All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 739
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AFI unveils best of 2013
The American Film Institute has announced its 10 films of the year and TV programmes of the year.
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Latido picks up Seed
Latido Films has acquired international rights at Ventana Sur to Colombian director Felipe Cano Ibañez’s upcoming debut La Semila Del Silencio (The Seed Of Silence).
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XYZ acquires The Dead Lands
XYZ Films has picked up world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to the upcoming New Zealand-set action thriller featuring traditional Maori hand-to-hand combat.
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Wolfe boards Mankind's Anna
George C Wolfe has come on to direct Mankind Entertainment’s adaptation of playwright Nilo Cruz’s Broadway hit Anna In The Tropics.
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Frozen skates to top on $32m
Heading into the holidays Buena Vista’s animation climbed one place to the pinnacle of the North American charts on an estimated $31.6m for $134.3m. Inside Llewyn Davis arrived on a superb limited debut.
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Catching Fire adds $43m int'l
UPDATED DEC 10: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire generated a confirmed $42.9m through 83 Lionsgate international markets in its third weekend to push the running total to $340.6m. The global tally has reached $673.4m.
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LAFCA honours Gravity, Her
Warner Bros duo share top prize from Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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Remstar picks up Drones
The Canadian distributor brokered the deal with Voltage Pictures, which produced the Andrew Niccol film and handles international sales.
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SBIFF names Virtuoso honourees
Seven actors will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s annual Virtuosos Award.
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The Square triumphs at IDAs
The International Documentary Association’s 2013 IDA Documentary Awards honoured Jehane Noujaim’s Egyptian activism story The Square with the best feature award on Friday night (December 6) in Los Angeles.
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American Hustle in PSIFF award
The cast of American Hustle will stop into Palm Springs to collect the 25th anniversary edition’s Ensemble Performance Award on January 4 2014.
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De Luca earns Columbia stripes
Captain Phillips producer Michael De Luca has been named president of production at Columbia Pictures, formalising a successful union spanning a number of years.
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Focus pushes Selfless to 2015
Tarsem’s Ryan Reynolds thriller previously set up at FilmDistrict will now go through parent company Focus Features on February 27 2015.
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Roger Deakins, Prisoners
Acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins talks to Jeremy Kay about creating a brooding, wet atmosphere for Prisoners.
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Academy names FX shortlist
Ten films remain in the running for the visual effects Oscar that will be handed out at the 86th Oscars Academy Awards on March 2 2014.
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IM Global hires new COO
Former MGM/US executive Chris Bosco has joined IM Global as COO, effective December 1.
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Fandor strikes streaming deals
San Francisco-based Fandor has signed streaming partnerships with Cinedigm, Factory 25 and Oscilloscope Laboratories.
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Castlight buys rights to sea survivor story
Days after footage of the remarkable rescue of a shipwrecked Nigerian sailor went viral, LA-based Castlight Pictures has snapped up worldwide rights to the story.
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Sundance unveils New Frontier
Sundance Institute executives announced on December 5 that the festival will feature new work from artist Doug Aitken as well as Klip Collective’s external projections on the Egyptian Theatre.
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Genre kings target Park City
Tommy Wirkola’s Dead Snow sequel, Adam Wingard’s The Guest and XYZ Films’ Killers from The Mo Brothers are among the Park City At Midnight line-up as festival heads also unveiled Spotlight selections and the inaugural Sundance Kids section on December 5.