All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 708
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NewsRaven Banner taking Ejecta to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Totonto’s Raven Banner Entertainment has picked up international sales on the alien sci-fi thriller from the writer of Pontypool.
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NewsFrancis Ford Coppola to speak at Produced By Conference
The celebrated filmmaker joins a roster that includes FilmNation CEO Glen Basner, Facebook’s Melinda Arons and NATO chief John Fithian.
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NewsKetchum, BlackBox TV plot OTT alliance
LA-based creative incubator and production company Ketchum Labs has signed a strategic production and distribution partnership for ‘over the top’ content with online genre channel BlackBoxTV.
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NewsTribeca fest issues wrap data
Top brass at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) said more than 400,000 people attended the 13th annual event.
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NewsTurning Tide, Vandal shine at COLCOA
Christophe Offenstein’s Turning Tide took the COLCOA Audience Award as the week-long French cinema showcase in Los Angeles came to a conclusion (28).
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NewsSony sets Pixels for 2015
The studio has set a release date for the Adam Sandler and Kevin James action comedy.
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NewsCaliber casts Some Kind Of Hate
Ronen Rubinstein (pictured), Grace Phipps and Sierra McCormick will star in Caliber Media’s slasher film that starts shooting this week in Los Angeles.
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NewsMWFF to honour Gabriel García Márquez
The 38th Montreal World Film Festival will be dedicated to the memory of the late Colombian literary giant, who died earlier this month.
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NewsVoltage taking Knock Knock to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: The biggest title announced so far for the upcoming Cannes market is an erotic psycho-thriller that pairs director Eli Roth with Keanu Reeves.
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NewsZero, Chef, Keep triumph at Tribeca
Talya Lavie’s Israeli film Zero Motivation (pictured) claimed the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature while Marshall Curry’s Point And Shoot was named best documentary feature as the New York festival came to a close at the weekend.
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NewsZack Snyder to direct Justice League
The Warner Bros hierarchy, eager to catch up with Marvel Studios’ successful character cross-pollination, has greenlit the superhero mash-up.
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NewsThe Other Woman rules US on $25m
Fox’s comedy starring the potent mix of Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann secured top spot on an estimated $24.7m.
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NewsSpidey 2 swings to $67.1m int'l
UPDATED APRIL 28: In its second international weekend The Amazing Spider-Man 2 swept past Rio 2 as a confirmed $67.1m elevated the early tally to $131.9m.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC takes world on 'Keep'
The documentary premiered at Tribeca where it won two awards and is produced by Quincy Jones and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen.
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NewsElwes attacks studio tentpoles
Producer and former agent Cassian Elwes turned to one of his favourite topics in his keynote address at the IFTA Production Conference (25), laying into what he called a “rubbish” tentpole model that jeopardised the prospects of intelligent filmmakers.
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NewsJD Beaufils joins NFI
New Films International has brought on the international distribution executive as evp of worldwide distribution.
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NewsThe Orchard snaps up The Canal
The Orchard has taken North American rights from XYZ Films to Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror in a rare on-site acquisition at this year’s Tribeca.
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NewsJude Law joins Genius
EXCLUSIVE: Jude Law, riding high on reviews for his performance as a foul-mouthed gangster in Dom Hemingway, is switching gears and will play literary titan Thomas Wolfe.
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NewsBurnett, Downey board Ben-Hur
Mark Burnett and Roma Downey continue their thrust into feature production and have joined MGM and Paramount on the classic remake, set to open on February 26, 2016.
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NewsJane gets a release date
Relativity Media has set a US date for Jane Got A Gun, the long-gestating Western starring Natalie Portman that made headlines last year due to the comings and goings of director and stars.