All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 684
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NewsFox 2000, Color Force forge pact
The studio announced on Tuesday (15) the three-year production deal with The Hunger Games producer and longtime champion Nina Jacobson and partner Brad Simpson.
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NewsLionsgate, Alibaba in stream deal
Lionsgate has struck a deal with e-commerce titan Alibaba Group to stream its content in mainland China in a service that is expected to commence in August.
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NewsAnna Friel joins The Master Cleanse
The British actress has joined the Bron Studios and Gilbert Films fantasy-horror and replaces replaces Chloë Sevigny who had a scheduling conflict. Production commenced in Vancouver on July 11.
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NewsChild 44 to open spring 2015
Lionsgate has set the release date for the Summit Entertainment thriller starring Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace.
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NewsTriCoast Worldwide expands into UK
The US distribution and production company has formalised UK partnerships to distribute its titles across multiple platforms.
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NewsSerendipity Points’ Remember starts shoot
Principal photography has begun on Atom Egoyan’s thriller starring Chrisopher Plummer, Martin Landau and Bruno Ganz.
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NewsThe Orchard checks into Harmontown
The Orchard has acquired North American and UK theatrical and digital rights to Harmontown.
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NewsParamount sets Ninja Con show
The studio has set its Hall H presentation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for July 24 — but for the time being is keeping mum over other possible show highlights.
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NewsAnnapurna in talks to board Revenant
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures is in talks to board the revenge tale as co-financier while it is understood New Regency is sticking to its intended September start date.
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NewsTransformers 4 surges past $500m
UPDATE JULY 14: Paramount Pictures International’s behemoth generated a superb confirmed $100.3m in its third weekend of duty to raise the score to $540.6m as the global tally climbed to $749.4m.
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NewsApes storm to US summit on $73m
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes won the North American session hands-down, arriving on an estimated $73m as the studio said it had passed $1bn for the year-to-date.
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NewsStacy Glassgold joins Myriad Pictures
The executive arrives from QED International and will work on Myriad’s theatrical titles with a focus on digital and new media distribution.
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NewsProduction begins on Natasha
Principal photography got underway this week in Toronto on David Bezmozgis’ drama. Mongrel Media holds Canadian rights.
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FeaturesRichie Mehta, Siddharth
In Richie Mehta’s profoundly engrossing drama Siddharth, a chain-wallah in India sends his young son to work far away on the sub-continent. When the child does not return home, the father sets off on a quest.
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NewsTransformers 4 passes $435m
Paramount’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction will cross the half-billion threshold despite what is expected to be a strong challenge from Fox’s Apes.
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NewsRadcliffe, Cumberbatch set for Comic-Con
A UK double whammy is heading for Comic-Con with scheduled appearances by Daniel Radcliffe and Benedict Cumberbatch in his Con debut.
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NewsDakota Johnson to star in Forever, Interrupted
The Fifty Shades Of Grey star has come on board Gidden Media and Good Universe’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book Forever, Interrupted: A Novel.
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NewsDavid Ansen to depart LAFF
Film Independent top brass announced on Thursday (10) a restructuring of the programming team as Los Angeles Film Festival artistic director David Ansen steps down by mutual agreement and the role of Elvis Mitchell is expanded.
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NewsScott Roth extends ADG tenure
The executive director of the Art Directors Guild has been granted a three-year extension to his contract, effective January 1, 2015.
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NewsMiami Fest to host MIFFecito
Top brass at the Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF) have organised a mid-season festival to celebrate the re-opening of the Tower Theater.