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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 784
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NewsFilmDistrict pays $10m for US rights to Rocketman
Rocket Pictures and Icon/AI Film’s red-hot Cannes market project about the life of Elton John has found its US home, sources confirmed to Screendaily on Wednesday evening [12]. Good Universe handles international sales and introduced to buyers on the Croisette.
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NewsSuperman soars in Philippines
Warner Bros Pictures International senior executives reported on Wednesday night [12] that Man Of Steel opened on $1.7m to set the biggest opening day in the territory’s history.
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NewsDavis to head production administration at Columbia
Andrew Z Davis has been named president of production administration at Columbia Pictures, replacing Gary Martin, who retires after overseeing production on more than 600 films and serving 51 years in the industry – 32 of them at Columbia.
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NewsOpen Road bites into Chef
Open Road Films will release the Jon Favreau comedy over Mother’s Day Weekend on May 9, 2014. Aldamisa Entertainment is financing and introduced the project to international buyers in Cannes.
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NewsSundanceNOW, First Run sign pact
Sundance Selects’ digital label has agreed terms with First Run Features to bring select titles from the latter’s documentary library to SundanceNOW’s subscription VoD service Doc Club.
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NewsIMAX, Disney plot Ranger roll-out
Upcoming Disney release The Lone Ranger is to be digitally remastered and released in IMAX in select markets including the UK and Japan on Aug 2.
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NewsFilmDistrict sets Selfess date
FilmDistrict top brass announced on Wednesday [12] they will release the upcoming thriller Selfless starring Ryan Reynolds wide in the US on Sept 26, 2014.
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NewsWWZ to open on IMAX in Australia, HK
IMAX, Paramount and financing partner Skydance Productions announced on Tuesday that the zombie thriller World War Z will be digitally re-mastered into IMAX and released on Jun 20 in Australia and Hong Kong.
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NewsEcho Lake Management staffs up
Dave Brown and Zadoc Angell have joined Echo Lake Entertainment division Echo Lake Management.
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NewsXLrator gets Conspiracy for US
XLrator Media has acquired all US rights to the political thriller written and directed by Christopher MacBride and produced by Lee Kim.
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NewsProduction begins on And So It Goes...
Foresight Unlimited in association with Castle Rock announced on Tuesday [11] that production has begun in Connecticut on And So It Goes…
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NewsProduction wraps on Galapagos Affair
Production has wrapped on the documentary murder-mystery The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden featuring Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann and Diane Kruger.
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NewsVenus In Fur to open Ischia
Roman Polanski’s recent Cannes premiere Venus In Fur will open the upcoming 11th annual Ischia Global Film & Musical Festival in Italy.
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NewsRelativity gets Romeo & Juliet
Relativity has acquired US rights to Julian Fellowes’ adaptation of Romeo & Juliet directed by Carlo Carlei and starring Hailee Steinfeld (pictured in True Grit) and Douglas Booth. Separately, Open Road and Endgame Releasing will partner on Homefront.
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NewsHart earns EBHE senior stripes
Nathan Hart has been named president of Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (EBHE) and will oversee all financial, sales, operations and acquisitions decisions.
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NewsDoppelgänger bites into Evil
EXCLUSIVE: Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights from FilmSharks International to the Greek zombie horror Evil: In The Time Of Heroes.
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NewsMillennium buys Countryman
CEO Bill Lee announced on Monday [10] that Millennium Entertainment had acquired US rights to The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman.
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NewsConjuring to screen at LAFF
Festival top brass announced the line-up addition on Monday [10] and said the New Line horror film would play as a special screening. The film received its world premiere on Sunday [9] at the Nocturna International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain.
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NewsThomas Jane joins Hard Drive
Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures announced the casting on Monday [10] after launching pre-sales in Cannes. Production commenced on Jun 8 on the Gold Coast, Australia.
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NewsVision launches ancillary sales
The worldwide sales company announced on Monday [10] its DVD and VoD label, formalising an expansion that has been operational since April.