All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 688
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NewsElectric hires Jernej Razen
EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has hired Jernej Razen as vp of acquisitions and development at the company’s international sales division.
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NewsDrive Productions launches in LA, Vancouver
Producers Kyle Mann and Michael Risley have launched development, production and financing company Drive Productions focused on elevated genre.
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NewsGuidance lands world sales agent
Edyson Entertainment has closed a deal with Andrew Herwitz’ Film Sales Company for world sales rights to Guidance, which received its world premiere in Discovery last night (Sept 5).
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NewsTraverse to handle sales on Where The Road Runs Out
Traverse Media has come on board to represent US rights to Where The Road Runs Out, the first feature shot in Equatorial Guinea.
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NewsMyriad tempts buyers with Heart Beats 3D
Myriad Pictures is in Toronto with world sales on the Das Films and Sikhya Films Bollywood-hip-hop dance title from Step Up creator Duane Adler.
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NewsIFT gets to grips with Headlock
International Film Trust is handling sales in Toronto on Mark Polish’s solo directorial debut Headlock, the first of two from the director that Benaroya Pictures will fully finance.
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NewsJosh Greenstein to head Sony marketing
Former Paramount CMO Josh Greenstein is joining Sony as president of worldwide marketing and distribution.
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NewsRADiUS swoops on The Last 5 Years
The distributor has taken North American rights to Toronto world premiere The Last 5 Years starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.
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NewsSaban Films pounces on Tracers
Saban Films has acquired its second film, taking North American rights to the Tayler Lautner parkour thriller. FilmNation handles international sales.
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NewsPantelion, Eugenio Derbez strike pact
Instructions Not Included director Eugenio Derbez has struck an exclusive first-look deal with that film’s distributor Pantelion Films.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to sell int'l on The Duff
Sierra/Affinity has come on to handle international sales on CBS Films’ The Duff starring Mae Whitman, Bianca Santos, Skyler Samuels and Ken Jeong.
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FeaturesAndrew Niccol, Good Kill
In Good Kill, Ethan Hawke plays a conflicted former fighter pilot now operating drones from a base in Las Vegas.
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NewsBen Browning joins FilmNation
The Wayfare Entertainment co-founder and former CEO has joined FilmNation Entertainment in the new position of co-president of production and acquisitions.
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NewsMongrel Int’l boards History’s Future
EXCLUSIVE: Mongrel International has added a late addition to its Toronto slate in the form of History’s Future from installations artist Fiona Tan.
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NewsHologram sells for Lotus
EXCLUSIVE: Lotus Entertainment has reported a strong response from buyers to Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram For The King starring Tom Hanks.
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NewsSéville Int’l launches sales on Len
EXCLUSIVE: Séville International will kick off talks with buyers in Toronto on the Anonymous Content drama Len And Company starring Rhys Ifans and Juno Temple.
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FeaturesJean-Baptiste Léonetti, The Reach
Three years after his feature directorial debut Carré blanc played at the festival in 2011, the French director who made his name in commercials returns to Toronto with thriller The Reach.
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NewsQED to sell Dirty Grandpa
TORONTO: QED International is introducing buyers to Dirty Grandpa starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron.
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NewsJulia Roberts in talks to join Eyes
Julia Roberts is in advanced talks to join Chiwetel Ejiofor and Gwyneth Paltrow on IM Global’s remake of Argentinian Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes.
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NewsVeronica Ferres joins Pay The Ghost
The German actress has joined Nic Cage and Sarah Wayne Callis in the supernatural thriller form Voltage Films and Midnight Kitchen Productions.