All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 767
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NewsTed 2 set for June 2015
Universal Pictures has set June 26 2015 as the release date for its sequel to highest grossing original R-rated comedy of all time.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Afghan Love Story
Film Movement has acquired US rights to Barmak Akram’s An Afghan Love Story (Aka Wajma), Afghanistan’s official foreign-language Oscar submission.
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NewsBloomberg launches NYC digital schemes
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled two initiatives to bolster the city’s digital credentials.
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NewsWarcraft to open December 2015
Universal Pictures has dated its first Legendary Pictures film and will release the epic adventure on December 18, 2015.
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NewsKaleidoscope AFM-bound with Willow Creek
As AFM looms on the horizon, Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has picked up international sales rights to Bobcat Goldthwait’s Bigfoot tale Willow Creek.
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NewsPolster to head RightsTrade
Steven Polster has been named CEO of RightsTrade, the online marketplace for film, television and digital rights licensing.
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NewsIndiecan pounces on Junkie, Killer
Indiecan Entertainment has acquired Canadian rights to Adam Mason’s dark comedy Junkie and Travis Long’s Kill Me Now.
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NewsThurman to star in Jameson shorts
Uma Thurman will star in three shorts in 2014 written and directed by rising filmmakers to be produced under the auspices of the Jameson First Shot competition.
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NewsAnchor Bay tastes Blood
Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired North American rights to In The Blood, the action thriller starring former MMA fighter Gina Carano.
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NewsGoDigital picks up Dumbbells
GoDigital has picked up rights to the buddy comedy starring Carl Reiner, Tom Arnold, Jay Mohr (pictured), Jaleel White and Andy Milonakis and plans a January 10 2014 day-and-date release across multiple platforms.
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NewsGordon lines up Narnia
A fourth Narnia episode is in the works after The Mark Gordon Company secured rights from the C.S. Lewis Company to jointly develop and produce The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair.
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NewsVertical finds Secret Village
Vertical Entertainment has picked up US home entertainment rights to horror-thriller The Secret Village ahead of the limited October 18 theatrical release through SD Digital Creations. ITN Distribution has acquired UK DVD rights and will release on October 14.
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Power, Two prevail in Arpa awards
The Power Of Few won the 16th Annual Arpa International Film Festival’s Best Feature prize as the event closed on September 29 in Los Angeles.
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NewsWB, RatPac-Dune team up
The Warner Bros hierarchy has filled the financing void left by the departure of Legendary Entertainment.
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NewsCaptain Phillips to open on IMAX
Captain Phillips will be digitally remastered into IMAX and released in select theatres worldwide starting on October 11.
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NewsMelaza, Fighter triumph at ttff
Carlos Lechuga’s Melaza has won the juried best feature prize at the 2013 trinidad+tobago film festival.
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NewsBlack Box heads to MIPCOM
Worldwide sales agent Sierra/Engine Television will launch its upcoming ABC medical procedural The Black Box at MIPCOM.
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NewsDWKs sets Son remake
DreamWorks Studios confirmed on Monday (30) it has bought remake rights to Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s film Like Father, Like Son.
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NewsMillennium finds King
Millennium Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the uplifting drama Life Of A King starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
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NewsMadame Bovary starts shoot
Logan Marshall-Green, Olivier Gourmet and Laura Carmichael have joined Madame Bovary, which commenced shooting on Monday (30) in Normandy, France.