All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 723
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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.
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News12 Years A Slave rules Indie Spirits
12 Years A Slave emerged victorious at the 29th Annual Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday (March 1), taking best feature and a handful of other awards.
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Massimo Saidel to advise MWFF market
The Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF) top brass announced (28) that Massimo Saidel has been named special advisor to the Montreal International Film Market for 2014.
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CommentZombeavers: awards be dammed
A crack cabal of carnivores is chomping the pomp out of awards season as the race gallops down the final stretch towards the 86th annual Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2).
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NewsVisit takes SXSW entry Long Distance
Visit Films will present the world premiere of Carlos Marques-Marcet’s first feature Long Distance (formerly 10,000KM) at SXSW.
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NewsStudios look to Eastern promise
The box office might of China was underlined last weekend when Warner Bros Pictures International’s The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug delivered a titanic debut to rule the roost.
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NewsSPWA swoops on The Final Girls
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has pre-bought all worldwide rights to Groundswell Productions’ comedy The Final Girls.
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NewsNATO honour for Harkins Theatres owner
The National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) will present Harkins Theatres owner and CEO Dan Harkins with the 2014 NATO Marquee Award at CinemaCon on March 25.
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NewsDamon, Chartier join IFTA speakers
Foresight Unlimited CEO and chairman Mark Damon, Voltage CEO and president Nicolas Chartier, Myriad president and CEO Kirk D’Amico and Nu Image/Millennium co-chairman Avi Lerner will take part in the 2014 IFTA Production Conference.
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NewsFocus sets Wish I Was Here release
DISTRIBUTION ROUND-UP: Main Street Films, Image Entertainment, Participant Media and FilmBuff and Factory 25 also unveil latest deals.
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NewsSon Of God sells for Relativity Int’l
Relativity International has licensed more than 60 territories to LightWorkers Media’s feature version of smash miniseries The Bible, set to launch on more than 3,000 screens in North America through Fox on Friday (28).
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TFI unveils Sloan winner
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has announced the winner of the 2014 Alfred P Sloan Foundation Student grand jury prize for screenwriting (27).
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NewsTaggart, Votiv begin Circle shoot
Taggart Productions and Votiv Films have begun principal photography on the sci-fi psychological thriller.
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CommentStars to shine at GREAT British Film Reception
A constellation of UK talent is preparing to honour home-grown Oscar nominees at the GREAT British Film Reception.
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ZEFR closes $30m capital raise
The brand and content management platform has raised $30m in a new financing led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP).