All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 784
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NewsFox International crosses $2bn
The studio’s combined grosses for the year-to-date have crossed the $2bn milestone for the fifth consecutive year and the seventh year overall — both achievements are industry records.
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NewsGravity soars past $100m int'l
UPDATED: Warner Bros Pictures International’s astronaut thriller stayed top for the third consecutive weekend internationally as a confirmed $34.3m boosted the tally to $115.6m.
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NewsIvanhoe boards Crazy Rich Asians
Fledgling Ivanhoe Pictures has partnered up with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson’s Color Force on Crazy Rich Asians and will finance and co-produce the Kevin Kwan’s bestseller adaptation.
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NewsSundance Selects takes Chomsky doc
Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights to Michel Gondry’s Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy? ahead of the world premiere screening as closing night at the 2013 DOC NYC Festival on November 21.
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NewsOpen Road, IM Global partner up
The parties announced they have closed a first-look deal whereby Open Road Films will handle US distribution on select titles financed and produced by IM Global.
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NewsAFM 2013 to screen 400+ features
Premieres will include Pathé International’s recent Toronto hit Philomena and Huayi Brothers’ box office smash Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon.
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NewsTFI, Rockefeller back Hurricane Sandy doc
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has announced a grant in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation to fully fund Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman’s (pictured) documentary This Time Next Year.
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Gravitas plots California Scheming
Gravitas Ventures and Rapid Eye Film announced that teen thriller California Scheming will open day-and-date in theatres and on VOD on January 31 2014.
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NewsSeyfried joins Fathers & Daughters
Amanda Seyfried has signed on as the female lead opposite Russell Crowe in Fathers And Daughters, the epic romance that Voltage Pictures will introduce to AFM buyers next month.
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NewsFox promotes Hanneman, Jegeus
Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus have been promoted to co-presidents of worldwide marketing and distribution at 20th Century Fox Film as it emerged that chief marketing officer for the domestic division Oren Aviv will leave the company.
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NewsFilmNation to sell Allen's Magic
EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation has landed a major new title for the AFM and will commence sales on the company’s first Woody Allen collaboration Magic In The Moonlight.
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NewseOne acquires Gabrielle for US
eOne has picked up US distribution rights to Canada’s foreign-language Oscar submission Gabrielle and plans to release this winter.
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NewsBlanc-Biehn bulks up Perception
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Huertas has joined the cast of Blanc-Biehn Productions and Small Red Star Productions’ Altered Perception.
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NewsCinedigm to buy GVE
Cinedigm has agreed to acquire Gaiam Inc’s entertainment unit GVE in a $51.5m move.
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NewsAFI unveils galas, special screenings
John Wells’ August: Osage County, a 3D version of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and the world premiere of Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor will screen as galas at the TCL Chinese Theatre next month.
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Legendary lures Crane to Hot Wheels
Renowned second unit director Simon Crane will direct Legendary Pictures’ Mattel adaptation Hot Wheels from a screenplay by Paul Attanasio.
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NewsTWC close to Macbeth deal
The Weinstein Company is understood to be about to close a domestic deal on the Shakespeare adaptation that will star Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
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NewsOpen Road, Searchlight set key releases
Open Road Films in association with SB Films and Dolphin Films will release the Justin Bieber concert documentary Believe nationwide on December 25. Separately, Fox Searchlight will release The Grand Budapest Hotel on March 7, 2014.
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NewsContent sells Pact 2 to IFC
Content has announced that IFC Midnight has picked up US theatrical rights to The Pact 2, a candidate for Park City At Midnight in Sundance 2014 given that the first film premiered there in 2012.
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NYFCC set Dec 3 vote
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) hierarchy has announced it will stage its vote for the 2013 awards season on December 3.