first time Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have starred together since Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2007.
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NewsAMPAS board elects governors
Five first-time governors have been elected to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences board.
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NewsBen Whishaw to voice Paddington
The 33-year-old British actor has stepped in “slightly grudgingly” to replace Colin Firth as the voice of Paddington Bear in StudioCanal’s CGI/live-action feature.
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NewsNetflix, Disney in Canada pay-TV pact
Netflix has struck a multi-year licensing deal with The Walt Disney Studios making it the exclusive Canadian subscription TV service for first-run Disney live-action and animated features.
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NewsFox crosses $3bn at global BO
Fox reached the milestone on July 15, one day before it became the first studio of the year to reach $2bn at the international box office. The studio crossed $1bn in North America on July 13.