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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 714
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NewsFocus dates Kill The Messenger
The Jeremy Renner dramatic thriller is set to open in the US on October 10. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
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NewsLMGA readies first awards show
Alexander Payne and Haskell Wexler and commercial location scout Scott Dewees will receive the Location Managers Guild Of America’s first honorary awards.
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NewsSOLD to open 12th annual IFFLA
Jeffrey D Brown’s child trafficking film will open the 12th Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA), while Jasmine Jaisinghani has been appointed the festival’s first artistic director.
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NewsGalkin promoted at Warrior Poets
The New York-based production company co-founded by Morgan Spurlock and Jeremy Chilnick has promoted the longtime producer to partner.
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NewsWarners unleashes 300 sequel
UPDATE: 300: Rise Of An Empire has already plundered $32.8m from 58 markets from Wedensday to Friday.
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NewsLe Chef, To Be Takei to open RiverRun
Le Chef (France-Spain) from Daniel Cohen and Jennifer M Kroot and Bill Weber’s To Be Takei (US) will open the 2014 RiverRun International Film Festival, while Phillippe Le Guay’s Bicycling With Molière (France) will close the festival.
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NewsScreen Gems hires Raid remake director
Patrick Hughes, currently directing The Expendables 3, will direct the remake of The Raid for Screen Gems.
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NewsSFFS / KRF grant finallists announced
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) and Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF) have selected 15 finallists for the latest round of SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants.
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NewsIconic eyes The Five shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based Iconic Media Production has lined up a North Carolina shoot for $10m drama The Five.
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NewsVMI bites into Pernicious
Vantage Media International (VMI) will represent world rights to Benetone Hillin Entertainment’s (BHE) horror title.
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NewsO-Scope swoops on Buzzard
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired all North American rights to Joel Potrykus’ comedy.
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NewsRebecca Fisher joins PMKBNC
The veteran publicist most recently served eight years at Block/Korenbrot.
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NewsImax, Mori strike Russian deal
Imax Corporation and Russian exhibitor Mori Cinema have signed a deal to instal five Imax theatres across the country.
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NewsTribeca 2014 unveils first wave
Tribeca Film Festival top brass have announced (4) the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film selections and Viewpoints titles, comprising 47 of the 89 features that will screen at the festival over April 16-27.
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NewsMovieLaLa ramps up
The social network and film marketing platform for upcoming movies has received further seed funding as a soft launch continues.
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NewsDistributors ponder Oscar bump
EXCLUSIVE: The distributors behind Sunday night’s (2) big Oscar winners are readying theatrical expansion plans in the wake of their triumphs.
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NewsLionsgate, Leone sign Italian output deal
Lionsgate has struck an output agreement with fast-rising Leone Film Group in Italy, one of the last territories not covered by the company’s global network of partners.
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NewsRoboCop powers to $30m session
UPDATED MAR 3: A number one $20.5m Chinese debut powered MGM and Columbia Pictures’ RoboCop to an estimated $30m weekend as the running total climbed to $136m and the reboot took over pole position from Warner Bros Pictures International’s The Hobbit 2.
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NewsFrozen crosses $1bn global BO
Frozen – the favourite to win the best animation Oscar – crossed $1bn at the global box office on Sunday (March 2) to reach $1.0002bn and cemented its status as the industry’s biggest non-sequel animation and the second biggest animation of all time behind Toy Story 3.
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NewsNon-Stop opens top in US on $30m
StudioCanal’s fully financed action film starring Liam Neeson opened top of the North American charts through Universal on an estimated $30m.