All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 745
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NewsGravity, Frozen win at CAS Awards
Warner Bros’ global hit was one of the big winners at the Cinema Audio Society’s 50th Annual CAS Awards over the weekend (22).
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NewsLego Movie stays top in US on $32m
Muted debuts from Relativity and EuropaCorp’s thriller 3 Days To Kill and Constantin/Impact Pictures’ adventure Pompeii allowed Warner Bros smash The Lego Movie to hold on to pole position for the third consecutive weekend.
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NewsSmaug runs riot in China
UPDATED FEB 24: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug scored a record three-day launch in China for Warner Bros as an estimated $32.7m from 5,500 screens delivered an easy local number one and dominated the international arena.
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NewsExclusive Media issues holding statement
Representatives for Exclusive Media issued a formal statement on Friday (21) following redundancy notices for “six or seven assistant level” staff.
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NewsRelativity, Europacorp launch JV
EuropaCorp has committed around $130m to form a joint marketing and distribution venture with longtime partner Relativity that uses the latter’s infrastructure and gives it the ability to directly distribute in the US.
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NewsRoboCop looks to consolidate
Robocop ruled the roost last weekend and executes at Sony and MGM will be looking for a repeat performance.
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NewsRay Winstone joins thriller Zipper
EXCLUSIVE: Ray Winstone has joined Patrick Wilson on the cast of the political thriller from 33 Pictures, Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures and Cargo Entertainment.
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NewseOne Films US rounds out senior team
eOne Films US has promoted Allen Blackwell to svp urban and comedy, Patrick McDonough to svp and general manager, home video and Hank Lawhead to vp of sales, home video.
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NewsOddLot re-fi to grow production
OddLot Entertainment has closed a $50m revolving credit facility with JP Morgan and Comerica as co-lead arrangers with the option of increasing to $150m.
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NewsDonald Petrie lands Dodge College gig
Donald Petrie has been named the Spring 2014 Marion Knott Filmmaker-in-Residence at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
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NewsSundance trio among ND/NF roster
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and The Museum Of Modern Art have announced the complete line-up today for the 43rd edition of New Directors/New Films.
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FeaturesTom Quinn and Jason Janego, RADiUS
The co-presidents of distributor RADiUS talk about their love of documentary, the success of Oscar-nominated films 20 Feet From Stardom and Cutie And The Boxer, and their future plans.
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NewsXYZ Films racks up Berlin sales
EXCLUSIVE: Fast-rising global genre specialist XYZ Films has reported a strong response to its recent Berlin sales slate led by Brian Horiuchi’s ensemble sci-fi drama Parts Per Billion.
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NewsBreakthrough grows partner roster
President of distribution Nat Abraham and CFO Michael McGuigan have joined Breakthrough founders Ira Levy and Peter Williamson as partners in the company’s 30th anniversary year.
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NewsFreestyle sets Hornet’s Nest release
Freestyle Releasing will distribute war documentary The Hornet’s Nest nationwide in theatres on May 23.
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NewsFilm Festival Flix acquires trio
Film Festival Flix has picked up North American rights to a three films led by Mary Queen Of Scots.
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NewsNoah Cowan to lead SFFS
The new executive director becomes the fourth person in less than three years to lead the San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) and arrives after five years at the head of TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.
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NewsCOLCOA reveals classics line-up
For the first time a daily matinee of a classic film will accompany the new films shown in competition at the upcoming City Of Lights, City Of Angels: A Week Of French Film Premieres In Hollywood.
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NewsCinemaCon honour for Rogen, Goldberg
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, producers of Universal’s upcoming May release Neighbors, will receive the CinemaCon Comedy Filmmakers Of The Year Award.
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NewsDistribution: Anchor Bay tastes In The Blood
Anchor Bay Films and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have signed a joint distribution agreement to release In The Blood day-and-date in theatres, on VOD and on iTunes on April 4.