All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 753
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NewsThe Solution boards Saints
EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway in New York on Archer Gray Productions and Maven Pictures’ drama Ten Thousand Saints starring Ethan Hawke. The Solution Entertainment Group will kick off international sales in Berlin
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NewsQED’s Kasbah heats up
EFM: Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Danny McBride, Shia LaBeouf and Zooey Deschanel have joined Bill Murray in Venture Forth and Shangri-La Entertainment’s comedy Rock The Kasbah. QED International will represent the project at Berlin.
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NewsUni sets Tombstones release
A Walk Among The Tombstones will open on September 19. Exclusive Media co-financed with Cross Creek Pictures and handled international sales on the Liam Neeson thriller.
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NewsFortitude to sell Foster Wallace drama
Mark Manuel and Ted O’Neal’s Kilburn Media will fully finance fact-based drama The End Of The Tour to star Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg. Freshly minted Fortitude International will commence sales at the EFM.
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NewsNikki Reed joins Email
The actress will star in SPJ Enterprises, zgreen entertainment and Boku Films’ horror thriller. Highland Film Group handles world sales at the EFM.
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NewsKen Schapiro named MGM CSO
Schapiro joined MGM in 2011 as COO and becomes chief strategic officer.
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NewsXYZ Films sells Killers to Lionsgate UK
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films is tearing through sales on the eve of EFM on its recent Japanese-Indonesian Park City world premiere from the Mo Brothers.
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NewsSXSW unveils 2014 line-up
Headliners strand includes first screenings of the upcoming Universal comedy Neighbors (pictured) starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron and Australian time-travel thriller Predestination with Ethan Hawke.
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NewsRebecca Hall joins Tumbledown
EFM: Sierra/Affinity will commence international sales in Berlin on Bron Studios’ rom-com.
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Canadian Academy names new members
CBC executive director of studio and unscripted content Jennifer Dettman and Shaw Media vp of original content Christine Shipton have joined the board of the Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television.
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FeaturesAmerican Hustle: the American way
The hustling started a year and a half before David O Russell’s American Hustle hit cinemas. Jeremy Kay speaks to the director and producers about the film’s high-speed, high-stakes production.
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NewsTelefilm Canada unveils Berlin list
The national support body announced on January 30 its Ten Canadians to Watch list.
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NewsAcademy kicks out song nominee
Alone Yet Not Alone has been declared ineligible for Oscar consideration in the best original song category.
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NewsAutomatic sells Pound of Flesh
EXCLUSIVE: LA-based Automatic Entertainment has closed a slew of deals on the EFM-bound action title Pound Of Flesh starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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NewsCanadian delegation Berlin-bound
EXCLUSIVE: A party of producers from the eastern province of Newfoundland & Labrador will attend the EFM.
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NewsAtlas Independent finds Sanctuary
Atlas Independent will produce Sanctuary and Highland Film Group will introduce world sales at the EFM next week.
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NewsQED lines up Richard Gere project
Richard Gere is going from hedge fund manager to homeless person as it emerged that his passion project Time Out Of Mind is taking shape quickly. QED International represents international sales and will introduce at the EFM next week.
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NewsEmerging Pictures backs Italian drive
The company has teamed up with Istituto Luce-Cinecittà and the Italian Trade Commission Cinema on Made In Italy.
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NewsXYZ enters Preservation
XYZ Films has acquired worldwide sales to Christopher Denham’s horror thriller and will introduce to buyers in Berlin.
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NewsVoltage sparks to Lady Bloodfight
EXCLUSIVE: Amy Johnston, who starred in Dracula: Reborn and served as Scarlett Johansson’s stunt double in the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier, will star in a potential career-making role in the $10m action film.