All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 733
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NewsWinter Soldier hits $250m int’l BO
Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier has amassed an even $250m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International and must be the favourite to dominate the arena for a third consecutive session.
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NewsGoldwyn acquires Last Of Robin Hood
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up US rights to Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s The Last Of Robin Hood. Separately, Vertical Entertainment has picked up Behaving Badly.
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NewsNYIFF unveils full programme
Organisers at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) have announced the full line-up for the 14th annual event.
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NewsTFI unveils Sloan fund winners
Top brass at Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) have announced (9) the 2014 grantees of the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund. Separately,the 2014 SFFS Documentary Film Fund recipients have been unveiled.
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NewsJustin Lin to direct Radiant Doors
Another high-profile film director is jumping into TV as LA-based Gaumont International Television announced it has set up the hour-long drama Radiant Doors at WGN with Perfect Storm Entertainment.
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NewsFocus sets Bayona release
A Monster Calls, Juan Antonio Bayona’s adventure fantasy follow-up to The Impossible, will arrive in theatres in wide release in late 2016.
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NewsElectric sells Boys to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has closed multiple territories including a UK deal for the military thriller Boys Of Abu Ghraib.
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NewsCholodenko named LAFF guest director
The filmmaker behind hit The Kids Are All Right will be in situ at the Los Angeles Film Festival, set to run from June 11-19.
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NewseOne US takes You’re Not You
The distributor has acquired North American rights to George C Wolfe’s drama starring Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum and Josh Duhamel. Myriad Pictures handles international sales. Separately, ARC has picked up Louder Than Words.
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NewsImax to sell 20% China stake
The $80m sale of the stake in Imax Corporation’s Greater China business to investment fund CMC Capital Partners (CMC) and private equity firm FountainVest Partners (FountainVest) values the company at $400m in the eyes of the investors.
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NewsProduction begins on Marco Polo
The Weinstein Company hierarchy announced (8) that production is underway on the Netflix original series based on the epic adventures of the legendary explorer.
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NewsBaltasar Kormakur to direct Trapped
LA and Paris-based Dynamic Television heads to MIPTV with a 10-part crime series to be directed by the Icelandic filmmaker.
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NewsThe Dark Stranger begins shoot
Katie Findlay has joined the psychothriller that recently commenced principal photography in Toronto. LA-based Moonstone Entertainment handles international sales.
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SBIFF sets 2015 dates
The 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival will run from January 27-February 7, 2015.
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NewsFDM lines up Dust Of War
EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) has set a June 3 VOD release for the sci-fi starring Tony Todd. Vantage Media International handles sales outside the US and will take the film to Cannes.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC boards Creep
The New York-based distributor has partnered with the Duplass Brothers and Blumhouse Productions on a trilogy after the film’s recent debut at SXSW.
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NewsGarrel's Jealousy finds US home
Distrib Films has acquired all US rights to Philippe Garrel’s Jealousy, which premiered at Venice 2013 and stars Louis Garrel, Anna Mouglalis, Rebecca Conevant, Olga Milshtein and Esther Garrel.
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NewsDisney dates Captain America 3
Hot on the heels of the record April opening weekend for Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Disney has cemented the release of the next instalment.
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NewsCriminal prospers at Full Frame
The Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award went to Darius Clark Monroe’s Evolution Of A Criminal as the 2014 Full Frame Film Documentary Film Festival came to a conclusion (April 6).
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NewsCaptain America 2 in record April debut
Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier announced itself with an estimated $96.2m debut through Buena Vista that rewrote the record books for April opening weekends.