All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 707
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NewsFocus acquires London Has Fallen
The distributor confirmed (May 1) it has acquired US rights to the action thriller sequel.
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NewsCANNES: Lightning boosts genre line-up
Lightning Entertainment has boosted its Croisette credentials with two news titles, Indigenous and Dark House.
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NewsCANNES: Double Dutch enters Scarehouse
EXCLUSIVE: Toronto-based Double Dutch has acquired international rights to the horror feature from D Films and A Named Viking Entertainment.
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NewsSpider-Man 2 targets China
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has reached $160m and must be odds-on to cross $225m by the end of the weekend given the nature of its expansion.
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NewsThomas Jane to star in Standoff
Goldrush Entertainment is backing the thriller on the runway for a summer shoot in Ontario, Canada. Paradigm arranged financing and represents North American rights.
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NewsCANNES: Magnolia takes Life Itself
EXCLUSIVE: Christina Rogers and her team will commence sales in Cannes on the Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself, announced in the Cannes Classics line-up this week, as well as Irish rom-com Standby.
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NewsDistribution: After, Elena find US homes
Paladin and Accretion Films will distribute the psycho-thriller After on August 8 in the US. Separately, Syndicado and Variance Films are teaming on the documentary Elena.
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NewsAtom Egoyan to direct Remember
The filmmaker, set to premiere Captives in competition in Cannes, will direct Christopher Plummer in the thriller for Serendipity Point Films. IM Global will handle international sales.
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NewsMongrel launches sales division
Hussain Amarshi is moving into the international sales business and heads to Cannes with an expanded Canadian company and his first sales title.
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NewsFilmmakers team for Bullitt launch
Fresh off the global success of their joint directorial effort Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Anthony and Joe Russo have teamed up with Fast & Furious director Justin Lin and former Caviar COO Todd Makurath to launch the genre production company.
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NewsSeattle unveils line-up
The largest film festival in the US will screen 440 films and runs from May 15-June 8.
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NewsUTA signs Carlos Marques-Marcet
The Spanish multi-hyphenate recently wrote and directed his feature directorial debut and SXSW selection 10.000Km (Long Distance).
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NewsJohn Cleese joins MMG's B Team
EXCLUSIVE: Producer and former Baywatch star Alexandra Paul and Meyers Media Group (MMG) have announced the casting on the spoof spy in the run-up to Cannes.
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NewsBleiberg Cannes-bound with Posthumous
The company has acquired international sales rights to the romantic dramedy starring Jack Huston, Brit Marling and 2014 Cannes Film Festival master of ceremonies Lambert Wilson.
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NewsOddLot gets Untitled Divorce Comedy
The New York-set story comes from Gillian Robespierre, who broke out at Sundance with her rom-com feature directorial debut Obvious Child.
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NewsPremiere takes Little Accidents to Cannes
Premiere Entertainment Group has picked up international sales rights to the Sundance thriller.
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NewsRaven Banner bites into WolfCop
Raven Banner Entertainment has acquired world rights to CineCoup’s WolfCop and will commence sales in Cannes.
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NewsCinedigm, Rapid Eye form pact
Cinedigm Corp and Rapid Eye Film have signed a 15-title North America distribution and production output deal.
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NewsPartners unite for Cyber-Seniors tour
Area 23a and Best Part have teamed up with AARP’s Mentor Up programme on a nationwide tour aimed at providing older adults with the tools to connect with family and friends via the internet.
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NewsSalesforce boss invests in MovieLaLa
The latest investment by the Salesforce.com founder, chairman and CEO brings the amount of seed funding and angel investment in the social network and film marketing platform to $750,000.