All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 708
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NewsJoe Roth sells Revolution Studios
Fourteen years after launching the studio, founder Joe Roth has sold Revolution Studios to Fortress Investment Group in a deal reportedly worth $250m that sees him segue into a strategic advisor role.
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NewsAcademy revises music category rules
Music Branch members are no longer allowed to contact each other to promote the nomination of their own song in any way, according to new Academy rules.
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NewsGravitas picks up The Longest Week
Gravitas Ventures has taken all US rights to the comedy starring Jenny Slate, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup and Jason Bateman.
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NewsSundance brass unveil NEXT FEST
Sundance Institute has pulled back the curtain on the films and music acts set to headline the LA festival from August 7-10.
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NewsRooney Mara to star in Somali kidnap drama
The memoir A House In The Sky will be developed as a starring vehicle for Mara, who will also serve as a producer alongside Annapurna’s Megan Ellison, with whom she optioned the rights.
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NewsTate Taylor boards Moon Disaster
Tate Taylor will direct In The Event Of A Moon Disaster, which FilmNation is producing and will sell internationally.
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NewsEli Wallach dies aged 98
Eli Wallach, the veteran character actor whose film credits included The Magnificent Seven and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, has died. He was 98.
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NewsDream Factory to run in IFB 2014
EXCLUSIVE: IM Global CEO Stuart Ford has curated the two-day film event, set to run in July during the International Festival Of Business 2014 (IFB 2014) in Liverpool.
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NewsMitch Singer lands at Verance
Former Sony Pictures Entertainment chief digital strategy officer Mitch Singer has been named special advisor of industry affairs at Verance Corporation.
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News400 Days ends production
The 20-day shoot has wrapped on New Artists Alliance and XLrator Media’s psychological sci-fi starring Brandon Routh, Dane Cook and Caity Lotz from UK hit The Machine.
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NewsChina spat over Transformers 4 ends
The China release of Transformers: Age Of Extinction is to go ahead this week after a dispute involving the owners of a hotel featured in the film appears to have come to a conclusion.
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NewsLightning seals Cannes deals
The Santa Monica-based company has reported a flurry of market and post-market activity on its Croisette slate.
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NewsMillennium acquires Dead Within
Millennium Entertainment has taken US rights to Ben Wagner’s psychological horror film and SC Films has picked up international sales.
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NewsJames Schamus in Outfest honour
The former CEO of Focus Features who was until recently tipped to take over as head of Film4 will collect the 18th annual Outfest Achievement Award.
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NewsFeldman earns Fox distribution stripes
Keith Feldman has been promoted to president of worldwide distribution at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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NewsIFC Midnight enters Outpost 37
IFC Midnight has pounced on North American rights to Jabbar Raisani’s sci-fi thriller. Altitude Film Sales handles international sales.
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NewsAFI DOCS honours An Honest Liar
Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom’s film earned the festival’s audience award for best feature at the weekend.
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NewsBreakthrough strikes European deal on Cas & Dylan
Toronto’s Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed the caper film Cas & Dylan starring Richard Dreyfuss to HBO Europe.
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NewsJoanna, 90 Days triumph at PS Shortfest
Yatao Li’s Chinese entry Carry On won the Best Of Festival Award, while Aneta Kopacz’s Joanna from Poland prevailed in the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau Grand Jury Award.
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NewsTribeca Film takes Listen Up Philip
Alex Ross Perry’s dark comedy premiered at Sundance earlier this year.Tribeca Film acquired rights from Cinetic Media and has set an October 17 theatrical release followed by VOD on October 21.Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce and Krysten Ritter star in the story of an anxious author awaiting the publication ...