All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 785
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NewsLionsgate home ent promotes Ceylan
Akin Ceylan has been promoted to COO of Lionsgate Home Entertainment Group.
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NewsFilmNation boards Selick's Grimm
FilmNation has come on co-produce and handles sales on the live-action feature A Tale Dark & Grimm to be directed by Henry Selick.
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NewsFey, Poehler back to host Globes
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will return to host the ceremony in 2014 and 2015 following their acclaimed stint earlier this year.
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NewsSchlessel unveils executive team
Incoming Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel has announced his core team in the wake of the company’s merger with FilmDistrict as it emerged that senior executives Andrew Karpen, David Brooks and Jack Foley will be leaving the new set-up.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils New Auteurs, shorts
AFI FEST 2013 presented by Audi top brass unveiled the New Auteurs and shorts sections that will screen at the festival, set to take place from November 7-14 in Hollywood.
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NewsMagnolia takes US on The Double
Magnolia Pictures has come on board to distribute The Double in the US following the recent world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsSXSW announces daily keynotes
Filmmakers Lena Dunham, Jason Blum and Casey Neistat will deliver daily keynote addresses at SXSW 2014.
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AWFJ to launch Whistler award
The Alliance Of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has announced the presentation of a juried AWFJ EDA Awards at this year’s Whistler Film Festival, set to run from December 4-8 in British Columbia.
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Altar Identity boards Big Stone Gap
Altar Identity Studios will co-produce and finance Donna Gigliotti, James Spies and J E Craig’s Big Stone Gap to star Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg.
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NewsUTA signs Anthony Chen
Director won the Camera d’Or award at Cannes for his feature debut Ilo Ilo, which represents Singapore in the foreign language Oscar race.
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NewsFilm Sales Co finds Galapagos
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired international sales rights to Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller’s documentary The Galapagos Affair: When Satan Came To Eden.
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NewsLegendary acquires Reminiscence
Legendary Pictures has paid low seven figures for the sci-fi thriller spec script by Lisa Joy.
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NewsCrowe joins Voltage’s Fathers
Voltage Films has cast Oscar winner Russell Crowe in the lead of Gabriele Muccino’s upcoming love story Fathers And Daughters, igniting what is sure to become one of the must-have titles of the AFM.
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NewsGravity adds $28.5m to rule int'l
UPDATED: Gravity stayed top of the international arena as a confirmed $28.5m from close to 3.4m admissions on more than 5,785 screens in 38 markets propelled the early tally to $68.3m after two weekends.
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NewsGravity stays aloft on $44.3m
Audience demand kept Warner Bros’ all-categories Oscar contender at the top of the North American charts as an estimated $44.3m in the second session boosted the running total to $123.4m.
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NewsLAFCA to honour Richard Lester
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has selected to honour the director with its 2014 Career Achievement Award.
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NewsCharlie Hunnam exits Fifty Shades
Charlie Hunnam, the star of cable TV smash Sons Of Anarchy and last summer’s international hit Pacific Rim, has pulled out of Universal and Focus Features’ Fifty Shades Of Grey due to work commitments.
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NewsGravity, Riddick in battle of Brazil
Warner Bros Pictures International’s space thriller had reached $39.4m by Thursday (October 10) and is expected to cross $50m by the end of the weekend with 10 new markets set to open.
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Spotlight picks up Authors
Spotlight Pictures will introduce AFM buyers to the rom-com Authors Anonymous starring Kaley Cuoco from The Big Bang Theory alongside Chris Klein, Teri Polo and the late Dennis Farina in one of his final roles.