All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 755
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NewsAFM panel hears of global challenges
Cultural differences can make dealing with China feel like “the Wild West”, a senior Constantin executive advised attendees at the AFM Finance Conference.
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FeaturesDean Devlin
Electric Entertainment’s Dean Devlin tells Jeremy Kay what makes the company spark and what’s buzzing at AFM.
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NewsUPIE catches Elijah Wood's Cooties
Universal Pictures Entertainment has taken UK, Germany, Benelux and Brazil rights from Synchronicity Entertainment to horror comedy Cooties.
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NewsBuyers find Exclusive's Dark Places
Exclusive Media and Cuatro Plus Films’ thriller Dark Places starring Charlize Theron has sold in a slew of deals including Mars for France and Remstar for Canada.
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NewsPhase 4 acquires Made In America
Phase 4 Films has picked up North American rights to Ron Howard’s first documentary Made In America.
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All-girl horror XX heads to AFM
MPI/Dark Sky Films and XYZ Films have announced XX at AFM, styled as a “landmark all-female horror anthology” with each segment featuring a female director and female lead.
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NewsO-Scope finds Coherence
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired US rights to James Byrkit’s feature directorial debut as Independent continues talks with international buyers at the AFM.
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NewsOlive launches Martini Entertainment
Olive Films used the AFM to announce its new division Martini Entertainment and unveiled Eric D Wilkinson as evp of production, development and acquisitions.
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NewsWell Go USA bulks up with Muscle
Well Go USA has acquired all North American rights to Snowfort Pictures and Automatic Entertainment’s American Muscle.
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NewsPSIFF honour for McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey, an Oscar frontrunner for Dallas Buyers Club, will collect the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award on January 4 2014.
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FeaturesAFI Fest 2013’s welcome returns
AFI Fest director Jacqueline Lyanga talks to Jeremy Kay about a strong 2013 line-up, links to the AFM, and why directors such as Steve McQueen and Asghar Farhadi return to the festival.
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NewsUni denies Relativity-Focus reports
EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media made enquiries last month to buy Focus Features after the corporate shake-up at Universal was announced, according to several well placed sources.
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NewsCymbeline sells wide for IFT
EXCLUSIVE: International Film Trust (IFT) announced at AFM it has closed key sales on Cymbeline including Koch Media for the UK and KSM for Germany.
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NewsFew Best Men sequel in works
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight has been talking to buyers on A Few Less Men, the sequel to its 2011 hit comedy A Few Best Men.
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NewsBanshee Chapter sells at AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Guardian’s international sales company Guardian Entertainment has announced at AFM a slew of further sales on Before The Door’s horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter.
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NewsCheerleaders secures Canada release
Video Services Corp (VSC) will release recent Toronto Midnight Madness premiere All Cheerleaders Die next spring in Canada through its output deal with Modern Distributors.
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NewsStar Wars VII gets date
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures have announced the release date for the next instalment in the iconic franchise.
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NewsSPC finds Third Person
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US, German and Scandinavian rights from CAA and Paradigm to Paul Haggis’ Third Person.
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NewsReclaim hot seller for Arclight
Arclight has closed sales on its thriller Reclaim starring John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachel Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman.
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NewsNas joins Continental's Dust
Continental Media’s AFM documentary Shake The Dust has received a fillip with news that hip-hop star Nas is on board as executive producer and will provide original music.