All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 712
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NewsGKIDS acquires The Boy And The World
GKIDS has acquired North American rights to Alê Abreu’s Brazilian animation Boy And The World, which screens in competition at Annecy this week.
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NewsScreen Media acquires A Good Marriage
The distributor has picked up North American rights from Paradigm and plans an early October day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
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NewsIFP unveils 10th anniversary Lab fellows
Top brass at the Independent Filmmaker Project announced on Monday (9) the 10 narrative features selected for the 2014 Independent Filmmaker Labs.
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NewsCinedigm names Jeffrey Edell CFO
Cinedigm has hired Jeffrey Edell as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Separately, RLJ Entertainment has appointed Mike Pears evp of content sales.
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CommentDéjà vu at the US box office
Edge of Tomorrow looks set to be the first casualty of the “normal” pattern of the summer at the US box office says Jeremy Kay.
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NewsEdge Of Tomorrow roars on $81m
UPDATED JUNE 9: A muscular launch for the latest Tom Cruise tentpole-elect by Warner Bros Pictures International provided a timely reminder of how the veteran’s star power remains undiminished, outside North America at least.
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NewsStars aligns in US on $48.2m
The Fox 2000 drama dislodged Maleficent and dismissed the challenge of Tom Cruise to storm to number one.
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NewsGary Lucchesi, Lori McCreary named PGA presidents
PGA elects Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary presidents
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NewsBoyhood triumphs at Seattle
Richard Linklater’s acclaimed family portrait won the Golden Space Needle Award for best film and best director honours as the 40th Seattle International Film Festival came to a conclusion on Sunday (June 8).
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NewsLincoln Center swells programmer ranks
Florence Almozini has been appointed senior programmer and Jake Perlin and Rachael Rakes have been named programmers-at-large.
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NewsSoundcheque launches in Hollywood
The London-based company, which claims to pay musicians without retaining any rights, has opened a Los Angeles office.
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NewsPeyton Reed to direct Ant-Man
Marvel took to Twitter at the weekend (June 7) to announce its replacement for Edgar Wright, who departed the project last month over what is understood to be creative differences.
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NewsCasey Affleck, John Middleton launch production venture
John Powers Middleton, who has worked as executive producer on A&E’s Bates Motel and the Oldboy remake, has teamed up with Casey Affleck to launch a production company.
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NewsProduction: Nyong’o plots Americanah; Dench has Fever
Lupita Nyong’o is reuniting with Plan B and has secured with D2 Productions and Potboiler Productions rights to develop Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah. Separately, Judi Dench has boarded Tulip Fever.
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NewsGravitas picks up Among Ravens
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Russell Friedenberg and Randy Redroad’s dramedy starring Johnny Sequoyah, Amy Smart and Victoria Smurfit.
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NewsMatt Brodlie joins Relativity Media
The respected and experienced buyer has been named executive vice-president of acquisitions as the company seeks to ramp up the slate.
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NewsGhostbusters set for re-release
To mark the 30th anniversary of Ivan Reitman’s film Sony will release a restored and remastered 4K version in North America on Labor Day Weekend (August 29).
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NewsChina Movie Media Group opens US office
China Movie Media Group (CMMG) announced it will open a US office and has teamed up with Paramount to market the imminent summer release Transformers: Age Of Extinction in China.
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NewsDembia promoted at Rogers & Cowan
The highly regarded publicist has been promoted to senior vice-president at the global entertainment public relations and marketing agency.
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NewsDennis Davidson in Medient advisor role
The founder of DDA Public Relations and head of DDA Consulting is to serve as external special advisor Medient Studios.