All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 698
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NewsIFC acquires Before I Disappear
IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Shawn Christensen’s drama ahead of its international premiere in Venice. Separately, The Orchard has picked up Marshall Curry’s Tribeca-winning doc Point And Shoot.
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NewsAcademy grant supports Sundance FFP
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has bestowed a grant upon Sundance Institute for the second year running to support professional training and development of emerging feature film artists.
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NewsLord Montagu goes to Electric Sky
EXCLUSIVE: Electric Sky has acquired international broadcast rights to Luke Korem’s documentary and will launch sales at MIPCOM in October.
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NewsTIFF Gala to salute Al Pacino
Al Pacino will be the subject of a career retrospective at the third annual TIFF Gala in Toronto on September 3.
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NewsARC swoops on Evergreen Christmas
EXCLUSIVE: ARC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the dramatic comedy An Evergreen Christmas.
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NewsDos Corazones Films opens in Mexico
Producer Pablo José Barroso has established the privately backed production and finance company based in Mexico City.
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NewsGolden Globes sets 2015 date
The HFPA has announced the timetable for the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.
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NewsBrownstein to finish Lost In Austen
Columbia Pictures, Neal Street Productions and Good Universe have hired Portlandia co-creator Carrie Brownstein to complete the Nora Ephron script.
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NewsSailing Back To Cuba lands sales rep
Lon Haber and IPPR have taken on world sales rights to producer-director Ron Moler’s second documentary about Cuba, Sailing Back To Cuba.
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NewsKodak gains another top-tier champion
Martin Scorsese has thrown his weight behind the campaign highlighted by a number of high-profile directors in recent weeks to support Kodak’s decision to continue to produce film stock.
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NewsAFM 2014 unveils Conference Series
Financing, pitching, production, marketing and distribution are on the agenda at the 2014 American Film Market, set to run from November 5-12.
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NewsLionsgate, WWE date Leprechaun
Lionsgate and WWE Studios have set a limited theatrical run for the horror film following a sneak peek of footage at Comic-Con.
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NewsAlex Brunner joins UTA indie film group
Exclusive Media co-founder and former deputy COO Alex Brunner has joined UTA Independent Film Group as a film finance agent.
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NewsJennifer Connelly joins American Pastoral
Lakeshore and Sierra/Affinity are weighing up an AFM start on pre-sales for the Philip Roth adaptation American Pastoral. Separately, Elijah Wood has joined Summit Entertainment’s The Last Witch Hunter
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NewsNosferatu In Love wins LA Shorts Fest
Mark Strong stars for his Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy screenwriter Peter Straughan in the darkly comic slice of life.
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NewsGuardians' $94m debut boosts US BO
Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy stormed the North American box office, soaring to number one on an estimated $94m through Buena Vista that scored the biggest August debut and the third biggest of the year-to-date.
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NewsGuardians rule on $161.7m debut
UPDATED AUGUST 4: Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy ruled the box office universe on an estimated $161.7m, of which $67.4m came from 42 territories outside the US through Walt Disney Motion Pictures International.
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NewsTransformers 4 crosses $1bn
Paramount Pictures’ Transformers: Age Of Extinction has become the second in the sci-fi franchise to reach the global mark after Dark Of The Moon did so in 2011.
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NewsStrategic Partners unveils LatAm scheme
The co-production market element of the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax has announced the producers in an inaugural project exchange with Mexico’s Los Cabos International Film Festival and Brazil’s RioContentMarket.
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NewsJoseph Fiennes to star in Clavius
Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton will star in LD Entertainment’s Biblical thriller.