All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 769
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NewsRio to screen Dirty Wars
Rio Film Festival top brass have slotted in a screening of Richard Rowley’s highly regarded documentary Dirty Wars in the Frontiers section on September 28.
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NewsBlanc/Biehn greenlights Altered Perception
Blanc/Biehn Productions and Small Red Star Productions are teaming up on the sci-fi thriller Altered Perception.
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NewsAdopt Films acquires Bethlehem
Adopt Films has acquired all US rights to Yuval Adler’s debut Bethlehem, nominated last month for 12 Israeli Academy Awards (Ophir Awards).
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NewsGoldwyn takes The German Doctor
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up US rights from Pyramide International to Lucía Puenzo’s Argentinian thriller The German Doctor, set to screen in San Sebastian on Monday night (September 23).
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NewsHunger Games: Mockingjay adds cast
Wes Chatham and Elden Henson have joined the cast of Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2.
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NewsWeinstock to exit Sony role
Sony worldwide marketing head Marc Weinstock is leaving his post at the tail end of a disappointing summer that delivered flops in the US for After Earth, White House Down, The Smurfs 2 and Elysium.
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NewsStrand takes US on Cycling
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Philippe Le Guay’s comedy Cycling With Moliere.
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NewsJodorowsky’s Dune triumphs at Fantastic Fest
Frank Pavich’s Jodorowsky’s Dune won the Fantastic Fest audience award and claimed best picture prize in the Documentary Features section.
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NewsNetflix's Sarandos to address RioMarket
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos will address the Rio Film Festival’s RioMarket event, set to run from September 27-October 9.
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NewsFace Reader rules int'l on $22.3m
UPDATED SEPT 23: Showbox International’s The Face Reader added an estimated $22.3m as the South Korean historical drama’s international running total reached an early $39.4m.
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NewsPrisoners ties up US on $21.4m
Alcon Entertainment’s crime thriller Prisoners rounded out a superb month following rave reviews at Telluride and Toronto with a number one debut in North America on an estimated $21.4m through Warner Bros.
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NewsMehta assumes Fox content role
Salil Mehta joins Twentieth Century Fox as president of content management, effective September 23.
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NewsLionsgate CFO James Keegan to retire
Lionsgate CFO James Keegan, a 25-year veteran of the company and its corporate predecessors, is to retire on October 1. He will be replaced by James W Barge.
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NewsBuyers swoop in post-TIFF action
In a couple of further deals to emerge in the wake of Toronto, Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to Night Moves while RADiUS-TWC has picked up North America on Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon.
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NewsICA luncheon sets honourees
The Canon Award for the advancement of digital technology in film and television will be presented to Mark Weingartner.
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NewsElysium heads for Japan, Brazil
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) releases Elysium in Japan and Brazil this weekend as executives anticipate the running total will cross $150m.
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NewsUni restructures home ent operation
Following the arrival of Universal Pictures chief Jeff Shell, Universal has brought the physical and digital sales, marketing and distribution operations for film and television under one roof.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils Varda films
AFI FEST 2013 top brass have issued details of the four films selected by guest artistic director Agnes Varda.
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NewsRoboCop to get IMAX treatment
RoboCop will open in IMAX worldwide commencing February 7 2014, IMAX Corporation, MGM and Sony announced.
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NewsLionsgate, OddLot form pact
Lionsgate and OddLot Entertainment have formed a multiyear co-financing and distribution partnership kicking off with the Johnny Depp action comedy Mortdecai.