All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 722
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Fierson joins Anonymous Content
Anonymous Content has appointed Dave Fierson as head of business operations.
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NewsAmplify, Well Go find The Zero Theorem
The partners have picked up US rights to Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi starring Christoph Waltz.
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Founders launch The Participant Index
Participant Media and the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project (MIP) are building an algorithm to gauge the social impact of entertainment media on the audience.
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NewsCinemaCon honour for Kevin Costner
The star of the recent 3 Days To Kill and the upcoming Draft Day will receive the 2014 Cinema Icon Award in Las Vegas on March 27.
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NewsNoah Segal joins Elevation
The former co-president of eOne Films Canada and evp at Alliance Films is joining upstart Canadian distributor Elevation Pictures as co-president alongside Laurie May.
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NewsShout! Factory, Cinevox plot Brazilian Western release
Shout! Factory has signed a deal with California-based distributor Cinevox to release Brazilian Western (Faroeste Caboclo) in the US and Canada.
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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.