All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 781
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NewsQED to sell The Outsider at AFM
EXCLUSIVE: The AFM projects continued to heat up this week as it emerged that Worldview Entertainment has come on to finance and produce the Yakuza thriller previously set up at Silver Pictures.
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NewsDemme champions Horses Of God
Jonathan Demme has come out in support of Nabil Ayouch’s official Morocco’s Oscar submission and will present the film for distribution in the US.
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Kramer to direct Myriad's Caught Stealing
Wayne Kramer has signed on to direct Caught Stealing for Myriad Pictures, who will bring the project to the AFM next week. In separate production news, Gnosis and Whisper Pictures are moving ahead on Tusk: Hannibal’s Favorite Elephant.
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NewsVisit Films boards It Follows
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe will commence sales at AFM next week on David Robert Mitchell’s follow-up to The Myth Of The American Sleepover.
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NewsBlackfish, Killing among IDA nominees
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced nominations for the 2013 IDA Documentary Awards.
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NewsFive join AMPAS science & tech council
Wendy Aylsworth, Rob Bredow, Douglas Greenfield, Rob Hummel and Bev Pasterczyk have accepted invitations to join the Science And Technology Council of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils Conversations
Steve McQueen, Annette Bening and a round table of emerging stars including Dane DeHaan are the focus of the AFI FEST Conversations programme.
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NewsLondon Has Fallen heads to AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Nu Image will kick off talks on what is likely to become one of the must-haves of the market as Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman prepare to reprise their roles from the original action smash.
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NewsWell Go picks up Cavemen
Well Go USA has acquired all North American rights to Traverse Media and Fascination Films’ rom-com Cavemen.
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NewsMPLC names new CFO
Mark Malbon has been named evp and CFO of the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC) and will assume financial oversight for all of MPLC’s companies worldwide.
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NewsLightning to sell Place
EXCLUSIVE: Lightning Entertainment has picked up international sales rights for AFM to Zeke and Simon Hawkins’ Toronto and Fantastic Fest entry We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.
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NewsIMAX signs home ent deal
IMAX Corporation has acquired a stake and a “significant option position” in PRIMA Cinema Inc, whose proprietary systems transmit theatrical releases for secure home viewing.
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NewsEmile Hirsch to play John Belushi
Emjag’s Alexandra Milchan, Bonnie Timmermann, Film 360’s Scott Lambert and Judy Belushi Pisano are serving as producers. Dan Aykroyd serves as executive producer.
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NewsGreat Beauty to open Cinema Italian Style
Cinema Italian Style 2013 will kick off on November 14 in Hollywood with the US premiere of Paolo Sorrentino’s Italian foreign-language Oscar submission The Great Beauty.
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NewsPGA to honour Chris Meledandri
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) will present the founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment with the 2014 Visionary Award.
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NewsNoomi Rapace to star in Monday
Noomi Rapace will star in What Happened To Monday? for director Tommy Wirkola.
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NewsIncarnate to start shooting this week
Production is scheduled to commence on October 30 on the Aaron Eckhart horror tale from producer Jason Blum that IM Global and Blumhouse International are co-financing.
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NewsCheadle to direct Trumpet Player
UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: IM Global will look to strike a chord at AFM with Don Cheadle’s feature directorial debut, the Miles Davis biopic Kill The Trumpet Player.
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NewsIFC Midnight bites into Wolf
The distributor has picked up US rights to Jim Taihuttu’s Dutch crime thriller. XYZ Films will continue international sales at AFM.
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NewsThai roadshow heads to LA
Thailand’s deputy prime minister and minister of commerce will lead a delegation to Los Angeles this week for the Thai Film and Animation Business Alliance Roadshow.