All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 772
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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.
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Raven Banner picks up Beautiful People
Toronto-based Raven Banner has acquired worldwide rights to Doghouse Pictures Beautiful People and is talking up the project at AFM.
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NewsTribeca Film takes Starred Up
Tribeca Film has acquired North American rights for a 2014 release on David Mackenzie’s prison drama Starred Up. Independent represents international sales at the AFM.
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NewsMyriad adds Frontera to AFM slate
Myriad Pictures has come on to handle international sales on Ocean Blue Entertainment’s Frontera starring Ed Harris, Eva Longoria and Michael Peña.
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NewsAcademy selects 10 animated shorts
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 86th Academy Awards.
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NewsSchlessel unveils Focus hires
Incoming Focus CEO Peter Schlessel has announced several senior hires ahead of the January 2014 launch of the reconfigured company.
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Premiere boards Silent Mountain
Premiere Entertainment Group is handling worldwide sales at AFM for the Austria-Italy romance.
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NewsIf You See Her casts up
Alex Kingston, Peter Firth and Tom Cullen have joined Paragraph Pictures’ If You See Her.
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NewsSierra/Affinity takes FFI genre duo
Sierra/Affinity has come on to handle international sales on Somnia and Oculus in the wake of the announcement that Focus Features International (FFI) will close.
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Vision boards 10 Things
Vision Films has come on to handle worldwide rights to 10 Things I Hate About Life starring Evan Rachel Wood and Thomas McDonell.
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NewsVertical lines up Abu Ghraib
Vertical Entertainment announced at AFM it has acquired North American rights to the military thriller Boys Of Abu Ghraib. Electric Entertainment handles international sales.
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Double Dutch boards 6 Figures
Jason and Ron Moring’s Double Dutch International will handle international sales on the Fishbowl Films thriller.
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NewsAngus Macfadyen boards She Rises
Angus Macfadyen has joined Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc on Blanc Biehn Productions’ She Rises.
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NewsAFM rocked by FFI closure
Market attendees woke up to the grim reality of Hollywood on Thursday after it emerged that Focus Features International (FFI) is to close at the end of December.
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NewsImage revs up with Drive Hard
EXCLUSIVE: Image Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the action film Drive Hard starring John Cusack and Thomas Jane. Voltage Pictures handles international sales at AFM.
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NewsRed Sea flies with Eighth
EXCLUSIVE: Red Sea Media has come on to handle international sales at AFM on WWII film The Mighty Eighth, which David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of The Fighter are on board to produce.
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NewsFilmSharks picks up Of Horses
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks International has picked up sales rights to Iceland’s foreign-language Oscar submission Of Horses And Men.